This #globe is rated “R” – not because of its gore, because it is Resplendent.
#Geogeeks #GIS @redearthgeo #cartography
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Thursday, 2 April 2015
#GIS: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW PART 4 OF 4
Uses of #GIS Today
GIS has many applications in various fields today. Some of which include traditional #geographically related fields like #urban #planning and #cartography, but also #environmental impact assessment reports and natural resource #management. In addition, GIS is now finding its place in #business and related fields. Business GIS as it has come to be known is usually the most effective in advertising and marketing, sales, and the #logistics of where to locate a business.
Whichever way it’s used though, GIS has had a profound influence on #geography and will continue to be used in the future as it allows people to efficiently answer questions and solve problems by looking at easily understood and shared data in the form of tables, charts, and most importantly, maps.
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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
#GIS: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW PART 3 OF 4
The Three GIS Views
In #GIS, there are three different ways in which data can be viewed. The first is the #database view. This consists of the “#geodatabase” otherwise known as the data storage structure for #ArcGIS. In it, data is stored in tables, is easily accessed, and is able to be managed and manipulated to fit the terms of whatever work is being completed.
The second view is the map view and is the most familiar to many people because it is essentially what many see in terms of GIS products. GIS is in fact a set of #maps that show features and their #relationships on the #earth’s surface and these relationships show up most clearly in the map view.
The final GIS view is the model view which consists of tools that are able to draw new #geographic information from existing datasets. These functions then combine the data and create a model that can provide answers for projects.
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#GIS: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW PART 2 OF 4
How GIS Works
#GIS is important today because it is able to bring together information from multiple sources so that various types of work can be done. In order to do this though, the data must be tied to a specific location on the #Earth’s surface. #Latitude and #longitude are usually used for this and the locations to be viewed are attached to their points on the #geographic grid.
In order to then do an #analysis, another set of data is layered on top of the first one to show #spatial patterns and relationships. For example, elevation at specific locations can show up in the first layer and then rates of precipitation at various places in the same area can be in the second. Through a GIS analysis patterns about elevation and the amount of precipitation then arise.
Also important to the functionality of GIS is the use of #rasters and #vectors. A raster is any type of digital image, such as an #aerial #photograph. The data itself however is depicted as rows and columns of cells with each cell having a single value. This data is then transferred into GIS for use in making maps and other projects.
A common type of raster data in GIS is called the #Digital #Elevation #Model (#DEM) and is simply a digital representation of #topography or terrain.
A vector is the most common way data is shown in GIS however. In #ESRI’s version of GIS, called #ArcGIS, vectors are referred to as #shapefiles and are made up of points, lines, and polygons. In GIS, a point is the location of a feature on the geographic grid, such as a fire hydrant. A line is used to show linear features like a road or river and a #polygon is a two dimensional feature that shows an area on the earth’s surface such as the property boundaries around a university. Of the three, the points show the least amount of information and the polygons the most.
The #TIN or Triangulated Irregular Network is a common type of vector data that is capable of showing elevation and other such values that change consistently. The values are then connected as lines, forming an irregular network of triangles to represent the land’s surface on a map.
In addition, GIS is capable of translating a raster to a vector in order to make analysis and data processing easier. It does this by creating lines along the raster cells that have the same classification to create the vector system of points, lines, and polygons which make up the features shown on the map.
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Sunday, 29 March 2015
#GIS: AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW PART 1 OF 4
The acronym GIS refers to Geographic Information Systems – a tool that allows #geographers and #analysts to visualize #data in several different ways in order to see patterns and relationships in a given area or subject. These patterns generally appear on #maps but they can also be found on #globes or in #reports and charts. The first truly operational GIS appeared in Ottawa, Ontario in 1962 and was developed by #Roger #Tomlinson of Canada’s Department of Forestry and Rural Development in an effort to use map overlays for analysis of various areas in #Canada. This early version was called CGIS.
The more modern version of GIS used today emerged in the 1980s when @ESRI(Environmental Systems Research Institute) and @CARIS (Computer Aided Resource Information System) created a commercial version of the software that incorporated the methods of CGIS, but also included newer “second generation” techniques. Since then it has undergone a number of technological updates, making it an efficient mapping and informational tool.
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TIN has an atomic weight of 118.71
TIN.
Tin is industrial, tin coats other materials to prevent corrosion, tin has an atomic weight of 118.71, but in #GIS, its a #sexy triangulated irregular#network. This network of vertices derives from a mass of points to create a #3D #map with x-, y-, and z-values. Being part of the #geogeek culture, this image is a 3D map with great #cartographicrepresentation, but I think when the GIS Supervisor said to the staff to create a 3D world map and drape it over a TIN, they mistook the request and provided this awesome version. This map is actually on a piece of corrugated TIN, and looks pretty marvellous. From #creative minds comes great products!@redearthgeo
- Red Earth Geo GIS TIN
Friday, 27 March 2015
#GIS & The Visible Collection of Water Particles Suspended in the Air
THE MOST DETAILED #POPULATION #MAP IN THE #WORLD
Advances in #technology are changing the type, quantity, quality, and timeliness of #information available. The ideal human #geography #database would include uniform social and demographic information about all human populations on the globe. It would include #population, household, housing unit, business, and economic information that would allow determination of societal characteristics at any scale from macro to micro. #Esri has met this challenge by compiling a human geography database of #demographics and #statistics about all countries in the world and mapping this data using a new, innovative methodology.
Esri’s new world population map takes advantage of this new information to track and estimate populations to support better decision making. Population is modeled from imagery, road networks, and populated place locations to create an urbanization likelihood score. This new model of world population will allow comparative studies and accurate depiction of statistics to ad hoc areas.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
#GIS & Dressmaking
#GIS crosses many industries and the creation of #maps are used by millions. Here is a great #artistic way of #recycling old maps in a whole new industry, #paperdressmaking. These young hipster youths have no idea that they are part of something else, being part of the #Geogeek culture. And who says that #cartography is becoming a lost #art?
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015
HXGN LIVE – #GEOSPATIAL TRACK
The HXGN Geospatial track provides industry-specific content that you can relate to, helping you improve your organization’s #workflow and make sense of the dynamically changing world.
Listen to real customer-use cases packed with compelling testimonials, highlighting end-to-end workflows from around the globe. Learn about exciting updates, invigorating customer stories and new solutions built upon the Power Portfolio 2015 release.
Attend vibrant sessions covering a variety of topics, including:
- #Asset #Management
- Transportation
- Defence and intelligence
- Local, state and national government agencies
- Property Appraisal
- #Disaster #Management
- Agriculture
- Natural Resources
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FME World Tour 2015
Introduced to #FME in 1999, it’s a pretty important tool to be used within the #Geospatial Industry. #maps, #analysis, #gis streamlining, conversions, ETL and the amazing ability to manipulate #data like it didn’t know it could be. #Geogeeks, if you haven’t heard the word on FME, get out to one of their World Tour dates and see what it’s all about. Check them out at www.safe.com and book your seat.
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Sunday, 22 March 2015
Online Easy Translator for #GIS #Data
All these formats for source and output are supported: AutoCAD (DWG/DXF) / CSV /GeoJSON / GML / GPX / DGN (v7) / MapInfo (TAB) / KML / ESRI (Shapefile)
Output Coordinates: WGS84 / WGS84 (GeoCentric) / Mercator Projection / Robinson Projection / Spherical Mercator
#ArcGIS Expresses Your #Open #Data
ArcGIS Open Data lets you quickly serve open data to communities and organizations through map-based websites. Halifax uses their ArcGIS Online subscriptions to share open data for a variety of purposes.
The Halifax Open Data Catalogue provides citizens and businesses public with access to the city’s datasets to improve citizen engagement and enhance transparency and accountability of the local government. The catalog provides data that is complete and accurate, frequently requested, and free of private information.
See the site in action here.
Saturday, 21 March 2015
#ATHENS IN #H2O RGB LESS THE G.
#Athens in #H2O RGB less the G. #Fun #map with a little elbow #Greece to round out the week with #GIS. We ❤Maps!
How to How to Prevent Accidental Deletion of Items from ArcGIS Online
You continually add items such as as #layers, #web #maps, #apps, and #datasets to #ArcGIS #Online for others in your organization to use. You've created and added layers, used those layers to craft great maps, and used those maps to make great apps. How do you prevent accidentally deleting your hard work or removing layers and maps that your apps depend on?
To protect your items from accidental deletion, enable Delete Protection. Here's how to do this, step by step.
Step 1. Go to your item details and click Edit.
Step 2. Scroll toward the bottom of the item details and, in the Properties section, check the box to enable Delete Protection.
Step 3. Click Save. Now your item is protected from accidental deletion, and Delete is disabled.
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By Bern Szukalski- Esri Technology Evangelist
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
GOOGLE EARTH PRO – NOW FREE
Google Earth Pro builds on the amazing functionality of Google Earth with even more powerful tools. Some of the most compelling features of Earth Pro include:
Advanced Measurements:
Measure parking lots and land developments with polygon area measure, or determine affected radius with circle measure.
High-resolution printing:
Print Images up to 4800×3200 px resolution.
Exclusive Pro data layers:
Demographics, parcels, and traffic count.
Spreadsheet Import:
Ingest up to 2500 addresses at a time, assigning placemarks and style templates in bulk.
GIS import:
Visualize ESRI shapefiles (.shp) and MapInfo (.tab) files.
Get Google Earth Pro for Free Here.
Advanced Measurements:
Measure parking lots and land developments with polygon area measure, or determine affected radius with circle measure.
High-resolution printing:
Print Images up to 4800×3200 px resolution.
Exclusive Pro data layers:
Demographics, parcels, and traffic count.
Spreadsheet Import:
Ingest up to 2500 addresses at a time, assigning placemarks and style templates in bulk.
GIS import:
Visualize ESRI shapefiles (.shp) and MapInfo (.tab) files.
Get Google Earth Pro for Free Here.
THE #MACBOOK’S NEW #TRACKPAD WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU #CLICK
The New #MacBook
On Monday, March 9th, #Apple gave people who follow Apple news plenty to talk about. But for #Mac users, the biggest news probably has to do with all the ways the new MacBook diverges from what we’ve been used to over the past few years.
No MagSafe, #Thunderbolt, or standard USB ports, all replaced by a single #USB-C port—that’s big news. On of the updates is the new MacBook’s keyboard and trackpad, which are unlike any of those currently found in the Mac line.
The New #Keyboard
Apple designed the keyboard in the new MacBook to have reduced key travel, presumably because the thing is just too thin to allow those keys to move very far up or down. That seems reasonable, but when Apple extolled the virtues of the new keyboard on Monday, they raved about the increased size and stability of its key caps, the clever design of the butterfly keyboard switches, the stainless steel dome switches. So is this a compromise keyboard specifically designed for the MacBook, or does Apple feel this keyboard design is so great that it’s going to make sure that all its future Mac keyboards are exactly the same way?
Each key cap is larger, which means they should be easier to hit—but the space between keys has been reduced, which would seem to me to be a decision that would increase the chances that your finger will hit the wrong key. Each key is individually #LED lit, the Escape key has been elongated and the function keys narrowed. The arrow #keys have been redesigned; the up and down arrows are still half-height, but the left and right arrows are now full sized.
The New #Apple #TrackPad – The #Force #Touch
The new MacBook trackpad that Apple has implemented has a series of force sensors underneath the trackpad surface and a #Taptic #Engine that can vibrate the surface on demand—is a remarkable simulation of the real thing. When you press on the trackpad, the Taptic Engine fires up and shakes the surface of the trackpad. Your brain interprets the vibration and the pressure as a downward click, even though that’s not what’s actually happening. (The vibration from the Taptic Engine is from side to side, not up and down.) This is all presumably to drive a little more thickness of out of the MacBook, but it has a fun side benefit: Now the clickiness of the trackpad can be controlled by software. A new #slider in the Trackpad system preference pane lets you adjust how much force is required for a click, so you can tweak it to fit your preferences.
Don’t Forget
When using a MacBook and your favorite #ESRI #ArcGIS Platform, look at VMWare, BootCamp, or Parallels. @RedEarthGeo, some of the Apple products we set up for our clients leverage the Parallels software with no real issues for ESRI products that are to be on a Windows Environment.
If you don’t like the Apple Products for your #Geospatial use, contact us, as we can set you up with a custom machine at a reasonable rate.
FOUR REASONS COMPANIES SAY “YES” TO #OPENSOURCE
#Opensource doesn’t just save you money, it also improves quality, delivers #business #agility & mitigated business #risk.
http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9244898/4_reasons_companies_say_yes_to_open_source?mm_ref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FyhjRD3WyzN
#GIS IS AWESOME
The #geospatial industry creates awesome #maps from #GIS, #CAD and #GPS sources. These #cartographic masterpieces can provide some #analysis interpreted from data & maps, which leads to stories being told, influence decisions being made, questions being raised and potentially bringing clarity to an issue. The link below interprets the 40 maps that explain the world.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
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