Scenes of a drought

My sister sent me these pictures of she and her husband riding their horses at the bottom of Lake Allatoona in northwest Georgia. I guess I didn’t realize how bad the drought is. I’ve been out on this lake before, but it had significantly more water than it does now. Now it’s [...]

GIS Maps Show Average Download Speeds for Tennessee Counties

Connected Tennessee, an independent non-profit organization on a mission to make technology costs go down and the ease of doing business in Tennessee go up, have just released a map showing the average download speeds for each county within Tennessee. This map, the first of its kind in the nation, was created as part of a study to give Broadband [...]

Get me a Coke… or Soda… or Pop

When you are out at a restaurant, how do you ask for your favorite cool refreshing soft drink? If you’ve traveled around the US much, you’ll find that cola goes by many different names. Even if you want a Sprite, some still call it a Coke. Other locations simply call it Pop. [...]

Global Warming update

Huh? It’s 10 degrees outside when I get in the car today. The rest of the country is experiencing a deep freeze. And if only all of the NFC fans had purchased more carbon offsets before the big championship game last night, there is a good chance the NY Giants coach could [...]

ESRI Podcast Explaining GEOdatabase Replication

GEOdatabase Replication is an exciting new feature offered in the ArcSDE 9.2 release from ESRI. This new functionality does not get the “WOW” attention it deserves as the migration from shapefiles, coverages, and personal GEOdatabases has been slow. If you own SDE, you should seriously look into this exciting feature as a means of GIS [...]

GEO-Jobe GIS Solutions for Emergency Disaster Management

GEO-Jobe GIS Consulting, using new technology and strategic business alliances, is successfully answering the Nations call for Emergency Disaster Management Solutions. Business partner W.A.R.N. (Wide Area Rapid Notification) and GEO-Jobe GIS Consulting have recently been awarded three national contracts to implement W.A.R.N. Command and Broadcast systems using the GEO-Jobe Notify Toolbar.
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