Living on Earth (NPR radio show) asked the question of why it’s been 18 since the last one.
GELLERMAN: So why hasn’t the United States Department of Agriculture released a new hardiness zone map in almost 20 years? I put the question to the USDA’s Kim Kaplan.
KAPLAN: Well there’s actually been no set interval between any two editions of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. One of the things that drove this one, frankly, is that the government printing office called and told us they were out of the old one, and should they print the same one again or were we going to do a new one. Because the old one was done in 1990 and predates the internet, it was not digital, and we knew we wanted to go to something that was state-of-the-art – something GPS, GIS compatible, much more detailed and much more sophisticated and most importantly web-friendly.
It’s expected in months not years.
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/28 at 06:00 AM |
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The one day (with an optional evening reception the night before) is a must-attend for those who can get to Skaneateles Falls (pronounced “skinny atlas”) on May 20 and 21. I’m honored to be invited back to speak this year.
The agenda and registration info are online. If you want to attend, act fast; it’s a small intimate venue with limited seats. And, as I’ve noted in years past - this is not your average geospatial event. It’s all plenary (we all see all the sessions together) with topics a bit outside the norm. It’s a refreshing way to knock the cobwebs out of your head.
by Adena Schutzberg on 04/28 at 06:00 AM |
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Oracle is rapidly location-enabling many of its business applications so that users can access, visualize, query and analyze spatial information together with non-spatial information in the same enterprise database, from the same familiar application environment.
In this podcast, learn firsthand how Oracle Utilities is taking advantage of Oracle Application Server MapViewer, Oracle Locator and Oracle Spatial in utility industry applications. In addition, you’ll hear how many of the Oracle applications that were acquired from Siebel, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft will use Oracle Spatial Technology. We will be speaking to Peter Turi, Director, Product Management, Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management, and Jim Steiner, Senior Director, Oracle Server Technology.
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by Joe Francica on 04/28 at 02:59 AM |
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