Geographic Perspective.

When I attempt to CANCEL a geoprocessing task from the ArcGIS GUI

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:48 -0400

theatlanticcities: “Aerial imagery always has a way of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:10:26 -0400

“Aerial imagery always has a way of portraying scale that can’t be captured at street level, although the story shown here is a less intimate one.”

Courtesy Google’s Crisis Map of Moore, Oklahoma, we get an aerial view of the damage done by Monday’s tornado.

Read: This Is What the Scar From a Tornado Looks Like Through a Suburban Town

beauhibou: Love this idea.

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:03 -0400

beauhibou:

Love this idea.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:15:44 -0400

fyeahgis: jonahadkins: Very Pleased To Share A Company Project...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:51:25 -0400

fyeahgis:

jonahadkins:

Very Pleased To Share A Company Project I Recently Helped With. Here’s Our Marketing Line For It —

“…Today we are launching a new campaign called GIS Ink. What is GIS Ink? It’s both a play on our name and a fun, interesting way to use Esri’s story map capabilities that are part of ArcGIS Online (you know we’re map geeks, right?). We think a tattoo is similar to a map in that it’s a very visual way to communicate something.

More about that play on words - here it is in a nutshell:

The official name of our company is Geographic Information Services, Inc.

Geographic Information Services, Inc is abbreviated GISi.

GISi is pronounced “GIS Inc.”

The “Inc.” in GIS Inc. sounds like “Ink”.

Ink = Tattoo = Which, as mentioned above, is a fun and different idea for a webmap.

We’re sure you might have questions, like…

So what is GIS Ink?

Basically, it’s a website for people to submit photos of tattoos. You’ll be able to see submissions and view them via a webmap. The submissions will eventually be voted on to selected winners.

How do I participate?

By submitting a photo of your tattoo! There are two categories for entries: (1) tattoos that are GIS or location related or (2) a tattoo from a person who works in the GIS industry (even if the tattoo is not GIS related).

How do I win?

There will be a winner for each of the two categories. Winners will be chosen based off of the total number of votes they have for their tattoo. The voting feature is not currently active but will begin on Monday June 24th. So use the social media links on the site to spread the word about your tattoo, get votes, and win something awesome.

What’s the “something awesome” I can win?

A GoPRO HD Hero 3 Black Edition

How will I find out if I won?

It might seem pretty obvious to you that you won, simply by the number of votes you have versus other contestants after July 7th, 2013 at 11:50 CST. But we will be announcing the official winner for each submission category at the Esri UC in July. Winners will be notified by email, snail mail, or by phone. We cannot notify by smoke signal at this time.

Where can I submit my ink?

Visit the website www.gis-ink.com and click the Submit Your Ink link at the top.

Finally, when you leave the site, we would like you to remember GIS Ink. Remember how great it is to be a part of this industry and how refreshing it is to be surrounded by individuals who truly love what they do. When you think of all the things a tattoo can symbolize - a passion, a commitment, or a story, this whole crazy thing starts to make more sense. Our GIS community embodies all of those things…and it’s our own unique “ink”. It’s our GIS Ink….”

Go Submit Yours Today!!!!

(http://gis-ink.com)

Everyone Who’s Eligible, Should Go Do This Now!!!

timeplacetime: Map from The Italian Job (1969)

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:41 -0400

timeplacetime:

Map from The Italian Job (1969)

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Thu, 23 May 2013 08:49:49 -0400

fortisforte: Clearing out text books and that. This is...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:56:24 -0400

fortisforte:

Clearing out text books and that. This is obviously the best bit of work I did in the last 3 years #geography #procrastination #university #art

visinfocat: American Homes Through the Decades

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:50:41 -0400

visinfocat:

American Homes Through the Decades

mapsontheweb: Gerrymandering at work. I present to you:...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:20:26 -0400

mapsontheweb:

Gerrymandering at work. I present to you: Maryland’s Third District!

terrasensi: Eduard Imhof, cartographic relief shading and Mt....

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:02:53 -0400

terrasensi:

Eduard Imhof, cartographic relief shading and Mt. Everest model.

Imhof was a professor of cartography at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, from 1925 - 1965, and was famous for his relief shading of countless maps and atlases.

gsmatt: GIS, the language of Geography #mug #sundayevening...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:02:00 -0400

gsmatt:

GIS, the language of Geography #mug #sundayevening #gis

mynamesjd: All I want in life is this bumper sticker. #gis (at...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:21:05 -0400

mynamesjd:

All I want in life is this bumper sticker. #gis (at Esri)

thursdayfilebuzz: Oklahoma Tornado - Worst in memory: This...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:06:03 -0400

thursdayfilebuzz:

Oklahoma Tornado - Worst in memory: This detailed map of downtown Moore, Oklahoma, locates the path of Monday’s devastating tornado and compares it to the path of the 1999 tornado, which had the most powerful winds ever recorded

kqedscience: A humbling map of real-time wind patterns in...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:39 -0400

kqedscience:

A humbling map of real-time wind patterns in Tornado Alley

“Wind Map” is a stunning interactive datavisualization that presents wind patterns across the continental U.S. in real time. Picture above is what it looked like last night at 10:59 CDT, in the aftermath of yesterday’s devastating Oklahoma tornado.”

Read more here from io9.

time-for-maps: Fifty years ago, Jerry Gretzinger began to draw...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:06 -0400

time-for-maps:

Fifty years ago, Jerry Gretzinger began to draw a map. He’s still drawing it, having let it grow in the intervening decades to an astounding 2,600 panels covering 2,000 square feet. Current population of the map: 16,304,885 in 27 parishes and 416 cities.
Gretzinger talks about his work in an excellent short documentary. Source.

At least 51 dead in Moore, Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:42 -0400

At least 51 dead in Moore, Oklahoma

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Mon, 20 May 2013 18:50:16 -0400

theatlanticcities: “More than eight in 10 neighborhoods across...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:17:39 -0400

theatlanticcities:

“More than eight in 10 neighborhoods across the United States fall into the two least bikeable categories. And more than half of them — 3500 plus — are concentrated in very bottom category. Conversely, just 3.2 percent of the neighborhoods make the top-ranked category, Biker’s Paradise, while another 14.6 percent can be considered Very Bikeable.”

In honor of Bike to Work Day, Richard Florida takes a look at America’s most bike friendly cities and neighborhoods using Walk Score’s bikeability rankings.

Bike commuting may be on the rise in the United States, but the country is still far from being a Biker’s paradise.

Read: America’s Most Bikeable Neighborhoods

gsmatt: GIS, the language of Geography #mug #sundayevening...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:17:11 -0400

gsmatt:

GIS, the language of Geography #mug #sundayevening #gis