What exactly is GIS? Always a good question and topic of discussion it seems. To this day professionals still can’t decide if GIS is a profession, a tool, or a niche area but one thing is for sure, the question it always generates some discussion. And so a look at some popular/common descriptions of GIS […]
Tips For Saving on Gas and Your Expenses At The Pump
Yes indeed, summer is coming (Well, eventually), however, those high gas prices associated with summer are here already – heck, just yesterday in BC Canada the price of gas at the pump shot up 20 cents a liter in one shot (that’s about 75 cents a gallon in one whack folks) and there’s no signs […]
Suggested Reading – 10 New GIS User Articles and Features
Another busy week in GISuser Feature content and Geo Tech Spotlights. The following are 10 recent GISuser feature articles, blog posts and app spotlights that you should be sure to check out… some fine pointers and good reading here! Enjoy the following 10 features: Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended Thematic Mapper (TM) data began […]
Carnival of the Geospatialists #4
Another Friday passed and that means I had a chance to roll out another edition of the Carnival of the Geospatialists… a fun look at some really cool things that hit the Geo Web over the past several days. In this edition I share a number of goodies including: some awesomeness from the GeoGeek Community. […]
GIS to model predictive behavior and meth lab locations in Colorado Springs
An interesting read on Geospatial technologies and predictive behavior analysis in mapping meth labs in Colorado Springs. Most of us in the industry realize that GIS and Geospatial technologies in general have gone mainstream. So, its no huge surprise to see Geo Tech tales hitting the mainstream tech news sites and magazine. One publication to […]
For The GeoGeeks – Carnival of The Geospatialists #3
It’s been a couple of weeks so that means time again for another Geo Carnival… a fun roundup of GeoMusings and down-right cool, GeoGeekery from around the web. The first 2 GeoCarnivals went over very well (this according to our stats) so I’ll keep up the sharing. Enjoy these nifty tips and items of interest […]
North America Gets Their Own FOSS4G Conference in D.C, April 10-12, 2012
Yep that’s right, FOSS4G, North America is coming to D.C. this April 10-12, 2012 and I’m sure as a result, GeoGeeks all over North America are gonna be a bit giddy over this one! Recall last fall when FOSS4G was held in the Geo hotbed of Denver, Colorado, the event came off as a huge […]
Pennsylvania To Offer Foursquare Badge for Groundhog Day
The State of Pennsylvania Tourism agency has been a long time user of foursquare and this year will extend the offerings of those who checkin to special venues in the State with a special Groundhog Day badge. Actually, they offered it first in 2010, some info… n May 2010, Pennsylvania became the first state in […]
OpenStreetMap Developer Hack Weekend at GeoIQ, Washington, D.C.
Over on the GeoIQ blog Andrew Turner has penned details of a coming hack fest, OpenStreetMap Hack Ween-end. The GeekFest is scheduled to take place at the GeoIQ HQ in D.C. on Feb 18 and 19 and promises to be “very technical” and focus on building core apps and technology that use OSM or support […]
Can One Protest SOPA Without Blacking Out?
I applaud all those individuals and businesses electing to stand up and show their support in fighting the proposed legislation that threatens Internet freedoms (SOPA). As you can see, GISuser.com and this blog is available and being updated today as usual, however, this does not mean in any way that we are supporting SOPA. My […]