Podcast: Implications for Twitter's Geolocation API
Adena Schutzberg 11-24-2009
Last week Twitter released its geolocation API, an interface for developers to tack on, and gain access to the point locations from which tweets are sent, so long as users turn it "on." What are the possibilities for a giant, near-real time set of 140 character comments from around the world? Our editors contemplate challenges, opportunities and possible uses.

At the Rocket City Geospatial Conference, It Was All About the Data
Joe Francica 11-23-2009
The Rocket City Geospatial Conference, held in Huntsville, Alabama and hosted by Directions Media, provided a clear message for attendees ... "It's all about the data." Local and state government geospatial professionals have their hands full collecting, maintaining and disseminating data to their constituents. They wrestle with the best platforms on which to visualize the information. They are adamant that metadata be a key component of any database. From spatial data infrastructure to developing initiatives for the Alabama Geographic Information Council, the third annual event presented a wide range of topics. But in the end, it was still "all about the data."

Internet Age Data Exploitation, Pending . . .
Sam Bacharach 11-20-2009
Cars, electronics, even toys come with manuals and warnings. This helps protect providers and users (hopefully) from harm. But what helps providers and users of geospatial data avoid harm? Where is the software infrastructure that provides rights management, security and privacy? Sam Bacharach tackles that question in these times when geospatial data sharing is a goal of private companies, governments and individuals.

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Jay Tilley, Senior VP, Sanborn
Adena Schutzberg 11-20-2009
Adena Schutzberg interviewed Jay Tilley, Sanborn's Senior Vice President about why 3D data is important and how the industry is overcoming challenges such as cost, data fusion and the integration of real time data. Tilley also speaks to the future growth of 3D data development and its use in augmented reality applications. This interview is part of a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

The View From Here: Changing Perceptions - Looking Back at the World From 20, and Forward From 45
Adena Schutzberg 11-19-2009
It's fun and somewhat heartening when the spaces and places of your childhood seem so much smaller and closer together when you return to them as an adult. It's not as heartening when you look ahead to how the world might seem when you are senior citizen. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg looks back to childhood and ahead to the future.

Army Corps Website Protects Endangered Shore Species
Dr. JoAnne Castagna 11-18-2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is keeping an eye on threatened and endangered birds by collaborating with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. One of the results of the collaboration is a GIS-based website called the Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS), which provides current information on threatened and endangered bird and plant species living along the New York and New Jersey coasts.

Podcast: The Line Between Geo Amateur and Professional
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg 11-17-2009
If anyone can make a map today, what is it that distinguishes the amateur from the professional when it comes to geospatial? Is it training? Perspective? Tools? Our editors weigh in.

Geospatial: Mapping Iraq's Ancient Cities
Staff Sgt. Luke Koladish 11-16-2009
What do U.S. Army mapping specialists do in Iraq? Some of the same types of things we do here. For example, Sgt. Ronald Peters of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq C-7 combines datasets and creates maps to serve his customers. This article addresses the challenges and rewards of creating a map of archeological sites in Iraq.

Podcast: Executive Interview with David Schell, Chairman, Open Geospatial Consortium
Joe Francica 11-13-2009
In this executive interview, Editor in Chief Joe Francica spoke with David Schell, chairman of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Schell discussed a broad range of topics including OGC's initiatives with other standards bodies, how the economy is impacting OGC's mission, its new Law and Policy Committee and several other issues. Schell helped to found the OGC in September 1994 and served as its first president.

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Stefan Knecht, CIO, United Maps
Adena Schutzberg 11-13-2009
Adena Schutzberg, executive editor, interviewed United Maps CIO and Co-Founder Stefan Knecht about the challenges of collected and conflating data across Europe (and the U.S.), the challenges of mapping public transit and why only a small percentage of cemeteries appear in most commercial datasets. This is the fourth in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

Watching the Geospatial Resumes Come In
Adena Schutzberg 11-12-2009
There seem to be many people with geospatial skills looking for jobs. But, not all of them are putting their "best foot forward" when it comes to cover letters and resumes. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg has reviewed a set of documents and identified some areas that need additional attention.

GIS Programmers: From Different Worlds
Tad Larsen 11-11-2009
Tad Larsen is trying to make sense of the two different types of GIS programmers an employer might want: "geographers and GIS professionals who know how to program; or programmers and IT professionals who know how to develop in GIS environments." He's likely not the only one who is either hiring or trying to be hired to ponder this issue.

Podcast: Windows 7, a Netbook and/or the Cloud?
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg 11-10-2009
Windows 7 is out and getting good reviews. But, the Mac continues to rule in customer satisfaction. And what of those cheap, lightweight netbooks? What role should the cloud play in picking your next hardware and software, both for general productivity and geospatial production work? Our editors (one Mac and one PC) explore the options.

Usability and the GeoWeb Part 4: Make it Fast
Brian Noyle 11-09-2009
Brian Noyle offers the final article (for now) in his series on usability, this time tackling performance. While hardware and big pipes can solve some speed challenges, he addresses those that specifically relate to design, honing in on configuring map services to be fast from the start, caching whenever possible, and applying novel techniques to handle large datasets.

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Maarten Oldenhof, CEO, Automotive Navigation Data
Adena Schutzberg 11-06-2009
Adena Schutzberg interviewed Automotive Navigation Data (AND) CEO Maarten Oldenhof about the state of commercial geodata, the licensing challenges and the role the community can play in keeping data up-to-date. This is the third in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

Exploring the Cloud
George Moon 11-05-2009
"Working in the cloud certainly offers the potential for doing more with less and reducing IT costs for both product producer and user while maximizing computing capacity." That's the starting point for George Moon's exploration which looks at the state of the cloud, different vendor visions for it and how it may well play a role in your current or future geospatial implementations.

Mapping Maine Cancers
Dr. Janet M. Hock, Dr. Chris Farah and Dr. James H. Page 11-04-2009
Maine's predominantly rural population of 1.3 million has the distinction of having the oldest median age in the United States, as well as the more dubious distinction of having one of the highest age-adjusted incidence rates for all cancers in the country. This article, by two researchers from the Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health and a GIS professional from Sewall, describes the Maine BioGeoBank. The BioGeoBank will enable researchers to undertake complex queries and analyses that explore relations between cancer genomics and the rural environment.

Podcast: With Geodata - Developers, Not Consumers, Rule
Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg 11-03-2009
If consumers think of geodata (streets, POIs, etc.) as a commodity, what does that say for its future? What are the key data relationships? And what, if anything, will differentiate one offering from another? Our editors ponder these questions in light of evidence that consumers know and care little about who makes, manages and updates basemaps.

GEOINT 2009: From Intel to Imaging, But Full Motion Video Stole the Show
Joe Francica 11-02-2009
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's GEOINT Symposium (Oct 19-22, San Antonio, TX) underwent a major transformation this year. Historically a conference offering a broad suite of geospatial solutions, it now emphasizes satellite imaging and specifically this year, the exploitation of full motion video (FMV). There seemed to be less of a focus on pure GIS technology, but a heavy concentration on remote sensing. Editor in Chief Joe Francica provides a recap of the technology offered by the conference's exhibitors.

Product Overview: Matrox TripleHead2Go
Hal Reid 10-30-2009
Hal Reid is a multi-screen enthusiast, and he pursues his obsession with a look at the Matrox Triplehead2Go. According to Reid, "Once you use a multi-monitor set-up, the applications are endless and it is difficult to go back to one monitor."

Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Philip O'Doherty, CEO, eSpatial
MapQuest Staff 10-30-2009
Adena Schutzberg interviewed eSpatial CEO Philip O'Doherty about Web GIS, its implementation challenges, editing capabilities ("CAD-lite") and future. This is the second in a series of interviews with geospatial insiders and outsiders.

Quick Takes on Companies and Ideas at the 2009 Location Intelligence Conference
Adena Schutzberg 10-29-2009
Here are some tidbits about several companies and key ideas from presentations Editor Adena Schutzberg found at the Location Intelligence Conference held at the beginning of October. Organizations mentioned include Seaglex Software, Trillium Software, Yuri Software, SpatialKey, Infusion Development, eSpatial, Appistry, Zipano Technologies, WeoGeo, AND, PBBI, OpenStreetMap, Waze and Inrix.

Apres FOSS4G 2009
Paul Ramsey 10-29-2009
OpenGeo's Paul Ramsey not only provided the keynote at this year's Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) event in Sydney, Australia, he also offers this wrap-up of the event. He outlines key sessions and concludes with these takeaways: "more cross pollination between open source and proprietary; the inexorable growth of the Web as primary platform; and the insatiable demand for information on Web publishing best practices."

Mobile GIS Gives Recovery Specialists an Advantage in the Victoria Bushfires
Jesse Theodore 10-28-2009
ESRI and its local partner, Maptel, brought insight and technology to Australia's 2009 Victoria Bushfires, the country's most deadly natural disaster. Several dozen fires merged causing more than 170 deaths and several hundred injuries. The situation may have been even worse without the use of desktop and mobile tools to manage what became the largest search and rescue effort the Victoria Police had ever attempted. Paper and pencil were put aside for a custom app on ruggedized handhelds which allowed quick assessment and reporting within the 550,000-acre area where victims were found.

Updating Directions Media's Press Release Policy
Adena Schutzberg 10-28-2009
Directions Media is changing its policy regarding press releases to give submitters full control on when and how their releases are published. The service continues to be free and will, we trust, better serve our readers and advertisers.

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