Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) – The Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC) provides a wide range of Geographic Information System (GIS) support to the State of Utah. AGRC strives to facilitate coordination among Utah GIS users and effective, efficient use of GIS resources. http://agrc.its.state.ut.us/
Archives for May 14, 2007
Nigeria maps and data source
This website is an online resource for finding and sharing geographic content, including maps & data, from Nigeria’s leading providers – Third Dimension Technologies: http://www.ceaser-web.com/cm/maps/DIRECTIONS/find_maps.asp
coming soon – loki 2.0
rumors and tips of interest… At the O’Reilly Media Where 2.0 Conference on May 29, Skyhook Wireless will launch Loki 2.0 – the platform for delivering auto-location awareness to the geoweb. It features new user controls, an updated look and feel, broader operating system support, a mobile version and an open web services API that enable any web developer to location-enable their content, application or service. see www.loki.com
formation of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC)
The NGAC is being created to advise the Federal government on the management of national geospatial programs and the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The NSDI promotes sharing of geospatial data throughout all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and the academic community. The Committee will provide advice and recommendations on Federal geospatial policy and management issues and provide a forum to convey views representative of our partners in the geospatial community. The Committee is being formed by the Department of the Interior on behalf of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) under the authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The NGAC will include approximately 20–25 members, who will be selected to generally achieve a balanced representation of the viewpoints of the various partners involved in national geospatial activities. Nominations for Committee membership should be submitted electronically to ngacnominations@fgdc.gov by June 28, 2007. See www.gsa.gov/faca
OnPoint + Virtual Earth extension = cool!
Canadian company, Orion Technology has just updated their flagship product, OnPoint – OnPoint 6 comes in two flavours, Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition, and can now connect to more spatial data sources including ESRI’s ArcIMS, ArcSDE, and ArcGIS Server, OGC (WMS & WFS), Microsoft MapPoint, Pictometry, and more. It also connects to all non-spatial data in Oracle, SQL Server, and any other ODBC compliant database to allow user interaction. The Microsoft Virtual Earth extension to OnPoint provides users with a wealth of road network, landmark, oblique, and street level imagery that they do not need to build and maintain. A primary advantage is being able to overlay all locally managed GIS database content with Virtual Earth imagery, essentially allowing the user to click on the imagery and receive attributes through OnPoint’s GIS layers and joined business systems. The extension also offers the ability to route throughout road networks – searching with specific parameters in OnPoint and designating the results as Start/End points in routing using Virtual Earth. More info in the PR at http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/11595/