Downloading “free” USGS topos from around the web?? Are you getting the new, enhanced USGS topos – US Topo? Read on for details on the new, US Topo data product as well as pointers and a detailed user guide.
Amerisurv Spotlight – Eye In The Sky: A Visit to GeoEye
From The American Surveyor Magazine… The Editor pays a visit to the headquarters of Earth Imagine leader, GeoEye.
The NORAD Santa Tradition Continues with expanded Social Media presence – some history
Over the years one of our favorite topics of discussion in December here at GISuser has been NORAD Santa… the fine efforts of the NORAD team implemented each year to track and secure Santa Claus during his long journey.
NOCO Digital Gunslingers Get A Lesson on the New FTC Rules for Bloggers
Here in Fort Collins, Colorado we are treated each week to a casual, social media training session organized by Nick Armstrong of WTF Marketing (@imnickarmstrong) in what’s known as the Digital Gunslingers meet-up. This past week we were treated to a session organized by nick featuring local lawyer, Kevin Houchin who discussed the new FTC […]
Tele Atlas North America Maps Rated Highest for Quality and Reliability
Certified Tests Show GPS devices with Tele Atlas maps win for address availability, routing and destination accuracy
GIS Alley GIS Day Event recap and NOCO GIS History from Carl Reed
It was great to have a chance to take in a local GIS event this week, thanks to the GIS Alley team and the local GIS user community here in Fort Collins and the NOCO Front Range. Last night in FT CO the first annual (we hope) GIS Day event organized by GIS Alley took […]
Commercial data sales top $1 billion in 2009 for Earth observation sector
According to Euroconsult’s new report Satellite-Based Earth Observation, Market Prospects to 2018 there will be over $1 billion in annual data sales in 2009 – a figure expected to nearly quadruple by 2018 – indicating the commercial Earth observation sector is establishing itself as a legitimate source of revenue growth for the global economy.
Loveland GIS #ncug Meetup and the City of Greeley, Colorado Rolls Out Their Social Media Policy
A group of N. Colorado GIS professionals regularly meet up (about every month or 2) at Loveland City Hall for what’s become known as the Northern Colorado [GIS] User Group (NCUG) – se also Twitter hashtag #NCUG. Organized by the Loveland GIS crew and ESRI, Broomfield, Colorado, the group convenes regularly to share and discuss […]
Finally, the rest of us get Twitter Lists – an intro
Well, finally, many more of us now have access to the new Twitter List feature (think Groups) that many "special" people on Twitter have been bragging about for the past couple of weeks.
Google Rolls Out Turn-by-turn Navigation via Google Maps and Navigation for Android
YEs indeed, it’s coming soon, Google Maps Mobile Navigation – I’m a big fan of mobile maps and more recently, mobile navigation. In all honesty, I’ve never really had a need or desire to pay a monthly fee for navigation and it seems many others are in the same boat.