Category Archives: In the News

Colleague in Need – Atanas Entchev facing deportation

Posted on October 17, 2011 by John Reiser

Update: The GIS community has come out in support of Atanas and his family. Calls for letters of support have spread across Twitter and has been picked up by several other blogs: SpatiallyAdjusted (James Fee) GeoMusings (Bill Dollins) GIS Lounge … Continue reading →

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GIS & Live Maps for Hurricane Irene

Posted on August 27, 2011 by John Reiser

New Jersey is in the path of Hurricane Irene. The last time a hurricane actually made landfall in New Jersey was the 1903 Vagabond Hurricane. The mandatory evacuations are underway (NJ OEM) and to my knowledge, it is the first … Continue reading →

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ArcGIS: strong enough for Server, pH balanced for Desktop

Posted on June 14, 2011 by John Reiser

James Fee pointed out how ArcGIS is undergoing minor rewording as part of the changes coming to the software at version 10.1. One thing to note is that the ArcView license level is now Basic, while the ArcEditor level is … Continue reading →

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2cm Photography of the Ongoing Flooding in Queensland

Posted on January 16, 2011 by John Reiser

NearMap has released an interactive map showing the imagery acquired this week of the flooding around Brisbane. 2cm imagery, less than a week old, available around the world through the internet. Pretty soon, laughing about how some fools think the … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Cartography

Posted on January 8, 2011 by John Reiser

Back in March of 2010, Sarah Palin’s PAC released a map of “democratic targets” she would like to see out of office. The map, depicted at right, used gunsights to highlight where the representatives she wants gone are located. Sadly, … Continue reading →

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High Expectations for Barnes & Nobles in Glassboro

Posted on December 3, 2010 by John Reiser

The undersized collection of books means that Geography and Planning books have a very small, blink-and-miss-it section of shelf in the general circulation. Continue reading →

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The “Danger” of Creative Commons

Posted on August 30, 2010 by John Reiser

Am I upset that an anti-rail group used my picture for their own use? Not really. The Internet is founded on sharing information. Continue reading →

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Changing Landscapes: A Great Release

Posted on August 4, 2010 by John Reiser

Release date was finally here. I woke up in a panic just before 6am because I fell asleep before John sent me the PDF of the report to be posted to the website. I posted the report, double checked to … Continue reading →

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Changing Landscapes: A Million Little Tiles

Posted on August 3, 2010 by John Reiser

The New Jersey Land Change Viewer, the online component of the Changing Landscapes research project required the generation of approximately one million map tiles. These tiles needed to be served quickly – the online viewer is meant to make the … Continue reading →

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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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