I got the latest on GeoPDF today at the Denver stop of the GeoPDF roadshow from TerraGo Technologies – more on that later. One of the cool things we heard about in a wrap-up was the next version of USGS quads that will be converted to GeoPDFs over the next 5 years. Granted, these daya are currently available as free GeoPDFs from the USGS, however, this next version (the next generation) will add loads more functionality and usefulness to these data. Look for GeoPDF quads to include 37 layers of information (yes, 37!) where the user can toggle on/off any of the layers of information (names, contours, transportation features, etc…) The quads will be searchable and users can query for required strings (like a place name, feature, road name) and these quads will also be color separated… perhaps coolest of all, these GeoPDFs will be easily ingested into ArcGIS! Stay tuned on this! See below for an image showing the next-gen USGS GeoPDF quadsheet as displayed by Jaymes Pardue of TerraGo Technologies. For more information on working with USGS Quadsheet GeoPDFs see this article Locate and Download free USGS GeoPDF maps using the Map Downloader – see also http://store.usgs.gov/locator and http://www.terragotech.com/support
Archives for November 13, 2007

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Predictive Traffic Now Available Via a Location-Based Services Platform from deCarta
This out of the deCarta Devcon taking place this week in San Jose… INRIX Predictive Flow (Predictive Traffic data)for deCarta’s geospatial software platform. INRIX predictive traffic services can now be easily integrated via the deCarta Traffic Manager extension to its Drill Down Server geospatial platform. This will allow deCarta customers to add real-time traffic and incident information, and for the first time, predictive traffic services to their location-based solutions. The solution promises to make available reduced drive times and pre-planning via optimal route selection. See www.decarta.com/developers and www.inrix.com
Validate that mobile web content via WC3 mobileOK
NEw today from the WC3 … W3C provides new means for people to create and find mobile friendly content. W3C invites Web authors to run the alpha release of the W3C mobileOK checker and make their content work on a broad range of mobile devices. The W3C mobileOK checker runs the tests defined in the W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 Candidate Recommendation. Note – this service is in Alpha mode – see http://www.w3.org
National Geographic Topos
National Geographic is promoting a sale on NGS Topos… recall these data (sold by the State) enable users to quickly import topos, DEMs, hillshades, into your ArcGIS project where you can then create output to share with others via ArcGIS Explorer or KML and into Google Earth. Topo! data come in unprojected so users can then display them in a projection of choice. See more at www.topopro.com

Geopdf gig
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