You may have heard or read recently that Canada has announced new/enhanced efforts in their position on Open government. This came in the form of a newly revised position and policy on OpenGov (see details) and an enhanced open government portal. The Open Data Portal is a one-stop shop for federal government data that can […]
New Yorker Mapping the Craft Beer Industry
Kudos to The New Yorker for recently looking at the rise of the craft beer industry. The craft beer (micro-brew) industry is soaring in popularity and stats now show that these tasty little breweries are really starting to tap into the lucrative beer market. Heck, as an example, Costco sales reveal that over 1/3 of […]
Earth Day Data Challenge
Something interesting from the Earth Day Data Challenge as they are looking for creative uses of the public ocean data available on marinexplore.org. For example, the use of historical sea surface temperature data to investigate phenomenon like La Niña. You could explore the effects of salinity in ocean currents, the routes of mobile data platforms, […]
Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map
Have you ever wanted to contribute to the National Map? Well, now that the USGS has embraced the crowd there’s an opportunity for you to do just that! If you have access to the Internet and are willing to dedicate some time editing map data we hope you will consider participating! The USGS is recruiting […]
Colorado wildfires map: Black Forest fire, Royal Gorge, Big Meadows in ArcGIS.com
Some interesting data being shared by the Denver Post as they track the devastation resulting from the wildfires near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Note, a KML file is available from HERE for use in Google Earth, Google maps, ArcGIS.com and other services that can ingest the data
Colorado Wildfire information news map
Sadly, another wildfire season is upon us and already we’ve seen some tragic events in California and now in Colorado. A reminder that Esri has a useful news map that shares data and updates on wildfires including perimeter maps, social media reports, and other data fed through various government agencies (NIFC, GeoMAC, NHSS, MODIS, METAR/TAF, […]
Research Shows Over 6.6 billion mobile phones will be in use by 2017
There’s no arguing that mobile is here to stay and the mobile user HAS to be considered when launching your next web app, service or ?? Some recent stats reveal that very soon there will be more phones in use on the planet than there are people! Get this… Analysts predict that by 2017 more […]
Apple Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC 2013 By the Numbers
Some noteworthy numbers picked up today from Apple while watching the 2013 WWDC livestream… WWDC 2013 By the Numbers 26th annual WWDC – the longest running devcon to date (they think) 1 million daily visitors to Apple retail outlets millions come for personal training 407 stores in 14 countries App store celebrates 5th birthday in […]
Apple hosts their annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) Today
Don’t forget that today, June 10, Apple hosts their annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) and the keynote from CEO Tim Cook will be live-streamed as usual (10 AM PST) – See http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2013/ WWDC 2013 activities include: • More than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers on a wide range of topics for developing, […]
The Geography and History of the Canada US Border explained
Ever wondered about that “imaginary” fence that exists for about 5000 KM separating Canada and the USA? Well, perhaps this new video will help explain things a little better… enjoy (Source of inspiration) The video makes light of the border, however, there’s some really interesting quirks that you may have wondered about… for myself, I’ve […]