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Archives for June 7, 2010

esri Dev Meet to Hit New York, June 24

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Looks like the esri developer teams will be on the road later this month and hosting what is billed as the first ever “esri Dev Meet” in the Big Apple. Save the date – June 24 at the Heartland Brewery – Times Square 127 W 43rd St.

So, what’s Dev Meetup? from esri… Dev Meet Up is a social event exclusively for developers.  It’s an opportunity for you to come together with your peers to discuss geospatial technologies built using ESRI tools. Everyone can submit presentations that run the gamut of our community: from Web-based applications to mobile application development and automating tasks with Python.

Sounds like more meets may take place is other locations around the country, likely depending on how this first event goes off. See details and register online via EventBrite and no doubt more info will be rolled out on http://edn.esri.com/

WhereCamp SoCal to follow ESRIUC #wherecampsocal

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Just finalized, the organizers have now shared details of a WhereCamp event that will take place in San Diego following this year’s esri user conference – enter WhereCampSoCal http://www.wherecampsocal.org/

WhereCamp is a popular un-conference format that attracts GIS professionals, developers, technologists, and GeoGeeks from all corners of the country – last year a popular WhereCamp was held in Denver,Colorado – see WhereCamp5280 on Google for more on that. WhereCamp (like other BarCamps) is built on the ideas originally put forth by FooCamp, except that attendance is open to anyone. It is an un-conference where the attendees drive the content of the sessions the day of instead of having a prescribed schedule and set of content.

So, you can get your Geo Geek on at WhereCamp if you hang around San Diego after the conference this year… no doubt it will be a great event. Save the date – July 17 & 18 at SDU – see source  Tweet from ESRI HERE – hopefully the Org team will setup and share a live ustream for us from the event (hint)

Resources for updates and maps of BP oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico

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The following are several useful resources for those interested in the latest news, updates, maps, and reports on the BP oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico:

  • IncidentNews View the most up-to-date information on OR&R’s IncidentNews site. [leaves OR&R site]
  • Deepwater Horizon Joint Information Center This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deep Water Horizon. The Horizon was engaged in drilling activity on behalf of BP at Mississippi Canyon Block 252, about 52 miles southeast of Venice, La. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Facebook This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]
  • Deepwater Horizon Response on Twitter This site is providing information regarding the April 20 incident in the US Gulf of Mexico involving a Transocean drilling Rig Deepwater Horizon. Leaves NOAA for a non-government site [leaves OR&R site]

See also NOAA Gulf spill restoration homepage 

USGS Oil Spill Response

Feature – The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill – History & Analysis

Bing Announces Bing Map App SDK and King of Bing Maps Challenge

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Interesting news from Bing (Microsoft) today as the company announces a new map SDK along with a challenge to developers.  From Microsoft… Bing opened up the Bing Map App API to developers at www.bing.com/maps/developers with the release of the Bing Map App Software Development Kit (SDK). This release gives developers the ability to create their own map apps built on top of Bing Maps and hosted on bing.com/maps. Once developers create their Bing Map app, they’re encouraged to submit it to the King of Bing Maps Challenge. The challenge starts today and concludes on July 25, 2010.

What can developers do with the SDK? Well, here’s just a sampling as there are 2 new mapping apps built on Bing.

  • WeatherBug: With WeatherBug, consumers can check weather around the world or select an observation station to see the current conditions. Observation stations are pinned to the map and consumers can layer Doppler and satellite weather imagery over the map view. Observation stations include National Weather Service locations, WeatherBug Backyard stations, and WeatherBug stations, which may include current and next day forecasts, camera images and links to radar imagery.
  • EveryScape Eats: With Everyscape Eats, consumers can not only read restaurant reviews and the menu, but they can actually “step inside” to see photos or a video tour of the restaurant interior.

    More info available on the Bing blog post.

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