Subject: ‘kml’
April 16, 2012 Using GIS to Showcase College AcceptanceSpatial AnalysisEvery June, my local paper is filled with the local private school announcements containing lists and lists and lists of where students have been accepted to. With all the private schools competing with each other to showcase college acceptances for that year, creating a map showing the locations of colleges and universities that have accepted ... read more March 5, 2011 Geocoding Shortcut: Google Maps to ArcMapData, FeaturesGeocoding a dataset to produce a georeferenced layer requires access to a basemap to which the location data is tied. For example, if you have a list of addresses, you will need a street file with address ranges or a parcel database with addresses in order to geolocate that list. You might also be asked ... read more June 8, 2010 Mapping Out Geotagged PhotosDataEric Fischer, a photographer, has done his own analysis of geotagged maps on Flickr with his The Geotaggers’ World Atlas. Over fifty major cities are represented in his set. On top of OpenStreet base maps, Fischer used perl scripts to identify and plot the clusters of locations. The lines show the direction the photographer moved after ... read more May 1, 2010 Free Spreadsheet GeocodingFree GISIf you have a spreadsheet such as a Microsoft Excel file containing address or x,y coordinates and you want to make a quick map, BatchGeo is a free and easy online application that will convert your location data and geocode it onto Google Maps. The steps are pretty simple. Since the application uses the first ... read more January 13, 2010 Post Earthquake Imagery for HaitiDataGoogle has announced that post-earthquake imagery is available to download as a KML file. The new imagery was taken at around 10:27am EST on January 13th, 2010 and covers the Port-au-Prince area of Haiti. For those that don’t or can’t view the file in Google Earth, the new imagery can also be viewed in ... read more June 5, 2008KML ValidatorsCodingThe use of KML is becoming ever more common as a file format for displaying geographic data on the web. In April, KML was accepted as an OGC standard. Given the increasing use of KML, ensuring that your KML code is compliant is important. Galdos Systems recently announced the availability of a KML validator via their site ... read more December 4, 2007 GeoBriefs: Has China Banned You?, Potential Jobs in Geography, Juicy GeographyGIS NewsAre you curious if your web site is accessible in China? Test out your URL on the Great Firewall of China to see if your site can be viewed within China: Great Firewall of China. GIS has opened up the possibilities of geography majors to find a career in their discipline. Find out about other jobs ... read more |
