GeoJSON with GeoPlanet
Jerry loves GeoJSON
Jerry loves GeoJSON
Yahoo! announced some updates to GeoPlanet including GeoJSON support. Yahoo! seems much more quiet than most companies about their endeavors (Fire Eagle, GeoPlanet, Pipes) and I’m glad to see them improving given the pressures they are under these days. I really like how GeoPlanet is organized and I hope it (and Fire Eagle and Pipes) continues to be improved and enhanced. Plus not having to deal with XML is a huge bonus. Now if ESRI can support GeoJSON with their RESTful API we’ll all be very happy.
Agile Mapping
Brian Timoney put it perfectly, “agile mapping” is where we need to be. His?expertise?in the energy sector, plus the ability to mix in some PostGIS and he can deploy a map quickly and?effectively.
Hurricane Gustav Energy Impact
Everybody has been using Google Chrome for screen shots, so why not me?
Everybody has been using Google Chrome for screen shots, so why not me?
[/caption]
We were talking shop the other day and a couple of us lamented the need to have an ArcGIS Server license to use ESRI’s map cache generator. While I have no problem using Arc2Earth to generate tiles I can integrate into Google Maps or Virtual Earth, it seems like such a no brainer to give ArcGIS Desktop users (heck even just ArcInfo users) the ability to use ESRI’s map tile generator. ArcGIS Server has its place, but when wanting to put up timely maps such as Brian’s Energy Impact site, you need the ability to go from ArcMap to Google Maps with one click.
It amazes me that GIS Professionals are more comfortable rolling out an old ArcIMS site than they are working with Google Maps or Virtual Earth (even within the ArcGIS Server Javascript API). You don’t have to spend a ton of money or effort to get your message across and noticed.
Agile Mapping
Brian Timoney put it perfectly, “agile mapping” is where we need to be. His?expertise?in the energy sector, plus the ability to mix in some PostGIS and he can deploy a map quickly and?effectively.
Hurricane Gustav Energy Impact
Everybody has been using Google Chrome for screen shots, so why not me?
Everybody has been using Google Chrome for screen shots, so why not me?
[/caption]
We were talking shop the other day and a couple of us lamented the need to have an ArcGIS Server license to use ESRI’s map cache generator. While I have no problem using Arc2Earth to generate tiles I can integrate into Google Maps or Virtual Earth, it seems like such a no brainer to give ArcGIS Desktop users (heck even just ArcInfo users) the ability to use ESRI’s map tile generator. ArcGIS Server has its place, but when wanting to put up timely maps such as Brian’s Energy Impact site, you need the ability to go from ArcMap to Google Maps with one click.
It amazes me that GIS Professionals are more comfortable rolling out an old ArcIMS site than they are working with Google Maps or Virtual Earth (even within the ArcGIS Server Javascript API). You don’t have to spend a ton of money or effort to get your message across and noticed.
Post-Katrina Repopulation Map on USA Today
I was very pleased to see today that USA Today published part of the GNOCDC Repopulation Map on their website.
GNOCDC Data on USA Today
GNOCDC Data on USA Today
Seeing this data and the map getting some visibility (plus the link back to the detail map is great) makes all the hard work everyone put into it worth it. At least at this point it appears that Gustov isn’t as bad as Katrina, but remember people were feeling pretty good right after Katrina passed over 3 years ago. We’ll see tonight and tomorrow how everyone did. The GNOCDC staff was able to evacuate safely and are still working at helping people get information about NOLA, Katrina and Gustov.
Post-Katrina Repopulation Map on USA Today
I was very pleased to see today that USA Today published part of the GNOCDC Repopulation Map on their website.
GNOCDC Data on USA Today
GNOCDC Data on USA Today
Seeing this data and the map getting some visibility (plus the link back to the detail map is great) makes all the hard work everyone put into it worth it. At least at this point it appears that Gustov isn’t as bad as Katrina, but remember people were feeling pretty good right after Katrina passed over 3 years ago. We’ll see tonight and tomorrow how everyone did. The GNOCDC staff was able to evacuate safely and are still working at helping people get information about NOLA, Katrina and Gustov.
Open Thread
The long holiday weekend means that we are heading out to visit relatives in western Colorado.
Seems like the perfect excuse to have an open thread. See you guys next week.