Tag Archives: GIS

Maps in the News, Somerville, MA

Posted on February 20, 2012 by bspauld

From Boston.com - Satellite imagery brings Somerville planners to new heights I live in Somerville (and I love it), and I really hope that the city planners only use this for demonstration or decoration purposes.  This is a very technology forward … Continue reading →

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ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight – That was easy

Posted on January 20, 2012 by bspauld

This past Wednesday, on the ArcGIS Server Blog, Esri informed the geo-nerd world that their ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight v1.0 is now available for download to the world.  The viewer is essentially a wizard for creating Silverlight based ArcGIS mapping sites … Continue reading →

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Back to School!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by bspauld

It is that time of year again GIS geeks!  Veteran grad students are awakening from their summer hibernation while new grad students are making their way to campus wondering how they are going to survive on their huge stipend.  School … Continue reading →

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Great story in the New York Times

Posted on July 27, 2011 by bspauld

In case you missed it there was a great story in the New York Times on Tuesday in regards to the use of GIS in historical analysis. The article, “Digital Maps are Giving Scholars the Historical Lay of the Land” , … Continue reading →

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Upcoming GIS Conference – Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis

Posted on May 4, 2011 by bspauld

I will be attending Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis annual conference as an interested spectator this Friday and Saturday, May 6th and 7th.  This year’s conference is focused on the future of web-mapping and geo-collaboration.  Reading through the program it looks like there will be a … Continue reading →

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NASA Image of the Day and Windows 7

Posted on March 3, 2011 by bspauld

I recently got Windows 7 on my work machine and while I was configuring my settings I came across a new feature that I thought was pretty neat.  The user can now create a desktop background image slideshow.  All the … Continue reading →

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