Date archive for September, 2007
| September 30, 2007Ancient World Mapping CenterMapsThe Ancient World Mapping Center promotes cartography, historical geography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies through innovative and collaborative research, teaching, and community outreach activities. read more...Forestry GIS (fGIS)SoftwareForestry GIS (fGIS) is a robust GIS editor, digitizer, map printing and data query program created by the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin DNR. The freeware Windows software reads common spatial image and vector formats and writes shapefiles and geo-referenced images. read more...September 29, 2007GISFishData, Industry and Subjects in GISCreated by the Aquaculture Conservation and Management Service (FIMA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and a number of collaborating institutions, GISFish is a resource web site for spatial data relating to the Aquaculture and Inland Fisheries industries. The site hosts searchable databases of applications published in the mainstream and gray ... read more GPS 1 – Cabbies 0GPSThe battle by New York taxi cab drivers to prevent the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) from requiring them to install GPS technology in their cars was dealt a blow yesterday when U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman refused to issue an injunction to block the rule from going into effect. The taxi cab drivers, ... read more September 28, 2007Autodesk to release open source geography toolSoftwareAutodesk recently announced that it will release an open source tool to convert GIS data from one coordinate system to another. In the press release, Frank Warmerdam, president of Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is quoted as saying, “The latest planned contribution supports the projections and transformations necessary to support over 3,000 coordinate systems worldwide ... read more New Euro coin leaves Turkey off the mapGeographyThe design of the new two Euro coin has caused a stir after Turkey is markedly absent from the map while parts of Belarus and Russia are included. Charges of politics have arisen as an argument for why Turkey was not included despite the intentions of the European Commission to portray a larger map on the ... read more September 25, 2007Earth as Art now available as a Google GadgetGeographyBeautiful images of the earth are now available as a Google Gadget from the USGS that you can add to your iGoogle page. Gadgets are mini-applicationst that can be added to your iGoogle homepage or to your own web site. Use the <– and –> arrows to scroll through the gallery and download full-resolution, full-color ... read more Calling all U.S. and Canadian MapmakersCartographyThe Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) has announced their 35th Annual Map Design Competition. Maps created during the calendar year 2007 by professionals and college-level students from the United States and Canada are eligible for submission. The deadline for submitting your map is January 15, 2008. Entries will be judged on “color, overall design and impression, ... read more ESRI Tools for the 2010 CensusSoftwareESRI has released Census Tools for ArcGIS to help local governments with their GIS related preparation for the 2010 census. The extension was specifically designed to help users work with spatial data from the U.S. Census Bureau as part of the the Local Update of Addresses (LUCA) and Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) programs. read more...September 24, 2007Graduation Rates MapGeographyThe Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center recently announced a new mapping web site showing high school graduation rates across the United States by state and by district. Along with panning and zooming, graduation statistics can also be searched for by place or by school district. When you zoom in, place holders for each school district can ... read more |
