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Category Archives: Web Mapping
Changing Landscapes: Final Thoughts
I stuck to this schedule because any project without clearly defined goals and time lines are doomed to mediocrity. You can only exceed expectations if you have them in the first place. Continue reading
Posted in Data, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged Changing Landscapes, Land Use, new jersey, New Jersey State Atlas, Web Mapping
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Changing Landscapes: A Great Release
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
Posted in In the News, Web Mapping
Tagged Changing Landscapes, CRSSA, geolab, Old Media
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Changing Landscapes: A Million Little Tiles
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
Posted in Aerial Photography, Data, In the News, Technology, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Amazon, Apache Tomcat, Arc2Earth, Changing Landscapes, CRSSA, geolab, Geoserver, GIS, Google Maps, TileCache
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Changing Landscapes: Brainstorming
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
Posted in Data, Google Maps, In the News, Technology, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Changing Landscapes, CRSSA, DEP, geolab, GIS, Google Earth, Google Maps, KML, LULC
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Release of “Changing Landscapes in the Garden State”
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
Posted in Data, Google Maps, Planning, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Animation, Land Use, visualization
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Projects featured on Rowan’s home page
I’m proud to say that I now have two articles written about my work that have been featured on the Rowan University home page. Most recently, Mapping the Guard (still on the home page) was posted, detailing the great work … Continue reading
Posted in Data, New Jersey State Atlas, Teaching, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged ArcGIS, Internship, Mapping, Rowan University, SDSFIE, Web Mapping
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Historic Topographic Maps and Aerials
There is a wealth of GIS data available throughout the state, and that massive amount of data is getting easier to use. Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, Web Mapping
Tagged Aerial Photography, historic, maps, new jersey, wms
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Getting hooked on OpenStreetMap
Cycle routes are managed by a myriad of local and state entities, and considering DOT informed me that they do not keep any GIS records of the bike routes or facilities, OSM seems like a natural repository for volunteers to collect and share cycle route data. Continue reading
Posted in Data, OpenStreetMap, Web Mapping
Tagged assignments, collaboration, courses, cycle maps, cycling, new jersey, OpenStreetMap, Rowan University
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Denoting Landmarks in Driving Directions
Bing Maps now incorporate landmarks in their driving directions. This is a really great feature, as it will tell you what to look for while driving in unfamiliar territory. I experimented with incorporating landmarks into Google Maps driving directions about … Continue reading
Presentation on OS GIS at MAC URISA
Yesterday, I gave an introduction to open source GIS at MAC URISA. As the meeting was about Internet-enabled GIS, I focused on server-side software. I’ve made the presentation available on SlideShare and available as a download from my website. Here’s … Continue reading