Found via twitter: @redmolly23: Enjoying new Cooper Journal article on NYC as user interface: http://tinyurl.com/yjcljgo. Cool Ideas: * “Newbie” versus “Power User” Interfaces (maps for tourists vs residents) * High Line Park as example of vertically layering natural spaces and pauses into this interface.
The 2009 IA Institute Salary and Benefits Survey is now open at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rnk5PuDVMuIRC1QwwS9PtA_3d_3d The survey takes only a minute or two to complete, so we hope you’ll stop by and contribute. We have made slight edits from last year including a much simpler matrix of responses for IA related tasks, a more normalized breakdown of … Read more
Watch these videos of the ESRI UC Plenary Session held July 13. Hear from Jack Dangermond, keynote speakers Hernando de Soto and Willie Smits, and leaders who are applying GIS in ground breaking ways. Plus, see demonstrations of the latest ESRI software. http://www.esri.com/events/uc/agenda/plenary.htmlhttp://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html
GISMO members, DoITT has updated the NYCMap data and expanded the feature classes available for free download. The update is the most recent and is based on the 2006 aerial flyover. To download the data, you must first accept the license agreement. To do so follow the link below. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/eservices/eservices_gis.shtml This is the same basemap … Read more
Zoning data for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is now available on the Bytes of the Big Apple page of the DCP website (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/bytes/applbyte.shtml) The data is provided as a free download in ESRI Shapefile or file geodatabase format. The data set consists of 4 classes of zoning features: zoning districts, special purpose districts, … Read more
The Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center has released the beta version of a completely transformed OASIS (www.urbanresearchmaps.org/oasis/map.aspx) map site. The updated information system covers New York City open space, including block level detail of land use, parks, evironmental impact and cleanup zones, and community district and political district data. View video … Read more
(Originally posted in comments to Whitney Hess’ blog, Pleasure & Pain) My favorite mentor story is about a psychology professor I worked for during my senior year at Columbia. He ran the Vision Science Laboratory with three or four graduate students. I showed up on my first day and he threw me a small red … Read more
CALL FOR PAPERS The Silver Anniversary 25th Annual New York State Geographic Information Systems Conference will be held in Lake Placid, NY on October 25-29. Topics: Mobile technology, geospatial web, energy, community sustainability, collaboration and technology, climate change, land use change, asset management, data on the internet, and best practices in government, education and in … Read more
GISMO member Mohamed Elshayar launches first Arab Language GIS Software. Visit http://www.smartwebonline.com/ Join Elshayal Smart GIS Users Group : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ElshayalSmartGIS/
In response to a LinkedIn discussion thread about how the internet changed networking, I had the following to say: I’ll state up front that I’m in a field (information architecture) that is heavy user of social media and I have been involved in internet technology since I was at the College in the 80s. I … Read more
