I just came across this interesting article about Goggle Street View. Apparently a woman has caught her husband cheating when he was suppose to be out of town. Street View captures his Range Rover parked outside of another woman’s house. Apparently Street View has captured others in “sticky” situations. Is this a invasion of privacy? [...]
I just came across this awesome presentation mentioned on GeoMusings. The GeoWeb Community Development presentation was presented at the 2009 ESRI Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA. The presentation by Alan Laframboise is very professionally done. Although it is ESRI focused, it has some great points about Web 2.0 and social media.
Alan sums up the [...]
I know that I have seen this press release is in several places, but I just wanted to mention it with a few of my thoughts. For those of you who may not have heard, ESRI will now provide Microsoft Virtual Earth data within ArcGIS. This will be released in the ArcGIS 9.3.1 release. Those [...]
I have recently been looking into the various ways to compile travel distances and travel times. As a school planner, I analyze the distances between subdivisions and schools. This information is valuable when preparing school reassignment plans. People are determined to attend the school which is closer and like to stretch the truth when they [...]
As I am from North Carolina, I would like to brag on one of our area teachers for winning the Ancient Rome 3D Curriculum Competition. Amy Rechtiene of Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, North Carolina won in the Grades 9-12 division. Her lesson was A Tour of Rome Fit for an Emperor.
I find it [...]
I was recently reading in Trimble’s Technology & more magazine and found a really cool bridge. The Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany is an aqueduct bridge that carries canal waterway traffic over the Elbe River. It opened in 2003 and in 2008 went under scheduled maintenance and inspection. The article highlighted how [...]
I have been debating the creation on an actual blog for some time. On my main site, GIS Pathway, I have more of a structured layout. It is hard to post general thoughts to one of my specified categories. That site is very good as a reference source, but I have needed a place to [...]
