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
February 9, 2005, Municipal Art SocietyCITI map technicians Earl Dunn and Marcus Sheftall from Bushwick
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
My website is down. Brinkster launched a great new site with new pricing structure. Somehow my files got lost in the mix. Not just my little website but a great big one I was working on for AMNH. I had been having trouble with Brinkster for a while – there were ads on my supposedly … Read more
Today, I went to a NYC City Council Public Hearing of the Committee on Technology in Government, on the role of the City’s 59 Community Boards in the 311 system. 311 is the new number that New Yorkers dial to ask questions about New York City services, make complaints and to get information, such as … Read more
Here is a new initiative I am working on with the Municipal Art Society. The Community Information Technology Initiative at http://www.myciti.org/ is an online mapping program being used by five pilot New York City Community Boards to aid in community planning, development and emergency management. I am having a great time with this project! In … Read more
Program that takes XML tree data and displays them in a pretty tree diagram. It would be great if I could control what part of the tree it shows by collapsing/expanding nodes, allow me to color code the display of the lines, nodes & terminus labels to metadata coded for each node, etc. Is there … Read more
Fall seems to be a peak time for business networking and new projects. I am starting new projects for the American Museum of Natural History and the Municipal Art Society, and I still have time for one more. A few neat possibilities have come up, as well as a whole slew of networking opportunities. Do … Read more
I just launched a new website for the America Museum of Natural History’s Ornithology Department. The site describes a field expedition to Mt. Tay Con Linh to study biodiversity in a remote, mountainous region in the north with links to research papers and a slideshow of bird specimens that were collected in the region. Please … Read more
