Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Joel Smith
Coming soon to ArcGIS 9.3 as a subscription based service that will allow you to add the Microsoft Virtual Earth imagery and base maps. The real benefit of using this service is that it removes the responsibility of finding and sometimes purchasing the latest base mapping files. Also, it frees you to map beyond your [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Joel Smith
Weather Underground has a map that shows the output of thousands of weather stations around the world. As well as NEXRAD radar of current precipitation! The weather stations report temperature, wind speed and direction. This site is a wonderful mashup of mapping all things weather. You can even track current hurricanes by clicking on the [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Joel Smith
The countdown has begun…In less than 1 week I will be in Sunny (hopefully) San Diego, California for the 2008 ESRI Users Conference. I shall do my best to document the entire ordeal for those that cannot be there. I plan to include as many pictures as I can to completely capture the enormity of [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Joel Smith
USGS has a new trick up its sleeve. Almost realtime satellite imagery from LandSat 5 & 7! Landsat 5 was launched in 1984 as a backup for Landsat 4 and scans the earth once every 16 days. Landsat 7 was launched in 1999 and circles the Earth at an altitude of 438 miles. These two [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Neill Jobe
If you have not yet installed ArcGIS 9.3, then Service Pack 6 has been released for your ArcGIS 9.2 installation. I am assuming this will be the last Service Pack for 9.2 since the release came after ArcGIS 9.3 started shipping last month. Click Here to go straight to the download page.
For those of you who have [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Theron Hatch
If you’ve ever been stuck under a tree canopy or tried to capture a point which would require you to lose satellite reception, the LaserTech TruPulse 360B is a great solution for creating real-time offsets directly in your Trimble handheld. In our testing environment, we hooked up the 360B to a new GeoXH 2008 series [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
Where do you get your news from in the world of GIS? Let us know by answering the poll on the left.
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
www.BatchGeocode.com provides a nifty little app online that will convert 500 addresses at one time. All free. Plus they have some pretty neat add-ons to convert to KML and the like. It’s fast and so far works like a charm. Thanks to one of my friends in the Health Dept at Jackson, TN who shared [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2008 by Joel Smith
After upgrading to ArcMap 9.3 and exploring its many new features, one is worth noting; 9.3 has enhanced the options when exporting a map to PDF. In order to utilize this new function go to File > Export (Alt + FE) and in the Save as type: select PDF. If it isn’t expanded by default [...]
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Posted on July 16th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
We don’t usually do political stuff here. But if you’re like me, you are probably as tired as I am of this current political campaign season? Are you ready to get a really good candidate in office? I think you’ll agree that we all know the perfect candidate. Click the video below [...]
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