Blog Articles
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ESRI User Conference Plenary Session Videos Now Available
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
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NYCMap Update
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…
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Now Available: DCP’s Bytes of the Big Apple and DoF’s PLUTO files
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,…
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OASIS Beta Launched
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…
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Re: Mentors and Heroes
(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…
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NYS GIS Conference, Lake Placid, NY, Oct 25-29
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…
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Arab Language GIS Software Launched
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/
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American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing North Atlantic Region Meeting
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote SensingNorth Atlantic Region Meeting FEATURING Mike Umansky from Applied Imagery on
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GreenMap Followup
Wendy Brawer presented at GISMO’s November meeting. If you missed it, you can peruse the new website-in-progress at http://OpenGreenMap.org. There are over 2250 sites and the first 30 Open Green Maps to explore today. Click Design Preview on the top bar for the Slideshow or a 5 minute video about the project and some of…