Date archive for February, 2009
February 14, 2009 Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Geographer StyleGeographyWhat better way for geographers to say “Happy Valentine’s Day” than with geography? Nature supplies us with plenty of heart shape topography found around the world. Heart shaped islands, vegetation, and lakes make up this love themed geography. Galešnjak Island Galešnjak Island in Croatia erupted in popularity when Google Earth siteseers flagged this island for ... read more February 11, 2009MapQuest Still Number OneWeb MappingDespite the increasing popularity of Google Maps, MapQuest is still the most visited online mapping application in the United States according to Hitwise Intelligence. Accordng to Heather Hopkins at Hitwise Intelligence, Mapquest captured 39.49% of U.S. Internet visits compared to Google Maps which garnered 35.67%. However, the overall trend seems to show that Google Maps ... read more The Future of GIS According to Roger TomlinsonIssues in GISThe February 2009 volume of GEOconnexion International has a short interview with Roger Tomlison that takes the reader back in time to review the overlay methodology that birthed the concept of GIS and then looks forward for Tomlinson’s take on developments in GIS over the next 10 years. Visit: Roger Tomlinson on GIS History and ... read more Online Mapping as Both a Tool and A WeaponIssues in GISSpiegel Online has a perspectives piece on the double-edged usefulness of online mapping. Looking at Google Map applications in particular, the article looks at how online mapping can vary from being useful visualizations of natural disasters (such as the recent Australian fires), to curious (mapping out of celebrity deaths) to dangerous (through the targeted geographic ... read more February 9, 2009Santa Clara Ordered to Release Parcel DataIssues in GISThe California Court of Appeals upheld the Santa Clara County Superior Court’s order to Santa Clara County to release public information requests of its parcel basemap. The County unsuccessfully tried to prevent dissemination of the GIS data under the Federal Homeland Security provision of “Protected Critical Infrastructure Information”. Read more: Court of Appeal Rejects Santa ... read more February 7, 2009Tutorials in GISLearning GIS, Link LibraryOnline lessons in a wide range of subject matters for learning GIS. Take an introduction to GIS class. Other subject matters include using Census data in GIS and an Introduction to Hydrology. read more...February 3, 2009Updates of NoteSoftwareGoogle Earth 5.0 was released yesterday with some new features per Google’s Lat Long Blog: Historical Imagery: Until today, Google Earth displayed only one image of a given place at a given time. With this new feature, you can now move back and forth in time to reveal imagery from years and even decades past, ... read more Open Source Mapping ProjectCommunityFrom Sarah Manley: I am writing to tell you about an exciting mapping project and upcoming event. OpenStreetMap is an open source project to collaboratively map the entire world. It can be considered a sort of wikipedia for maps. There are over 90,000 participants worldwide, and we are working to increase participation here in the ... read more February 2, 2009Recruiters in GISCareer, Link LibraryHeadhunters can help streamline the process of getting a job. Find links to GIS specific recruiting sites. read more... |
