Showing posts with label GIS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GIS. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Have you mapped your data today?


Jeg har i flere omgange postuleret at 80% af al information har en geografisk reference ... og at de resterende 20% er information hvortil denne endnu ikke er identificeret ... Når nogen nu postulerer at 95% af al data har en geografisk egenskab betyder det blot at vi nærmer os målet ...
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When delivering session I've often said that 80% of all data have a spatial reference ... for the remaining 20% we just haven't yet identified the spatial reference ... Stating that 95% have spatial reference just indicates that we're getting closer ...
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Are you connecting your data to a map? You should. Attractive and easy to understand, map-based presentations often make patterns more obvious than charts and graphs do. Many organizations are discovering the power of geographic information systems to incorporate location-specific data into effective visual presentations.

Recently, I learned that 20 years ago specialists were asserting that 80% of all data contains geographical references. That sounded high, so I asked Stuart Hamilton, GIS program director at the College of William and Mary, to clarify. His estimate: 95% is more accurate today. New technology is partially responsible, including cell phones, GPS devices and electronic toll collectors. [...]


Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/350588/Have_You_Mapped_Your_Data_Today_

Monday, June 28, 2010

A Cloud-powered GIS App Store


Saml din egen GIS med sky på ...
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Go ahead, cloud my day ... GIS in the cloud mashed up and tailored your every need ...
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The Cloud... Empowering End-User Choice

We use cloud computing to provide GIS users with the power to easily provision GIS applications and ultimately help them avoid vendor lock-in. By providing production-ready environments in a pay-as-you-go model, customers have on-demand access to enterprise GIS applications from many different vendors. Done using it or it didn't work for you? Okay, shut it down and stop paying. Compare this model to the "traditional" sales cycle of large software vendors, where buyers must trust marketing claims, pay up-front licensing fees, and independently procure hardware before the implementation even begins; we believe people will almost unanimously find the cloud deployment model a more desirable and user-friendly approach to software implementation.

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Lucky You
So, what's the moral of the story? Things are getting much easier for end-users of GIS technology. The capabilities of cloud computing simplify the long, daunting tasks of installing and maintaining complex GIS solutions. Now end-users will be able to complete extensive tasks like procuring hardware, installing servers in a data center, configuring networks, installing operations systems and installing GIS applications in a matter of minutes, rather than months.

If you are a GIS professional stuck with an IT manager's burden... consider the cloud your ticket to freedom.

Read more: http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3531

Monday, May 24, 2010

GIS Software Applications


En lang liste af GIS software ... Check it out ...
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A comprehensive list of GIS applications out there - Open Source as well as commercial ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Video of GITA panel on geodata creation and sharing


Uden tvivl go' underholdning og fagligt fremragende ...
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Haven't watched it yet but just by looking at the names on the list makes it worth a watch ...
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A very interesting panel discussion from the GITA conference held in Phoenix, AZ, in April 2010, looking at trends in geodata creation and sharing. Featuring Steve Coast, founder of OpenStreetMap and Cloudmade, James Fee, blogger and evangelist at WeoGeo, Ron Lake, Chairman and CEO of Galdos, and Andrew Turner, CTO of FortiusOne, and moderated by Peter Batty of Ubisense.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

GIS vs. Humour


Kun engelsk ...
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Level 1: BasicLevel 2: IntermediateLevel 3: AdvancedLevel 4: Expert

Generally uses GIS in a positive way

Uses GIS to bring people together

Knows exactly when and where a map or an analysis will be effective

Can see GIS in almost everything

Is conscientious about timing and setting for GIS

Uses GIS to boost morale or decrease tension

Has a great sense of timing

Sought out by others for guidance in this area

Tries to diffuse tense situations with appropriate GIS

Uses GIS to make for a more relaxed and productive atmosphere

Realizes when and where GIS will backfire, and withholds

Uses GIS as a uniting dynamic across a range of situations

Can map one self and others

Allows others to be mapped

Understands that mapping makes a more comfortable meeting, classroom, etc

Recognizing and appreciates a great sense of GIS in others


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Humor

Has a positive and constructive sense of humor. Can laugh at him/herself and with others. Is appropriately funny and can use humor to ease tension.

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Overdoing HumorOverdoing Humor
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Next StepsNext Steps

Proficiency Level

Level 1: BasicLevel 2: IntermediateLevel 3: AdvancedLevel 4: Expert

Generally uses humor in a positive way

Uses humor to bring people together

Knows exactly when and where a joke or story will be effective

Can see humor in almost everything

Is conscientious about timing and setting for humor

Uses humor to boost morale or decrease tension

Has a great sense of timing

Sought out by others for guidance in this area

Tries to diffuse tense situations with appropriate humor

Uses humor to make for a more relaxed and productive atmosphere

Realizes when and where humor will backfire, and withholds

Uses humor as a uniting dynamic across a range of situations

Can laugh at self and others

Allows others to be funny

Understands that laughter makes a more comfortable meeting, classroom, etc

Recognizing and appreciates a great sense of humor in others


Read more: http://www.microsoft.com/education/competencies/humor.mspx

WEBKORT OG GIS


Kortunderstøttende sagsbehandlinger ved brug af kort-kloge applikationer?
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Only Danish ...
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De seneste års teknologiske udvikling har gjort det tydeligt, at der ligger et stort potentiale i at bruge interaktive kort til at anskueliggøre og analysere sammenhænge mellem forskellige datasæt. En vedholdende standardiseringsindsats og udviklingen af let tilgængelige værktøjer har gjort, at offentlige myndigheder står godt positioneret til at udnytte potentialet ved at omsætte deres data til geoinformation.


Netværksgruppen beskæftiger sig blandt andet med følgende temaer:


I CEDI's netværksgruppe om Webkort og GIS ser vi på de mange nyskabende anvendelser for kortbaseret visualisering af stedfæstede data. Netværksgruppen beskæftiger sig blandt andet med følgende temaer:

  • Hvad betyder de fællesoffentlige initiativer på geodata-området?
  • Hvad er de typiske snubletråde i offentlige geoinformations-projekter?
  • Hvordan bruges interaktive kort som middel til borgerinddragelse?
  • Hvordan forholder man sig til web 2.0-fænomener som brugergenererede data, mashups og lokationsbaserede tjenester?
  • Hvor går grænsen for, om et offentligt datasæt er egnet til geokodning?
  • Hvordan bruges geografisk information strategisk?

Kommende møder


Med mindre andet er anført, afholdes netværksmøderne i tidsrummet 13 - 16:

27.5.2010 hos CEDI, Islands Brygge 55, København S. På mødet vil du bl.a. kunne høre Jan Hvidtfeldt Andersen, direktør for Halsnæs Forsyning tale om sine erfaringer fra udarbejdelse af en GIS-strategi i Ringsted Kommune.


18.11.2010 hos CEDI. Islands Brygge 55, København S. På mødet vil du bl.a. kunne høre
Chefkonsulent Karsten S. Bjerrre fra Københavns Kommunes Socialforvaltning fortælle om forvaltningens statistiske model for budgetmæssig prognosticering af udgiftsfordelingen vedrørende tiltag for udsatte børn og unge i byens forskellige socialdistrikter.


Read more: http://www.cedi.dk/visArtikel.aspx?ID=6646

How Will GIS Companies Weather the Gathering Cloud Computing Storm?


Der er lang vej endnu ...
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Cloudy, cloudy, foggy ...
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The debate about cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS) is well and truly over. SaaS has just too many advantages to offer customers and end-users for anyone to credibly argue against it. The pay-as-you-go service model provides ease-of-use, scalability, reduced maintenance and support effort, and lower total cost of ownership, which means that more and more customers expect SaaS or cloud options when they evaluate new business software. But what does this mean in the world of GIS where change and technical advances have tended to be a bit slower than in many other business software categories? We know the potential that GIS and online mapping and analysis can offer to solve complex business problems, but can GIS software and the use of spatial data evolve to meet the needs of a world that consumes its software as a service in the cloud or do we need to rip it all up and start again?

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So where stands GIS and the mapping software companies as regards the cloud and SaaS? Certainly a lot of organizations are paying lip service to the concept and a few vendors have introduced SaaS offerings of one sort or another. But for existing GIS software vendors to successfully provide GIS as a service they first need to make the obvious significant philosophical leap: They need to stop thinking like software companies and start thinking and acting like service providers. There is little evidence in the announcements so far that the larger GIS software incumbents have made the mind-shift. This mirrors the pattern in other software categories. Just ask Marc Benioff, founder of probably the best-known and most successful cloud computing company, Salesforce.com. He claims his big rivals in the customer relationship management space, Oracle and SAP, don't have what it takes to make a go of it in the new cloudier climate. He could be wrong, but history would support his point of view. Innovation and major paradigm shifts - such as what is required to move from providing traditional on-premise solutions to offering software purely as a service - are not easy for large incumbent technology vendors.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Sunday, March 7, 2010

THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO NONPROFIT GIS AND ONLINE MAPPING


FYI
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We're pleased to announce the release of the first public version of MapTogether's Illustrated Guide to Nonprofit GIS and Online Mapping. The Guide includes:

  • a brief introduction to mapping and GIS (geographic information systems) technology and concepts
  • examples of successful nonprofit projects using GIS and/or mapping technologies
  • helpful strategies for planning your own mapping/GIS project
  • a review of public data sources with freely available data
  • a brief review of free and low-cost tools for nonprofit mapping and GIS projects

The Guide is released under a Creative Commons 3.0 NC/BY/ND license.

Download MapTogether-NPGIS-v.0.99.pdf (2.4 MB, PDF file)

thumbnail image of Maptogether NPO Guide


Read more: http://maptogether.org/nonprofit-mapping

Friday, February 19, 2010

World's first full featured web based GIS


Den korteste vej imellem web og cloud ...
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Mapping the cloud ...
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What is GIS Cloud?

GIS Cloud is world's first full featured web based Geographic Information System (GIS)powered by Cloud Computing with advanced capability of creating, editing, uploading, sharing, publishing, processing and analyzing geospatial and attribute data.

Its purpose is to help in making best possible life and business decisions and tackle problem solving through data visualization and geoprocessing.

Until now full featured GIS existed only in the world of classic desktop applications. GIS Cloud is Software as a Service (SaaS) available in free and pay-per-use model.


Learn more


Read more: http://www.giscloud.com/

DMTV #6: Geosptial Cloud Computing 101-Geocoding & Pin Maps


Prikker på et kort som prikker til vores forståelse af data ...
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Dots on a map that changes the way we see data ...
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In this episode of DMTV, geospatial cloud computing is explained in a simple example of geocoding and pin mapping. Three steps are presented: storing, processing and visualizing geospatial informat...



Read more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9XUrf84E_g

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Platforms in the Cloud: Where Will Your Next Application Run?


Cloud computing så rigtig lovende ud for ikke så længe siden og synes næsten at være indbegrebet at løsningen på alle vore problemer inklusive GIS ... Udsigten må siges at være blevet lidt tåget undervejs ... og vi vil sandsynligvis se at skyen blot er endnu en ekstrem som vi ikke ønsker skal klare alle fremtidige problemløsning ... Som med alt muligt andet i denne verden er løsningen altid et kompromis og at finde et sted i midten ...
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Cloud computing some while ago looked like THE solution to all of 'natures' problems including GIS ... Since then then scenery has turned a bit foggy ... and eventually we'll probably see that the cloud is yet another extreme in which we don't want all problems to be solved. Like everything else in nature it's always a compromise and the perfect solution is to be found in the middle ...
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Wednesday, March 248:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Platforms in the Cloud: Where Will Your Next Application Run?

The rise of cloud computing marks a major shift in our industry. Cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Google AppEngine, and Windows Azure offer new choices for where and how we run our apps.

In this keynote presentation, David Chappell will describe what cloud platforms are and why they’re so important. He’ll also compare today’s leading cloud platforms, looking at the strengths and weaknesses of each, and take a look at what ESRI is doing in this new world.

View David Chappell's 2009 DevSummit keynote presentation:

SOAP vs. REST: Complements or Competitors?




Monday, December 21, 2009

GIS er forsvundet som selvstændig disciplin


Hvem sagde gisciplin?
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Only Danish ...
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Torben Daarbak

For ikke mange år siden var GIS, geografisk informationssystem, it-løsninger, der havde sine egne afdelinger, der havde sine egne GIS-arbejdsstationer. Det var her, organisationens eller virksomhedens geodata blev behandlet.

Men sådan er det ikke mere.

"GIS er ikke længere noget, man køber som system. GIS er blevet mainstream, og er i dag del af ESDH-løsninger og økonomisystemer. Man integrerer GIS'en i forretningsgange, når man for eksempel laver digital forvaltning. Der ligger kortdata under mange af løsningerne, som brugerne aldrig ser."

Det siger Michael Israelson, som er direktør for offentlige løsninger i den amerikanske GIS-udviklervirksomhed Intergraph og præsident for sammenslutningen af danske GIS-virksomheder i Danmark, Geoforum.

Han forudser, at der vil komme mange flere leverandører af GIS-ydelser. Nogle vil specialisere sig i datalagring og distribution af geodata og vil dermed komme til at stå for infrastrukturdelen af GIS.

Andre leverandører vil henvende sig til slutbrugere som borgere eller eksempelvis sagsbehandlere i kommuner.

"Vi er meget langt fremme på geodata-området i Danmark. Vi har formentlig verdens mest avancerede matrikelsystem, der er en SOA-baseret platform, der er gearet til fremtidige digitale forvaltningsopgaver. Folk ude i verden bliver meget benovede, når vi viser den løsning frem," siger Michael Israelson. [...]


Read more: http://www.computerworld.dk/art/54343?a=rss&i=0

Friday, December 11, 2009

Climate Change Is a Geographic Problem


Snak med Jack (og mange andre) om hvad GIS kan gøre i forbindelse med klimaforandringerne ...
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Join Jack at Spatial Roundtable and discuss the role of GIS and climate change ...
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Reducing the risks caused by climate change is an immense challenge. Scientists, policy makers, developers, engineers, and many others have used GIS to better understand a complex situation and offer some tangible solutions. Technology offers a means to assess, plan, and implement sustainable programs that can affect us 10, 20, and 100 years into the future.

A GIS-based framework helps us gain a scientific understanding of earth systems at a truly global scale and leads to more thoughtful, informed decision making:

  • Deforestation analysis spurs successful reforestation programs and sustainable management.
  • Study of potential sea level rise leads to adaptive engineering projects.
  • Emissions assessment brings about research into alternative energy sources such as wind turbine siting and residential solar rooftop programs.

Climate change is a geographic problem, and we believe solving it takes a geographic solution.

What are the benefits of using GIS technology to advance climate change science?


Read more: http://www.spatialroundtable.com/

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

So Dude — Does GIS Really Matter Anyhow — Why?


GIS er overalt ... hvis du ønsker at det skal være der ...
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GIS is everywhere ... if you want it to be ...
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Written by Jeff Thurston

You’ve heard peo ple say over and over “every thing is some place” and “you can orga nize your world” — all through using GIS. You won der why some of your friends eyes glass over when they start talk ing about spa tial infor ma tion and GIS, think ing to your self “what’s that all about?” So Dude — Does GIS Really Mat ter Anyhow — Why?

Geo graphic infor ma tion sys tems (GIS) are about three main things — peo ple, change and qual ity of life. Each of these can be artic u lated and extrap o lated in many ways to include numer ous fac tors. But at the end of the day GIS con nects them together.

To learn about GIS as a tool is one facet of begin ning to under stand the power and pos si bil i ties that you can make on the world. I would be will ing to bet five dol lars of Matt Ball’s money that I could explain more about the world to you upon sit ting down together with a GIS to com mu ni cate it, than I could by sim ply talk ing to you. In fact, using a GIS I could lit er­ally bring the world to your eyes bet ter than any other medium — even tele vi sion. You would see yes ter day, today and tomorrow.

And if you have a ques tion about some thing some where I would likely be able to pro vide you with a close answer, and likely some guide lines about where you could look for more information.

We often talk about the ‘place’ part of GIS, often asso ci at ing that with a map or other graphic. And as impor tant and use ful as that is, build ing your career and the pos si bil ity of life long employ ment upon the knowl edge of how to take a GIS tool and knowl edge and solve a prob lem impor tant to other peo ple, prob a bly has more value to your life than learn­ing vague top ics that leave you dis con nected from under stand ing how the world works.

Don’t you want to know why water is clean? Where the good food is? Where dif fer ent kinds of music evolved from?How to make trains more effi cient? How to help peo ple avoid dis ease, hunger and death?

There are many more ques tions that one can ask and a GIS can help to solve. [...]


Read more: http://www.vector1media.com/dialogue/perspectives/10372-so-dudedoes-gis-really-matter-anyhowwhy

Monday, November 30, 2009

Organizational Facets of GIS

Book



This book seeks to illuminate the organizational and social dimensions of Global Information Systems. It provides a broad and historical perspective on the developments of the geographic information society and on its connection to the information technology field, so as to better understand the issues and problems associated with the implementation, the diffusion, and the social use of GIS in organizations. Then, the reader is invited to explore various organizational and social contexts of GIS implementation from a thematic perspective of consultation and participation, related to different geographic and cultural fields in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Buy: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184821085X/

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Wiki of GIS terms.


Hvad er? Se her ...
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Great source ...
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The mission of wiki.gis.com is to ensure your success. Whether you’re a GIS expert or have just recently started using GIS, we deeply appreciate the opportunity to serve you. Wiki.GIS.com is a knowledge sharing platform that will enable users to share their knowledge with the community. Wiki.GIS.com will be useful in enhancing our knowledge of GIS, and will help geographers better understand GIS concepts and quickly ramp up their GIS skills to be more productive. Wiki.gis.com is a community-generated GIS-centric encyclopedia that serves as a repository for factual, unbiased GIS content.Wiki.GIS.com will seek to involve the GIS community in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration of conceptual GIS information. Wiki.GIS.com will use the passion and knowledge each one of you has, in order to offer another resource for users to help others. All content ownership will be shared by the GIS community. The success of wiki.GIS.com depends on the contributions of GIS professionals, students, and the GIS community-at-large. We invite all the people who share a common interest in sharing GIS knowledge and ideas to to create a login account on wikiGIScom and then begin editing existing pages or adding their own GIS-related content to the wiki.