The Google Earth blog posted about how you can turn your google earth experience into this special halloween edition. Download this kmz file and open it up in Google Earth. You’ll see the earth in a whole new way.
TN opens up its voting booths early, and purely for convenience. This is really nice because a lot of us can’t afford to take time off from work on that one day of the year when civic duty calls the loudest. TN is also fortunate to have a nice new State website where anything voting related is just a click away. Early voting locations are scattered throughout each county in the state making it nearly impossible to find an excuse not to vote. I had a change of address this year. I went in to Prairie Fitness in Cool Springs, one of the early voting locations in Williamson County, and filled out my change of address form right there. All I needed was my original voter registration card and drivers license. 3 minutes later I was standing at the computer screen with my daughter who is 8. She was really excited that she got to push the selections on the touch screen (great teaching opportunities are always available if you look for them). 3 minutes later and we were done. Got the sticker to prove it.
Remember, you don’t need a reason to vote early. Just show up at your nearest early voting location which are usually open from 9am – 7pm, including Saturdays. Here are couple of links that will help you find what you need to vote this year.
Early Voting: October 15th , 2008 through October 30th , 2008
Voter Registration Lookup (check your voting location)
Fall is a great time of year to be a GIS professional in TN. Coming up in just a few days is an ESRI sponsored event for those of you interested in learning more about the new ArcGIS 9.3. Zach Layne of ESRI will be hosting a free seminar entitled “ArcGIS 9.3 Seminar: Improving Your Entire GIS Workflow”. The seminar will be held on October 30 in Franklin, TN at Franklin Marriott in Cool Springs. For more information, you can go here.
On November 3rd, the East TN GIS Fall Conference will take place in Kingsport at the MeadowView Conference Center.
On November 18-19, the 8th annual MAGIC GIS Day conference will get underway. More info here.
Finally, on November 20-21, Middle TN gets its chance to shine with the Middle TN GIS User Group conference. You can learn more here.
So there you have it. Get out an enjoy the beautiful state we live in.
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