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Webinar – Rebuilding After Sandy: Surveying the Aftermath

glenn — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:45 +0000

Free Webinar! Rebuilding After Sandy: Surveying the Aftermath – Last October, the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. history put our mapping and forecasting systems to the test. As it turns...

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First Look – Exploring The New Google Maps

glenn — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:55:27 +0000

To my surprise the new Google maps is available already. Upon receipt of the email providing me with a special link I immediately launched maps from Chrome for a quick, first look. The first thing I...

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GeoTech Webinars and Professional Development

glenn — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:45:45 +0000

Another roundup of webinars of interest being delivered to your desktop in the near future… these are an awesome way to test drive a solution, hear directly from industry experts, and...

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Colorado Fishing Atlas [Flickr]

@gletham GIS, Social, Mobile Tech Images — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:23:02 PDT

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas and Social Media. Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. www.gisuser.com/content/view/29917/222/

Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box

glenn — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:40:04 +0000

The cool crew from Seattle-based Socrata are providing government users, opendata enthusiasts, developers, and others with a very cool OpenData resource in the form of a “hackathon in a...

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas

glenn — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49:28 +0000

Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. Colorado Parks and Wildlife have...

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The Geography of Hate Maps Geotagged Hateful Tweets

glenn — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:31 +0000

A few days ago I sent out a tweet about some Interesting research from HSU (Humboldt State) on the geography of hate and the Hate Map of racist and homophobic tweets – interesting to see that...

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Like Photos? Like Instagram? Here’s 10 Awesome Instagram Add-Ons

glenn — Mon, 13 May 2013 03:53:41 +0000

If you have a smartphone then there’s no doubt that you love sharing photos. And if you dig sharing photos then I suspect that you really like Instagram! Instagram is cool but you can make it...

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Mobile Tip – Photos in the Cloud With Amazon Cloud Photos

glenn — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:18:45 +0000

An interesting mobile app to help with your mobile file storage issues, now supporting iOS – Amazon Cloud Photos. Release for iOS just today (May 9, 2013) the app syncs up with your cloud...

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Google Maps Team to Show Off Map Diving at Google I/O

glenn — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:04:35 +0000

Something fun that’s coming at Google I/O 2013 – map diving! Here’s a first look at a fun 3D virtual Google maps realistic fly-through experience that will be shown off at Google...

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Device Tip – 7″ Android Jelly Bean Tablet with Inbuilt 3G and Voice Calling

glenn — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:06:21 +0000

The amazing Android powered mobile devices just keep on coming… is it any wonder why Android is dominating the mobile ecosystem? Enter the 7″ tablet running Jelly Bean and supporting 3G...

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Creative Cartography Meets Music in The Song Map

glenn — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:31:25 +0000

Oh yes, I love art… I also love music too, heck, who doesn’t right? Well, I know you GeoGeeks and music lovers will really dig this one as we stumble onto yet another amazing cartographic...

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Editing OpenStreetMap (OSM) Just Got Really Easy With iD Map Editor

glenn — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:31:54 +0000

There’s no arguing that OpenStreetMap (OSM) has exploded in use and popularity, heck, just look at the basemap layer options in any online web mapping services and you’ll see OSM as an...

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