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Catch the greatest in LBS via webcast on Wednesday

Posted: March 31st, 2008, 8:08pm CEST

Tags: lbs

Webcast of interest... can't get to Vegas this week to take in the Navteq LBSChallenge awards ceremony? No problem as you can kick back in your office chair and watch the awards live via webcast - a...

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Posted: March 29th, 2008, 2:34pm CET

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Census data update - USA Counties data files

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 11:24pm CET

Tags: census

Downloadable data files have been created to accompany the web-based USA Counties. Now users can download directly more than 5,900 data items from the Web site for the United States, the 50 states...

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Yahoo? dev net's Mcalister jumps ship to join The Guardian

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:36pm CET

Interesting to see that The Guardian, you know, that cool UK newspaper, has stolen Matt Mcalister away from Yahoo!'s developer network. Matt will be joining the Guardian crew in London to help...

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Event of interest - FEMA Risk Map Industry Day

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:13pm CET

Tags: Events

The purpose of the event is for interested contractors to hear from the Federal government on how current business is handled within the Risk Analysis Division and plans for the future of Risk MAP....

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ArcDigita Aggegates GIS updates from the web

Posted: March 28th, 2008, 1:44pm CET

This comes my way via GISuser reader Ken, he's developed a news aggregation tool for neogegraphers and everything GIS at ArcDigita.com... this from Ken - "I've developed ArcDigita out of a passion...

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6th Vespucci summer institute in geographic information science

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 9:35pm CET

Tags: education

Michael Gould just passed along some information about the 6th Vespucci summer institute. The 6th Vespucci summer institute in geographic information science is just after the OGC TC meeting in...

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London Profiler themes maps with freeware GMap (Google map) Creator

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 6:42pm CET

Tags: google maps

This interesting story comes out of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London courtesy of the BBC. Using a freeware app know as the Google Map Creator, a team of clever...

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Live Traffic camera feeds made simple via TrafficLand

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:19pm CET

I received an update this morning from TrafficLand describing their latest offerings in the Portland, OR area. Curiosity got the best of me and I had to check out the resource. Turns out to be one of...

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6th annual Visualization Challenge deadline near

Posted: March 27th, 2008, 2:33pm CET

HEads up as The 2008 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge draws to a close. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, the flagship...

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Geosearch the ultimate news aggregator? You better watch out for EveryBlock

Posted: March 26th, 2008, 8:42pm CET

Tags: mashup

So, Metacarta has rolled out their fine, new GeoSearch (isn't that a GIS Career resource??) news aggregator, ideal for News, Real Estate, and Travel Applications - see the official PR here. But will...

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Local Search + maps GenieKnows Local - a decent start!

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 7:39pm CET

Tags: Local Search

I just received a heads-up from the developers of a new local search resource - one heavily focused on mapping - GenieKnows Local. At first glance it offers up a similar functionality to Google Maps...

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Google joins together with Yahoo! and MySpace to create non-profit OpenSocial Foundation

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 5:36pm CET

Tags: google

Announced today over at the Google Code Blog, Google has joined together with Yahoo! and MySpace to create OpenSocial Foundation. According to the news... This foundation, modeled after the...

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propertymaps Maps foreclosures with Google Maps APIs

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 4:32pm CET

Tags: real estate

The topic of foreclosures is on the minds of many. A number of online real estate resources are available, however, a new service (mashup) from PropertyMaps.com allows consumers to quickly search and...

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WikiNear, the location-sensitive WiKiNear - using Yahoo's fire eagle + Google maps API

Posted: March 23rd, 2008, 5:56pm CET

Tags: Yahoo

WikiNear, the location-sensitive WiKi... this cool app. uses Yahoo's fire eagle - you'll need an invitation from Yahoo! to use this - the skinny of it is that the app. uses your location to locate...

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Firm to photograph each home in Larimer County to develop GeoScore

Posted: March 21st, 2008, 3:15pm CET

Tags: real estate

Just announced in Today's "Coloradoan", Zone Appraisal and Imaging Operations (aka, Zaio Zone) will be taking photographs of every address in the community (Larimer County, CO) for the purpose of...

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ArcGIS Server Code Challenge Winner combines ArcGIS Server 9.2 technology with Google's Google Maps and Microsoft's Virtual Earth

Posted: March 20th, 2008, 8:27pm CET

Tags: google maps

Just heard from Alex over at GCS Research in Montana... Alex tells me that his crew picked up a prize in the 2008 ArcGIS Server Code Challenge. The company was recognized innovation in combining the...

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No it's not a Smart car, rather a Subaru R1e electric alternative commuter

Posted: March 20th, 2008, 8:11pm CET

Off topic but of interest as the price at the pump rises almost daily. As the US gears up for a summer of what many other countries (Canada, UK and the entire EU) have endured for years - $4+ per...

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Save The Date - Webcast, How to build mobile GPS applications

Posted: March 18th, 2008, 9:30pm CET

Heads-up, here's a webcast for anyone that's interested in building mobile apps on the WHERE platform Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 12pm Eastern Time (GMT - 5) How to build mobile GPS applications for...

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embed Google maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth side by side

Posted: March 17th, 2008, 3:04pm CET

Dual Maps from mapchannels.com enables users to embed Google maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth side by side This new feature comes to us from MapChannels - It is now possible to create an embeddable...

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2008 Agile Adoption in GIS Survey - results

Posted: March 13th, 2008, 2:31pm CET

Chris Spagnuolo of Data Transfer Solutions has released the results of the 2008 Agile Adoption in GIS Survey. A brief discussion of the results, a detailed whitepaper, and a summary of the raw...

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Fluid Eearth, custom pinstripe topo Bowl - and a tip on the FME UC summary

Posted: March 12th, 2008, 12:43am CET

Tags: google maps

Thanks (again) to Peter Batty for a very cool tip (actually he has many of them!) This one is a little odd and fun as Peter provided a pointer on his blog to a company that produced a decorative...

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A great local (New York) search Google mashup from OutAlot

Posted: March 11th, 2008, 5:24pm CET

Tags: google maps

Heads up, another cool, local search utility has hit the web - enter OutAlot. This clever Google map mashup is currently only providing information in New York (hopefully more places will be added...

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British Columbia Government close to moving forward with Google Earth deal

Posted: March 10th, 2008, 7:24pm CET

Tags: google Earth

This one from the Victoria Times Colonist... The B.C. government is set to announce a deal with online search engine Google that will make it the first Canadian province to link its detailed...

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GITA 09 to head South

Posted: March 10th, 2008, 2:34pm CET

Tags: gita

Heads up, here's one for your calendar - GITA's 2009 conference will take place next April 19-22, 2009 in Tampa, Florida so be sure to fill that one in on your calendar... looks like the corners of...

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MapQuest Platform: Free Edition of Mapquest's developer APIs

Posted: March 9th, 2008, 3:31pm CET

Tags: MapQuest

Just heard this morning from the Mapquest comm team about MapQuest's new free, feature-rich and competitive developer offering - MapQuest Platform: Free Edition - the offering was announced via the...

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Batty joins Enspiria as Chief technical advisor

Posted: March 9th, 2008, 2:08am CET

Congrats to Peter Batty on his most recent appointment as Chief technical advisor at Enspiria Solutions. According to the official announcement, Batty will work closely with the Enspiria Research and...

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Get LinkedIn on your mobile thanks to a new mobile LinkedIn client

Posted: March 5th, 2008, 6:55pm CET

Tags: Social network

Cool news for those of you that are LinkedIn... now the popular networking resource for professionals has a mobile client... nice! All you need to do to access the service from your device is to jump...

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Google wants your citiy in 3D via the Cities in 3D program

Posted: March 4th, 2008, 11:55pm CET

Tags: google Earth

Imagine this... Google wants your city's buildings, landmarks and terrain (in 3D) on Google Earth. Just received this update from Megan at Google... Today Google is introducing the Cities in 3D...

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A reminder about BIAM and my silence on the blog

Posted: March 4th, 2008, 7:21pm CET

This one's a bit off topic, however, its a topic that is very close and dear to me due to a recent incident in my life (this will explain my recent lack of activity and blog posting). Did you know...

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SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition

Posted: March 3rd, 2008, 4:31pm CET

The Third Annual SkillsUSA Geospatial Competition will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, June 23-June 27, 2008. College/postsecondary students studying GIS, RS and GPS from across the United States...

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