Posted on August 4th, 2008 by Joel Smith
14,000 GIS users converge on San Diego, California’s Convention Center. This event is massive! One Plenary Session today led by the president of ESRI, Jack Dangermond. The topic of today’s talks - GIS: Geography in Action. Jack began this morning with a welcome and proceeded with some yearly awards. Next, began the showcase of technical [...]
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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 9th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
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 [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Theron Hatch
Google has been soliciting artwork for its homepage through its Doodle 4 Google competition. The competition ended with winners selected from among 16,000 entrants from across the US. Lynn Camp High School senior Cherry Rose was selected as 1st place regional winner, among a six state region, and the best among [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Theron Hatch
Kim McDonough, GIS Coordinator, Information Technology Division, of Tennessee DOT, and a long-time active member of the GIS community in the state, wrote a great article for ESRI ArcNews about Managing GIS within the infrastructure of the IT/IS department. Kim explains the importance of GIS working within the confines of the IT organization.
The computers [...]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
In an effort to lighten up a little from all things GIS, I present some of my favorite Albert Einstein’s quotes.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.
Imagination is more important than [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
I read recently that thieves are looking for cars with GPS units not so much to steal the GPS device, but to see if your address is listed in the “Home” saved location. Most GPS devices have a “Home” option where you can store and easily retrieve your home address without having to retype it [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Neill Jobe
Invasion of Privacy! claims a Pennsylvania couple after filing a 10 page lawsuit with the Search Engine Giant. The couple claims their privacy was invaded when the Google “Streetview” vehicle took a picture, up their long driveway, while there was a posted “Private Road” sign at the end of the driveway. Google’s defense, they have [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Theron Hatch
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 [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Theron Hatch
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.
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