You gotta admit, we all love to see CNN mess up… its particularly funny though when their fumble is is recorded digitally and shared with the World via Twitter! That’s pretty much what happened when keep eye (and quick with the camera) @mrlukerobinson noticed that during a news broadcast CNN has made a failed attempt […]
Nokia Shutting Down Navteq Mobile Developer Resource NN4D
Well, with all the hooplah, reorganization, restructuring, yadayada going on at Nokia the past year or two you can’t really be surprised when you hear something to the effect of Navteq Developer resource NN4D being shut down.
South Pacific Island of Samoa Changes International Dateline
Have you checked your International Dateline map data layer recently? Chances are that it’s incorrect!
Can One Protest SOPA Without Blacking Out? We Can Try… #stopSOPA
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 […]
The War Horse Journey Time Map by Dreamworks and Microsoft (Bing)
Lutz Shares A Must Read- Geospatial Data Sharing Guidelines for Best Practices
Details of a new, must read PDF published by the NSGIC on geospatial data sharing
10 Favorite Tweets From the Geo Twitter Sphere
I try to follow along with Twitter and frequently Fave tweets that I really dig. Here’s 10 recent Tweets of interest from my stream… enjoy! FYI, you can follow yours truly @gletham if you don’t already! favorite [fey-ver-it, feyv-rit] – a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference @michael_d_gould RT @laurelatoreilly: “Don’t Call […]
El Paso 911 District Integrates MapText’s Labeling System into their Dispatch System
Monmouth Junction, NJ – October 4, 2011. The El Paso 911 District has successfully integrated MapText’s Label-EZ automated map labeling product into its Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.
New Canvas Map Now Available From Esri
This update from Esri regarding the new Canvas Map Option… The new Light Gray Canvas Map provides a neutral, light gray background with minimal labels and features, drawing attention to your thematic content, thus making it an ideal basemap for bringing your data to the foreground. The Light Gray Canvas Map supports strong colors, creating […]
Search Continues For Missing Portland GIS Pro, Mark Bosworth @findMarkB
It’s been amazing to see the news spread as efforts to locate missing Portland OR Geospatial Technologist Mark Bosworth have ramped up over the past several days. Missing for over a week now, the cancer survivor is feared to have a medical condition that makes locating him very crucial, particularly as doctors have recently commented […]