Category Archives: colorado

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas

Posted on May 14, 2013 by glenn

Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. Colorado Parks and Wildlife have released the Colorado Fishing Atlas, a live webmapping … Continue reading →

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Opening up Colorado With Open Data and Hackathons

Posted on April 5, 2013 by glenn

I’ve been spending a little bit of time sniffing our OpenData resources, open government portals and related efforts (if you have details of a useful Open Government resource, portal or repository please share HERE). While doing so I’ve also stumbled … Continue reading →

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First Images Released From Newest Landsat Earth Observation Satellite

Posted on March 25, 2013 by glenn

Some of the first images released from the USGS from Landsat 8 gives us a look at the Colorado Front Range as well as an amazing view of last summer’s wildfire burn just west of Fort Collins, CO.  About the … Continue reading →

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Map of Stout Month and Stout Beer Consumption at Vine Street Pub in Denver CO

Posted on March 13, 2013 by glenn

The folks at American Sentinel University share with us that Geospatial technologies and beer share something powerful in common: innovation. American Sentinel University’s Dr. Stephen McElroy, GIS program chair, participated in Mountain Sun’s Stout Month to find out. He developed … Continue reading →

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JS.geo 2013 – Meeting of Javascript Mappers Set for the New Year in Denver

Posted on November 21, 2012 by glenn

I first heard of this event a couple of weeks ago via Peter Batty and today Brian Timoney’s blog post served as a nice reminder – enter JS.geo an un-event for hackers, geogeeks, geo hipsters,  and those interested in all … Continue reading →

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Beer + Brewstyle Scavenger Hunt on the Colorado Front Range

Posted on August 14, 2012 by glenn

There’s no doubt that the Colorado Front Range is a haven for beer lovers and most of us GeoGeeks know that the area is also a hotbed of geospatial activity and geo professionals. It should come as no surprise then … Continue reading →

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Open Source Web Mapping Architecture For Mapping Colorado Wildfires

Posted on July 19, 2012 by glenn

In an effort to keep the public informed and make data available to them during the recent wildfires near Colorado Springs, CO the company turned to open source as a solution. Their blog goes into details of how they luckily, … Continue reading →

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Sanborn Captures Imagery of Area Devastated by Waldo Canyon Fire

Posted on July 2, 2012 by glenn

An interesting update from Sanborn Map Company in Colorado Springs. The Waldo Canyon fire has impacted a number of individuals in Colorado Springs. Employees of Sanborn, an industry leader in mapping, have also been affected by the events that unfolded … Continue reading →

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ArcGIS.com Tentative Waldo Canyon Fire Line Map, Colorado Springs

Posted on June 28, 2012 by glenn

An interesting map paints a pretty clear picture as to the extend of the fire near Colorado Springs, spanning north from Garden of The Gods by Manitou Springs north into Pike National Forest and past the Air Force Academy, sandwiched … Continue reading →

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Esri Releases Social News Map for U.S Wildfire Updates

Posted on June 28, 2012 by glenn

Esri has released another social news map providing user with updates and data feeds related to the current U.S wildfire situation. The map service provides fire perimeter data, burn areas, weather information like wind speeds and precipitation, models wildfire potential, … Continue reading →

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The dtswildfire Flex WMS for Colorado High Park Fire #highparkfire

Posted on June 13, 2012 by glenn

More on mapping the CO wildfire (aka HighParkFire)… there’s been much local attention, particularly via Twitter, paid to the webmap developed by Mapbiquity showing regular updates to the fire footprint (data via Geomac) along with other relevant data products (like … Continue reading →

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Community Efforts Mapping Fort Collins Colorado #HighParkFire

Posted on June 10, 2012 by glenn

I always closely follow Colorado news and current events as I have a personal interest there and if you’ve been watching the news over the week-end no doubt you’ve heard about the out of control High Park wildfire (check out … Continue reading →

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