Cleveland's GIS was expected in 2009 but finally went online in June 2011. There are seven different ArcGIS Server-based Flash/Flex apps on the Bing basemap. The local paper notes some limitations related to overlaying maps and up-to-date data on crime. The project came in, despite its delay, under the $31 million budget. Coming soon: the end of a $199/month contract for crime data.
- Cleveland.com
The names of NC 24 towns were printed in white instead of black in 10 percent of all 2011 DOT maps due to a "computer glitch."
New software is to blame, but it's not clear why just the town on that stretch of road were basically invisible. The tiny town of Zebulon (pop 4000) had a very vocal citizenry (officials were not aware of the problem) who let the state DOT know of the issue.
- News Observer
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offers aerial images collected between December 2009 and April 2010 to the public for use in assessing flood damage resulting from Tropical Storm Lee. The data is for Bradford, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. i-cubed agreed to waive a restriction that would have limited the data to governmental-use only until next June. The data are available at this website (choose PAMAP 2010 Imagery Service Now Available).
- Gant Daily
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/28 at 03:00 AM |
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) now seems to be the hot favourite with government agencies. After the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) adopted the Global Information System (GIS) -- a variant of GPS -- for monitoring its electricity distribution system, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) also wants to implement the technology to monitor its streetlights.
- Mid-Day News describing a new GIS project in India.
by Adena Schutzberg on 07/28 at 03:33 AM |
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Now Dilworth's roof murals are on Google Earth, but they don't look great.
- Google Earth Blog
--- original post 2/10/10 ---
"The project hasn't been without its challenges. Dilworth was disappointed to hear from folks at Google that it could be months or years before satellite images are updated and her rooftops show up in their Earth views." Artist Molly Dilworth has painted three roof-sized pieces specifically so they can be captured in Google-published imagery. She didn't realize it'd be a while before her art appeared on the Internet. - NY Daily News
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/09 at 06:58 AM |
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If you are in charge of mapping the Scottish National Park Loch Lomond, don't identify natural features with the names of park employees and don't use names that are considered offensive. The management got the message loud and clear after a new map was produced. Those who were dismayed noting not only that the names were essentially wrong and unused, but that they might also cause delay in case of an emergency in the park. A new map is in production.
- BBC
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/09 at 04:31 AM |
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"Smart phones today have a GPS capability, so they have a little GPS transmitter that can read the GPS coordinates from a satellite and put those coordinates into the picture you take or Tweets you send in your phone."
- Daniel Estrada, an electronic discovery consultant at DC Estrada, describing how GPS tagging of photos works to TV8 in Michigan
by Adena Schutzberg on 03/02 at 05:07 AM |
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