James Fee GIS Blog

re: Google Street View”

via Guia buscadores blog

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I’ve been behind today, but seeing an ESRI press release (yes I was happy to see a PR) about an out of print book being released as a new edition is exciting.
A new edition of renowned Swiss cartographer Eduard Imhof’s classic Cartographic Relief Presentation will be released by ESRI Press in June, showcasing the skillful [...]

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I won’t deny that the ESRI/Northrop-Grumman Touch Table is about the most impressive thing I’ve seen in the last couple years. Its big issue is that it is so expensive. Well Microsoft is going to push their own touch table out called Microsoft Surface. Rather than being just a one trick pony, [...]

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Mark Laudon is keeping track of all the interesting Google Street Views. My personal favorite is here. What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas if Google takes your picture.

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If you receive the email subscription to Planet Geospatial, you’ll need to update your email again. I’ve tried to work with FeedBurner to recover the email subscription list, but they can’t do that.
So, if you want to renew your Planet Geospatial email subscription (there were about 400 of you), you’ll need to [...]

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Something has happened at Feedburner and the PlanetGS RSS feed has been deleted. They are working at bringing it back, but I’m not too hopeful that they’ll get it straitened out. The smart thing to do is just use the native Atom feed below.
http://www.planetgs.com/atom.xml

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No sooner than I posted the screenshots of MetaCarta on a stick, did I get an email from an ArcGIS user asking how they heck do they get to “install” and play with such a tool. Well as luck would have it, ESRI took care of the hardest part of running MetaCarta Labs on [...]

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What can I say, pretty sweet! Running it is simple as pie.

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Sure, LiveCDs are fun, but running applications on a flash usb memory stick is where its at.
MetaCarta Labs has assembled a collection of demos which can be run with no external dependancies. With a MetaCarta Labs USB stick, you simply insert the USB drive into the USB port, and double click the ‘run’ script [...]

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Christopher Schmidt set up an IRC channel and we’ve started talking shop. I’ve put the coordinates on the Planet Geospatial page, but you can grab them here if you wish.
Planet Geospatial IRC
Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #planetgeospatial
Update - Christopher has a web based IRC client for those who can’t install or use IRC on their workstations.

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A couple folks asked if I was going to the UC this year so I figured I’d post my plans.
I’m not planning on going; I’ve got my complementary pass, but I’m June is the worst time for me between workload and moving into the new house (not to mention a wedding I [...]

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Well the results are in and posted over at the ESRI Support Blog.
we’re going to focus on the Search Results (because you really really want improvement there), and RSS Feeds. Why RSS Feeds? Because they’re relatively straightforward to implement, and it makes good sense to have them: if we (as a Community) are going to [...]

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A minor changes to ArcGIS Online is happening today.
On May 23, 2007, the services on ArcGIS Online will be organized into a basic folder structure. This change will help make ArcGIS Online services easier to locate when you add them to your maps and globes. You will need to update the service reference information [...]

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Well I wasn’t very surprised when I read the following article on AllPointsBlog:
New features include a new mapping platform that uses Microsoft’s Virtual Earth
Many will remember almost a year ago, ESRI was pointing out that Realtor.com used ArcWeb Services and a customized ArcWeb Explorer client for their mapping. Well no more, ArcWeb is out [...]

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geoLibro spots mention of ArcSDE 9.2 support for PostgreSQL 8.2.

Probably just a typo as ArcSDE support for PostgreSQL support is to be available at the ArcGIS 9.3 release.

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Well it finally happened. Adobe has killed Freehand. Everyone is expected to migrate to Illustrator (for a “small” $199 fee). Interesting enough Adobe will still sell Freehand, making things very confusing.
I did some of my first cartography on Freehand many years ago, but I haven’t used it since about version [...]

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The word via PlanetGS is that Yahoo! has a new update to their mapping tool. Dan Catt has probably the best overview I’ve seen so far. I used to use Yahoo! Maps religiously, but since Google Maps has come out, I just don’t really bother anymore (other than to georeference photos in Flickr). [...]

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So I see Paul Ramsey is excited about SQL Server 2008 and he links to Directions Magazine (where apparently they talk about SQL Server 2008). I click on the link “excited” to hear what they have to say and I’m faced with a freaking podcast. Like I’m going to download a podcast to [...]

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GeoMullah has been coordinating the Blogger Meetup for the UC. Last year it got hurt by the .NET SIG, but this year it shouldn’t be a problem. Any GIS blogger who will be at the UC should stop by. Last year Google was there handing out swag, so you’ll probably not want [...]

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I’m not going to FOSS4G 2007 (nor any other conference this summer), but I’m keeping my eye out for interesting talks. This one by Brian Timoney looks like it will be a presentation not to miss.
Adding Analytic Muscle to Spinning Globes: Bulking Up Google Earth and Virtual Earth With PostGIS

Brian Timoney, The Timoney Group

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