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AnyGeo Blog - update your bookmarks and RSS feeds please

Thursday, 10. August 2006, 22:50:54

In case you still haven't noticed, I'm no longer blogging here at Opera. I have switched the AnyGeo blog back to blogspot (blogger) so please point your web browser to http://gisuser.blogspot.com or simply type in www.AnyGeo.com (you'll be taken there automatically. You can grab the AnyGeo FeedBurner at http://feeds.feedburner.com/GisUserBlog - see ya!

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The ArcPad Team Blog and ArcPad Today!

Tuesday, 1. August 2006, 14:19:18

Elvin from the ArcPad team has shared the news with me that shane and the rest of the arcPad crew are now keeping developers and other afficianados (is that a word?) of ArcPad up to speed with a new blog aka. The ArcPad Team Blog (Great Name guys!). See what the guys are up to like today's blurb about the ArcPad Today Powertoy, a handy, configurable Today screen plug-in for ArcPad - see http://arcpadteam.blogspot.com/ or even better, catch-up with the team in person at the ESRI UC next week in San Diego. Of interest will be a session on ArcPAD and the 2010 US Census

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AnyGeo blog update and migration back to blogspot

Tuesday, 1. August 2006, 04:25:39

After some thinking I think I'm going to switch Anygeo blog back to blogger/blogspot. The home here at Opera is nice, however, its simply lcaking some of the functionality that I need (like spellcheck, upload via email, upload via SMS and some other things). The space here looks good but overall I'm thinking that blogspot will be a better home - http://gisuser.blogspot.com/. To start I'll likely ping both blogs (here and there) so there's nothing that gets lost, I'll also update the name referal for www.anygeo.com to redirect to blogspot as well... the only problem that may result is a few links in, however, I'll leave a pointer here and I'll also suggest that if people want to link to the blog they consider a hard link to anygeo.com... stay tuned

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Jane Goodall Institute launches Google Earth geoblog

Tuesday, 1. August 2006, 04:03:29

How about another buzzword.. this time it comes from the Jane Goodall Institute who are using aweblog that uses Google's Earth's spinning globe as its backdrop. When you click on a blog entry, the globe image spins to eastern Africa and then slowly hones in on the 35-square kilometer Gombe National Park, represented by high resolution satellite images. The Jane Goodall Institute was the first to create a Google geoblog. From the official PR... "JGI launched the Gombe Chimpanzee Blog in January 2006 with daily updates from field researcher Emily Wroblewski, who is studying paternity among the chimpanzees. Her entries give us a glimpse of the delights and rigors of chimpanzee field research and an ongoing view of the research program begun by Jane Goodall in 1960. Emily is trying to determine if paternal relatives treat each other in special ways, favoring each other, for example, through grooming or sharing of meat." See Check out the blog: www.janegoodall.org

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Google consolidates open source projects at Google Code

Monday, 31. July 2006, 15:08:42

Now its Google vs Source Forge as Google. USe the portal to download code, catch the latest updates and patches, read about featured developers and applications, and more. No doubt the project was discussed at length last week at OSCon - Jump to http://code.google.com/ and scope it out

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Enhance your mashup with Red light traffic intersection camera data

Monday, 31. July 2006, 14:36:32

For a $25 annual subscription fee, you will receive a single POI file that contains cameras for the entire US. Most major urban centers are covered and free updates are provided with your subscription every time the camera database is updated, including when new cities are added - they update the dB approximately every 2 weeks. To test it out a sample dataset of some 1000 red light cameras is available. See GPS POI for the data. The company alos provides a ton of other POI datasets including Wl-Mart locations, book stores, restaurants, national parks, and loads more. Looking for more place name data? Check out the geonames database - see http://www.geonames.org/export/

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What's in a GIS job title?

Saturday, 29. July 2006, 16:31:58

Ever wonder what separates a GIS specialist from a GIS analyst. Or, what about a GIS project manager from a GIS coordinator? Well, you're likely not alone. Typically many of these positions are requiring the same skill set but are offering a broad range in salary. So how many titles are there? Here's just a sampling of the job titles advertised in just the past month alone in some of the popular GIS career boards:

GIS Analyst - provide technical support to the organization's Geographic Information System (GIS). Generally requires a min. Bachelors degree or a diploma in GIS and can offer a salary that ranges from $30k - $50k... a huge range!

GIS Specialist - a BA/BS degree and 5 years experience in GIS with demonstrated ability to design, develop, maintain, and present spatial data for various projects using a specific platform.

GIS Manager - Requires a Bachelor's degree in GIS, Geography, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Information Systems or a field requiring GIS coursework (up to 60k)

Senior GIS developer - A minimum of 5 years professional Information Technology experience with a minimum of 3 year of hands-on experience as a developer. The "senior" typically pushes this job over the $50k range in salary

IT Director - responsible for the design, development and maintenance of an information technology. With "director" in the title look for a $70k+ salary

GIS Technician - Assists GIS staff, Bachelor’s degree in geography, cartography, GIS, or closely related field with emphasis on GIS for spatial analysis and mapping applications (typically paid by in an hourly rate like $15 hr)

GIS Coordinator - Manages the Geographic Information System (GIS)/Mapping function for a company or government agency. Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree + and will normally offer salary in the $50-$60k range

Mapping Analyst - Analyst will support the analysis, production, and presentation of geographic data. Often pays similar to a technician and will require a bachelors degree

GIS Data Steward - assists the GIS Data Manager in developing strategies, processes, and environments supporting spatial data access, management, and integration. Will pay nicely at $60-$90k and requires BSc heavy on computer programing.

Other commonly seen job titles that focus on GIS experience:
- sales rep.
- GIS IT specialist
- GIS marketing manager
- product engineer
- sales manager
- software developer
- web programmer
- IMS manager
- Geospatial analyst
- GIS biologist
- GIS production manager
- inside sales rep (?)

Technicians and analysts are likely the positions in highest demand, however, there is also a large range in salaries and expectations. Some positions are advertised with a salary as meagre as $12 per hour and may require a B.Sc, 5+ years of experience and much more, others may simply demad a proven track record and will offer a salary in the $60k range.

Some keys to getting the big bucks. Be heavy on programming skills, have 10+ years of practical and relevant experience, be willing to relocate, have managerial skills, be a leader, be fluent in the latest technologies (AJAX, Oracle, SQL, yadayada). Titles with the terms, intern, technician, entry level, etc... may often require 5+ years of experience and a min. BA degree but typically only offer a pay rate of $12 hour or max $30k. Looking for a nice payday? Keep an eye open for buzzwords like director, coordinator, manager in the title... but beware as you should have a masters degree, loads of project management experience, and 10+ years of related experience. To help justify your experience see about getting certified as a GISP or other "professional". A question to you... have you ever had your resume and skill set queried and verified? As an employer you should always try to verify some of the information provided by applicants prior to hiring them - easily done with a couple of phone calls.

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Alertdude Groups - create your own directory or group using Google Maps - sans programing!

Saturday, 29. July 2006, 02:40:55

Recall I recently made reference to a very cool mashup found at alertdude - this was in reference to a mashup tracking sexual predators. Well, it turns out I also recently received an update from the developer Matthew Dubiel and it turns out he's been up to some very cool things. A while back he created theaterdude, a national theater finder and mapper for the US. Then he thought about doing yard sales or maybe gas prices. But it eventually came to him that instead of making site after site after site, it would be wiser to group them all. Enter the latest development found at the alertdude groups. Imagine being able to create a named group where you can invite friends to post items in the mashup and build the group. Create a group of garage sales, a directory of professionals, personal ads, events, or ??? that's exactly what you can do at the new groups utility from alertdude. As a sample I created my GISuser Group - a directory of mapping professionals. Try it out. Simply add yourself by creating a quick user profile (email and pw) then add your company's information or calling card... way cool! See http://www.alertdude.com/groups/ and look for the GISuser Group. Maybe even create your own group. Once your group is created you can add a listing, post a picture, description, contact information etc... from the group application users can contact you or leave a message.

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