EarthNow! Landsat Image Viewer

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 [...]

TruPulse 360B laser rangefinder - Seamless offsets with Trimble Handhelds

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 [...]

New Poll - GIS news sources

Where do you get your news from in the world of GIS?  Let us know by answering the poll on the left.

Free geocoding service

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 [...]

ArcMap 9.3 Enhanced PDF Options

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 [...]

ArcGIS Tips & Tricks

I have been working with ArcMap for about 5 years now. I figured out how to create a circular data frame 2 weeks ago and the multicolored multi-layered labels last month. I’m always learning new things and would like to share some of the fun tricks I’ve learned with other GISers. I hope they help. [...]

Census TIGER shapefiles - a primer

Earlier this year the Census Bureau released its TIGER/Line files in shapefile format for the first time. I was just taking a look at the TIGER website to see how the data would work as basemap for some simple projects we are working on. Keep in mind, I know there are other free [...]

Take our quick poll - how are you managing high gas prices?

On the left is a quick survey. How are you managing the high prices of gas? Here are a couple of handy links to help.
Gas Buddy
Gas Price Temperature Map
Gas Prices at Mapquest
Gas Price Watch
Department of Energy - Average Prices across the US

Google releases API for browser-based Google Earth

This is pretty cool stuff. Now get Google Earth inside your browser. There is a full API and SDK for developers.

Get the plugin here.

ESRI Includes ArcPad in its small government ELA program

The Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) program now offers an option to add unlimited access to ArcPad and ArcPad Application Builder via the ArcPad add-on option.
This offer is available to customers who have entered into or are purchasing an ESRI® Small Municipal and County Government Enterprise License Agreement.
Add-on prices per population [...]