For those of you who need in-vehicle GPS technology and are holding off your purchase because of the high prices, there is a free alternative for you. See Below…. the background music is a nice touch….
The 2008 training schedule for ArcGIS training is now available for viewing. Need a little brush up on your skills? Interested in learning about the latest in ArcGIS products? Register for a class now by visiting the GEO-Jobe GIS training page for more info. Or if you would like to learn more about on-site training of large groups (10-12 people), please let us know.
Anyone in East Tennessee looking for last minute training? GEO-Jobe is providing training in Morristown, TN for Intro to ArcGIS II on January 27-29, 2008. We have a few slots left to fill, but we need to know by January 23rd. Please send us an email at info [at] geo-jobe.com or call 615-883-0085 and speak with Tiffany.
The next Nashville class at the GEO-Jobe corporate training center will be held on February 19-20, 2008. The class is Intro to ArcGIS I.
For complete details, visit our training page.
The Tennessee Geographic Information Council (TNGIC) is now “calling papers” for the 2008 TNGIC Conference being held in Chattanooga, TN on March 26-27. All the details for submitting your paper are listed below, compliments of the TNGIC Website. Submission Deadline is February 1st, 2008.
Share Your Knowledge
You are invited to submit abstracts for possible paper presentations at the 2008 TNGIC Conference.
Papers should focus on GIS application in Tennessee.
How to Submit Your Idea for a Paper
To present a paper at the Conference, you must be a registered attendee. Submit a title and short abstract (150 words or less) on the topic or theme to be discussed to Kurt Snider at kurt_snider@fws.gov. All users who present their papers at the conference may have them published on the TNGIC Website.
Tracks
Papers will be grouped by topic in order to best fit the conference program. The conference committee will make every effort to include all interested presenters.
No Product Advertisements
The purpose of paper presentations is to educate TNGIC members about new and effective ways of using GIS and related technologies. At no time is it permissible for a paper presenter to use his/her time slot to advertise or promote a product, service, or company. This rule will be strictly enforced.
Submission Guidelines
Your abstract cannot be longer than 150 words.
Include a brief speaker biography, Author’s mailing address, phone number, and e-mail are required.
So one of the most daring things that a blogger can do is update the blog software that he finds himself using. For those that don’t know, we use a neat blog platform called WordPress. Release 2.3.2 is out and they mentioned a couple of security issues were fixed with this release. Blogs use database backends to manage just about everything. I had to do a full mySQL backup which I used myPHPAdmin for and was successful in backing up. I’m not brave enough to try to import it again to make sure the backup worked. But I’m typing this post so I’m thinking it’s working OK, why mess with it. The other thing that requires backup is all of the 800 or so files that represent the site structure. Fortunately, that too was pretty easy. The trick is to not overwrite the themes and plugins that we’ve worked hard to give our site the look and feel it has. These folder are tucked away and didn’t require any modification or overwrites so all is good. WordPress has a great couple of articles to get backups done and the update completed. Interested in getting a blog going? It’s really not too hard and what a great diversion from getting any real work done. All kidding aside, writing about this stuff is a nice diversion and don’t we all need a little fun every now and then?
If you are a small municipality or county government, this may be a great opportunity for you to get all the ESRI you want at one low fixed price. As more small governments are coming online with GIS environments, pricing has been an issue which in some cases prevented the organization from really experiencing the IS part of GIS. Seeing the need to expand GIS into multiple agencies within the smaller government entity at a lower cost of entry, ESRI has created a licensing program that can really provide some significant benefits and cost savings compared with their traditional pricing models. This new ELA model is population based so the pricing is easy to calculate. And you have to be at a population of 100,000 or less to participate.
Take a county with a population of 75,000. You’ll find a few assessment mappers using ArcMap. You may see a few users in planning and zoning. Possibly some use in EMA, 911, and public safety. Water, Sewer, Gas, Electric will at some point need to work in ArcMap. So you have a bunch of users. Creating the enterprise environment, which allows sharing among agencies, requires a license of ArcGIS server to connect the dots and provide replication and security. We’re talking about a pretty big price tag when everyone is involved and hooked up. Plus, managing licenses in the traditional way meant a potential headache for purchasing or whomever was responsible. One licensee in this department, another over there, a third over there. Multiple account numbers and a budgeting headache.
With this new licensing model, one master license will cover all departments and agencies. This makes a lot of sense for budgeting. Here are few more things that make this a worthwhile investment.
- unlimited quantity licenses of:
- ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView
- ArcGIS desktop extensions (ArcPress, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, 3D Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst, Publisher, ArcScan, Maplex, and Job Tracking Extension)
- ArcGIS Server (advanced, standard, basic / workgroup and enterprise)
- ArcGIS Server extensions (Network Analyst, 3D Analyst and Spatial Analyst)
- ArcIMS
- ArcGIS Engine Runtime Deployments
- 1 EDN annual subscription (does not include ArcWeb Services)
- Maintenance on the unlimited licenses
- Maintenance throughout the term of the agreement on any software products previously deployed by client and identified in this proposal for unlimited access
- 2 sets of media
- All licenses and subscriptions will be term limited to 3 years – subscriptions can be renewed before the term expires
To help support organizations that purchase this ELA, ESRI is including the following training and support in the price.
- 5% discount for Instructor-lead training
- For the governments with populations of <25,000, ESRI will provide:
- $5,000 credit for ESRI Virtual Campus (applies to all standard classes)
- 2 named callers for technical support
- 2 complimentary User Conference Registrations
- For the governments with populations between 25,000 to 50,000, ESRI will provide:
- $7,500 credit for ESRI Virtual Campus (applies to all standard classes)
- 3 named callers for technical support
- 3 complimentary User Conference Registrations
- For the governments with populations between 50,000 to 100,000, ESRI will provide:
- $10,000 credit for ESRI Virtual Campus (applies to all standard classes)
- 4 named callers for technical support
- 4 complimentary User Conference Registrations
As you can see, this package is packed with many value added benefits. There are price breaks at populations of 25,000 to 50,000 and also at 25,000 or less. To see if this program is right for you or if you are interested in learning more, give us a call at 615-883-0085. GEO-Jobe GIS Consulting is an ESRI Business Partner and Authorized Reseller and can provide you with a GIS solution that works.
Here the podcast released on 01-18-08.
For those of you considering buying or selling, there are so many great resources available today to help in the process. In the past, Realtor.com held the market as the place to go for searching for a home. Sellers counted on their agents to list it there. One big happy process, almost mystical in how it worked. Now with the advancement of Web 2.0 technologies and increased use of maps, average joe home owner can now get involved in the process. Some sites allow a home owner to “claim” your home as your own and modify the settings if necessary. For Sale By Owner sellers have many free resources to post listings. With the methods used by Google and other search engines to pick up these listings, exposure is multiplied almost overnight.
Where are the eyeballs looking the most?
The Weather Channel and weather.com, owned by Landmark Communications, are officially up for sale. News of the sale is popping up on newswires around the country. Speculation is that one of the big media companies will grab it. Estimates are in the $5B. Weather.com is ranked high in the news category for most searched online sites. It recently began incorporating Microsoft’s virtual earth as part of it’s weather maps, which provides some interactivity.
What’s your favorite weather website? Weather.com, wunderground.com, accuweather.com, weatherbug.com?
FRANKFORT, KY (January 2, 2008) – Governor Steve Beshear today announced the appointment of Keith R. Mountain, Ph.D., as State Geographer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Mountain currently is a professor and Chair of the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University of Louisville where he has served for 12 years.
In his current work and collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education, the National Geographic Society and the Kentucky Geographic Alliance, he has been engaged in the outreach of geography into schools, community organizations and tertiary institutions. Mountain has previously served in teaching and research positions at the University of Idaho, the University of Arizona, Portland State University and Ohio State University. He has conducted field research all over the world, and his work has been published in numerous journals. He is a board member of the Kentucky Council for the Social Studies, in addition to membership in the Association of American Geographers, American Polar Society and the American Geophysical Union.
Mountain received a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the University of Melbourne in Australia. He then completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geography from the University of Oregon in 1978. Mountain then earned his Ph.D. in geography from the Ohio State University in 1990. He resides in Louisville. Mountain will serve a one-year term.
The state geographer must hold a graduate degree in geography from an accredited college or university and demonstrate professional knowledge of Kentucky geography through teaching and/or research activities.
Click here for a list of Duties performed by the KY State Geographer
From all of us to all of you. We would like to wish you a Happy New Year, 2008!
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