James Fee GIS Blog

Yesterday Adrian Holovaty announced three new cities on EveryBlock.  While I am very happy that they are growing, I’m still nervous that Phoenix might not be added anytime soon.  If Craigslist is any gauge, Phoenix will be added some time between Erie, PA and Cedar Rapids, IA.
For those who aren’t familiar with EveryBlock, you want [...]

[Read more →]

Adena blogged about a county mapping site from Morris County, New Jersey (OK, I’ll admit right now I was born in Morristown, NJ; the county seat of Morris County).  I had not seen the website before, but this comment from Adena got me curious:
It’s a quite complex app, the kind I’ve not seen implemented in [...]

[Read more →]

I watched the BarCamp.mil from afar and from what I’ve heard it sounded like it was a great event. Andrew Turner says that open source got quite a bit of play.
In the open-source world, a government supported promotion of its use would have dramatic effects. Looking at the current state of commercial company support [...]

[Read more →]

Reminds me of the old USPS motto, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat fire nor gloom of night stays these couriers Googlers from their appointed rounds”.
View Larger Map
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “You Have to Like Google’s Commitment….”, url: “http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/08/11/you-have-to-like-googles-commitment/” });

[Read more →]

I’ve always thought of GeoServer as a great way to get introduced to open source web mapping servers because its Admin page was much easer to use than MapServer.  It looks like at 2.0, the Admin page will get even better as the GeoServer team announced that the new UI is in the 2.0 alpha [...]

[Read more →]

Matt Priour noticed that there was no search function on the ArcGIS Engine Resource Page.
server & desktop are the only centers cool enough to get a search box
Looks like he is right. But all is not lost as the ESRI Resource Center pages have been indexed by Google so you can just use the [...]

[Read more →]

Warning PR: Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008
I was getting worried I’d have to use SQL Server 2005 on a project starting up, but this means 2008 will be the focus.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “SQL Server 2008 Finally RTM”, url: “http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/08/06/sql-server-2008-finally-rtm/” });

[Read more →]

Yesterday the Lt. Governor of Louisiana, Mitch Landrieu, wrote up why Google Street View is so important to New Orleans and its recovery on the Google Blog.
In this time of recovery and rebuilding, it is important that we share real images of life in Louisiana and on the Gulf Coast. As you explore the [...]

[Read more →]

Sean Gorman has a very thought provocative piece on his blog this morning. The Professional vs. the Amateur: Thoughts on the ESRI UC should be read by everyone. I’ve notice that our tribe mentality has really caused great divisions in those of us trying to bring spatial information to the Internet. I’ve [...]

[Read more →]

The moment they start letting people put messages in Street View is the moment it becomes worthless.  How are we supposed to use this stuff if Google allows their employees to put messages in the pictures?  I mean where does this stop?  Does Google allow Ford Motor Company or Apple Computer to send their employees [...]

[Read more →]

WeoGeo and Safe Software team up a couple weeks ago and now we get word that Mapufacture has joined FortiusOne.  Details will be coming in the next week or two, but it doesn’t take a GeoScientist (I’ve learned you can put the prefix “Geo” in front of anything and sound smart) to see that this [...]

[Read more →]

Well the bus came and Connor is now at Kindergarten.  He was very excited, but he did admit to me just before the bus came that his stomach hurt.  I guess even little guys get nervous.  I can’t wait to hear how it went, he was very excited about starting school.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Waiting for the [...]

[Read more →]

Gabbo, Gabbo, Gabbo!

Seriously though, have fun guys.  I couldn’t think of a better place to spend August than San Diego.  It does look like I’ll finally be able to go back to the UC since the next couple conferences are in July.  Monday, while everyone is getting the vision of ArcGIS, my little guy will [...]

[Read more →]

Brian Flood has blogged about his latest project, Arc2Earth Cloud Services.  A2ECS (what is one more acronym among friends?) is yet another service that will be competing for our GIS dollar.  We’ve seen the WeoGeo/Safe announcement, ESRI is thinking about hosted services and now Brian brings his cutting edge A2E services forward.  Competition will only [...]

[Read more →]

ESRI has posted the results from the 2008 ESRI Q&A and most of it isn’t news, but a couple things caught my eye…
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “The ESRI 2008 UC Q&A”, url: “http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/07/30/the-esri-2008-uc-qa/” });

[Read more →]

Tim Sinnott’s video of the Radiohead LIDAR was interesting to me for two reasons.  First off it was nice to see LIDAR being used in what I suppose is mainstream media and the second is the thought that Thom Yorke would stand there and let a laser hit their face for what must  have been [...]

[Read more →]

So what does it actually mean?  Adding Virtual Earth tiles to ArcGIS Desktop/Explorer?  First off, this isn’t a free service.  The ArcGIS Online Premium Service: Virtual Earth Maps Collection will cost you.  How much?  Not a clue.  I’m sure it will be at a price point that will make some jaws drop and others will [...]

[Read more →]

I blogged about my concern that Microsoft wasn’t supporting SketchUp files in trueSpace last week and I said I’d report back on what I learned.
As long as you have Google SketchUp Pro, the process is really easy. I opened a model in Google SketchUp Pro and exported as a 3ds Max file. But [...]

[Read more →]

I’m normally not a big blogger of press releases, but I know the crowd that reads this blog will be very interested.  I’ll follow up more later today with some thoughts about what this might mean for all of us.
Microsoft Virtual Earth to Be Offered With ESRI’s ArcGIS Online Services
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Microsoft Virtual Earth to [...]

[Read more →]

The time has come for Mapbuilder to retire.  Look for OpenLayers to benefit greatly with more focus on it.  Should be really interesting moving forward.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Mapbuilder Hits End of Life”, url: “http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/07/28/mapbuilder-hits-end-of-life/” });

[Read more →]