Pending Federal Court Case

Tuesday February 27th 2007
Filed Under Current Events 

Introductory information, resource page and public statement from UCGIS from Scott A. Dryzga, AAG GIS SG representative to the UCGIS about the pending court case brought by Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS).

GIS Wiki World

Wednesday February 21st 2007
Filed Under Features, Wikis 

While Wikipedia is a widely popular site with additions and contributions to the all encompassing encyclopedia occurring around the clock, not everyone in the geospatial field has been impressed with the entries relating to GIS and spatial technologies. James Fee dedicated a blog entry about his view on wikipedia’s GIS article, saying ” The GIS Wikipedia article is such a mess I wouldn’t direct anyone there in the first place even if I trusted the sources.” The integrity of posts by companies seeming to post their own promotional information has also been called into question. Read more

Languages and Operating Systems

Wednesday February 21st 2007
Filed Under Programming, Software 

GIS applications can be found on virtually every type of platform and written in almost every programming language available. Read more

Clip Art for GIS and Geography

Wednesday February 21st 2007
Filed Under Fun, Link Library 

Find commercial free sources of clip art for globes, maps and other images useful for developing reports, web sites and banners relating to GIS and geography.  Read more

Free GeoTools Blog

Tuesday February 20th 2007
Filed Under GeoBlogs 

If you are looking to learn about cheap or free tools to help you with your spatial work, this blog is a good source for tips. Run by Leszek Pawlowicz, this blog has resources for shapefile utilities, working with Google maps and tips for your GPS unit.

Virtual Geographers

Monday February 19th 2007
Filed Under GeoBlogs, Google Maps, Live Search Maps 

The Los Angeles Times had an interesting front page article the other week about the web sites that are dedicated to exploring and posting interesting tidbits found online at Google Maps, Google Earth and Microsoft’s Live Search Maps.

Foresty: Applications in GIS

Monday February 12th 2007
Filed Under Industry, Link Library 

GIS has been emerging as a strong tool for many areas of forestry, from harvesting schedules to urban forestry. Find information about GIS software specific to forestry, case studies and more. Read more

China to Tighten Control of Surveying, Mapping of Foreigners

Monday February 05th 2007
Filed Under Current Events 

People’s Daily Online is reporting that China will begin to restrict surveying and mapping by foreigners beginning March 1, 2007. The new restrictions prohibit independent mapping. Ownership and control of all products will belong to the Chinese government.

Help Located Jim Gray Via Satellite Imagery

Saturday February 03rd 2007
Filed Under Current Events 

Jim Gray, known most notably in the geoworld for his work creating the Terraserver is being reported as missing at sea. After four days, the US Coast Guard has called off its extensive search. Private efforts to find Jim Gray are ongoing and you can help by visiting Amazon’s link to the search effort The technological search effort involves reviewing individual satellitel images to determine if there are any pixels that warrant further investigation.

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