Blog Articles
-
Finding IA at the Enterprise Search Summit
(this article originally appeared at iainstitute.org on June 20, 2011) Last month in May, I had the pleasure of attending the Enterprise Search Summit East in New York City with IA Institute board member, Shari Thurow. Shari and I were on a quest to discover the role of information architecture in Enterprise Search. We didn’t…
-
2nd Annual NYCArc User Group Symposium
pollacks@fdny.nyc.gov Please join us at the 2nd Annual NYC Arc User Symposium on Friday, June17th, 2011 at the 26 Federal Plaza Conference Center! There is no cost to attend but registration is required. Please register at: NYCArc User Group Symposium – ESRI Registration http://events.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=14674 Registration is filling rapidly so please register soon! Doors will open…
-
NYS GeoSpatial Summit website and online registration now open!
From Michael Crino: Hi Folks, Details on the upcoming NYS GeoSpatial Summit, to be held June 16th, 2011 at the Welch-Allyn Lodge in Skaneateles, NY are now posted on the Summit website at www.nygeosummit.org. Register online today to reserve your attendance at this very special event. Registrations will be limited to the first 200 people.…
-
IA Institute – A New Framework
At the IA Institute Annual Members’ Meeting held in Denver on April 2, the Board of Directors presented a new framework for characterizing the relationships that the Institute will mediate going forward. The framework came out of a board strategy meeting that I attended in Iceland back in February. Read more in the April newsletter…
-
Mercator Society Lecture, April 26
Matt Knudson invites you to attend an upcoming lecture of the Mercator Society. http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2011/04/26/toward-national-cartography-american-mapmaking-1782-1800 For details and to RSVP, email Matt at or call him at 212-930-0562. Toward a National Cartography:American Mapmaking, 1782-1800Michael Buehler, of Boston Rare Maps, will address the development of mapmaking in the United States in the years immediately after the American…
-
By the City/For the City Map Application
http://urbandesignweek.org/by-the-city/reports/submit By the City/For the City invites you to partipate in design for a better New York City. The Institute for Urban Design presents an application that maps ideas for the City submitted by individual website users. By the City/For the City is a “digital placemaking app” designed by PPS: Project for Public Spaces as…
-
NY Times: Japan Interactive Earthquake Map
The New York Times’ Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hp I was able to locate the town where my friend Pia’s brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter’s camp friend’s family lives (quite…
-
Upcoming Events: GISMO meeting Wed March 23, 2-4:30pm
Join us for the next GISMO Meeting at the Fund for the City of New York – 121 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor (west side Avenue of the Americas/6th Avenue between Broome & Watts Streets) Mark Your Calendar for Wednesday 23 Mar from 2-4:30pm Alan Leidner – Information Broker, Northeast Region/US Department of Homeland…
-
NY Time’s Japan Interactive Earthquake Map
The New York Times’ Interactive Map of the Damage from the Earthquake in Japan: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-earthquake-map/index.html?hp I was able to locate the towns where my friend’s brother is teaching English (center of quake zone but far from the nuclear plants, very little structural damage, no casualties) and where my daughter’s camp friend’s family lives (quite a…