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Mitch Hedberg and GIS

Posted on January 30, 2014 by John Reiser

So, a recent post on Reddit highlighted a Mitch Hedberg joke. “La Quinta” is Spanish for “next to Denny’s.” Thinking about this, I realized we could use GIS to find the number of La Quintas that are next to Denny’s. … Continue reading →

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Map Maker for carto-masochists, part 2

Posted on July 11, 2011 by John Reiser

After failing to provide data straight from GIS – which is possible using OpenStreetMap or ESRI’s Community Base Map programs – I sat down with Matt, my student intern that is working on developing the campus data in Map Maker. … Continue reading →

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Map Maker for carto-masochists, part 1

Posted on July 10, 2011 by John Reiser

Why make data created of the third world (and likely by individuals in the third world) a for-sale product for a first world company? Continue reading →

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Location-based services may be a hard sell.

Posted on September 26, 2010 by John Reiser

How will our location-based services be perceived by the public? Will our smart web maps be seen as black magic? 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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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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