Northern Colorado, particularly the Fort Collins area, is a hotbed of geospatial technology and innovation – the region is also the center of the craft beer world. There’s no doubt that the GeoGeeks really enjoy their beer (see hashtag #GeoGlobalDomination for examples) but I’m also a firm believer that the GeoGeek, and geospatial tech community […]
The Economist Launches Thinking Spaces 2.0 – a location-based wiki of public thinking spaces
Here’s details of an interesting app from The Economist that works as a location-based wiki of public thinking spaces. On the map-based system, users can create, explore, and share your thought-provoking locations with the world
More Than A Check In (Part 1) – Geopollster, Cast Your Vote When you Check in via foursquare
As more developers foray into the area of user check in, we are treated to numerous ways to check in or mashup check in related information in some clever and creative ways. This is Part 1 in a continuing series that will share some clever social apps and services that build on the foursquare check […]
Tools to Help GeoTagging Your Digital Photos and Videos
There’s no question that sharing media is on the minds of many.. indeed you could almost say that sharing your digital media (photos and videos) is a requirement of any business trying to tell their story. Billions of photos are circulating, however, many still without any relevant and useful geolocation information associated. For businesses, its […]
Meet A GIS Professional – GISuser Expert Q&A with Joseph Kerski
For a little fun, we tossed about a dozen, short questions at some Geo technology professionals – below is our Q&A with industry expert Joseph Kerski – enjoy!
Mapping How To – Reporting Map Errors to Google maps, Bing, Mapquest, OSM, and others data providers
You know the scenario… you browse an online map service for directions or a local search and notice an error or issue with a place of interest (POI), an error with a road segment, or notice some other oddity with the basemap layer. Now what? Luckily most of the major map providers have mechanisms to […]
10 GISuser Articles of interest
GISuser feature content comes and goes off the front page quickly… now that we have a number of new, contributing experts we have a TON of original Geo tech feature content hitting the site, so much that it’s pretty easy to miss out if you aren’t watching closely. I know everyone is busy and many […]
Geo / GIS Technology Training At Your Desk – Webinars of Interest
There’s no doubt that there’s a TON of events that target GIS professionals. Kicking back at your desk is a great way to enjoy some of the fine education opportunities that are offered to professionals by a number of Geo solution providers.
Feature – When Will Public Transit Provide Users With Mobile Apps?
Oh man, when will they get it? That’s what I find I’m asking myself once again. Here in the Pacific North West (Victoria BC Canada) we’ve been hit with another snow storm.
More Than Social Check-in – 5 Location Aware Social Mobile Apps
Location technology… it’s all over the place and so are the apps. Indeed GoWalla, foursquare, and facebook are making strides but are they going mainstream?