Australia Satellite Imagery
Via the Australia Bureau of Meterology - The Bureau collects and uses data from satellites in the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Watch system. This satellite information enables...
View ArticleNAIP 2010 Imagery Now Available Online
Via the Indiana Geographic Information Council... The Indiana NAIP 2010 imagery is available for viewing online through two Indiana Spatial Data Portal (ISDP) webmap services...
View ArticleCloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future?
A Free White Paper Tip -Learn how Cloud Computing frees up budget for companies hand-cuffed by IT expenses. Instead of purchasing software licenses and hardware for new employees and locations,...
View ArticleNorth Dakota GIS Hub new web services
North Dakota GIS Hub has many new web services including tiled base maps and the Esri REST interface.More information including an important notification for current users of the Hub’s Web Map Services...
View ArticleNGA Raster Roam GIS Data Resource
The Raster Roam Search will display the requested NGA standard raster product over the area of interest. An area can be selected by clicking on the image map, providing a center point, or by defining...
View ArticleViewRanger Global Open Maps edition for iPhone and iPad
This launch on Apple iOS means that the affordable and popular ViewRanger Open Maps edition is now globally available on all three of the most widely owned smartphone OS (Android , Symbian and Apple)....
View ArticleEsri ArcGIS Online Basemap data Goes Free - Regardless of Use
From the ArcGIS Online blog, Esri has announced that use of ArcGIS online basemap data is free… totally free, and that includes for commercial use as well! From Esri… “As of the end of January, ArcGIS...
View ArticleOpenStreetMap now with over 30 Million building outlines worldwide
OSM is still growing at fast pace. With the availability of high resolution imagery from Bing Maps it became possible to trace also objects such as buildings for OSM. Now the number of buildings in OSM...
View ArticleThe Google Story - Free Book Summary
You probably use Google when you are looking for something on the Web. But do you know who founded the company and why it is unique? Here's the inside scoop. Authors David Vise and Mark Malseed tell...
View ArticleIndiana State Imagery
Woolpert announced today it has been awarded a three-year, $4.6 million contract to provide 1-foot resolution orthophotography and elevation data for the entire state of Indiana. The imagery and...
View ArticleERDAS Offers Japan Imagery
ERDAS is providing access to datasets that illustrate the devastation in Japan after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011. This data is being supplied free of...
View ArticleThe Ubuntu Karmic Koala Bible
Here's a handy tip for you Ubuntu fans - The Ubuntu Karmic Koala Bible is a guide that's both great for Linux initiates, and invariably useful for Linux intermediates. With over fifty pages of...
View ArticleThe Geodetic Toolkit Conversion Tools
Here's a handy tool for some coordination conversion routines... The State Plane Coordinate system provides coordinates on a flat grid for easy computation while maintaining a difference between...
View ArticleEssential Guide to Google Apps
How about a Google tip... Essential Guide to Google Apps You're running your own business, have a website, and your own email address. It's great because it gives you that professional edge. Now you're...
View ArticleArcGIS For Use (existing users) at Home Just $100
From Esri… For a $100 annual fee, the ArcGIS for Home Use 12-month term license includes: ArcViewArcGIS 3D AnalystArcGIS Geostatistical AnalystArcGIS Network AnalystArcGIS PublisherArcGIS...
View ArticleSource Code Enables Open Government Groups to Create Their Own Open Data...
Azavea Releases Source Code for OpenDataPhilly।org To Enable Municipalities and Open Government Groups to Create Their Own Open Data - Written using Django, Python and PostgreSQL, Open Data Catalog is...
View Article2010 US Tiger Census Information from NAVTEQ
Additional geography layers that are matched to the highly accurate NAVTEQ® map at the street centerline include a new Congressional district layer as well as: State boundaries County boundaries...
View ArticleAndroid Hurt Nokia in Q2
The latest from ABI Research... Nokia’s 88.5 million handsets ‘sold-in’ during Q2 are 20 million units less than it sold in its previous quarter. It equates to 7.5 million fewer smartphones and 12.5...
View ArticleAdobe and Sony challenging developers
Adobe and Sony are challenging developers, agencies, and content creators to build breakthrough apps for the upcoming “Sony Tablet” devices using the Adobe® Flash® Platform for a chance to win $200,000...
View ArticleB.C Canada Open Data Hackathon
This month the Government of B.C Canada and their newly created DataBC effort is planning a hackathon, the first ever from Data BC, the Government’s open data initiative. The event invites anyone...
View ArticleBuilding Enterprise Social Communities with Drupal Commons
Learn how organizations are successfully leveraging the momentum of social web services to increase loyalty, brand value, and revenue by implementing open source Drupal to build enterprise social...
View ArticleWeek End Reading! How to Pass an IT Audit
Learn how one security analyst from a Fortune 500 company, used a GRC tool to automate management of IT controls, verify compliance with policy, and document everything for auditors. This guide covers...
View ArticleGoogle Public Data Explorer
A handy data visualization resource from Google - The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes...
View ArticleNOAA vDatum - tidal, orthometric and ellipsoidal vertical datums
A useful transofrmation tool from NOAA - vDatum. VDatum is a free software tool being developed jointly by NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (NGS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), and Center for...
View ArticleBC, Canada Data and OpenData tools and Resources
A few open data resources of interest for those hacking and mashing up data in Canada... OpenDataBc - http://www.opendatabc.ca/ BC data http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/ Data BC Apps Page -...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-06-10 [Digg]
Community Efforts Mapping Fort Collins Colorado #HighParkFire | AnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology NOCO has an awesome GeoGeek community and loads of quality Geo Tech...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-06-12 [Digg]
2012 Apple WWDC Keynote Recap - Key Numbers, New iOS 6 and the new Apple Maps GISuser provides developer news, articles, jobs, updates concerning GIS, LBS, GPS, map mashups, and geospatial...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-06-13 [Digg]
The dtswildfire Flex WMS for Colorado High Park Fire #highparkfire | AnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology More on mapping the CO wildfire (aka HighParkFire)... there's been much...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-06-22 [Digg]
Google Lowers Price for Maps API | AnyGeo - GIS, Maps It seems Google is now back-tracking a little in the wake of last year's announcement of hikes in fees for the usage of the Google Maps API. It...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-06-28 [Digg]
ArcGIS.com Tentative Waldo Canyon Fire Line Map, Colorado Springs | AnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology An interesting map paints a pretty clear picture as to the extend of the...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-07-01 [Digg]
Sanborn Captures Imagery of Area Devastated by Waldo Canyon Fire Sanborn employees have responded with a service to the community to capture and process high quality mapping imagery over the burned...
View ArticleLinks for 2012-07-10 [Digg]
Location Analytics Developer GeoIQ Joins Esri Esri announced today that GeoIQ, a small geo-location company based in Arlington, Virginia, will be joining their organization. The addition of GeoIQ’s...
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