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Category Archives: Data
MapMPG, ESRI’s practical BusinessMap demo
ESRI recently unveiled MapMPG, a demostration site using BusinessMap and ArcGIS Server with a Flex front end. It allows you to choose a point and visualize the range two different car makes could travel on one gallon of gas. It’s … Continue reading
NJ Transit is a housing complex?
I’ve been mining Google’s “My Maps” data for some base datasets. Some users have plotted some useful data; one created sets of all the rest stops and toll plazas on the State’s limited access highways. In looking for NJ Transit … Continue reading
Permit Extension Act and its effect on Smart Growth Areas
With the recent signing of the Permit Extension Act, permits and smart growth designations have been extended through to July 2010. However, certain areas will be exempted from the extension. This will have an effect on State Plan Centers and … Continue reading
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Tagged locator, smart growth, Web Mapping
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Two Recent Stories on Aerial Photography
With all the recent news about cattle orienting themselves in cardinal directions (and the debate on the story’s veracity) I found it more interesting that the researchers used Google Earth to find oriented photography, instead of say, going out and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Photography, games, nature
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More on the UltraCam – Behind the Maps
Microsoft recently posted another episode on Channel 9 dealing with the UltraCam. Three interviews and some in-flight footage of the camera.
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Microsoft’s Behind the Maps
Microsoft is starting a new video series on its Channel 9 blog. Focusing on Virtual Earth and the technology behind it, the first episode of Behind the Maps deals with the UltraCam and its UltraMap software.
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Virtual Earth looking to partner for data
Virtual Earth is looking to partner with state and local governments to share geospatial data, specifically aerial photography. From their announcement: Why should we publish our imagery in VE? GoVE supports the data sharing goals of many public sector organizations … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerial Photography, Data Sharing, Government, Partnerships, Virtual Earth, Web Mapping
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