Date archive for January, 2008
| January 30, 2008Displaying Google Calendar Events on a MapInternet MappingIf you maintain a Google calendar with events in different locations, Tony Hirst points out a simple way to display your events in Google Map through the use of Yahoo Pipes in order to geocode the Google calendar feed. The resulting pipe displayed can be extracted from Yahoo map as a KML feed URL which ... read more January 28, 2008The Role Of Geographic Profiling In Serial Violent Crime InvestigationGeographyThanks to films like silence of the lambs, many people associate criminal profiling with the methods and techniques developed by the FBI at the Behavioral Science Unit at Quantico. There are, however, a number of other approaches that can be used in the course of a criminal investigation. The role of one of these other approaches, ... read more Clip Analysis using ArcGIS DesktopLearning GISClip analysis is the function of using the extent of one geographic layer to clip the extent of another geographic layer. For example, if you had a land use layer for an entire county that you only wanted information for a particular city, you would use clip analysis to crop the extent of the layer ... read more January 23, 2008Google in hot water with South KoreaGeographyApparently Google has upset South Korea again with its choice of annotation that mistakenly attributes certain locations in South Korea as being part of North Korea. According to Digital Chosunilbo, a daily news site about Korea: The controversial areas include Ongjin County under the jurisdiction of the city of Incheon, and some islands in Ongjin ... read more Maps aren’t just for humansGeographyAccording to a short item in the Smithsonian’s January magazine, white-crowned sparrows map their navigation routes to their wintering grounds in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The study looked at the navigation path of 15 adult and 15 juvenile birds. As the birds mature they build a mental map of their wintering ... read more January 21, 2008Mapping the Primary RaceGeographyWith the United States presidential primaries so competitive for both the Democratic and Republican parties, it’s no surprise that some sites are using mapping to help understand the preference by state and county across the country. The Electoral Map is a relatively new blog that looks at politics and geography. Political Maps with ... read more ArcView 3.x ResourcesLink LibraryThis older version of a desktop GIS software application from ESRI is easy to learn. Find tutorials, tips, resources and extensions. Further links include Avenue scripts. ESRI Support Page for ArcView 3.x Support page with access to documentation, scripts and discussion lists. Tutorials for Learning ArcView You can start learning to use ArcView by following online ... read more January 18, 2008Zillow Releases Neighborhoods in Shapefile FormatGIS NewsThe Zillow Blog has announced the release of shapefile data of boundaries for over 7,000 neighborhoods covering 150 cities in the United States. Given that it’s unusual for a private enterprise to make GIS data so freely available, Zillow explained their moved by saying: “So, after all this work, why are we giving this data away ... read more January 14, 2008Cash for ArcGIS CodeSoftwareESRI has launched a competition for original ArcGIS code with $25,000 (first place is $15,000, second place is $7,500, and third place is $2,500) in cash prizes. Applicants can submit their original codes for consideration to www.esri.com/codechallenge. Winners will be announced at the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit held March 17 to 20th in Palm Springs, ... read more January 13, 2008Solar Cycle 24 BeginsGPSNASA is predicting that, with the new cycle of solar activity, satellite activity will be disrupted which will have an affect on GPS navigation and other systems. From NASA: Jan. 10, 2008: Hang on ... read more |
