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Archive for March, 2008
Nashville gets Google Street View
Nashville just got hooked up with Street View imagery on Google Maps. Zoom in to Nashville, click on the Street View link. Imagery is available for any street with blue highlights. Move the little stick figure guy around and then click to view street level imagery of the area. The image window has 360 degree pan features. By clicking along [...]
ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 5 now Released… Go grab it!
ESRI released ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 5 yesterday. It is believed this will be the last service pack before ArcGIS 9.3 is released. I hear, the new version is scheduled to hit the streets around the second or third week of June. The beta version came in the mail last week and I am currently running tests and getting familar with the new [...]
TNGIC Wednesday kicks off
We got the GEO-Jobe booth setup. Stop by if you have a minute. Looks like a lot of people here this year. We'll have some pictures up soon.
Historic Aerials – my, how we’ve changed
NETR Online has put together a nifty site to view several decades worth of aerial imagery across the US. The link was sent to me by our good friends at LizardTech to show the power of their Express Server which is used to deliver over 60 TB of data on this site. On the left of the page you'll see some points of interest links. Las Vegas has [...]
Marsha Blackburn co-sponsors FLAIR
Representative Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee is co-sponsoring HB5532, referred to as the Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (FLAIR) Act. This bill creates a single, Federal multipurpose cadastre (a uniform Federal computer database), in accordance with standards recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The bill also calls for an [...]
TNGIC Geocaching Info
Here is the latest Geocaching info for next week's TNGIC event. You can download the PDF here. Here's the scoop: Date: Tuesday, March 25th Time: Noon – 3 pm Location: Chattanooga Convention Center Teams: should be 4-6 people Equipment Needed: - GPS receiver (Bring your own. GEO-Jobe will provide up to 4 Trimble GPS Units) - [...]
City of Decatur and Morgan County Alabama go GEOpowered
In an effort to update their online mapping experience and the technology that goes with it, the City of Decatur and Morgan County AL Revenue Commissioner, through a joint venture, have partnered with GEO-Jobe GIS to provide GEOpowered Interactive Mapping technology to their internal users and constituents. We are really excited here at [...]
Vanderbilt upgrades Emergency Alert System
Vanderbilt University, a long time client of GEO-Jobe GIS, has recently upgraded its emergency alert system to a new system developed by Gallatin based W.A.R.N. (Wide Area Rapid Notification). The W.A.R.N. system provides multiple format rapid alerts to student and faculty in response to threats from tornados and other dangers via alerting [...]
McMinn County GEOpowered gets press from Chattanooga Times
The Chattanooga Times Free Press today released a nice article about McMinn's new GEOpowered site. One of the interviewees in the article said it best. Athens surveyor Christian Medders said the new site has made his job easier. “It’s one of the best in the state,” Mr. Medders said. Are you GEOpowered? Call us at 615-883-0085 to learn [...]
TNGIC Update – its next week?
So where does the time go that it's almost TNGIC time again? It's going to be a great event this year with some folks you are familiar with organizing it again - and doing a great job I might add. GEO-Jobe is heading up the Geo-cache event and Cliff is out capturing a few points on a Trimble GeoXH today in preparation for it. Be sure to sign [...]
