Yes indeed, another Friday is upon us and that means time to share 5 cool and awesome things that I’ve stumbled onto this week… enjoy, and as usual please share your tips and things that are full of awesomeness – ping me @gletham…
The 2012 USDA CropScape Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is released @ 30m
The 2012 national CDL is released @ 30m – The 2012 cropland data layer (CDL) product for the Continental United States (CONUS) is released in CropScape (http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape) on January 31, 2013. This categorized geospatial product at 30m resolution is produced by U. S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service from satellite observation data and […]
The Cloud’s Implications for 3D Machine Control and What is The Cloud?
What is the cloud? (originally published on MachineControlOnline) The Cloud or cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network. Typically, this is the Internet but local, private networks can also be established. The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as […]
Mobile Feature – Using An iOS Mobile GIS App to Provide Reliable Tour Guide: Yilan Travel Guide App
Scenario Yilan County, situated on Lan-Yang plain, leans on the Central Range and Pacific Ocean. The weather in Yilan is rainy and humid; therefore, the fertile alluvial plain here breeds diverse superior agricultural products and plentiful landscapes. In addition, with the convenient transportation between Yilan and Taipei, Yilan becomes the first choice of resorts where […]
Spatial Media Feature – Autodesk University 2012 – A Perspective
This article comes via our sister property at LiDARnews.com – thanks to Joe Croser who was in attendance at AU2012 Last month I attended Autodesk University (AU) for the third-time. I was there to support two Oundle Group clients who were exhibiting on the show floor. I‘ve attended AU twice before: once in 2004 when […]
Table of Contents – The American Surveyor – Vol.10, No.1 2013
From The American Surveyor Magazine, December, 2012… Table of Contents 262kb Editorial: The New Normal The editor discusses the past four years and the next four years. By Marc Cheves, PS 260kb Monitoring: A Fast-Growing Discipline Monitoring is playing a key role for a retrofit that retains existing façades of some of the most […]
Juniper Systems Webinar Recap – Collect Professional Grade GIS Data, fast, easy, and cost effective!
Want to Collect Professional Grade GIS Data without Complicated Mapping Software? Well if so, Juniper Systems answered that question recently via a live webcast. The Topic, Juniper Aspect
Fishery Analyst Online Maps spatial patterns of fishery dynamics
Here’s details of a very clever webmapping service from Mappamond and VIMS – Fishery Analyst Online (3.0). According to the developers, Fishery analyst Online was born as a web adaptation of Fishery Analyst for ArcGIS Desktop. The latest application was developed using Google and ArcGIS JavaScript APIs and the Dojo framework. About the App – […]
Feature – GIS Matters: mLSIS, a Mobile Land Surveyors Information System
This special features comes via the American Surveyor Magazine , Nov. 2012 Wouldn’t it be convenient to be able to do research while in the field? Surveyors often need information from existing records while in the field. Existing records for things such as surveys, control points, land ownership, floodplain, and others are needed while in […]
Google Rolls Out Android Maps API v2 – including 3D Maps
Today via their maps dev blog, Google announced details of the new Google Maps Android API v2 – some noteworthy customers using the API include Trulia, Expedia, and FlightTrack. A number of new features and functionality are included: Maps API now uses vector tiles, Caching is improved, and Maps are now 3D. About the maps API… With […]