A9.com Maps Launches

Thursday August 18th 2005
Filed Under Internet Mapping 

A9, a subsidiary of Amazon.com has launched its own online mapping with A9. A9 uses Block Views to show street level photographs taken from a variety of angles along with mapping information.

FME Suite

Tuesday August 16th 2005
Filed Under Software 

FME Suite is an integrated collection of Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) tools for data transformation and data translation. FME technology allows users to easily work with data in over 150 different formats. FME Suite consists of three major components: a graphical authoring environment (FME Workbench), a data inspection tool (FME Viewer), and a translation engine (FME Universal Translator) that can be run from within Workbench or as part of a batch system. Visit www.safe.com for more information and a free evaluation.

TNTAtlas

Tuesday August 16th 2005
Filed Under Free GIS, Software 

TNTatlas is a free Geodata viewing tool for Mac OS X and Windows. Geodata files currently supported include shapefiles, DWG, DGN, DXF, JPEG, JP2, TIFF, GeoTIFF, PNG, ECW, and MrSID formats. TNTatlas also has features for querying, measurement, printing, sketching of the displayed geodata.

Tips on Buying Your First GPS Unit

Sunday August 14th 2005
Filed Under Features, GPS 

An introduction to GPS technology, the various types of GPS systems on the market, and tips on choosing a unit that is right for you.

Anyone that enjoys the great outdoors has probably heard of GPS devices. They can come in handy when you are hiking, boating, biking, or doing just about anything else in the great outdoors. Twenty years ago, you had to rely on a compass the position of the sun and stars and your own common sense. Not anymore! Now you can have a handy little device that can pinpoint your exact location at any given time of day.  Read more

MITAB

Wednesday August 10th 2005
Filed Under C and C++, Open Source 

MITAB is an Open Source (i.e. Free) C++ library to read and write MapInfo .TAB (binary) and .MIF/MID files. It is based on the OGR library which is an implementation of the Open GIS Consortium Simple Feature specification.

GPS Review

Wednesday August 10th 2005
Filed Under GPS 

Provides reviews of GPS systems in the areas of vehicle navigation, GPS tracking, aviation, marine, outdoors, recreational, and geocaching.

ShapeViewer

Friday August 05th 2005
Filed Under ESRI, Free GIS 

Shape Viewer® is a free tool, which you can use to view ESRI® Shape files.

How American Searches

Thursday August 04th 2005
Filed Under Current Events, Internet Mapping 

A new icrossing Research of United States adult Internet searches found that 75% of searches involved looking for a map or directions.

Canadian Geomatics Employment Center

Wednesday August 03rd 2005
Filed Under Career 

The Canadian Geomatics Employment Center website provides users with tools to help find GIS, Remote Sensing, CAD, and Mapping jobs by connecting Canadian employers with qualified job seekers. Registration and resume posting is free to job seekers and employers.

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