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Anthropology.net has a post about the publication in the Journal of Human Evolution entitled “Google Earth, GIS, and the Great Divide: A new and simple method for sharing paleontological data” that advocates the use of Google Earth over GIS mapping applications for its ease of use in sharing archaeological and paleontological data. The entry makes the preliminary [...]
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Find ready-made and available for download PowerPoint presentations online. PowerPoint presentations can be valuable tools in presenting GIS ideas or as educational materials.
GIS Day PowerPoints
Click on the “PowerPoint Presentations” link to access the PowerPoint files available for celebrating GIS Day.
GIS Instructional PowerPoints
PowerPoint presentations by Dr. Parameter from the Environmental Science Institute from the University of [...]
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 11:50pm CEST by Caitlin
The Federal Reserve has released dynamic maps showing subprime and alt-A mortgage loan information across the United States. While the concept is very interesting, it seems that the Flash application was developed with little understanding of cartographic principals. The chloropleth maps are available at the ZIP Code level but the pop-up statistics only show information [...]
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The increase of GIS usage has brought with it a rise in public concern over privacy. The proliferation of easily accessible public information via the web is one of the reasons. The availability of not only aerial and satellite imagery but also street level imagery has also raised questions about the balance between the public’s righto [...]
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Happy Earth Day!
The USGS and NASA jointly maintain the “Earth as Art” website which brings to the public stunning images of the Earth taken by the Landsat-7 satellite and the Terra Satellite’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). The site was originally created in 2002 by the USGS National Center for EROS in [...]
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The United States Geological Survey has released updated National Seismic Hazard Maps for the United States. From the press release:
Earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and Washington, the new maps contain higher estimates for how hard the ground will shake [...]
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Now you can see all your Twitter messages mapped across a globe. TwittEarth is a Flash application that pinpoints Twitter messages as they pop up around the world. The globe spins in response to new geolocated Twitter messages every 10 seconds. Either login in to post your own messages or simply space [...]
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Origami seems to be a theme of the moment. First Google made the odd statement that “Mapping has come a long way from the origami paper creations of the past” as part of their KML news release. Now a court case is the battleground between two mapping companies fighting over the rights to [...]
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Find resources relating to GIS including case studies, articles and access to data relating to Antarctica.
Articles and Case Studies
Science and GIS in Antarctica
Series of articles published in ESRI’s ArcNews Fall 2004 issue about the use of GIS and spatial technology in Antarctica.
Data
Access Antarctica
ArcIMS data viewer created by Gateway Antarctica, the Centre for Antarctic Studies and [...]
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The release of Google Earth 4.3 brought about some new changes in the user experience of this global data viewer. Users now have an easier way to navigate with scale dependent navigation controls. When navigating at a small scale, the standard pan and zoom controls are available to the user. At the [...]
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Posted: April 14th, 2008, 11:29pm CEST by Caitlin
Resources to search worldwide for Universities and other institutes of learning for coursework and certificate programs in GIS. Search by geographic area or degree offered.
GIS Programs at Universities
Alphabetical listing of GIS degree and certificate programs.
Australasian Surveying and Mapping Education Directory
Web-based directory listing all known GIS courses and curriculums in Australia, New Zealand and Papua [...]
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Google announced today that KML has become an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Standard. This means that Google will no longer be responsible for maintaining the KML file format which, instead, will be handled by OGC. KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is a file format that uses XML-based language to manage geographic information. Originally, [...]
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Posted: April 9th, 2008, 1:06am CEST by Caitlin
Purdue University has announced the availability of high resolution CO2 emission maps and data for the United States. The Vulcan Project details carbon dioxide emissions at a level of detail more than 100 times previously available datasets. Additionally, CO2 emissions were calculated in 10 kilometer grids based on a method developed to “extract the CO2 [...]
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Posted: April 9th, 2008, 12:48am CEST by Caitlin
Spatial data errors in online mapping and GPS navigation systems can send travelers off on the wrong route sometimes with comical but sadly, sometimes deadly results. Having been burned by trusting online driving directions before, Chris Silver Smith from Search Engine Land reviews the top reasons online mapping sites have bad data. Reasons he lists [...]
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Posted: April 9th, 2008, 12:34am CEST by Caitlin
Paul Smith (developer of EveryBlock), has a broad article entitled “Take Control of Your Maps” on the “A List Apart” site that takes a look at open source online mapping options other than Google Maps. The article is a good introduction to some of the basics of getting started with open source map servers such [...]
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Posted: April 8th, 2008, 6:17pm CEST by Caitlin
Dave Bouwman has a thirty question survey out entitled “What do you do? Geospatial Developer Survey“. Per the post: ”The main reason is that I’m interested in knowing more about how other people doing GIS/Geospatial development work. How many people view themselves as software engineers vs. occasional coders who hack some stuff together as needed. I want [...]
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Posted: April 8th, 2008, 6:36am CEST by Caitlin
With the plea, “Help us to find and map all the old, fat trees across the UK,” the Ancient Tree Hunt seeks to merge antique and modern mapping to identify and protect ancient trees across the United Kingdom. Historic maps ranging from 1843 to 1893 have been overlayed onto modern geospatial data in an effort [...]
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 5:17pm CEST by Caitlin
Starting with the first location in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962, this video maps out the growth of Walmart across the United States. The video shows the progression of Walmart’s expansion that starts out slowly in the late 1960s and rapidly speeds up starting in the 1970s and 1980s. Today, Walmart has over 3,800 [...]
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 3:32am CEST by Caitlin
Relief shading involves the use of shadows to emphasize the topography of a terrain. In GIS, most often this involves the use of a digital elevation model (DEM) that has undergone a technique called hillshading. The variation in shadowing gives the elevation a 3D effect and helps put into context how hilly or flat a [...]
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 6:35pm CEST by Caitlin
Find web sites where you can download digital elevation model datasets for your area of interest.
CGIAR
SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Data from the Consortium for Spatial Information
DEM Catalogue
Listing of available DEM datasets compiled by Bruce Gittings.
DEM File Finder
1-Degree DEM File Finder. Simply fill out the Latitude and Longitude of the site for which you need 1-degree [...]
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Posted: April 5th, 2008, 11:02pm CEST by Caitlin
The Wall Street Journal has an article on “Why It’s Hard to Map Media Attention” by Carl Bialik (aka “The Numbers Guy”). The subject of his perspective piece is a recent entry on the french blog, L’Observatoire des Médias, that mapped out the intensity of news articles across the world. By clicking on [...]
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Posted: April 5th, 2008, 6:27pm CEST by Caitlin
Links to sites that sell GIS and GPS related equipment. Most commonly GIS users look to purchase plotters, GPS units and digitizers. Look here to find the tools of the trade.
BlueGlen Technology
Provider of spatial video software and solutions. BlueGlen systems integrate a wide variety of sensors, such as digital cameras, video, speech, laser and [...]
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Posted: April 5th, 2008, 6:19pm CEST by Caitlin
CIO, or Computer Information Officer is a widely recognized executive management position in the Information Technology Field. A growing number of agencies, in particular at the U.S. Federal and State level, are instituting the GIS counterpart, the Geographic Information Officer (GIO).
A GIO for DOI: Implications and Questions (Podcast)
Podcast by Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg [...]
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Posted: April 5th, 2008, 5:15pm CEST by Caitlin
Looking for a job in the GIS field? You can browse for jobs and post resumes at sites specializing in employment in the GIS industry.
GIS Gig
Do you have a job opening in the GIS field? Submit your job listing to GIS Gig. The site is free for posting and browsing GIS related employment.
Canadian Geomatics [...]
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 9:01pm CEST by Caitlin
A couple living on a private road in Pittsburgh is suing Google for invasion of privacy. According to a post on the Smoking Gun, Aaron and Christine Boring accuse Google of an “intentional and/or grossly reckless invasion” of their seclusion and privacy since they live on a street that is “clearly marked with [...]
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:52am CEST by Caitlin
Resources on the use of GIS in Agriculture. Find links to articles, case studies and user groups in agricultural GIS.
Agriculture GIS User Group
Ag-GIS, a users group dealing with GIS(Geographic Information Systems) as applied to Agricultural problems.
GIS and Agribusiness
ESRI’s web page on agriculture. Articles and support for utilizing GIS in this field.
GIS in Agriculture Presentations
Powerpoint [...]
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 1:48am CEST by Caitlin
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 5:39am CEST by Caitlin
It’s always interesting to come across a non-geographic use for geographic technology. Zkimmer, which uses the tagline “the visual web”, is promoting reading magazines using Google Maps. The technology is experimental and several sample magazine issues from 2007 are available for browsing using the standard pan and zoom tools typically used for navigating [...]
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 6:11pm CEST by Caitlin
Consultants can provide invaluable help in determining the best path for a GIS implementation. Find consultants here who specialize in implementing a GIS as well as other GIS projects.
Consultant Directory
Sortable list of GIS consulting firms.
Choosing a GIS Consulting Firm
Two-part article by Marshall Payne of GeoNorth, LLC with advice on choosing a GIS consulting firm. [...]
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 6:00am CEST by Caitlin
Listed here are applications that provide mapping and spatial analysis functionality in a no-cost software application.
BASINS 4.0
BASINS 4.0 is an environmental modeling interface built upon the open source GIS MapWindow. The system contains tools to download data from the internet and can perform basic GIS functions to prepare inputs for modeling pollutant loading [...]
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