GIS, Maps, Geo and Location Technology by @gletham
Thanks to Lisa and the awesome newsletter, The Sensor, for a cool tip on some fantastic election mapping… 270toWin – why 270toWin??? Well, it takes 270 Electoral Votes to win the Presidential Election. This way cool site demonstrates every possible combination available for your candidate to win the election. See http://www.270towin.com/
Man, I thought I was able to wow people with my 8GB card!!! Enter the 12GB MicroSD… sweet! 12-Gigabyte microSDHC Card – the World’s Largest Capacity Card for Mobile Phones. A 12GB microSDHC is ideal for storing large quantities of music, photos and video. For example, it will be able to store a combination of 1,500 songs2, 3,600 photos3 and 24.5 hours of video4.
See http://www.sandisk.com
Man, I thought I was able to wow people with my 8GB card!!! Enter the 12GB MicroSD… sweet! 12-Gigabyte microSDHC Card – the World’s Largest Capacity Card for Mobile Phones. A 12GB microSDHC is ideal for storing large quantities of music, photos and video. For example, it will be able to store a combination of 1,500 songs2, 3,600 photos3 and 24.5 hours of video4.
See http://www.sandisk.com
From our northern friends, an update from CAG has informed us that Dr Barry Wellar will continue on once again this year to promote Geography Awareness Week (GAW). This from CAG… The Canadian Association of Geographers is pleased to announce that Dr. Barry Wellar has agreed to continue on as the Program Director for Geography Awareness Week (GAW). Thanks to the energy and enthusiasm that he brings to GAW, a great amount of attention has been directed to both Canadian geography and to the CAG. Good luck to Barry once again, no doubt we’ll hear from later in the year as GAW 08 approaches. For details on activities in 200 see:
http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/geography_week_2007.html
The Senior GIS Data Steward is formally responsible for the creation and maintenance of spatial data and metadata that will be broadly distributed and used through a centralized spatial data warehouse. The Senior GIS Data Steward is the authority for specific spatial data sets. Stewardship responsibilities may include hydrologic (Arc Hydro), land cover/land use, aerial photography, topographic, cadastre and transportation data sets. Extensive working knowledge in ArcGIS and considerable experience designing and building spatial data sets is required. See details here
The GIS tutorial for Marketing might be better named The GIS Bible for Marketing… those interested in the application of GIS and geospatial technologies and analysis for business purposes will have no need to look any further than this resource from ESRI Press. Weighing in at 400+ pages (about 12 pounds!) it’s definitely a complete how-to for those interested in performing geographic analysis like site selection, direct mail marketing, and planning and implementing marketing, sales, and promotional strategies. The book falls under the category of exercise books, walking users step by step through real life business geographic scenarios, complete with ArcGIS and ArcGIS Explorer instructions, pointers to data, and more. Most data used come from the Community Tapestry lifestyle data that comes bundled with ESRI’s business analyst products. Companion CDs with the book provide all the exercises, templates, and data. A second CD contains a fully functional ArcGIS 9 (arcView 9.2) 30 day eval. I could easily go on and on about this one so if Geospatial marketing and applications of GIS for business planning is on your list of things to do then check it out at Amazon or ESRI Press.
GIS Tutorial for Marketing (GIS Tutorial) by Fred L Miller (Spiral-bound – Jun 1, 2007) – Illustrated – Buy new: $79.95 $50.37
Amazon.com / See ESRI Press
A reminder about this tremendous resource… GIS and geospatial was identified in the President’s High Growth job training initiative. This Presidential initiative is a strategic effort to prepare workers to take advantage of new and increasing job opportunities in high growth, high demand and economically vital sectors of the American economy. See details at http://www.doleta.gov/BRG/JobTrainInitiative/
From GITA for youg GIS professionals… There are a variety of challenges experienced by individuals who are in the 20 to 35 age range. Oftentimes, it can be helpful to have the advice or listening ear of someone who has already been there. With this in mind, GITA has developed the GITA Cheetahs. They are working to develop year-round programs that will help young professionals network while developing the skills and knowledge necessary to advance their careers. They also maintain a popular list-server – See details here
The Port Authority is seeking to fill a position of a Supervising Surveyor in the Engineering Department’s Central Survey Group. As a Supervising Surveyor you will be responsible for assisting the manager in planning and directing work for multiple survey crews as well as for consultant crews. See details here
This position will be responsible for performing spatial data work including creating, updating, editing, and reviewing spatial databases. Additionally, the position will have responsibilities to conduct GIS analysis, prepare professionally quality hardcopy maps and output, and work with digital imagery within GIS applications. Details here
