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Archives for September 20, 2010

Videos Presentations from Ignite Spatial NOCOC 2 (#ISNOCO2)

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I finally managed to overcome a few technical glitches and have the presentations from Ignite Spatial NOCO (minus one!) available for your enjoyment – enjoy!  Ignite Spatial NOCO #2 took place September 14 in Windsor, Colorado at Austins Homestead Grill at Pelican Lakes. The event was held to coincide with the 2010 GIS in the Rockies event. For more about Ignite Spatial See @IgniteSpatial on Twitter. For images from the event see the photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gisuser/sets/72157624841854903/ or see the videos on Youtube where you can access the code to share/embed if you like – enjoy the GeoGlobalDomination!




Presentations

National Geographic magazine’s Gulf Oil Spill issue – October 2010

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A special edition of National Geographic this month with a focus on the BP Oil Spill. This edition also includes a Special map supplement in magazine describes Gulf ecosystem and reveals region’s complete oil infrastructure. From National Geographic… The Sept. 2 explosion of the Mariner Energy offshore oil platform 100 miles south of Louisiana is a reminder that the Gulf remains vulnerable to accidents on the nearly 3,500 drilling platforms in operation there today. National Geographic offers objective, big-picture context, laying out the factors at play in determining future developments for the region’s industry and the recovery of its natural resources, including a detailed map showing the vast oil infrastructure in the Gulf on one side and describing how the ecosystem of the Gulf works on the other. The map forms the basis of online curriculum that the National Geographic Society is offering free to K-12 teachers, to help them integrate learning about the Gulf into their classrooms: www.nationalgeographic.com/educator-resources/oil-spills/.

The print edition of the magazine is available on newsstands Tuesday, Sept. 28, and an e-version of the magazine will be available on iTunes on Friday, Oct. 1, including an interactive version of the map supplement. Sept. 28 also marks the National Geographic Channel premiere of two specials about the spill, “After the Spill: The Last Catch,” bringing viewers the personal stories of men and women in the fishing town of Venice, La., (9 p.m. ET/PT) and “Explorer: Can the Gulf Survive?”, illuminating the unfolding scientific story of the spill’s consequences — including never-before-seen footage of the BP control room when they kill the well. A third special, “Saved from the Spill,” about the ecological impact of the spill, will air on Nat Geo WILD on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Mobile Social Location checkin with One App – FootFeed

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An interesting mobile app for iPhone enables users of social location checkin services to now checkin to all their favorite apps (foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite, facebook) using a single app – FootFeed. Some details… Working with an ex-Googler who ran a UX design team for 5 years, the new application has a significantly redesigned interface that makes it simple and easy to use. The application works very similar to other check-in apps with the notable exception that it integrates directly with most other check-in networks, providing a seamless multi check-in experience. The re-designed application will make it even easier to check-in to multiple networks simultaneously including Brightkite, Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook, Google Latitude and Twitter. The upcoming release includes dozens of new features such as Facebook Places, Google Latitude, aggregated check-in deals and rewards from all the major check-in networks, aggregated location comments and tips, a new crowd-sourced location matching system called “Select-and-Match”, and a redesigned interface. See more info HERE

USGS Update – US Topo A New Generation of Maps Now Covering Over Half of the USA

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An interesting update came our way via the USGS as more than 50% of the Nation is now “covered” by new USGS digital maps; either the US Topo or earlier released “Digital Map – Beta”. The number of quads available for free download from the US Store is actually much more than half the contiguous US! What Makes the USGS US Topo Different from Other Electronic Maps?

* Richer content, multiple layers of data, more than a street map
* Can be used on the computer or printed to scale
* Looks and feels like legacy paper USGS topographic maps but has technical advantages
* Nationally consistent data quality assured to high standards
* Downloadable free from the USGS Store
* Free, downloadable user tools
* Users can select from various reference systems: Latitude/Longitude, UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator), and MGRS (Military Grid Reference System)
* Direct “mash-up” capabilities with Google Maps®

See more about US TOpo HERE

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