Dont Be That Guy Gis Day Edition
esri
For some reason the GeoHipsters were all up in arms yesterday that Esri has a trademark on “GIS Day”. I’ve not seen Esri defend that trademark at all against even the crazy stuff I do with it.
Companies trademark things all the time to protect them from people who would destroy a brand. If anything Jack is the kind of guy to take one for the team and trademark GIS Day so anyone can use it to promote GIS without fear that it will be used by porn sites (think about it). Sure Esri promotes their software in their presentations, but that’s what we all do on that day. The core concepts work anywhere so don’t get stuck in the weeds.
GIS Day is nothing to be afraid of. Plus Jack was hipster well before you were born.
Jack Hipster
Dont Be That Guy Gis Day Edition
esri
For some reason the GeoHipsters were all up in arms yesterday that Esri has a trademark on “GIS Day”. I’ve not seen Esri defend that trademark at all against even the crazy stuff I do with it.
Companies trademark things all the time to protect them from people who would destroy a brand. If anything Jack is the kind of guy to take one for the team and trademark GIS Day so anyone can use it to promote GIS without fear that it will be used by porn sites (think about it). Sure Esri promotes their software in their presentations, but that’s what we all do on that day. The core concepts work anywhere so don’t get stuck in the weeds.
GIS Day is nothing to be afraid of. Plus Jack was hipster well before you were born.
Jack Hipster
The One Where We Agree, You Got To Do What You Love!
This week’s hangout was very special. First, it was the longest show we’ve ever produced, over 1.5 hours. Second, we were lucky enough to get 3 great guests; David DiBiase of Esri, Kenny Miller from the State of Maryland, and Jessica Touchard, Senior Recruiter with GeoSearch, Inc. We took some questions from the IRC chat and those that were proposed via Google Moderator. I really hope this is a great resource for those who are looking for their first job, a new job, or a new career in GIS.
As always, the IRC log with some of the URLs is available on the WeoGeo Video page.
The One Where We Agree, You Got To Do What You Love!
This week’s hangout was very special. First, it was the longest show we’ve ever produced, over 1.5 hours. Second, we were lucky enough to get 3 great guests; David DiBiase of Esri, Kenny Miller from the State of Maryland, and Jessica Touchard, Senior Recruiter with GeoSearch, Inc. We took some questions from the IRC chat and those that were proposed via Google Moderator. I really hope this is a great resource for those who are looking for their first job, a new job, or a new career in GIS.
As always, the IRC log with some of the URLs is available on the WeoGeo Video page.
Natural Earth 2.0 is Available
Last week Natural Earth 2.0 was released. It is no secret that Natural Earth is one of my favorite worldwide datasets and we at WeoGeo use it quite a bit. We’ve updated WeoGeo Market to now have the latest Natural Earth data. The vector data is available in many GIS or CAD formats and with all 26 layers.
http://market.weogeo.com/datasets/open_110m_natural_earth_vectors/widget.html?zoom=1&lat=0&lon=0
Natural Earth: 10m Vector
The raster data is also available in many formats and with all 49 layers.
http://market.weogeo.com/datasets/open-natural-earth-all-rasters/widget.html?zoom=1&lat=-1.8000000068241e-7&lon=3.6000000136482e-7
Natural Earth: All Rasters
The WeoGeo data team was able to create some really beautiful preview tiles of the Natural Earth data. The airports and harbors in the preview tiles are symbolized with Maki Icons. The data team continues to output beautiful work!
Natural Earth 2.0 is Available
Last week Natural Earth 2.0 was released. It is no secret that Natural Earth is one of my favorite worldwide datasets and we at WeoGeo use it quite a bit. We’ve updated WeoGeo Market to now have the latest Natural Earth data. The vector data is available in many GIS or CAD formats and with all 26 layers.
http://market.weogeo.com/datasets/open_110m_natural_earth_vectors/widget.html?zoom=1&lat=0&lon=0
Natural Earth: 10m Vector
The raster data is also available in many formats and with all 49 layers.
http://market.weogeo.com/datasets/open-natural-earth-all-rasters/widget.html?zoom=1&lat=-1.8000000068241e-7&lon=3.6000000136482e-7
Natural Earth: All Rasters
The WeoGeo data team was able to create some really beautiful preview tiles of the Natural Earth data. The airports and harbors in the preview tiles are symbolized with Maki Icons. The data team continues to output beautiful work!