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The BIG List of GIS, Mapping, and Geo Tech Events to Consider in 2012

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Here we are well into 2012 and that means another year of conferences, events, MeetUps, Devmeets, hackathons and more. With budgets tight, a rough economy, and conferences coming and going by the wayside, there’s a number of choices to be made. 

The GISuser Top 10 Geo Social Media and Social Location Articles From 2011

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There’s no question that Social Media  and the use of social media in business was a HUGE topic in 2011. During the year I authored a number of articles on the topic and they were very well received. The following are the top articles according to our stats and make for some fine bookmarks for […]

Carnival Of The Geospatialists #2 – Musings and Down-Right Cool Things Shared by the Geo Faithful

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Welcome to edition#2 of my Carnival of the Geospatialists and a short recap of some items of interest from the GIS/GeoGeek community. Please note, if these updates persist, I’m wide open to submissions and suggestions to feel free to ping me @gletham to make suggestions.

The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools

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The Mobile Ecosystem… no question that mobile is huge and the opportunity for developers and those porting web apps and services to the mobile environment is massive (just look around at career opportunities posted for mobile developers).

Carnival Of The Geospatialists #1 – Musings and Down-Right Cool Things Shared by the Geo Faithful

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I recall a few years back I used to follow something called the Carnival of the Moblists… essentially, it was a fun recap of recent items of interests coming out of the mobile industry and bloggers that shared stories related to mobile app development.

So You Want to Hack – OpenHackDay #odhd Recap and Tips for developers and new hacks

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I recently had the opportunity to attend a local hackday event, this local event here in Victoria planned by OpenDataBC was just one such event of many that took place in locations around the World.

ArcGIS How To Hack Tip – A Fast, Simple ArcGIS Map Mashup of Flickr Photos and Foursquare Checkins

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Here’s a simple how to tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS to create your own custom map mashup

GIS Technology Vehicle Supports Asset Mapping and Public Safety Operations in Monroe County, NY

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Trimble Customer Story – Trimble GNSS Equipment Performs Multi-Purpose Field Mapping – By day, the GIS Technology Vehicle supports infrastructure construction, asset maintenance, and operations; by night, the vehicle serves as a mobile command center for public safety and emergency operations.