Tag: ESRI
Watch the Where 2012 Keynote Sessions Live
The Where 2012 conference started this morning in San Francisco. Even if you weren’t able to make this annual geospatial event, you can still watch the Where 2012 keynotes live on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4 right here on this page (see below). The keynotes sessions kick off Tuesday morning. All times listed are [...]
Ryan Resella | Profiles from the Geospatial Community
Ryan Resella is a former coworker of mine back from when we both worked for the City of Santa Clarita in California. Ryan has just begun his first year as a permanent member of Code for America’s team after thriving as an inaugural fellow last year with the program. I asked Ryan some questions about [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Maps and Geography
St. Patrick’s is a day when everyone can claim a little Irishness about them. Celebrated on the day of this patron saint of Ireland’s birthday, March 17th has transcended its religious origins and become a day to wear green, speak in a fake Irish brogue, and eating corned beef. Of course, the Dempsey in me [...]
Geospatial Redux: ArcGIS SP 4 Released, Soldiers and Geotagging, Moho Mapping
Esri recently released Service Pack 4 for ArcGIS 10.0, which according to the release notice, “many fixes for targeted issues.” Asking, “Is a badge on Foursquare worth your life?”, the U.S. Army has posted a warning to its service members that geotagging photos on social media sites like Facebook is a severe security risk. Soldiers [...]
2012 Super Bowl Mashup Map and Imagery
Esri has rolled out another social media map with its 2012 Super Bowl Mashup Map which pits football against politics. Enter your ZIP code, which team you want to with the 2012 Super Bowl, and your favorite potential presidential candidate to watch the big game with and hit the “vote” button. The resulting side by side maps [...]