Date archive for August, 2009
| August 31, 2009GeoMACIndustry and Subjects in GISThe huge Station Fire in Southern California is a reminder that with the hot, dry summer weather comes large scale wildfires. GeoMAC (stands for Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination) is an online mapping application that provides updated fire locations and perimeters for all active fires within the 48 conterminous states and Alaska. The mapping application, developed in ... read more August 27, 2009How to Survive the Interview ProcessCareerHaving sat on both sides of the table, I know that the interview process can sometimes be an uncomfortable and even painful process. To make matters more difficult, the GIS field requires a broad range of skills ranging from cartographic techniques to programming to relational database management. Acquiring enough depth in any of these areas ... read more New Zealand is Now Twelve Inches Closer to AustraliaGeographyA magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the ocean near Resolution Island in the country’s Fiordland region has resulted in Southern New Zealand being twelves inches closer to the eastern coast of Australia. “Basically, it’s taken us closer to Australia,” Ken Gledhill, director of government-owned GNS Science’s “GeoNet” national earthquake monitoring project told National Radio. “The country ... read more OpenStreetMap InterviewDataPocket-lint has an interview with Steve Coast, the founder and developer of OpenStreetMap which uses crowdsourcing to create and update detailed geographic information. The article focuses mainly on comparing the costs and update capability of commercial sources such as TeleAtlas with the advances of OpenStreetMap which relies on the input of over 150,000 volunteers. As ... read more Top Nine Favorite Innovations in ArcGIS 9.4SoftwareThe GIS and Science blog has a top nine favorite innovations for the upcoming release of ArcGIS 9.4. The list was taken from a presentation by ESRI’s John Calkins (aka their corporate technical evangelist). You can watch John Calkin’s presentation here. read more...August 26, 2009 The Geography Lesson (Portrait of Monsieur Gaudry and His Daughter)GeographyOil on canvas painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly. Painted in 1812, this painting is currently located at the Kimbell Art Museum. Louis-Léopold Boilly was a genre painter during the Napoleonic era. This painting shows family friend, Monsieur Gaudry, a civil servant, instructing his daughter in geography. The sphinx and pyramid in the cartouche of the map ... read more ESRI Wants to Hear Your StorySoftwareESRI is inviting GIS users to submit their own stories for potential presentations at next year’s International User Conference: Professionals using ESRI’s GIS technology are encouraged to submit an abstract for possible presentation at the 30th Annual ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC) next July. ESRI invites users to tell their GIS story by sharing their ... read more August 25, 2009K-12 Education in GISEducation, Link LibraryCollection of references and tutorials on how to teach GIS to K-12 level students. Find lesson plans, user groups and more in the category. ArcLessons GIS lesson plans for K-12 level. Excellent source of basic step-by-step lessons to introduce GIS to the classroom. You can also upload your own lesson plans to share with others. ArcVoyager Special ... read more Map LibrariesLink Library, MapsLooking for a map? Browse these map libraries to find scanned versions of contemporary and historic maps. Bodleian Library Map Room With over a millian sheets and 20,000 atlases, the Bodleian Library Map Room (Oxford, England) bills itself as the 7th largest collection of maps. Scanned maps available for downloading for private use. CIA Maps Select maps from ... read more August 24, 2009Ortelius for Macintosh Has LaunchedOperating SystemsOrtelius, a “map illustration software” per the Map Diva web site has launched. The debut of this software package adds one more selection to the very limited mapping software options out there for Macintosh users. A free trial download is available and the Map Diva site is offering a lower introductory price until September 30th. ... read more |
