GIS_Software

• February 18, 2013GIS_Software, Programming/Dev, Reviews

  Book Review – Python Scripting for ArcGIS

  Python Scripting for ArcGIS is a new text from Esri Press by Paul A. Zandbergen (2013). It isn’t the first Python book for the geospatial community or even focused on […]

• January 23, 2013AugmentedReality, Human Geography, WebMapping

  Geospatial Grocery Store

  The Telegraph recently published an article, “How Supermarkets Prop Up Our Class System” by Harry Wallop introducing his book “Consumed: How Shopping Fed the Class System“. In the article, he discusses […]

• January 17, 2013Education, WebMapping

  Flu trackers then and now

  Influenza or “flu” is on the rise this month and so are the number of interactive maps being used to track it. Interactive maps have become an integrated part of […]

• January 5, 2013Cartography, Education, general, Remote Sensing, Software

  The ZSL London Zoo

  The ZSL London Zoo‘s annual census of every zoo animal as part of their zoo license renewal is an example of how to turn a seemingly routine geospatial task into international […]

• December 29, 2012GIS_Software, WebMapping

  New York City Transportation Apps

  The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)  has been in the news this week for it’s new Subway Time app, but that isn’t the only transportation app that they or […]

• December 15, 2012Contest, WebMapping

  Mapping defibrillators

  The Wall Street Journal featured a health article on the need to map automated external defibrillators for heart attack response, “The Device that Saves Lives, But Can Be Hard To […]

• December 1, 2012WebMapping

  Geography of U.S. Charity

  NPR’s Pam Kessler has an interesting story about a study done on the geography of charitable giving in the United States by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She provides an audio […]

• November 28, 2012Environmental, general, WebMapping

  Interactive Greenbelt Map

  The Telegraph UK has an article on England’s Green Belt which provides an interactive Google map for residents to determine if they are in an area classified as green belt […]

• November 14, 2012GIS_Software, Remote Sensing, Software

  Forensic GIS: A Fast Growing Profession and CFP

  The geospatial methods and technologies used in Forensic GIS are finally catching up to popular depictions in movies and television. Although most of the analysis done on shows like CSI […]

• November 1, 2012General, Human Geography, WebMapping

  Google Adds Amber Alerts to Maps and Search Results

  Google has started adding Amber Alerts to its map and search results. They’re doing this through a partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Basically, they’re combining […]