Interesting news from hardware maker, Magellan as Magellan announces they are entering the Commercial Transportation Navigation GPS market and brings its advanced navigation technology to the world of commercial vehicles with the introduction of its Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5190T GPS navigator. It is designed specifically for over-the-road or local truckers, fleet owners, bus and taxi […]
Chinese Varyag aircraft carrier, snapped by DigitalGlobe in Yellow Sea
DigitalGlobe’s Analysis Center has captured the first shot of Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag from space on its second sea trial. The mage was collected on Dec 8th by the first satellite in DigitalGlobe’s constellation – QuickBird – which just celebrated its 10th anniversary in October. This is a satellite image from the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center […]
English Channel Storm Surge Chart
The storm surge affecting the English Channel on the 12-13 December was captured by a tide gauge on the Dart Estuary, Devon. The gauge is operated by oceanographic equipment manufacturer, Valeport. The data was telemetered and disseminated by the on-line publishing system, Port-Log.net (see image). The storm surge increased high waters levels to up to […]
US PLSS Data Projection Oops from BLM With ArcGIS.com
An interesting result when you attempt to add the BLM US public land survey system data into an ArcGIS.com map… these PLSS data are available from a KML file at www.geocommunicator.gov. I haven’t run into any projection issues within ArcGIS.com yet to date so I found it a little ironic that this issue crept up […]
Autodesk Announces Plot to Print Capabilities for AutoCAD WS
This interesting news out of Vegas and the annual AU event… 3D, GPS and Plot to Print Capabilities for AutoCAD WS. This from Autodesk… AutoCAD WS will include GPS capabilities, allowing geographic location information to be shared and saved with design projects, as well as new Plot-to-Print capabilities for immediate remote printing to any HP […]
That Time of The Year – Job Hunting Season! A Reminder and 10 Tips for the Geo Tech Job Seeker
Jobs… no doubt with the economy in a little bit of turmoil the topic of careers and possibly a career change or maybe job security is on the minds of many. I’ve noticed over the years that quite often, the end of the year is very active with job postings and new career opportunities. If […]
Thanks and a call to GeoGeeks To Help Free Atanas (A.T.) Entchev @Atanas #freeatanas
I’ve been trying to think how I can help share the word, so I’ll make it quick and simply hijack some of the latest words from James.. thanks James! Via the Spatially Adjusted blog James comments how yes indeed, Brian Timoney does have a way with words (yes he sure does!) Having little faith in […]
Geo News Tips and Some Geo Updates from Oct 11
A few Geo tidbits from today… Some interesting stats being touted by the latest mobile industry research it seems (methodology is still in question so take this with a grain of salt). Regardless, it seems that iPads dominate among tablets in driving digital traffic. In August 2011, iPads delivered 97.2 percent of all tablet traffic […]
Are you using your tablet for work related tasks?
Theres no question that many of us are now toting around tablets (like the iPad I’m currently using) but are we using these handy devices to their potential yet, or simply using them as our news reader, email client, and mobile companion? I noticed in a recent survey that I posted that many respondents indicated […]
Via #TCdisrupt – Bitcasa, More Than DropBox – Infinite Storage, Guaranteed
An interesting start-up was pitching this week at San Fran TC Disrupt event #tcdisrupt – enter Bitcasa – real time streaming and infinite data storage, a managed storage platform that boasts infinite data storage (at $10 per month) and a 100% guarantee. From the pitch at Disrupt… “It’s like a Flash player for data storage…”See […]