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Mike Ramsey offers a simple recipe to take advantage of these tools to get local businesses (even geospatial ones!) more findable in Google searches. Maybe that KML search tool I thought was so cool years ago (DM article) is finally getting more useful!
The interactive map tracks locations of federal air and water enforcement actions in the watershed. EPA Administrator The Agency boasts 10 civil settlements and has issued 36 administrative orders since 2009
- AP
Two weeks ago we asked: How often do you look at a list or feed of geospatial press releases? Forty-two people responded.
39% - Never, I depend on the media to tell me about any relevant news.
39% - Daily
20%- Weekly
5% - Monthly
Wow, the even split between “daily” and “never” is certainly interesting. It does however confirm my suspicion that if something really interesting pops up in a PR, I should cite it here in the blog.
Next up: Let’s consider conference coverage preferences. Vote on the APB homepage.
You may recall that PBBI teased the release of v10.0 last year before the Business Insights user conference (first of those posts from last year). The team is back at it again with v10.5, looking forward this year’s event scheduled for May 12-14.
So, on to the first tease for v10.5:
The newest feature, which we’re announcing today, provides organizations with new and powerful ways to share maps across the enterprise and via the cloud, enhancing access to the tools and information necessary to make critical business decisions.
With MapInfo Professional v10.5, organizations can create and share dynamic maps that business users can interact with on a daily basis. For instance, users will be able to publish maps to the cloud through a cloud-based web mapping portal.
PBBI has also enhanced MapInfo Professional’s PDF publishing options, introducing GeoPDF. With GeoPDF, it’s possible to publish both coordinate data as well as tabular information to a PDF file, giving users more flexibility to share information with their colleagues.
The GeoTech Center and San Diego State University sponsored "The Bizarre Map Contest." According to the info on the contest, "The Bizarre Map Challenge is a map design competition open to high school, college, and university students in the United States. The goals of this challenge are: to promote spatial thinking; increase awareness of geospatial technology; and inspire curiosity about geographic patterns and map representation in students and the broader public."
Here are the top winners (full list of winners):
First Place ($5,000 first place prize): Christopher Brown
School: University of Alabama
Teacher: Joe Weber
Although Middlebury College swept the largest number of awards,
several two year college students were winners, including several from GeoTech Center partners:
Student: Gail Aloisio
School: White Mountains Comm. College
Teacher: Margaret Heaney
Student: Daniel Schweer
School: San Diego State University
Teacher: Trent Biggs
Student: Joel Miller
School: Gainesville State College
Teacher: Chris Semerjian
