Date archive for March, 2010
| March 31, 2010 What's Coming in ArcGIS 10SoftwareESRI has put up their “What’s Coming in ArcGIS 10” site. Check it out to find out what new features will be made available in this release. Watch the video of Jack Dangermond’s presentation at the recent ESRI Federal User Conference. There are also some demo videos and a common questions section. ArcGIS will be ... read more What’s Coming in ArcGIS 10SoftwareESRI has put up their “What’s Coming in ArcGIS 10” site. Check it out to find out what new features will be made available in this release. Watch the video of Jack Dangermond’s presentation at the recent ESRI Federal User Conference. There are also some demo videos and a common questions section. ArcGIS will be ... read more GeocachingFun, GPS, Link LibraryStarted as a way to celebrate the end of selective availability, Geocaching uses GPS technology to find hidden treasures. Geocaching – High Tech Treasure Hunting If you’ve been wondering what creative things you can do with your GPS unit you should learn about Geocaching. This article provides an introduction to Geocaching. Geocaching.com Find Geocaching sites, join the ... read more March 30, 2010 OpenAddresses.org BetaCommunity, DataA new crowdsourcing effort is being promoted to collect and freely provide geolocated addresses. http://openaddresses.org/ is project that was launched in 2007 in Switzerland, headed by the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). In 2009, a group of people and companies created a global directory of addresses and have developed a new website. Currently more ... read more March 26, 2010 GeoBriefs: Foursquare Coming to Bing Maps, ESRI Mashup Winners AnnouncedGIS NewsMicrosoft made some Bing related announcements at the Search Engine Strategies conference which included a preview of a new mapping application that pulls in real time data from the popular location game Foursquare. The foursquare map app is a powerful combination of the spatial canvas that Bing Maps provides, combined with foursquare’s user reputation service ability ... read more March 23, 2010 Census Participation RatesGIS NewsUnless you never check your mail, those living in the United States have probably received more than one reminder (I’ve received two postcards and one letter so far) that you’re required by law to fill out and mail back in your census form. Even with that legal requirement, only 72% of households returned their census ... read more March 22, 2010 Ordnance Survey Data to Be Set Free April 1stData, GIS NewsGordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced as part of a speech on his plans for digital economy growth that Ordnance Survey Data will be free starting April 1st: “Following the strong support in our recent consultation, I can confirm that from 1 April, we will be making a substantial package of information ... read more  ESRI Changes Its PronounciationGIS NewsApparently the name I’ve been mispronouncing for over sixteen years is now the correct pronunciation. James Fee first reported on the change from pronouncing all the letters (i.e. E-S-R-I) to “ezree.” Adena Schutzberg contacted ESRI for a statement which explained that the move is an effort to “grown ESRI’s name globally.” I’m sure people ... read more March 21, 2010 What Happened to Neogeography?Issues in GISWith the premise that “online references to neogeography are on the decline” Sean Connin discusses whether this “trend may reflect our growing acceptance of the new mapping democracy and it’s place in popular culture.” Connin looks at the popularity of search terms neogeography, GIS, Google Earth, and Google Maps over time as a way of ... read more Image RectificationLink LibraryLinks to the available image rectification software packages on the market as well as articles about orthorectification. Orthophotos and GIS Imagery and orthorectification – it’s all about distortion. Aerial Image Corrector (AIC) Created byTatukGIS. A low cost photogrammetry product to rectify, reference, and mosaic aerial images or scanned maps. A stand-alone product running under Windows. ERMapper Huge application for not ... read more |
