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Archives for June 30, 2010

Latest Waze Update (iPhone) Includes GeoTagging Tweets and facebook Integration

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Another update for the awesome Waze free navigation app for iPhpne. This very social update  takes GeoTagging into account as well as a much improved facebook integration. This from the Waze team…

With the Geotagging, Any tweets on twitter that might be relevant to something on the road will automatically appear on the waze map. For example if someone in New york (with geotagging enabled) tweets that they are stuck in traffic, it will automatically appear and be useful to people using waze in New York.  Additionally, if you want anything to appear on the wazemap one must only add the hashtag #wazelive.This will enable people to add anything to the map from potholes, cheap gas, heavy rain, floods, roadkill or anything else someone thinks might benefit waze drivers. The facebook integration will display your facebook profile page. It will also show your facebook friends on the map and alert you when they are nearby.

See More on the Waze blog

Overwhelmed with ESRIUC Tweets? Here’s a few faves…

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There’s a flurry of activity on Twitter about the ESRI user conference… the following are just a few of the interesting tweets and tidbits that I’ve picked up on the past couple of days.. enjoy!

See You THERE!

Free Mobile App from Trimble Allows Public to Capture Oil Spill Impacts and Clean-up Efforts

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Just heard from Trimble about their new web service and mobile app designed to enable mobile device users along the Gulf coast. About the service

Map the Spill http://www.mapthespill.org/ , a mobile app and Website that empowers Gulf Coast residents and the public to report on the oil spill. Map the Spill allows those directly and indirectly impacted by the spill to capture and chronicle what they see happening to the land, sea and wildlife in their areas. Using rich media and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, citizens can be part of a mass data collection process. The free app is currently available on Android and BlackBerry mobile phones and will be available soon on the iPhone. Scientists, government agencies and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) that are taking part in clean-up efforts can use the data and content created and shared by Map the Spill users to assist in their efforts.

Map the Spill runs on Android-compatible phones and is free for download in the Android Marketplace. The app also runs on 16 BlackBerry devices and is free for download at MapTheSpill.org. It will be available soon in the BlackBerry App World and iTunes App Store for Apple iPhones.

See more details HERE

The #ESRIUC Imagery@UC2010 Track – Learn about imagery in GIS

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Team Esri shared an update with us about an interesting track at the UC – the Imagery@UC2010 Track. The Imagery@UC2010 track will provide an easy way to participate in all technical presentations, moderated paper sessions, and special interest events related to using remotely sensed data in GIS. The track will be held in Ballroom A and B at the Omni Hotel throughout the week. The event will begin Tuesday, July 13, with a Keynote Address by Jan Van Sickle, president of Van Sickle LLC.

The Imagery@UC2010 track  will help attendees

  • Understand the properties of raster data including pyramids, compression, resampling, and raster renderers and how to best use them through ArcGIS.
  • Learn about the new image analysis window. This window provides a streamlined environment for performing image enhancements and image processing.
  • Gain an understanding of the mosaic dataset, a new geodatabase raster data model for managing large collections of raster and image data and defining and refining the metadata and processing applied to this data.
  • Choose the appropriate raster data model.
  • Work with various sensor platforms such as Landsat, QuickBird, and IKONOS.
  • Display images in a continuous, smooth display while panning and zooming.

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