In an official Census Bureau PR release, the nation’s Hispanic population increased 1.4 million to reach 45.5 million on July 1, 2007, or 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million. Of note, Hispanics remained the largest minority group, with blacks (single race or multiracial) second at 40.7 million in 2007. See Census Bureau Guidance on the Presentation and Comparison of Race and Hispanic Origin Data for more info
Archives for May 2, 2008
USGS spreads contract around to GeoEye, DigitalGlobe, SPOT
The USGS today announced the award of three multi-year acquisition contracts for high and moderate-resolution satellite imagery to GeoEye of Dulles, VA, DigitalGlobe of Longmont, CO and SPOT Image Corporation of Chantilly, VA. According to the USGS,the contracts will to provide the USGS and other Federal agencies access to commercial satellite data from the U.S. and international marketplace for use in environmental monitoring, land management, energy development, natural hazards mitigation and many other purposes. USGS makes this data electronically accessible to any Federal agency or other user group that falls within the data licensing agreements. See http://remotesensing.usgs.gov
Will you Get Promoted – some tips
An interesting look at the art of promotion – I stumbled onto this blog, I can’t recall how, and enjoyed this, perhaps you will also… good luck getting promoted! I like the following advice – work on the best projects, be likable, don’t be the hardest worker (ie. the kiss-ass that stays until 8 PM every night!) and be friends with the boss! See details
Tip – Nokia Labs’ Location Tagger
With Nokia Location Tagger, you can automatically tag your location data to your pictures. As you take a picture, your GPS coordinates are saved to the EXIF header of the JPEG file. You can use this data later, for example, to locate your pictures on a map. Try it out!
GeoTagging with Shozu explained
Are you a mobile camera power user? If so then you know about Shozu (I hope) if not then you should, particularly if you like to blog your photos, flickr them or share them with others. Shozu recently updated to R4 and the geotagging support has been enhanced – to date I was never really happy with the results. Over on the Shozu Blog the team has provided a nice primer on how the shozu GeoTagging works and provides a cool tour of San Fran – see also shozu.com
Inside the Geodatabase Blog
Hey ArcGIS blogger fans, Heads-up. Last month the ESRI geodatabase development team revealed a blog “Inside the Geodatabase”. Visitors will findnews and tips about ESRI geodatabases directly from development team. The blog is moderated by Product Engineers Brent Pierce and Jonathan Murphy. See http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/geodatabase/default.aspx
GeoBC – gateway to B.C’s information via Google Earth
I was interested to notice that GeoBC is a sponsor of this year’s GeoWeb conference. Even though I’m from BC (since departed) I wasn’t familiar with the name. GeoBC is the Province’s gateway to integrated Crown land and resource management data and information services. I can’t recall what the BC Geo portal was knows as before this (it seems to change names quite often, as do the Ministries). Interesting to notice that Google Earth is very prominent and the service provides many KMLs to users, including the following layers: webmap services (streams, lakes, roads, contours, etc…), parks, and a tour of a peak on Vancouver Island. Check it out at http://geobc.gov.bc.ca/
Note: Data and information for the traditional GIS types is available HERE
Event of interest, Social DevCamp East
Heads up on a cool event, Social DevCamp east is scheduled for May 10, Baltimore Md. This DevCamp is for anyone interested in following where Social networking and the social web is headed. See more Here
GeoTagging with Shozu explained
Are you a mobile camera power user? If so then you know about Shozu (I hope) if not then you should, particularly if you like to blog your photos, flickr them or share them with others. Shozu recently updated to R4 and the geotagging support has been enhanced – to date I was never really happy with the results. Over on the Shozu Blog the team has provided a nice primer on how the shozu GeoTagging works and provides a cool tour of San Fran – see also shozu.com
UCR GIS Summer School
Heads up on the 11th Annual GIS Summer School from UCR Extension – a great opportunity to get a leg up on the competition as you head off to grab that ultimate job! Earn the Certificate in GIS in two months, July 7-August 28, 2008. Some details… This intensive format makes the GIS Summer School particularly attractive to people who live some distance from UCR Extension and to those who have the summer open for continuing education. GIS Summer School instructors are pioneers in the field of GIS. They work in government, private corporations and provide real-world expertise. See details