August 2009 - Community Mashup

Creating GeoGeekTV: Domain Model, Controllers and Views

Now that we have the look and feel stubbed out, it’s time to build out the rest of the site. Since nearly every page is data driven to some extent, the best place to start is with the domain objects. If we were doing this with Linq to SQL, ... Read More...

08-31-2009 11:23 PM from davebouwman.com

Upcoming GIS EDU Workshops in Geography and Technology Workshops (Colorado)

Some interesting GIS EDU (K-12) updates hitting our area of Northern Colorado, courtesy of my contacts at ESRI’s EDU team. I was interested to hear that Rocky Mountain High School (the Lobos)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

08-31-2009 6:48 PM from AnyGeo - A GISuser Blog about GIS and Location Technologies

Filed under: Colorado, Education

Tips and Tricks For the Geo Soloist

Imagine this scenario, a well educated, highly trained GIS/Geo professional is working for a small organization (county, environmental consulting, NGO, small federal agency, startup etc). Characteristics of such an organization typically include small...

08-31-2009 6:05 PM from GIS Hacks

Filed under: gis, GeoWeb, Geospatial Web Technologies, GIS 2.0

GeoMAC

The huge Station Fire in Southern California is a reminder that with the hot, dry summer weather comes large scale wildfires. GeoMAC (stands for Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination) is an online mapping application that provides updated fire locations...

08-31-2009 5:43 PM from GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems

Filed under: Emergency Management

Medical Application

1. Michael Raphael and his talented team at Direct Dimensions are in the national news again. 2. The Direct Dimensions e-newsletter is a must read. 3. The Direct Dimensions team helped surgeons to rebuild an Iraq war vets nose. Read More...

08-31-2009 5:10 PM from lidarnews

Wildland Fire and GIS

Informative links on modeling and Wildland fire data. Farsite Site for downloading FARSITE. FARSITE is a stand-alone fire growth simulation model. Four-Km2 Fires Datatset From the Earth Observatory, you can download fire data. GeoMAC GeoMAC (stands for...

08-31-2009 1:35 PM from GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems

Filed under: Link Library, Emergency Management

Station Fire in California in Google Earth

The LA Times put together a Google Maps map of the Station Fire (or La Canada fire) in the Los Angeles area which you can view in Google Earth in 3D right here . Google Earth is a great tool for getting the full perspective on where a fire is at and what...

08-31-2009 12:29 PM from Google Earth Blog

Filed under: Google Earth News

Caltrans’ Mobile Data Collection Test Strip

The California Department of Transportation has designated a stretch of freeway in San Diego as a test bed for anyone that wants to demonstrate the capability of their mobile mapping system. One company that recently completed a very successful trip to...

08-31-2009 9:09 AM from lidarnews

print maps of Canada for recreational users from MapSherpa

I’m constantly blown away by the amazing Geo Tech talent that we have coming out of Canada… today we have details of another cool webmap service coming from North of 49 - enter MapSherpa... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...

08-31-2009 8:22 AM from AnyGeo - A GISuser Blog about GIS and Location Technologies

Filed under: Maps, Canada

Django goes with grilled chicken

Who says I won't try Django? I actually liked this winemaker's "Gispy", a rosé blend of Syrah and Grenache, much better. Cinsault ("Django" is 100%) isn't winning me over, yet. Read More...

08-31-2009 8:08 AM from Sean Gillies Blog

Organizations

Joining a GIS organization is a great way to network and to exchange ideas. There is a growing number of non-profit and industry specific groups to choose from. Browse this list to find one that meets your needs. AAG GIS GIS speciality group of the American...

08-31-2009 8:01 AM from GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems

Filed under: community, Link Library

Google Earth Users Talk, Google Listens

One of the things I like best about the Google team developing Google Earth and Maps, is that they really listen to their users. Over the past few months, Google has been making many changes to their imagery processing for Google Earth. The goals seem...

08-31-2009 7:45 AM from Google Earth Blog

Filed under: Google Earth News

MapSherpa; Maps (not GIS) for Outdoor People

Monday Morning News Kick Off: Cheney Calls CIA Probe “Bad Decision”; Intellipedia and Tom Ridge Writes a Book

Happy Monday. We hope everyone had a restful weekend spent with friends, family and loved ones...because now it's time to get back to work. As always, we try to compile the actionable stories that will make you smarter, more productive and better...

08-31-2009 5:57 AM from got geoint?

Filed under: General, gis, Daily Intelligence Brief, USGIF, Intelligence Community, United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, Intellipedia, Spy Satellites, GEOINT 2009, India, Dick Cheney, IC, The Test of Our Times, Tom Ridge, India Failed Lunar Mission