A new resource from American Sentinal University ‘The State of the Modern Health Care Industry in the 21st Century: Technology and Business Intelligence Leads the Way,’ profiles the tech shifts in health care and offers an inside look into how geographic information systems (GIS) can be applied into health care organizations and the industry’s growing need for […]
Stop Talking, Start Communicating – Four Tips for Delivering Bad News
I’ve always been a fan of the popular Business books, particularly the ones that focus on professional development. Stop Talking, Start Communicating is a new title that can help you deal with delivering bad new. According to the author, leaders and otherwise successful people will go to great lengths to avoid doing this. For example, you might […]
Self Publishing Tip – APE the Book
The New Year is a great time to make plans for the year ahead, either for personal or business goals. Case in point, have you ever thought about self publishing a book? I’m pretty sure you have… well, thanks to Guy Kawasaki it may not be as daunting of a task that you may think […]
Thinking About GIS, the Fifth Time!
Yes indeed, once again you can start thinking about GIS… Obviously, what I’m talking about is the 5th edition of one of the most popular GIS / GeoTech books to ever hit the market, Thinking About GIS authored by Roger Tomlinson and published by Esri Press. The fifth edition has been updated with new resources […]
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 […]
Dev Tip – Python Scripting for ArcGIS
Python is indeed a hot topic and having Python skills can really help kickstart your career in GIS and programming, particularly for the recent grad. One of the most popular features we rolled out over the past few months on GISuser was a piece on Python that highlighted some developer resources, tips, and suggested tutorials […]
Earth – The $100,000 150kg Platinum Edition World Record Atlas @Earthplatinum
What weighs in at over 150kg, is valued at more than $100,000 and has broken a 350 year old Guiness World Record? If you guess a massive Atlas then you’d be correct! Yes indeed, Earth: Platinum Edition Atlas created by 90 dedicated cartographers over a four year period with the help of Esri Technology now […]
International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS (Kerski et al)
Congrats go out to Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., Education Manager at Esri, and periodic contributor of articles to GISuser, on the publication of the International Perspectives on GIS in secondary schools book. This, the first publication to collate a broad international perspective on the pedagogical value of GIS technology in classrooms, offers an unprecedented range […]