Displaying Google Calendar Events on a Map

Wednesday January 30th 2008
Filed Under Google Maps 

If 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 can then be fed back into Google Maps.

Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks February Meetup

Tuesday January 22nd 2008
Filed Under Conferences 

Location: Menlo Park, CA
Dates: Tuesday February 19th @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Web Page: http://web.meetup.com/49/
Description: We are thrilled to present a very special group from NASA Ames Research Center – World Wind! Our Meetup group is about sharing, teaching, learning, and networking around current and future web-based geospatial and social networking technology. You belong if you are an entrepreneur, VC, developer, programmer, visionary, geographer, geologist, explorer, Internet-user, voyeur, or anyone else interested in Web 2.0 mapping and social networks. We welcome all and exclude no one.  Please join us!

CARIS 2008

Tuesday January 22nd 2008
Filed Under Conferences 

Location: Hilton Bath City Hotel in Bath, United Kingdom
Dates: September 22 - 26, 2008
Web Page: http://www.caris.com/caris2008
Description: Come make a Spatial ConnectionThe 12th International User Group Conference and Educational Sessions will take place on September 22 - 26, 2008 at the Hilton Bath City Hotel in Bath, United Kingdom.CARIS 2008 recognizes that it is only when people, data and systems simultaneously connect that we can achieve the interoperability upon which spatial data infrastructures will succeed.

CARIS 2008 will be of specific interest to those working in the areas of Geospatial Standards, Land Information Management, Hydrographic Survey Operations, Electronic Charting, Ports and Waterways and Law of the Sea

Come Make a Spatial Connection! To find out more please visit www.caris.com/caris2008

TUgis 2008

Monday January 21st 2008
Filed Under Conferences 

Location: Towson Univeristy, Maryland
Dates: 17 - 18 March, 2008
Web Page: http://tugis.towson.edu/
Description: TUgis 2008 will emphasize information sharing, or technology transfer, by anyone currently using GIS and anyone considering using GIS. The theme for TUgis 2008 is “Democratizing GIS: New Tools for Meeting the Public Demand for Geospatial Information.”

WALIS Forum

Monday January 21st 2008
Filed Under Conferences 

Location: Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
Mounts Bay Road, Perth, Western Australia
Dates: 12 - 14 March 2008
Web Page: http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/forum
Description: WALIS Forum is one of the GIS events in Australia, attracting over 650 participants from a diverse range of professions. The Forum provides an opportunity to address issues related to the collection, management and application of geographic or spatial information.The 2008 Forum will be the first time WALIS Forum, already a well-established and popular event held every 18 months, is reaching out to an international audience. Perth is one of the most isolated cities in our world, but it is a leader in the spatial sciences industry with world-class projects and innovations to showcase. The program for this international forum is designed to increase opportunities for discussion and learning amongst participants in areas such as emerging technologies, integration of data, open standards, mapping and climate change. Visit the Forum website for more information or to register online: http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/forum.

ArcView (ArcGIS)

Monday January 21st 2008
Filed Under ArcView, Link Library 

ArcView GIS is part of the ArcGIS software system created by ESRI. Find information, tutorials and resources about this desktop GIS software. Read more

ArcGIS

Sunday January 20th 2008
Filed Under ArcGIS Desktop, Link Library 

The product of ESRI’s overhaul of their GIS software, ArcGIS was first introduced in 2000. Find information about the various software found under the ArcGIS model. Read more

Zillow Releases Neighborhoods in Shapefile Format

Friday January 18th 2008
Filed Under Current Events 

The 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 for free? Here at Zillow, we’re all about transparency — we think a freely available and totally transparent nationwide data-set of neighborhoods will result in some great innovation that we’re excited to check out.“

Downloads are available by state.  Seen via Spatially Adjusted.

Cash for ArcGIS Code

Monday January 14th 2008
Filed Under ESRI 

ESRI 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, California.  The deadline for entry in the competition is February 29. 2008.  Read more about the challenge from the press release.

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