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1. GeoDa coming to Mac and Unix
New versions of GeoDa software are being developed as open source software and will be available for the Mac and Unix systems.
by derek on 10/05 04:12pm - Story - 1,884 Hits

2. Autodesk open sources MapServer Enterprise
Autodesk, makers of AutoCad, have announced a partnership with the University of Minnesota to develop and enhance web mapping servers and service platforms and release them as Open Source.
by gaige on 11/29 10:25am - Story - 1,111 Hits

3. Creating a Marauder's Map for muggles
With the latest Harry Potter movie opening yesterday, fellow GIS obsessed blog Very Spatial has an article on whether it is possible to truly create a "marauder's map". For those of you who are not versed in the ways of Hogwarts, the marauder's map is a map which shows the ...
by derek on 11/19 11:08pm - Story - 1,056 Hits

4. Using GIS to model hurricane debris
Geospatial Solutions has an interesting story about a company (PBS&J Consulting) that created a huricanne debris model for Broward County Florida.
by derek on 09/30 10:45pm - Story - 1,048 Hits

5. GlobeExplorer shows off Katrina imagery
GlobeExplorer has a variety of images from Hurricane Katrina and other disaster imagery online now.
by Admin on 09/30 09:23am - Story - 1,042 Hits

6. Welcome to Cartographica.com
Welcome to Cartographica.com, ClueTrust's GIS home on the Internet!
by Admin on 09/29 06:25pm - Story - 1,021 Hits

7. GIS Day 2005
National Geographic is sponsoring November 16th, 2005 as GIS Day, a day to learn about GIS and geography.
by Admin on 09/30 04:56am - Story - 1,001 Hits

8. Which mapping service is most popular
A recent article by the AP looks at the popularity of the different web mapping services and finds that the winner is not Google Maps but Mapquest. Despite the press that Google maps has been receiving the results indicate Mapquest is the clear leader with 70% of users stating they ...
by derek on 11/29 10:58pm - Story - 951 Hits

9. GPS the Movie?
How low has Hollywood sunk? Apparently low enough to make a teen/college killer-in-the-woods movie with geocaching as the main setup.
by derek on 10/05 04:11pm - Story - 945 Hits

10. Is Chicagocrime.org really that innovative?
What's all the fuss about the Chicagocrime.org Google hack. While this site gets all the press the Chicago Police Department has been mapping for years and putting it on the web for all to see.
by derek on 10/05 04:13pm - Story - 921 Hits

11. Community Mapping Project
Here is an interesting new community mapping project in the same vein as the pop vs soda mapping project.
by derek on 10/17 09:05pm - Story - 915 Hits

12. GPS and civil liberties
Wired magazine has an interesting article about the decision of WABC-TV in NYC to put GPS transmitters in their news trucks. Apparently the union members of the news agency are all hacked up because they feel this is an invasion of their privacy. While not a new issue, this is ...
by derek on 11/20 09:36pm - Story - 913 Hits

13. Mapping Hurricane Storm Surge
As is to be expected, GIS and mapping are playing a big role in the analysis, and future prevention efforts, of Hurricane storm damage.
by derek on 10/10 10:42am - Story - 911 Hits

14. Google mapping Google searches
As mentioned before, I tend to wonder if the people in Googleville ever sleep. The latest evidence is a Map that shows the worldwide distribution of Google searches over the period of a day. In analyzing the map it is possible to see a wave of search use as the ...
by derek on 11/19 11:49pm - Story - 892 Hits

15. Google releases Google Maps for mobile phones
Apparently the folks at Google just don't sleep as evidenced by the release of Google Maps for mobile phones today. While Yahoo Maps and others were busy playing catch up, the folks in Googleville, CA were taking their amazingly popular web-mapping application and making it work for mobile phones. As ...
by derek on 11/07 10:19pm - Story - 888 Hits

16. World news usage map
Akamai, one of the largest traffic pushers on the net (they push traffic locally for web sites that want to get the word out but don't want to have to put servers in every hosting center just to be fast), has a very cool page which displays the Net Usage ...
by gaige on 11/04 07:10am - Story - 882 Hits

17. Where do they get road data, daddy?
Cnet News has an interesting article about how Tele atlas creates their road databases. Interestingly, they state in the article that its not their fault if you get the wrong directions, rather its a data refresh problem not an data error. Anyway, for anyone who has ever wondered how they ...
by derek on 11/06 10:18pm - Story - 874 Hits

18. Happy GIS Day!
Today is GIS Day! When you look around at the information around you, take stock in what has been put together through GIS systems, and imagine how much more there could be if we processed more with them. Articles like It's about so much more than just maps in the ...
by gaige on 11/16 05:29am - Story - 825 Hits

19. USGS maps Rita and Katrina
The US Geological Survey has a pair of sites online showing galleries of various maps about the hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
by Admin on 10/18 07:37am - Story - 823 Hits

20. Is 2005 the start of something big for ...
Five years from now we may look back on 2005 and realize that this was a watershed year in the growth and development of GIS and spatial analysis software in general. From Google maps and all of its press to Hurricanes a plenty in the Gulf region, the world has ...
by derek on 11/03 11:07pm - Story - 821 Hits

21. World's oldest "Western" Map
The Daily Telegraph has an interesting article about the discovery of the oldest "western" map. The map, named the Soleto map, was unearthed two years ago in southern Italy and depicts the heel area of the boot of Italy. Dating from 500 BC, the map contains Greek script marking towns ...
by derek on 11/19 11:28pm - Story - 819 Hits

22. That was GIS Day 2005
We hope you all enjoyed GIS Day 2005, and look forward to more enjoying it in 2006. Here's a the information that we found about locations and events for 2005. Hopefully for 2006, our list will be bigger (and a bit earlier in getting out).
by gaige on 11/17 10:39am - Story - 816 Hits

23. Job opportunities look bright for those with Geotechnology ...
While GIS professionals already know this, new research by the Department of Labor indicates that in the future those who know how to perform analysis using GIS will be in demand. Read more from the article in Nature after the jump.
by derek on 10/26 10:46pm - Story - 812 Hits

24. Yahoo Maps on your iPod
Yahoo Maps have now come to the iPod via a free program called iWay. The program displays maps only on iPods capable of viewing photos and appears to work by creating a series of pictures of your directions that you scroll through using the fast forward and reverse buttons. Once ...
by derek on 11/21 10:06pm - Story - 810 Hits

25. Politics and maps
The BBC News has an article (China angry at Google map change) about a row between China and Google over changes in Google Maps (now Google Local) because of a recent change in the way Taiwan is labeled.
by gaige on 10/22 06:43am - Story - 793 Hits

26. NGS answers your question
Continuing my recent fascination with the National Geodetic Survey, here's a pointer to their FAQ list, which covers all sorts of great questions about GPS, NGS, Datums, and positions. Even more interesting are the links to ask your scientific questions of real scientists.
by gaige on 10/27 01:38pm - Story - 787 Hits

27. Health department readies GIS system for assessment
An article on MobileVillage describes a program in North Carolina, partially funded by a grant from the CDC to provide Rapid Needs Assessment in times of health crisis in the state.
by gaige on 10/31 06:27am - Story - 785 Hits

28. Apple sees maps everywhere in iLife 09
Just in case we were wondering how much mapping is making it into the mainstream, check out the new features in Apple's iLife '09 products. For starters, they've added support for manual geocoding (type a place name and drag a pin around on a map) and maps for navigation of ...
by gaige on 01/06 10:08pm - Story - 735 Hits

29. The impact of webmapping on GIS software
Since the introduction of Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, A9 and other web mapping products earlier this year there has been a great deal of discussion about the effect these software packages will have on the GIS industry. Will these products kill GIS, improve GIS, or have no impacct at all ...
by derek on 10/19 04:14pm - Story - 730 Hits

30. Missouri to monitor traffic using cellphones
Welcome to a brave new world. Would you sacrifice a little privacy in order to have a better idea about traffic jams and commute times from home to work. If you live in Missouri you may get to answer that question, or have it answered for you very soon. More ...
by derek on 10/19 10:26pm - Story - 711 Hits