Manifold Resources for GIS

Monday January 29th 2007
Filed Under Software 

Resources, software and reviews on the use of Manifold GIS software. Read more

Understanding and playing with ZIP Codes

Monday January 29th 2007
Filed Under Trivia 

Have you ever taken a look at how United States ZIP Codes are arranged? Take a look at what a couple of innovative researchers have done to understand the spatial arrangement of ZIP codes.

Aerial Signage Debate

Sunday January 28th 2007
Filed Under Current Events, Features, Google Maps, Issues in GIS 

A recent post on the All Points Blog brought up an interesting debate about the deliberate inclusion of signs in aerial flyovers. What has triggered this debate that started on Slashdot was the invitation by Google Australia to actively participate in the January 26th flyover of Sydney Australia in celebration of Australia Day. With the tagline “This Australia Day, put yourself on the map”, Google Australia invited Australians to come out in droves and make their presence known to the world. Particpants were invited to “hoist a sign, arrange your family into a fun formation or just get a bunch of friends together to wave” when seeing the Google branded airplane fly overhead. Read more

AutoCAD Map

Sunday January 21st 2007
Filed Under AutoCAD Map, Link Library 

AutoCAD Map was created by Autodesk and combines CAD functions with GIS analysis. Find links to review, user groups and other resources for AutoCAD Map. Read more

Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Visually Impaired

Sunday January 21st 2007
Filed Under Link Library 

While GIS is mostly a visual technology, there are many advancements focused on providing spatial analysis and maps for the visually impaired and blind. Read more

Airport Data and GIS Resources

Saturday January 20th 2007
Filed Under Data, Industry, Link Library 

Links to airport location data, associations and articles on the use of GIS in the aviation industry. Read more

Google Blog on pre and post-Katrina Imagery

Saturday January 20th 2007
Filed Under Google Earth, Google Maps 

John Hanke the Director of Google Maps/Local/Earth has posted on the official Google Blog in response to the lively discussion about Google’s use of pre-Katrina imagery.

Google Map Creator

Monday January 15th 2007
Filed Under Free GIS, Google Maps 

This freeware application takes shapefiles and generates a working thematic map using Google Maps. Only a limited knowledge of HTML and Javascript is needed to use Google Map Creator.

UK Royal Mail delivers letter with a map instead of an address

Monday January 15th 2007
Filed Under Current Events, Trivia 

Not having the address of his former coworker didn’t stop Paul Bates from trying to send a Christmas card to his friend. He simply drew a rough map of the area with an arrow indicating “somewhere here”.

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