Date archive for May, 2008
| May 26, 2008You need a map to figure out GPS, Google MapsGPSSteve Dahl, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune opines on the beauty of simply unfolding a map over the latest GPS and online mapping technology. You need a map to figure out GPS, Google Maps read more...2008 ESRI International User Conference to Host a Special Climate Change GIS ProgramFeaturesThe upcoming 2008 ESRI International User Conference will play host to over 14,000 attendees and numerous technical and subject-based tracks. One of the new subject threads is the Climate Change GIS track where conference goers can learn about the role of data and technology in investigating and mitigating global warming. Carla Wheeler, ESRI ... read more May 25, 2008Grid Computing in Distributed GISFeaturesGuest article by Zahid Imran Ahmed, the Sr. IT Manager of Stesalit Inc. Some consider this to be the “the third information technology wave” after the Internet and Web, and will be the backbone of the next generation of services and applications that are going to further the research and development of GIS and related areas. Grid ... read more May 18, 2008Asking for DirectionsFeaturesHere’s a concept foreign to most that work in the GIS field: go on a trip and find your way around without the help of maps or GPS units. Dzido Szoltysek and Paul Todd are planning to do just that when they travel to Ireland and will rely on directions from locals as they ... read more May 14, 2008 Google Blurring Street View FacesFeaturesGoogle has started to automatically blur faces on their Street View imagery. Using a facial recognition algorithm, Google has started to blur faces in New York City. From the Google Lat Long blog: We’re also taking this opportunity to test our new face-blurring technology on the busy streets of Manhattan. This effort has been a year ... read more May 13, 2008Where 2.0Industry and Subjects in GISWhere 2.0 kicked off today in Burlingame, California which focuses on the geospatial web: At the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the boundaries of the location frontier, track the emergence of new business models and services, and spend time examining new sources of data and the platforms for collecting them. You can ... read more Last Chance to Vote – Geospatial Leadership AwardsGIS NewsJo Treadwell from GeoTec Media is asking for your vote by Wednesday, May 14th: Geospatial Leadership Awards Sponsored by GeoWorld Magazine We need your vote! Polls close Wed., May 14 Vote Now If you have already voted for the 2008 Geospatial Leadership Awards, sponsored by GeoWorld magazine, we appreciate your participation. If you have yet to vote, ... read more Immigrant Assimilation in the USGeographyA new report issued by the Manhattan Institute entitled “Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States” looks at the rate at which immigrants adapt to living in the United States. The study looked at the degree of similarity between native and foreign-born adults living in the United States using Census data. The think tank compared ... read more May 9, 2008 48 States in 106 HoursGeographyJoshua Keeler, Joey Stocking and Adam Gatherum blasted through the 48 continental states in 106 hours in order to break and old Guinness records. After the trio reached Four Corners (the point where New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah intersect, they posted the following: Well, we made it. And we decimated our goal. We covered 48 ... read more May 8, 2008ArcNews SurveySoftwareESRI is looking for feedback on the newly redesigned ArcNews publication. ArcNews is published quarterly with stories about GIS implementation using ESRI’s suite of software. The survey takes about 8 minutes to complete. 2008 ArcNews Reader Survey read more... |
