Wednesday, July 16. 2008

Redlands Prof Discusses Disease Tracking in Rwanda on BBC

The BBC offers an article and audio clip from it Digital Planet program featuring Max Baber from the University of Redlands. The audio, but not the text explains the data collection using GPS.

State of Nebraska Mandates County Assessor GIS

I didn't know that. Per Superior Express the state has mandated GIS for all county assessors. Nuckolls County, about which the article was written, just received two bids. It's not clear to me from the article if the mandate is direct or if it's because the NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly the Soil Conservation Service) no longer provides paper mapbooks, but only digital data and the Nebraska Property Assessment Division requires county assessors to use new soil codes in that digital data for assessment purposes by Jan. 1, 2009. In either case, its an interesting way to get GIS into those counties that don't yet have it.

CNN's Multi-touch Wall Jr. Will go to Conventions

UPI reports via Hollywood reporter that CNN has a smaller sized multi-touch wall that will be onsite at the Democratic and Republican conventions later this year. This is covered under UPI's entertainment news. Political correspondent John King who drives the board noted it would show an "electoral map of the United States, along with any other information event planners deem necessary."

"Let us know if you enjoy weekly crime maps in print"

I thought this was an interesting headline in the Shenandoah Valley News Leader. The real question in the article by the paper's data editor is essentially, should the paper continue the challenging process of creating a print map, or just offer the interactive one. When you read about the steps required to make the print one (Windows, Mac, replacing lost decimal places, complex mapping software...) you get a sense of the answer.

ESRI Podcast Series #7: What's New in ArcGIS Mobile 9.3

In this podcast, Myles Sutherland, ArcGIS Mobile Product Manager at ESRI, discusses what users can expect with the latest release of ArcGIS Mobile 9.3. Myles talks about the new ready-to-use mobile application as well as productivity enhancements to the ArcGIS Mobile Software Developer Kit. He also highlights a number of the mobile events at the upcoming ESRI International User Conference.
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