Blog Articles
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New Jersey GIS Groups
Ken Reid recommends two New Jersey GIS resources: New Jersey Geospatial Forum (NJGF) and NJMunicipalGIS at yahoogroups as GIS resource for NJ. NJGF is an umbrella organization for NJ and NJMunicipalGIS has over 160 members. https://njgin.state.nj.us/OIT_NJGF/njgf_organization.jsp http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NJMunicipalGIS/?yguid=89749886
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GIS Day Event Roundup and GISMO General Meeting
November 14 is GIS Day. GISMO will be holding its General Meeting on Nov 14 at the Fund for the City of New York. Some other events of note: The NYS Dept of Health & Mental Hygiene is offering a map gallery and workshop125 Worth Street(212) 788-2221 New Jersey Institute of Technology plans panel discussions…
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GISMO General Meeting – Sept 19
The next GISMO General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2007 at the Fund for the City of New York, 121 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY. For details, please visit the GISMO website.
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2007 NEMO Map Design Awards Announced
The 2007 North East Map Organization (NEMO) Map Design Awards have been annouced. The competition has been established both to honor mapmakers in the Northeast and to promote map making and best practices. Categories have been established to honor professional and amateur mapmakers and those in high school, undergraduate and graduate programs. Groups composed of…
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Appraisal Reviews and Their Importance
An article on appraisal reviews that I wrote with Jim MacCrate is now available at ssrn.com: Appraisal Reviews and Their Importanceby James R. MacCrate, MacCrate Associates LLC and Noreen Whysel Abstract: Many articles have been written on the art of reviewing appraisal reports by professional real estate appraisers for bank lending and litigation purposes. This…
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Map Usability
For a research project I am working on, I am interested in what your favorite usability issues are regarding using online and mobile maps. Some thoughts: Everyone is using Google mashups to add maps to their websites. It looks the same, works the same, returns the same kind of data, etc. Is this a good…
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IDEA 2007 Conference – Call for Presentations
The Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org) is bringing IDEA to New York City on October 4-5 at Parsons School of Design’s Tishman Auditorium. Our conference focuses on finding information in overlapping physical and virtual spaces. We are seeking local speakers to talk about the unique information design challenges of GIS, 311, urban planning, etc. Please review…
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Network Neutrality: NYC Council Committee on Technology in Government
On April 30, 2007, the Committee on Technology in Government will hold an oversight hearing on establishing strong network neutrality principles in order to protect the Internet. The hearing will also examine the issues surrounding the network neutrality debate in the Federal Government and focus on Resolution No. 712, which calls on Congress to create…
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InfraGard Annual Geospatial Meeting
InfraGard Annual Geospatial MeetingWednesday March 14, 2007, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Great Hall at The Cooper Union, Foundation Building, 7 East 7th St, NYC