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Today’s Project – Installing PostGIS 2.0
I took today off from work to catch up on a couple things, including installing Postgres 9.1 and PostGIS 2.0 on my home machine. Lately, I’ve been neglecting how I manage my geo-data on my home machine for my personal projects and … Continue reading
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Goodbye MSRMaps or TerraServer, or whatever else you called it.
For many years Microsoft provided a WMS that included USGS topos and US aerial photography. Popularly known as TerraServer (or Microsoft Research Maps -MSRMaps), the service no longer exists as of 5/1/2012, meaning that the Google Maps mash-up I created using the data no longer … Continue reading
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My ArcGIS 10.1 Wishlist
ArcGIS 10.1 will be released soon and according to Esri, ArcGIS 10.1 will be the company’s biggest release ever. Plenty has been published by Esri about the 10.1 release, including an overview of 10.1 from the Resource Center, a number of … Continue reading
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Avid Geo Meetup Group, Boston
Guido Stein, the official social chair of the greater Boston GIS community, has started a Meet-up group, Avid Geo, for anyone interested in “geospatial”. Check it out here: http://www.meetup.com/avidgeo/. This should be pretty cool. Groups like this can be a great way to get connected to others in the … Continue reading
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Geospatial Topology, the Basics
The concept of topology isn’t something that every spatially enabled person fully understands. That is OK, because I too had to learn (and relearn) how spatial topology works over the years, especially early on back in the ArcView 3.X days. … Continue reading
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Google Maps April Fools’!
Google is pretty well know for their April Fools’ Day jokes, and today we are treated to another one, albeit on March 30th (maybe that’s a part of the joke too): Google Maps 8bit for NES Here is a quick … Continue reading
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Blogs for Wannabe GIS Programmers (like me)
Anyone who knows me and works with me on a regular basis knows that I am not a developer. I am a geographer who develops code for visualization and analysis applications that will hopefully work. In our line of work … Continue reading
Spatial Random Sample, Sample
Often, when performing spatial analysis, one may need to execute some type of sampling across space. For example, one may need to sample locations across a geographically continuous surface (think soils, anything weather related, etc.). A spatial random sample can … Continue reading
GISDoctor Spatial Analysis Post Series
There once was a well know GIS blog post that compared geographic information systems to word processors. No matter what you think about the post we will always need people who are skilled at “writing” and have something to “write” about. As … Continue reading
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And the #OSM Momentum Continues
Two quick articles for your reading pleasure: OSM Movement Gaining Steam Due to Google’s Fees – NY Times Esri Throwing more Support Behind OSM – Directions Magazine Now, do your part and start contributing. If everyone who reads this post … Continue reading