Yesterday, Kentucky Space successfully launched a space balloon, nearly into space, in Bowling Green, KY. The balloon brought back amazing pictures of the earth’s surface that look very similar to something you would see from a space shuttle. Congratulations to the Kentucky Space team for this accomplishment. Pictures of the Launch can be seen by Clicking here . Click here for the Balloon’s eye view from space.
from the Herald Leader by Michael White
Reaching 91,277 feet, above 99 percent of the atmosphere, the balloon’s cameras were able to capture the curvature of the Earth and the blackness of space, similar to the view from space shuttles.
From the Kentucky Space Website:
Kentucky Space is a non-profit enterprise involving a consortium of universities and private organizations for the purpose of pursuing space related education, R&D, small satellite design and launch operations.
GEO-Jobe is offering an Intro to ArcGIS II class in two weeks. It is a 3-day class beginning on July 29th. Cost is $1,250. The class is going to be held at our Nashville corporate training facility. To learn more and to register, visit the training page of our website.
ESRI has just come out with an easy to read brochure on the small government ELA program we’ve been writing about here. To see if this program is right for you, read the brochure. Questions? Give us a call. 615-883-0085.
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The International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) is the internationally recognized leader and preeminent source for innovation, education, and research in property appraisal, assessment administration, and property tax policy. The body of members represents assessment offices around the world and the vendors supporting those offices.
It is a great privilege to share some news about some Tennessee folks that have completed a rigorous training process and are now officially designated as Certified Mapping Specialists (CMS). In the world of assessment and appraisal, this is quite an accomplishment.
- Barbara Kizer, CMS – Assessor of Property for Lawrence County in Lawrenceburg, TN
- Johnny Stephens, CMS – GIS Coordinator for Maury County in Columbia, TN
- Delton Mayberry, CMS – Assessor of Property for Hickman County in Centerville, TN
- Melvin Huffman, CMS – GIS Technician, State of Tennessee Office of Local Government, Middle TN Region
- Charles Winchester, CMS – Appraisal Specialist II, State of Tennessee Division of Property Assessments
Congratulations to you all.
GEO-Jobe GIS is an IAAO member company with yours truly holding a full IAAO membership. As a company, we are committed to supporting the GIS needs of the Assessment community in Tennessee. We are an ESRI Business Partner and provide Authorized ESRI consulting, software reselling, and ArcGIS training.
Picked this up from Glenn’s Blog.
ESRI is looking for videos of your GIS in action (that’s In Action, not Inaction). I know many of you are still wondering if there is an actual end goal of GIS. You’re hoping that you’re not just throwing your money away hoping to actually analyze something someday. Well, for those of you who’ve figured it out and have it all together, take a video of your setup and submit it to YouTube. Best thing of all… you can win $125. That’ll cover the charge for your second bag on the flight to San Diego.
For more information check out ESRI’s Geography in Action video contest page.
The Tour de France is on and so is street view for the course. This year you can see the course using Google’s Street View technology. This LINK connects you to the traditional Google Maps site showing where street view is available over the course. The tour website is HERE. And a course map PDF is found HERE. I’m not sure if the street view camera actually picks up the bikers when they are shooting up on steroids, but its worth a look.
Info from the Google Earth Blog.
ESRI just released a guide to help us understand the ESRI Enterprise License Agreement (ELA). As many of you know, ESRI released the Small Municipal and County Government ELA which at the outset looked really good. As the details were released it became apparent that it wasn’t going to be a good fit for everyone. The program has certainly generated a lot of interest. For many though it has raised more questions. This white paper doesn’t answer all of these questions but it does provide a great deal of info about what you can expect from ESRI if you sign up for the program.
The White Paper provides insights into the following areas:
- The function and makeup of the ESRI ELA team (called the Agency Central Support or ACS) that works with an end user agency
- Initial software shipments and the requirements gathering to ensure the correct software is made available (for example floating or concurrent licensing).
- Organizing mass installations
- Technical Support
You can find the document HERE.
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