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Enhanced Data Management, New Cartographic Tools, and More Efficient Information Sharing...

WAYLAND, Mass.-- The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) is inviting the public to offer change ...

Inaugural ESRI Remote Sensing and GIS Summit to Explore Integrated Management and Use of Vector, Ima...

On-Demand Business Intelligence Applications for Sales Teams Drive 2-10% Revenue Growth...

Olympia, WA – Marshall and Associates, Inc. (Marshall) announced that it has entered a strategic all...

It's from XRoad and covers only a few U.S. cities, but apparently (unfortunate name, I'll offer) is ok by Apple as it's said to be available via the AppStore. It's a large download (700 Mb free space needed) and apparently downloads all the data so there's no need for a connection to do a search or ...

The plan was to get the online mapping app online in the municipality before the Commonwealth Youth Games beginning October 12, but that won't be met. Still, the app, from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), should be online by December. Delays are something with which GIS pros are familiar. What' ...

Last month Ron Lake offered an interesting article about GeoPresence. From the introduction: "“What? You don’t have a web site? Is that possible? It’s only a small company. Does not matter! If you do not have a web site, you do not exist. Period!” This seems a plausible exchange in 2008. Yet ...

Garmin continues to slowly add more and more states to their vector-based 1:24K US topographic map coverage. The latest release covers the central mountain West, Colorado and Utah, joining sets for Washington and Oregon as well as California and Nevada . These are in addition to their previous sets ...

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The new ViaWindowsLive community site has launched and features not only a definitive set of resources on all Live Services from Microsoft but also a special section on Virtual Earth including a new site gallery for you to upload your sites, new articles on Version 6 , including getting started guid ...

It has been reported that the old url to access the Version5 javascript for Virtual Earth no longer works. This is effecting sites worldwide. The correct way to reference the Version 5 javascript is: If you have been effected a forum thread has been started here

A recent forum post pointed out that there are still some missing elements of the SDK. We must remember Virtual Earth is still a beta product. If you are looking for a quick guide on how to write the code to do something on the map the Interactive SDK is an awesome place to start.

A few weeks back we were asked to remove Casey's Virtual Earth for WorldWind article from our site. We are glad to bring it back online now that it has been ok'd I really hope Casey finds the time to do some more work on this project, it is so awesome.

Have you seen the new entries in the gallery ? The new Site Gallery Pick, LeBron's Bike-a-thon , has recieved an awesome amount of traffic in the last few days, no doubt the link on the MSN.com homepage helped. Then we have 3 new simple but effective mashups that plot some interesting data points; ...

The new GIS Day 2008 flier is now available!  GIS Day is fast approaching on November 19 th and the new flier provides both information and inspiration for celebrating your event.  This colorful flier encourages educators, professionals, and students alike to participate in this global event.  Downl ...

Students with GIS experience can put their skills to use as a volunteer for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. GIS Intern, Barack Obama Campaign Office, Chicago (March 17, 2008) The Barack Obama campaign is looking for a few good GIS interns in our Chicago office. Campaigns are spatially based a ...

This year marks the tenth anniversary of GIS Day.  To commemorate this milestone, there will be a special display at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference.  The multi-panel display will include photos of GIS Day events worldwide, the history of GIS Day, and a few featured events from the last ...

"Well, we are now, because of her (State Chief Information Officer Teri Takai) help, we are moving full steam ahead. A perfect example is, for instance, GIS. GIS is a form of digital mapping technology, kind of like Google Earth but better. (Laughter) During last year's firestorm it allowed firefigh ...

The new GIS Day poster is an ideal educational tool for K-12 students. The front side is a colorful poster containing GIS Day photos from over the years. The inside provides a brief overview of GIS and encourages readers to explore GIS by hosting a GIS Day event, thinking about a future in GIS, or v ...

Common industry perceptions of MySQL and PostgreSQL aren't as true with the current generation of releases as they used to be. DBAs, developers, and IT managers and decision-makers will benefit from this presentation and live Q&A about the pros and cons of using PostgreSQL or MySQL, which will inclu ...

In this webcast we will talk about how to simply build and quickly remix Web 2.0 applications and the role of the IT department and how they support mashups. We will discuss how IBM can help IT teams adapt existing enterprise systems as well as develop unique ones that can support end user driven ma ...

Dr. Dobb's interviews Wolfram Research's Theo Gray, co-founder and Director of User Interfaces, and Robert Germundsson, Director of Research and Development, about the upcoming 2008 International Mathematica Conference.

Attend this Webcast and find out how to overcome common build-test-deploy challenges that affect all members of a distributed team, including: Communication difficulties, because of time-zone and cultural differences Workflow challenges, like lack of documented procedures and build and test h ...

Dr. Dobb's talks with Lennart Regebro about the many things that Zope 2 did right and did wrong. Lennart has also been one of the driving forces behind Five, the integration of Zope 3 technologies into Zope 2.