Microsoft Virtual Earth coming to ArcGIS 9.3

Coming soon to ArcGIS 9.3 as a subscription based service that will allow you to add the Microsoft Virtual Earth imagery and base maps. The real benefit of using this service is that it removes the responsibility of finding and sometimes purchasing the latest base mapping files. Also, it frees you to map beyond your [...]

Weather Channel and weather.com potential sale

The Weather Channel and weather.com, owned by Landmark Communications, are officially up for sale.  News of the sale is popping up on newswires around the country.  Speculation is that one of the big media companies will grab it.  Estimates are in the $5B.  Weather.com is ranked high in the news category for most searched online [...]

Directions Mag poll on what you’d like to learn

If you didn’t have to pay for it, that is. The poll asked:
If you could take one course for free (and had time to study!) what type of course would you choose?
Just under 300 responded to it. Programming tops the list? What does that tell you about the one-size-fits-all out of the box applications and [...]