Archives for November 2014

A Year in the Life of Earth’s CO2

November 24, 2014 by gisuser

NASA Computer Model Provides a New Portrait of Carbon Dioxide – An exciting and amazing new dataviz from NASA – this new, ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe. The Nature Run simulation was run on the NASA Center for Climate Simulation’s Discover supercomputer cluster at Goddard Space Flight Center. The simulation produced nearly four petabytes (million billion bytes) of data and required 75 days of dedicated computation to complete. Source: NASA

Week-end Reading – GISuser Popular Article Recap

November 23, 2014 by gisuser

A few of the latest, trending topics on GISuser and popular articles and news items from the past week:

Census Bureau Celebrates 25th Anniversary of TIGER
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) database – the first nationwide digital map of roads, boundaries and water – was initially created for the 1990 Census to modernize the once-a-decade head count.

Get Happy! 10 Cities With the Happiest Workers

November 21, 2014 by gisuser

Employees in the Bay Area have a lot to smile about, according to a report from career website Glassdoor. San Jose tops the list of cities with the most satisfied employees for the second year in a row, followed by San Francisco in the number two spot. It’s not surprising, said Glassdoor community expert Scott Dobroski, because the tech sector reigns in this region.

Google Maps Looks at Thanksgiving Travel Trends and Headaches

November 18, 2014 by gisuser

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and with it comes some HUGE traffic and travel headaches. Using historical data and trends, Google has shared some details of the worst travel times and days. According to the research Wednesday is the worst Thanksgiving traffic day for most cities, with Saturday the worst day to return.

Tip – Shoot Photos From Your smartphone Like a Pro

November 17, 2014 by gisuser

If you’ve followed me over the years then you likely know that I really luv mobile photography… yet no, I refuse to call any of my work or myself a photographer, iphoneographer, AndroidOgrapher etc… heck, we’re all photographers in my mind!

But, there’s some great way to enhance your photo taking skills and the tricks are quite simple. Check out this very cool video with some simple tricks that will WOW yourself and your fiends… happy snapping!

Thanks to Lipstiq for the tips

A Smartwatch and a Phone for Just $199 from Burg

November 13, 2014 by gisuser

Some WAY cool technology here just in time for the holidays – the Burg smartwatch/smartphone! Priced at only $199, the “Dick Tracy”-like BURG 12 smartwatch functions as a standalone phone, with the ability to make and receive calls and texts without connecting to a smartphone. It offers all the basic functions of a smartphone – phone calls, text, music, video, camera, calendar, contact lists, voice recording, etc… Available from WalMart, The BURG 12 functions as a standalone phone utilizing any GSM SIM card. BURG includes a SIM card with $25 prepaid talk and text.

It offers all the basic functions of a smartphone – phone calls, text, music, video, camera, calendar, contact lists, voice recording, etc

Explorer for ArcGIS on Android, coming soon!

November 10, 2014 by gisuser

Found this little nugget via Twitter (@ChrisLeSueur) and courtesy of Jeff Shaner @jeffshaner and the ArcGIS mobile team… yep, Explorer for ArcGIS on Android, coming soon! According to details of the release on the ArcGIS blog… “Explorer for ArcGIS on Android is a native app and has a look and feel that will be familiar to Android users. Like our other Explorer for ArcGIS apps on iOS and Mac OS X this app was created for everyone, it is intuitive and easy to use…no special training is required to us the app.” See more on the Esri blog

The Beta is open although this is a private Beta

Dangerous by Design 2014 spotlights pedestrian safety with Fatalities Map

November 5, 2014 by gisuser

From Smart Growth America… In 2012, pedestrians accounted for nearly 15 percent of all traffic deaths, up 6 percent from 2011 and representing a five-year high. More than half of all pedestrian fatalities occur on arterials, and over 60 percent of these tragedies occur on roads with speed limits of 40 mph or higher. These roads were not planned or designed for more than speeding traffic – Dangerous by Design 2014 spotlights the issue of pedestrian safety and the factors that make walking dangerous—and identifies the tools and practices available to put an end to the decades-long neglect of pedestrian safety.

In addition to a fatalities map, the group has also made available National spotlights and detailed State and regional Data – the full PDF report is also available

Search the Dangerous by Design fatalities map, 2014

10 Cool, New Things About SketchUp 2015

November 4, 2014 by gisuser

This week at the annual Trimble Dimensions conference in Vegas, the company officially released the latest update to SketchUp, the awesome 3D modeling environment. the following are just 10 of the new features and functionality awaiting users:

64-bit Support: In addition to continued support for 32-bit systems, SketchUp Pro 2015 is available in a 64-bit version for Windows and Mac.
IFC Import: In addition to export, SketchUp Pro users can now share models between Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools and apply industry standard types that stay with the model as it travels with SketchUp 2015’s new IFC file import.
Ruby API and Extension Warehouse Enhancements: A variety of improvements to SketchUp’s Ruby API
Faster Core: Models render faster with core modeling performance improvements
Professional Drafting: Using SketchUp’s LayOut 2D drawing and documentation tool, users can manage drawings more easily and display more data from their information models
Modeling Tools: With the addition of a 3-point Arc tool, users can now draw arced edges four different ways.
Expanded 3D Warehouse
SketchUp Pro 2015 also supports 3D CAD and BIM services
download starts with a 30-day trial of Pro features
2015 Pro licenses can be used on a Mac or a PC

Report Shows Rapid and Widespread Adoption of Open Data By Governments #opengov

November 4, 2014 by gisuser

Socrata (www.socrata.com) has announced the launch of the Socrata 2014 Open Data Benchmark Reportdesigned to measure and report public-sector use of open data in the United States. The report reveals that an increasing number of public-sector organizations have embraced open data as a way to boost visibility into government decision-making and performance.

“This benchmark study clearly and dramatically confirms what we’ve been seeing during the past few years – open data adoption and usage is exploding in governments all over the world,” says Kevin Merritt, Founder and CEO of Socrata. “Open data has gone mainstream. It’s a viral movement that’s now unstoppable. And, as the lifeblood of connected global networks, it’s improving the lives of people on just about every continent.”

Source: Socrata

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