GISCafe Voice Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’ CategoryPresentation tool AddIn for ArcGIS 10 releasedWednesday, July 21st, 2010A new version of a presentation tool that was first designed for ArcGIS 9.2/9.3 was released as an AddIn for ArcGIS 10. This AddIn is similar to the presentation capability recently added to ArcGIS Explorer. The AddIn can be downloaded here from the new code gallery. – Esri Applications Prototype Lab Blog, Friday, July 16, 2010 More on GeoPlatform.govWednesday, July 21st, 2010A reader wrote in to ask if the data from GeoPlatform.gov was to be served up free of charge, as it isn’t clear from the website whether that is the case. If anyone knows the answer to this, please respond. http://www10.giscafe.com/blogs/gissusan/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=539 GeoPlatform.gov promises near-real time informationThursday, July 15th, 2010“The partner agencies of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) are developing a Geospatial Platform to more effectively provide place-based products and services to the American public. The Geospatial Platform will be a managed portfolio of common geospatial data, services, and applications contributed and administered by authoritative sources and hosted on a shared infrastructure.” On another page of this website, GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse offers examples of how NOAA with the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior integrated up-to-date information about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s trajectory with wildlife information, place-based locations of oiled shoreline and the positions of research ships into one map. GeoPlatform.gov/gulfresponse utilizes the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) a web-based GIS platform developed by NOAA and the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Response Research Center. This may be a useful venue for volunteer geographic information (VGI). Trails SIG talk on Trans Canada trail set for todayWednesday, July 14th, 2010I'm just posting this here for all who are interested: Trails enthusiasts at the ESRI conference, Dave Williamson attended our SIG yesterday and he and Chris Wood had some great experience to share in building the dataset for the Trans Canada Trail. His talk about the Trail, bumped from yesterday, has been rescheduled: The new time: 5:20 pm Wednesday, July 14, at the Climate Change Demo Theatre No doubt the experience he'll share will benefit and inform your own work on trails. See you there! Michael Norelli GIS Coordinator Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Fort Mason, Building 37 San Francisco, CA 94123 Bldg 37 (415) 561-3091 Cell (415) 724-9430 mnorelli@parksconservancy.org <mailto:mnorelli@parksconservancy.org> The Nonprofit Support Partner for the Golden Gate National Parks Trails SIG meets at ESRI UC todayTuesday, July 13th, 2010If you're interested in the use of ESRI products with trails, check out the Trails SIG. If you are at ESRI's User Conference in San Diego today, the Trails Special Interest Group meets at the San Diego Convention Center today, Tuesday, July 13th, at noon to 1pm in Room 30 B. It doesn't appear in the printed schedule, but it does in the online planner. And if you aren't in San Diego, see the following resources. The SIG has a presence online at http://groups.google.com/group/trails-sig This is a meeting I like to attend. 2010 FIFA World Cup GIS mappingMonday, July 12th, 2010Nelson Mandela Bay was the host city for the 2010 FIFA World Cup where Spain’s victory over The Netherlands resulted in a score of 1-0 in the last four minutes of play Sunday. The site features a GIS mapping application that visitors can launch themselves.
What’s going on at ESRI UC this week?Monday, July 12th, 2010This time of year my internal clock is set for ESRI UC, as I have attended every year for the past eleven years. This year however, I am not there. I feel a little strange, as though something is missing, and it is. Usually, I look forward to ESRI because of the plenary session, keynotes, the speakers, the educational focus, the vast numbers of people I meet and network with, seafood, and the San Diego sea breeze that is so refreshing compared to New Mexico mid-summer dry heat.
Instead of being there, this year I invite readers to tell me how it’s going, write into my blog or to my email address giscafe-editor@IBSystems.com to tell me what is worthwhile, hot, a new trend, or otherwise exciting news.
Rather than writing my usual recap of the conference each day I’m there, this may be a recap of what attendees think is important. I will, in the meantime, update readers with what I hear about products from the conference. Worldwide mobile subscriptions forecast at over 5 billion by ABI ResearchThursday, July 8th, 2010In the Analyst Insider from ABI Research the company forecasts over five billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010 worldwide, predicting approximately 4.8 billion connections having been reached by the end of the year’s first quarter. According to the report, much of this growth will be registered in developing markets in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Africa remains the fastest growing mobile market with a YoY growth of over 22%. Mobile penetration in Asia-Pacific will rise significantly to 65% by the end of 2010. NVision Oil Spill Response iPhone AppTuesday, July 6th, 2010In response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, NVision Solutions has released the Oil Spill Response iPhone App. The free app allows users to report oil incidents found along the coastal regions including oiled shorelines and wildlife as well as generic reports on oil related damage and oil related incidents. Users can upload images along with their reports. Reports are available for viewing in an online map as well as on the iPhone. The app can be downloaded at the iTunes Store |
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