System Design Strategies on wiki.GIS.com
One of the more valuable books/whitepapers to come out of ESRI is Dave Peter’s System Design Strategies. I think it is natural for this whitepaper to evolve into wiki format and ESRI clearly agrees.
One really valuable outcome from this is that the content now has a Creative Commons license that means that you can leverage the work as long as you attribute and share alike. I know planning GIS is a tough nut to crack, but a collaborative effort to improve the design process will improve all implementations no matter if they are ESRI, PBBI or OSGeo.
System Design Strategies on wiki.GIS.com
One of the more valuable books/whitepapers to come out of ESRI is Dave Peter’s System Design Strategies. I think it is natural for this whitepaper to evolve into wiki format and ESRI clearly agrees.
One really valuable outcome from this is that the content now has a Creative Commons license that means that you can leverage the work as long as you attribute and share alike. I know planning GIS is a tough nut to crack, but a collaborative effort to improve the design process will improve all implementations no matter if they are ESRI, PBBI or OSGeo.
BatchGeo Improves Access to Geocoding and Creating Your Own Mashups
I’ve blogged quite a bit over the years about Phillip Holmstrand’s BatchGeo project. There are quite a bit of new improvements that Phillip’s announced that I think are worth noting.
- New branding and look
- Simplified workflow
- Edit saved maps
- Upgraded server back-end
- Built-in locator function
- Video tutorials
While you can still use BatchGeo.com to do your geocoding, the new interface will help those who want to create their own Google Maps mashups. Now you are probably thinking that Google already has their My Maps, but at least to me BatchGeo looks like it will be easier to use, plus its free. I have to take my hat off to Phillip, he keeps making BatchGeo better and better and I know tons of people who rely on it to do their batch geocoding.
I can totally see the Super Broker team using this!
BatchGeo Improves Access to Geocoding and Creating Your Own Mashups
I’ve blogged quite a bit over the years about Phillip Holmstrand’s BatchGeo project. There are quite a bit of new improvements that Phillip’s announced that I think are worth noting.
- New branding and look
- Simplified workflow
- Edit saved maps
- Upgraded server back-end
- Built-in locator function
- Video tutorials
While you can still use BatchGeo.com to do your geocoding, the new interface will help those who want to create their own Google Maps mashups. Now you are probably thinking that Google already has their My Maps, but at least to me BatchGeo looks like it will be easier to use, plus its free. I have to take my hat off to Phillip, he keeps making BatchGeo better and better and I know tons of people who rely on it to do their batch geocoding.
I can totally see the Super Broker team using this!
Center for Urban Research posts First Weeks Census 2010 Participation Rate Analysis
Curious how the 2010 Census is going? Check out the Center for Urban Research and their analysis of the 2010 Census returns through week 1. Taking a look at their mapping site, my back of the envelope analysis shows that those in the freaking cold upper midwest have nothing better to do than fill out their returns and send them in.
Mapping the Census
I’d love to see a time slider available on this map in the coming weeks so we can see how the returns are coming in from around the country.
Center for Urban Research posts First Weeks Census 2010 Participation Rate Analysis
Curious how the 2010 Census is going? Check out the Center for Urban Research and their analysis of the 2010 Census returns through week 1. Taking a look at their mapping site, my back of the envelope analysis shows that those in the freaking cold upper midwest have nothing better to do than fill out their returns and send them in.
Mapping the Census
I’d love to see a time slider available on this map in the coming weeks so we can see how the returns are coming in from around the country.