Category Archives: Google

Changing Landscapes: Brainstorming

Posted on August 2, 2010 by John Reiser

Back in June, the New Jersey DEP Bureau of GIS released the 2007 Land Use/Land Cover data. The data was released in record time, just slightly over 3 years from the aerial photography date. We felt that we needed to … Continue reading →

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Release of “Changing Landscapes in the Garden State”

Posted on July 28, 2010 by John Reiser

The last month has literally been a blur as we’ve worked to get the data for the report together and then into a series of interactive, animated web maps that show the progression of urban change over 21 years. Continue reading →

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Google Latitude now with badge, basic API

Posted on May 5, 2009 by John Reiser

Google Latitude has been updated to incorporate new features that make it easier to share your location data. A website badge has been created that shows your most recent position on a web page. You can see an example of … Continue reading →

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The Advent of All-knowing Point Maps

Posted on April 20, 2009 by John Reiser

Using Google Maps isn’t what’s important. Making sure your map delivers its intended message is essential. Continue reading →

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Google making Map Maker data available for download

Posted on April 6, 2009 by John Reiser

OSM needs to spend more time fostering a community outside of the devoted submitters. What is going to prevent Google from offering up a GIS service akin to the Virtual Earth on ArcGIS platform currently being offered by ESRI and Microsoft? Continue reading →

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Using Sketchup to visualize $1 trillion

Posted on March 11, 2009 by John Reiser

This page has a visualization of the sheer size $1 trillion dollars would occupy using $100 bills. The images are rendered using SketchUp, one of my favorite applications. I came across this link while browsing BoingBoing, and one of their … Continue reading →

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Fun with Google Latitude

Posted on March 6, 2009 by John Reiser

Kate was tracking my progress home tonight, as I was going to pick up Thai food along the way. I manually set my location to “Thailand” and found when I got home, Kate was very confused as to where I … Continue reading →

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Ogle Earth on redaction of images from Google

Posted on February 23, 2009 by John Reiser

Today, Ogle Earth has posted an excellent article on images from Google Earth that have gone missing. The imagery is of an area in Pakistan. Apparently Dianne Feinstein commented that the US military has been using a base in Pakistan … Continue reading →

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Southwest Florida

Posted on February 9, 2009 by John Reiser

Kate and I are down in Southwest Florida visiting her family. We drove down from New Jersey and used Google Latitude to share our location with her family and my parents. Kate and I also are taking some pictures using … Continue reading →

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Google’s historic aerials have shuffled dates.

Posted on February 3, 2009 by John Reiser

Before Google Earth 5 had come out, I had commented to a few people that the dates for the aerial photos (which used to be displayed in the bottom center of the screen) were way off for New Jersey. The … Continue reading →

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