Once again it’s that time of the year, prepare to stop and drop, cover, and hold on… You are encouraged to participate in the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill to be held on October 18, 2012. About the event – During the drill, participants will “drop, cover, and hold on.” This is the recommended safety action […]
Wanted, hurricane project Volunteers to assess archived images
Climate scientists need your help classifying over 30 years of tropical cyclone satellite imagery – enter the Cyclone Center. Using an innovative, specially designed website, the crowd will will guide users through a process to analyze a specific hurricane image and answer questions, using a simplified technique for estimating the maximum surface wind speed of […]
10 Useful Tips To Help With Your PR Release
Ah yes, the PR machine… most companies at some point will have a need to create and distribute a press (or PR) release. The body of the press release expands on the “Who, What, When, Where, How and Why” of the announcement or news and you’ll need a killer title. There’s also a number of […]
10 Must Consider GIS/Geo Tech Job Opportunities
Yes indeed, even in this economy there’s been loads of activity in our career center at GISuser.com. Check out these recently listed opportunities and more… good luck! Project Manager – Integrity – New Century Software’s mission is to provide safer energy transportation through the application of GIS technology. Since 1994, the company has employed successful […]
Today on GISuser… Some Geospatial / GeoTech musings
Here’s a snippet of what’s new on GISuser (via GISuser Today newsletter)… enjoy! We’ve been busy editing and processing videos from the esriuc and have made available all the interviews we conducted onsite. Moving forward, big news from NASA as Curiosity is now sending images from Mars back to us… indeed a huge win for […]
E-Book – Android App Marketing and Google Play
Developing for the Android mobile ecosystem is increasingly important for developers and solutions providers. Here’s details of a free e-book that may provide you with some helpful tips and tricks – Android App Marketing and Google Play This eBook Includes: The “must-know” differences between Google Play and Apple’s App Store Techniques to get your app […]
NASA Map reveals smoke from Wildfires
Some interesting visualizations coming from NASA these days, this latest effort revealing the dispersion of smoke from wildfires over the continental US. About the map… The map below depicts the relative concentration of aerosols in the skies above the continental United States on June 26, 2012. The map was assembled from data acquired by the […]
Cool Geo Tips and OffBeat news announcements
Sure we post loads of GIS and Geo tech news announcements and updates on GISuser and in the newsletter etc… however, we also touch on a fair bit of interesting material that some might consider to be a little off-beat. Some of the interesting tech items we’ve shared over the past week that might fall […]
On the floor at #HEX12
This morning in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Ballroom Hexagon Conference really gets rolling with the CEO keynote and state of the company address from key executives. I’m looking forward to hearing about ERDAS, Intergraph solutions and what’s planned in 2012 forward. See also #hex12 for tweets from the crew and from some of […]
Steve Riley talks cloud at DevSummit
This morning at the Esri DevSummit it was all about the cloud thanks to a keynote delivered by Steve Riley of Riverbed Technology. From Steve… “The cloud is important for esri, fundamental for expanding and making it easier for developers to create new value on what they provide. As an esri customer, being comfortable with […]