Archives for December 2006
more illegal software etc… make sure you don’t support these nobs!
A reminder on creating tiles for Google Maps
I just had a need to do this and luckily found this awesome lesson that described exactly how to create map tiles for Google Maps. It was published a few weeks back but in case you missed it give it a try and bookmark this tutorial while you’re at it – thanks to Brian Flood for this one. More on ARc2Earth can be found at http://www.arc2earth.com/
Troubleshooting Comcast Wireless Internet – a helpful solution for Win XP notebook users
Step 1: Click Start, select Connect To, click Show all connections then double-click your wireless network adapter
Step 2: On the General tab, click Properties
Step 3: Click the Wireless Networks tab
Step 4: Under Preferred Networks, click your home network then click Properties
Step 5: Click Data encryption (WEP enabled)
Step 6: Click the Association tab then click to clear the Network Authentication (Shared mode) check box and the The key is provided for me automatically check box if they are selected
Step 7: Click the Authentication tab then click to clear the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network check box if it is selected
Step 8: Click OK then click OK again to accept the changes
More on UNI GIS Program postponed at Malaspina University
UNIGIS no longer at Malaspina University
The Nokia N95 Commercial
Smartphone fans may be familiar with the Nokia N95 smartphone… this is the cool device featured in Mission Impossible 3 (MI3) and in the tony Hawk Project 8 video game. Now you can see more about this great phone (yes its a phone too) in this video clip. Pretty cool to see how the integrated GPS, supporting Navigation apps and mapping are promoted quite visibly as a selling point. The N95 runs Symbian OS S60 3rd edition.
Useful GIS tools – another "top" list
Like many others, I also love to publish those infamous Top 5 or Top 10 lists frequently seen this time of year. Most recently I just summarized a list of the top downloads for the year from our GIS tools section over at GISuser.com. I have to admit I hadn’t looked through the list in detail for a few weeks and I was a bit surprised to see that there are now more than 800 apps, docs, tools etc.. to select from. Most are freeware, shareware, open source, etc… although there are some commercial trailiware apps in there as well. Top downloaded apps this year come from Smartwebonline, Blue Marble Geographics, ESRI, Franson Technology AB, and Refractions Research – see the list of Top Apps HERE and you can download them all from the repository
Updated 3D textured cities from Microsoft’s Virtual Earth
Just spotted at Virtual Earth, some newly updated 3D textured cities. These include Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, Tacoma, WA, Irving, TX, Sacramento, CA. and parts of L.A. These textured cities are quite clever and will give you the feeling that you’re actually looking at some high-res, low altitude aerial imagery. Apparently the technology and expertise for these textures comes out of Microsoft’s Boulder, CO (think Vexcel). This is way cool! Source of inspiration for this update is http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/ – please note, these data were updated on Dec. 19 so I don’t really need to hear any smack from you eagle-eyes who want to keep ripping on me for posting “old” stuff ;0)
Updated 3D textured cities from Microsoft’s Virtual Earth
Just spotted at Virtual Earth, some newly updated 3D textured cities. These include Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, Tacoma, WA, Irving, TX, Sacramento, CA. and parts of L.A. These textured cities are quite clever and will give you the feeling that you’re actually looking at some high-res, low altitude aerial imagery. Apparently the technology and expertise for these textures comes out of Microsoft’s Boulder, CO (think Vexcel). This is way cool! Source of inspiration for this update is http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/ – please note, these data were updated on Dec. 19 so I don’t really need to hear any smack from you eagle-eyes who want to keep ripping on me for posting “old” stuff ;0)