Archive for March 8th, 2006





avsp RoadShow – AAG06 Day 03

Mar 8th, 2006 | By Jesse

Events: Past Presidents Address, Geospatial Workforce, Virtual Globes



For Our Younger Listeners….. and Frank….

Mar 8th, 2006 | By Frank

There’s a pretty fancy kids geography newsletter that comes out four times a year.  It has all sorts of neat things to teach kids about geography and geographic concepts.  So sign up your favorite tyke to learn all she or he can about geography.  Remember, GIS experts aren’t born, they’re cultivated over time!
And yes, I [...]



Biggest Image on the Web

Mar 8th, 2006 | By Frank

IIPImage has what is touted to be the largest image ever posted on the web. The image is a 86400 x 43200 pixel, RGB, 10.7GB uncompressed TIFF, of….. you guessed it! Earth! It should come as no suprise to anyone working in the geospatial community that a large file viewer like this [...]



New media panel went great

Mar 8th, 2006 | By Jesse

The session was great, if a little small, but that is the way it goes on Wednesday morning at 8.  Look for some photos, Sue’s presentation, and the audio from the session as the day goes on and we get a little free time.  We are off to our next sessions.



National Agricultural Statistics Service Updates Site, Includes Mapping

Mar 8th, 2006 | By Frank

The National Agricultural Statistics Service updated their site to include a whole host of new ways to get their data, including a fancy new mapping service. The latest data I could find on their map was 2002, but you can really get at what you want pretty easily, either map or table form. [...]



GPS Visualizer

Mar 8th, 2006 | By Frank

Here’s a pretty cool free application for anyone heavily into using your GPS unit. You can upload your GPS data to via typing in coordinates, street addresses, or uploading a file, and this tool will output a map showing your route. The really cool thing is that you can output to a pretty [...]