GIS

Call for GISMO Coordinators/Volunteers

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From Jack Eichenbaum: Dear GISMO colleagues, At the last GISMO Steering Committee Meeting (in July before the regular meeting) I spoke about withdrawing from much of my leadership role at GISMO. I’ve been doing this for 16 years. I have been retired (from NYC DOF) for more than a year now and I no longer … Read more

CITI Advanced Training

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We will be scheduling a CITI training for CBs and CBOs in Brooklyn this spring. The date is dependent upon the number of participants. Training will include basic GIS principles, GIS desktop software and tips for making your own maps. Contact us at citi@mas.org if you would like to participiate. Additional information about the CITI … Read more

GoogleMaps

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Discussion of GoogleMaps has been lively on my User Interface design lists. Overall ratings for Google Maps are good, but I have problems with the way they locate places based on search. GoogleMapshttp://maps.google.com/Posters say they like that you can drag the map and that the directions appear to be more accurate than MapQuest or Yahoo! … Read more

Newsweek features GIS

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Mainstream magazine, Newsweek, includes a piece on GIS in its June 7 cover feature on wireless technology: Newsweek, June 7, 2004Making the Ultimate Maphttp://www.keepmedia.com/ShowItemDetails.do?itemID=480037&extID=10032&oliID=213

Street Maps in Political Hues

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Excerpt from Street Maps in Political HuesBy TOM McNICHOLhttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/technology/circuits/20dona.html?th Published: May 20, 2004The New York Times “FOR proof that all politics is local, look no further than Fundrace.org, which follows the political money to your front door. While records of campaign contributions have long been available online, Fundrace has a twist: plug in any address … Read more

GISMO blog

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I am working on a new design for the GISMO (NYC area GIS user group) website and am experimenting with adding a blog. Please take a look: http://gismonyc.blogspot.com This blog is hosted on blogspot.com. It is rather featureless at this point, but I think as an example of what a blog would look like for … Read more

GISMO Meeting July 15, 2006

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The next GISMO meeting is tomorrow, May 11th from 12:00pm-2:30pm at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, NY. Michael Schill of the NYU Furman (Real Estate) Center will discuss the NY Times 2/6 Exposure of New Web site www.nychanis.com. Anyone interested in geographic information systems software … Read more