Date archive for June, 2008
June 22, 2008 PolicyMapWeb MappingPolicyMap offers over 4,000 different indicators covering demographics, economics, housing and mortgage information, crime and other neighborhood level datasets. There is a free registration option that gets you access to a great deal of the functionality offered on the site. If you need access to current year or 5-year projected data then the site offers ... read more June 19, 2008COGO/Parcel Maintenance SurveySoftwareIf you maintain land records and use ArcGIS software then ESRI wants to hear from you: ESRI is committed to providing you with the best software tools possible, and you can help us achieve that goal. Please take a few minutes to tell us about your use of GIS land record and parcel maintenance tools. ... read more June 17, 2008Test Your Geography for a Good CauseGeographyYour can test your knowledge of geography and help a good cause at the same time. Freepoverty.org hosts a geography game that donates 10 cups of water for every correct answer. With progressively harder questions, the game shoots out the names of various locations around the world. Click on the point on the map ... read more  Congestion CitiesGeographyINRIX, a traffic-information provider released their list of the top 100 most congested cities in the United States. Not surprisingly, some of the most populated metropolitan areas rank at the very top of the list. According to the press release, “The INRIX Scorecard takes a micro look at traffic problems all across the country ... read more June 16, 2008The Re-birth of Pen and Paper in Mobile GISFeaturesBy Ken Schneider, CEO and President of Adapx Field data collection is vital to the work of many enterprises and government agencies driving important decisions that ultimately affect the bottom line. Many of the current methods and technologies are inconvenient, error-prone, and time-consuming. Whether in engineering, construction, utilities, military, security, law enforcement, or in any ... read more June 13, 2008 Top Ten Pictures from NASAGeographyTake a peek at the top ten photos from NASA’s Crew Earth Observations Team. The photos were selected from the International Space Station Astronaut Photography Collection and feature images not only taking of spots from around the world but also ones of the earth’s atmosphere and the moon. Visit: Crew Earth Observations ‘Top Ten’ Photos ... read more June 12, 2008 Kvisu – searching with cartographic resultsFeaturesKvisu.com is an interesting search engine that places a surface map of the results alongside the traditional text based results set. Available in both English and French, KartOOvisu creates a visualization of the key words surrounding the search term entered. Instead of having to research the results by adding keywords, the user can navigate through ... read more June 11, 2008GPS Your Way to Cheaper GasGPSA couple of GPS companies are offering services to help drivers find the cheapest local gas available. Garmin has teamed up with MSN direct to alert drivers where the cheapest gas is on some of their GPS models. TomTom offers a $14.95 yearly subscription that pulls gas rates from their website and provides directions to the cheapest ... read more June 10, 2008Mapping: the Next “Big Web Thing”Web MappingThe Financial Times published an analysis piece that looks at the investment by companies such as Nokia, Google, and Microsoft to amass huge amounts of data mapping out the world: “Our goal is to make a kind of mirror world, a replica world,” declares John Hanke, head of its Google Earth unit. Way to go? ... read more Mapping: the Next "Big Web Thing"Web MappingThe Financial Times published an analysis piece that looks at the investment by companies such as Nokia, Google, and Microsoft to amass huge amounts of data mapping out the world: “Our goal is to make a kind of mirror world, a replica world,” declares John Hanke, head of its Google Earth unit. Way to go? ... read more |
