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Author Archives: John Reiser
The Blue Comet
In my previous post, I mentioned the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The Blue Comet is likely the most memorable service from that fallen flag. Running from the Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City, across southern Newark Bay into Elizabeth, then … Continue reading
Posted in Google Earth, Mass Transit, Planning
Tagged Atlantic City, Blue Comet, Google Earth, New York, Winslow Junction
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ACES begins operating on February 6th
ACES, the express rail service between New York and Atlantic City begins operations on February 6th. NJ Transit is operating the service. The service will actually cross the river into Pennsylvania and get as far south as North Philadelphia before … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Mass Transit
Tagged ACES, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Line, Delair Bridge, Mass Transit, new jersey, New Jersey Transit, New York, rail, train
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Sea Breeze losing population
The once-happenin’ place known as Sea Breeze is perhaps on its last legs. Several homeowners are looking for a buyout from the State. The seawall protecting their homes has not been maintained by the township, county or state. A part … Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Towns
Tagged bayshore, Forgotten Towns, new jersey
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technology has come a long way
“Back in my day, we had to wait years for grainy aerial photographs taken from a biplane.” CNN has satellite imagery of the crowd gathered on the Mall for today’s inauguration. The images are from GeoEye, who not only have … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, Events, In the News
Tagged Aerial Photography, Events, satellite
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Highlands Mapping added to NJ State Atlas
The Highlands Land Use Capability Zone Map has been added to the Smart Growth Locator on NJ State Atlas. This update also incorporates the changes to the State Plan map from the end of December 2008. This is a minor … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey State Atlas, Web Mapping
Tagged Highlands, New Jersey State Atlas, Smart Growth Locator, State Plan, Web Mapping
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NJ Geospatial Forum Meeting – Friday 10AM
The NJ Geospatial Forum will have its final meeting for 2008 this Friday. The meeting will be in Building 300 of the Riverview Office Complex at 10 AM.
Posted in Events
Tagged New Jersey Geospatial Forum
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Google Earth Plug-in released for Mac OS X
A Mac OS X version of the Google Earth browser plugin was released yesterday. It’s available for both Intel and PowerPC Macintoshes.
Posted in Google Earth, Mac OS X
Tagged browser, Google Earth, Macintosh, plugin
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Beacons to be lit to mark anniversary of British departure
From the Daily Record: On Tuesday, just as dusk settles, a dozen hilltops covering 108 miles from Beacon, N.Y., to Princeton will be illuminated with bright spotlights to mark the day 225 years ago when the last British troops boarded … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photography, Google
Tagged Aerial Photography, Google, Google Earth
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Behind the Maps: 180-degree HD viewer
On the Channel 9 blog, Mark Brown shows off a video featuring Virtual Earth on a 20 foot tall, HD display with a 180-degree field of vision. I want one.
Posted in Microsoft
Tagged Behind the Maps, Displays, Microsoft, Virtual Earth
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