The salary survey is always an interesting and popular topic. And so, here’s a fast, simple survey meant for GIS / Geotech industry professionals in an effort to get a glimpse at recent salary trends – no personal information at all is requested – thanks for participating!
Los Angeles, Vancouver, Honolulu Most Congested Cities in North America says TomTom
No huge surprise here I guess as TomTom has found in their recent research findings that L.A, Vancouver, Honolulu, San Fran, and Seattle top out the list of the most congested cities in North America – if you wonder what is the most congested city in the World, well that would be Moscow! See more […]
Tuesday update and new stuff…
Hopefully you had a nice Easter week-end and enjoyed some awesome Spring weather in your part of the World – I know we had killer weather here in the PacNW finally! A quick reminder that this morning (April 2 at 11 AM PDT) Lizardtech will be hosting another free, 30 minute . Act fast and […]
10 Ways Browsing PR Releases Can Land You a Job
How can a press release land you a sweet job or consulting gig? Read on for some tips and 10 examples and opportunities awaiting you.
JOMONOLA Bicycle Tour Looks to Help Rebuild Joplin, MO
This awesome story comes from Jerrod Hogan, a Land Surveyor in Joplin, MO and the co-founder and un-paid exec director of a nonprofit called Rebuild Joplin. Hogan shared his story with Marc Cheves of American Surveyor Magazine and described as follows: We started a few days after the May 22, 2011 EF-5 tornado that destroyed […]
Twelve Not-So-Obvious Tips to Help Small Business Owners Prosper
Here’s something for the night table and a little late night reading… Starting a small business is hard work. Joseph Callaway has been there, and he shares twelve unexpected tactics—all centered on putting clients first—that will help your company to succeed. In his book he touches on Twelve Not-So-Obvious Tips to Help Small Business Owners […]
The Arizona State University GIS Lab
A good place to get a sense of where the geographic information system (GIS) field is headed is Lattie F. Coor Hall at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. That’s the home of the 30-credit-hour Masters of Advanced Study in GIS (MAS-GIS) Program within ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. Here, students are […]
FEMA Issues RFI for GeoSpatial Foundation Cloud Hosting Services
An opportunity from FEMA with a deadline approaching… The RFI asked companies about capabilities to provide managed services, scalability, elasticity, storage, secured devices, database hosting, application hosting and other support. According to the release they are seeking information on the applicability and viability of using cloud computing for automated information system(s) sharing and discovery. This […]
Home and Remote Office Workers… A Good Idea or Just Yahoo!-ing Around?
It seems that Marissa Mayer and Yahoo! have stirred the pot a little here with this topic, although honestly, given Yahoo!’s track record I don’t really take much to heart that is coming out of the fledgling Internet company (when was the last time you used yahoo! email or did a Yahoo! search??) It seems […]
Sequester and Spending Cuts are Days Away – Some Poll Findings
Indeed the budget cuts may run deep as time passes and for many in business, the topic of sequestration is on the mind – no doubt this will also be discussed by many this week at the Esri FEDUC. Harris has recent;y polled Americans on their thoughts regarding budget spending and budget cuts and to […]