NYC Dept of Finance Handheld Device Presentation Now Available

Steve Romalewski (CUNY Mapping Service) Michael Ufer (dev408) and Herb Stratton’s (NYC Dept of Finance) presentation on “Handheld mapping and data connectivity for NYC Dept of Finance” is now available for download: handheld_presentation_to_GISMO_11-14-07.pdf And for fun, David LaShell presented ESRI’s very own robot, SARA. SARA was created for ESRI by Penobscot Bay Media. Their Robotic … Read more

New Jersey GIS Groups

Ken Reid recommends two New Jersey GIS resources: New Jersey Geospatial Forum (NJGF) and NJMunicipalGIS at yahoogroups as GIS resource for NJ. NJGF is an umbrella organization for NJ and NJMunicipalGIS has over 160 members. https://njgin.state.nj.us/OIT_NJGF/njgf_organization.jsp http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NJMunicipalGIS/?yguid=89749886

2007 NEMO Map Design Awards Announced

The 2007 North East Map Organization (NEMO) Map Design Awards have been annouced. The competition has been established both to honor mapmakers in the Northeast and to promote map making and best practices. Categories have been established to honor professional and amateur mapmakers and those in high school, undergraduate and graduate programs. Groups composed of … Read more

Appraisal Reviews and Their Importance

An article on appraisal reviews that I wrote with Jim MacCrate is now available at ssrn.com: Appraisal Reviews and Their Importanceby James R. MacCrate, MacCrate Associates LLC and Noreen Whysel Abstract: Many articles have been written on the art of reviewing appraisal reports by professional real estate appraisers for bank lending and litigation purposes. This … Read more

Map Usability

For a research project I am working on, I am interested in what your favorite usability issues are regarding using online and mobile maps. Some thoughts: Everyone is using Google mashups to add maps to their websites. It looks the same, works the same, returns the same kind of data, etc. Is this a good … Read more

IDEA 2007 Conference – Call for Presentations

The Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org) is bringing IDEA to New York City on October 4-5 at Parsons School of Design’s Tishman Auditorium. Our conference focuses on finding information in overlapping physical and virtual spaces. We are seeking local speakers to talk about the unique information design challenges of GIS, 311, urban planning, etc. Please review … Read more