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16 février 2012
23:01
[OSM] Geocaching.com passe à OpenStreetMap
sur Faire joujou avec son GPS

[OSM] Geocaching.com passe à OpenStreetMap

22:11
Resources To Help You Get Started With Migrating To ArcGIS 10.1 For Servergeo.geek.nz
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

ArcGIS 10.1 for Server has been in a beta for a few months now and with the Esri Partner Conference 2012 and the Esri Developer Summit 2012 fast approaching I am sure we will be hearing more about how ArcGIS … Continue reading →
22:08
US FY2013 Budget: Department of Energy focuses on low emissions energy and energy efficiencyBetween the Poles
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com
A few days ago the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) released the details of its FY 2013 budget request to Congress for $27.2 billion. To put this in context, last year DoE requested $29.5 billion, so there have been some cuts. One of the largest cuts is is $4 billion in fossil fuel subsidies. Some 35 ARPA-E, EERE and FE projects were eliminated as well.

For historical reasons a significant proportion (42.5%) of DoE's budget goes to nuclear weapons related activities including non-proliferation. Another 21.5% goes toward cleaning up the nuclear material legacy of the Cold War. The DoE supports the Administration's objective of securing all nuclear weapons-grade materials around the world over the next four years.

Energy-ralted activities

That leaves 36% of the budget for domestic energy-related activities. Major themes that DoE's budget is aimed at furthering are
- An overall energy independence objective of reducing U.S. dependence on oil by one-third by 2025.
- Reversing the negative balance of trade in high technology goods. Since 2001 the U.S. has imported more high technology goods than it has exported.
- Investing in reducing the cost of clean energy including on-shore wind, solar and off-shore wind. A specific goal is reducing the cost of solar energy by 75 percent and making it cost competitive without subsidies by 2020.
- More energy efficient buildings, specifically the Better Building Initiative to make commercial and industrial buildings 20% more energy efficient by 2020
Specific budget allocations include
- $310 million to promote energy conservation, specifically improving the energy efficiency of commecial and residential buildings
- $155 million for R&D in low emissions fossil fuel technologies including carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and carbon capture utilization and sequestration (CCUS)
- $770 million for nuclear energy including small, modular reactors
- $143 million for smart grid, grid modernization and electricity storage
- $290 million for advanced manufacturing technology
- $95 million for reducing the cost of wind turbines and $330 million for reducing the cost of solar PV
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), while part of the Department of Commerce, works very closely with DoE on standards relating to equipment such as intelligent devices for smart grid. The $860 million requested for NIST in 2013 is a significant ($100 million) increase on the $761 million request in 2012.
$140 million has been allocated for Energy Innovation Hubs, a program intended to replicate the success of the Manhattan Project and Bell Labs. Hubs are multidisciplinary, multi-investigator, and multi-institutional integrated research centers. Currently there are five hubs and a new one has just been added.
- Fuels from sunlight
- Modeling and simulation for nuclear reactors
- Energy efficient buildings
- Batteries and energy storage
- Critical materials
- Electricity systems (new)

22:01
ArcGIS Online par l'exemple ... au CG de l'Aisne
sur arcOrama, un blog sur les SIG, ceux d ESRI en particulier
A peine quelques heures après l'ouverture de la plateforme ArcGIS Online en français, et des exemples d'usages très concrets voient déjà le jour. Par exemple, le Conseil Général de l'Aisne vient de publier cette application web sur les barrières de dégel pour l'hiver 2011/2012 accessible à tous à partir de leur site web.

Cette application a été réalisée entièrement en ligne et en quelques minutes avec un compte standard (gratuit) à partir de la plateforme ArcGIS Online. L'auteur de cette application, Fabrice POULLIN, a eu la gentillesse de prendre quelques instants pour me préciser la démarche qui lui a permis d'arriver à ce résultat. Je récapitule donc les grandes étapes du workflow mis en oeuvre.
L'objectif de l'application
Le but de cette application est de présenter les tronçons routiers soumis aux arrêtés de pose ou de levée des barrières de dégel dans le département de l'Aisne. Cette cartographie des tronçons routiers doit permettre de distinguer les différentes classes de tonnages associées à ces restrictions.
Les données de départ
Le nombre total de tronçons routiers dans le SIG est actuellement de 3291 entités (concernées par les barrières de dégel). Ils correspondent aux sections de carrefour à carrefour. Une autre couche du SIG contient les zones de pose des barrières de dégels.
La méthode
Dans le cas présent, l'auteur de l’application ne disposait pas de serveur web SIG diffusant la cartographie des tronçons routiers. La méthode choisie fût donc d'ajouter les entités en important un Shapefile dans la carte web. A la différence des services web (Map Services ou Feature Services), pour des raisons de performances de chargement et d'affichage, l'import d'entités dans une carte web est limité à 1000 entités par import. Afin d'alléger la couche des tronçons, une première opération a consisté à créer 3 Shapefiles contenant chaque catégorie de routes:
- Un Shapefile pour les restrictions à 7,5 T. (1630 polylignes)
- Un Shapefile pour les restrictions à 12 T. (505 polylignes)
- Un Shapefile pour les Libres en hiver courant (1156 polylignes)
Une seconde opération a consisté à agréger les géométries des tronçons connexes afin de réduire encore le nombre d'entités par Shapefile, pour obtenir au final:
- Pour les 7,5 T. (606 polylignes)
- Pour les 12 T. (126 polylignes)
- Pour les LHC (280 polylignes)
Pour terminer la préparation des données, vous devez compresser chaque Shapefile (shp, dbp, shx, prj…) dans un fichier ZIP.

Création de la carte web
Après s'être identifié sur le site ArcGIS.com, il suffit de créé une nouvelle carte puis de choisir le fond de carte (ici Bing Maps), il vous reste à importer vos fichiers ZIP à l'aide de la commande "Ajouter une couche à partir d'un fichier".

Vous définissez ensuite la symbologie de chaque couche.

Une fois la symbologie configurée, il ne vous reste plus qu'à enregistrer et à documenter votre carte (titre, résumé, description, balises, …).

Pour rendre cette carte accessible à tous, il faudra utiliser la commande "Partager" et choisir l'option "Tout le monde".

Création de l'application web
Une fois la carte web créée, vous pouvez construire une application web exploite votre carte en choisissant parmi les modèles d'ArcGIS Online. Cette application sera hébergée, comme la carte web, sur le Cloud Esri.

Pour créer une application web, il faut simplement utiliser la commande "Partager" puis cliquer sur le bouton "Créer une application web".

Il suffit ensuite de choisir le modèle souhaité.

Si ce modèle choisi est configurable (si il y a un icône d'engrenage sur le modèle), vous pourrez modifier certains paramètres de l'application en cliquant sur le bouton "Configurer" une fois l'application générée. Vous pourrez alors modifier les fonctionnalités, le logo, le look-and-feel, ...

Voilà comment en quelques minutes on peut créer une carte et une application 100% Online avec comme outil un simple navigateur !

21:32
Tableau Software the “Challenger” in Business IntelligenceUrban Mapping Blog
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A new Garter report on Business Intelligence platforms (a la Magic Quadrant) puts Tableau Software in the “challenger” quadrant, no more than a stone throw to many incumbent BI vendors. Why is this exciting for Urban Mapping? Because we are great fans of Tableau and support them in all elements of geo–we host their custom-rendered basemap, overlay demographic data and more…

Why is geographic analysis important in business intelligence tools? Gartner says it all:

When you need to know where to place a new retail outlet, or how to market to a population based on location (anyone in a specific postal code, for example) and demographics, you need to combine lots of market data from external data providers (such as Experian) and use forecasting and predictive analytic models to effectively target the right buyers. It’s more than just plotting results on a map; it’s getting a fuller view of prospects/customers and using that knowledge to drive business process.

In its analysis of Tableau, Gartner analysts say “Interactive analysis can be shared with a report consumer equipped with a Web browser. The combination of exceptional ease of use (“fun” is often used to describe Tableau by its users), with the ability to conduct sophisticated analysis, is a key reason users are exuberant with the platform.” We’re thrilled, too, and look forward to more great news from Tableau customers and analysts! Have a read of the Tableau Software case study if you would like to know more.

21:06
Watch 3D Previews of Hiking Routes
sur Google Maps Mania

If you want to encourage your friends to join you on a hike then you could do worse than show them a 3d tour of the route using the Google Earth plugin.

MapMyHike is a website and mobile application for mapping and finding great hikes. You can search for a hiking route by location or by zooming in on a Google Map and searching for all the hikes in the current map view.

Each of the hikes come with extensive details about length and elevation, and a dedicated Google Map of the route.It is also possible to view a tour of the selected hike with the help of the Google Earth browser plugin. The tour really gives a great idea of the terrain, difficulty and scenery that you are likely to experience on the hike.

If you like the features provided by MapMyHike then you will probably also enjoy MapMyRun and MapMyRide from the same stable.

19:28
DigitalGlobe, GeoEye on Rollercoaster Stock Ride
sur All Points Blog

Yesterday I noticed that DigitalGlobe's (DGI) stock was getting creamed but couldn't find any reason why. And concurrently, GeoEye (GEOY) took it on the chin as well. Both were down yesterday, yo-yoing between 10-20%. Today both have rebounded up 6%-7%. The bad news is already out there... Continue reading

19:28
DigitalGlobe, GeoEye on Rollercoaster Stock RideAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Yesterday I noticed that DigitalGlobe's (DGI) stock was getting creamed but couldn't find any reason why. And concurrently, GeoEye (GEOY) took it on the chin as well. Both were down yesterday, yo-yoing between 10-20%. Today both have rebounded up 6%-7%. The bad news is already out there... Continue reading

19:00
Différences entre les lieux, injustices entre les personnes : pour une lecture géo éthique du Brésil
sur Les Cafés géographiques

Débat "Différences entre les lieux, injustices entre les personnes : pour une lecture géo éthique du Brésil" animé par Bernard Bret (Professeur de géographie émérite de l'université Lyon III) le jeudi 16 février à 19h au café de l'Avenue (porte Jeune).

18:37
Using ArcGIS Server in Windows AzureArcGIS Server Blog
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In today's post, we want to address a recent common question: How do you run ArcGIS Server on the Windows Azure cloud platform? Before we get into the details, we need to mention that Esri has not certified the use of ArcGIS Server on Azure yet. We're working closely with Microsoft in order to leverage Azure the best way possible, but as of today, we feel the conditions are such that we cannot provide a supported solution for running ArcGIS Server on Azure. This is definitely on our road map and you will be the first to know, through this blog, when full support is provided.

In the meantime, we thought some of you would be interested in notes we gathered when trying out ArcGIS Server and VM Roles in the Azure cloud.
What is Azure and how do you get ArcGIS Server to run on it?
Windows Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform, currently targeted toward its developer community. Using Microsoft Visual Studio and the APIs exposed by Azure, you can build web applications that take advantage of the Azure cloud capabilities…and ArcGIS Server running thereon.

To run ArcGIS Server on the Windows Azure cloud, you first set up a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) running ArcGIS Server, using the Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V role. You then upload the VM to Azure using the Azure SDK tools.
Preparing and Uploading an Azure Virtual Machine Role
A step-by-step exercise on MSDN explains how you create and deploy a Virtual Machine Role in Windows Azure. You can follow the steps in this exercise to deploy ArcGIS Server on Windows Azure, noting the additional items below.
- Before you begin the steps in the above article, you need to create an account for the Windows Azure platform and link it to a Windows Live ID. This gives you access to Windows Azure Virtual Machine Roles, required for running ArcGIS Server on Azure. The article infers that VM roles are a beta feature, but this is outdated: VM roles are now a released feature.
- When following the steps in the above article, there's a critical time when ArcGIS Server needs to be installed. Before installing the Azure VM role integration components in 'Task 3', you need to install ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server. Don't run the ArcGIS Server post installs or license the products at this time, though. You'll need to complete the post installs and licensing later, once the machine is deployed on Windows Azure.
- In the beginning steps of Task 5, we've seen occasions where the VM role isn't acknowledged from the Visual Studio project. If this is the case, make sure you're using the latest Azure SDK and follow the instructions from Microsoft to enable this functionality. If the VM role option still doesn't show up in Visual Studio, follow the links below to update the registry of the machine hosting your instance of Visual Studio.
  
  Click here for 32 bit
  
  Click here for 64 bit
  
  Your registry will be updated with the needed change.
- As you're configuring the VM role in Visual Studio in Step 9 of Task 5, take a moment to consider if you plan to install ArcGIS Server using the default port 80, or a different port. If you deploy ArcGIS Server using a non-default port, then you'll also have to open that port during this step. After you've deployed the VM to Windows Azure, you should also open Windows Firewall to incoming connections on this port.
Once the Hyper-V VM has been uploaded and deployed to a staging or production instance, you can log in through remote desktop to configure your GIS content and applications and publish services.

Note that the instructions in the above article are appropriate for getting ArcGIS Server running as a single machine deployment only. You can scale up your deployment by increasing the size of the VM from the "small" role used in the above instructions. See this page on How to Configure Virtual Machine Sizes. You can also modify the size of the VM after it's been loaded, using the Windows Azure Management Portal.
Data Strategy
There are two approaches you can use for handling file-based data such as file geodatabases. Both approaches rely on persistence of the data, so files are not erased as the VM is started or stopped.

The first approach is to include the data on the C: drive of the same VM where ArcGIS Server is installed. This is a valid option if your datasets aren't very large. The VM C: drive can't be larger than 30 GB, which includes the operating system and all the software already installed. So that doesn't leave a lot of space for big datasets.

Since data can change with different VMs, a good plan is to upload a VM as a base image with only ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Desktop, along with any other software that might be needed. Then, add your data as part of a different VM (derived from the base image) that you upload on top of the base image every time you have a new or updated dataset to publish. Steps for making VM updates in this way are available here.

A note about the approach above: As you create VMs and run new instances based on them, ArcGIS Server will require you to run the post-install in order to get the new IP and hostname.

If you're going to use a large dataset with ArcGIS Server, it's recommended that you take the second approach, which is to mount an Azure storage drive. For more information about this approach, here's a link to get started on Using the Windows Azure Storage Services.
Supportability note
As we mentioned at the beginning, Windows Azure isn't yet certified as a platform for ArcGIS Server, and Esri Support Services can't help you with the process of launching ArcGIS Server on Azure. For assistance with uploading the VM Role using the Windows Azure SDK or Tools, you should take a look at the Microsoft page Support options for Windows Azure.

Contributed by Marwa Mabrouk of the Esri Product Management team
17:42
2012 Esri #DevMeetup Schedule – Get your GeoGeek On!AnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Some news for developers interested in meeting other Esri developers or perhaps looking for a stage where they can present a lightning talk to other GeoGeek in their local tech community. The Esri EDN group has announced a busy 2012 season for the popular DevMeetUp events starting this week (Feb 16 in Anchorage Alaska) and [...]

17:33
Jackie Ng: Scripting and Automating Maestro
sur Planet OSGeo
Know some Python?

Want to build or customize functionality?

Included with the next release of Maestro, is the IronPython scripting engine, allowing you to script and automate the Maestro application.

A new IronPython Console tab appears the bottom. This is an interactive REPL console that lets you try and experiment with assorted pieces of python code. The whole .net framework libraries (and the Maestro API) are available for use from within the IronPython console.

Unfortunately, there are some .net concepts that do not translate cleanly or at all to Python. One major case is generics. A fair bit of the Maestro Application Services API (the internal API that's built on top of SharpDevelop Core) which drives most of the Maestro application and its addins uses generics. So trying to expose this API in its current form to IronPython would be clunky.

So to rectify this problem, a new Host Application class is being introduced which is accessible via the "app" global variable from the IronPython console. This class provides common functions for interacting with the application itself. For example, this code gets the names of the currently open connections:
```
connNames = app.GetConnectionNames()
```
Which we can then use to get the matching connection
```
conn = app.GetConnection(connNames[0])
```
"app" is the Host Application object I already mentioned. "conn" is the IServerConnection from the Maestro API. Given that this interface is the root interface of the Maestro API, you can now do any of the things you can do in the Maestro API as you would from a normal .net language.

So fetching a resource is now simply
```
resXml = app.GetResourceXml(conn, "Library://Samples/Sheboygan/Maps/Sheboygan.MapDefinition")
```
Or the long way
```
import clr
clr.AddReference("OSGeo.MapGuide.MaestroAPI")
from OSGeo.MapGuide.MaestroAPI import ResourceTypeRegistry
res = conn.ResourceService.GetResource("Library://Samples/Sheboygan/Maps/Sheboygan.MapDefinition")
resXml = ResourceTypeRegistry.SerializeAsString(res)
```
You can inspect these variables in two ways:
1. Reflecting on the variable via the refl command (or reflw to display the result in a new window)
2. Printing the actual variable value via the print command (or printw to display the result in a new window)
So reflecting the "resXml" variable (reflw resXml) looks like this:

While printing the "resXml" variable (printw resXml) looks like this:

So here's a taste of what you can do with the new scripting capabilities. I'm sure there's some scenarios where scripting would prove to be invaluable for automation and improving productivity.

Many thanks to Joe Socoloski's MIT-licensed IronTextBox for the backbone of this new feature.

17:33
Scripting and Automating MaestroThe Map Guy(de)
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com
Know some Python?

Want to build or customize functionality?

Included with the next release of Maestro, is the IronPython scripting engine, allowing you to script and automate the Maestro application.

A new IronPython Console tab appears the bottom. This is an interactive REPL console that lets you try and experiment with assorted pieces of python code. The whole .net framework libraries (and the Maestro API) are available for use from within the IronPython console.

Unfortunately, there are some .net concepts that do not translate cleanly or at all to Python. One major case is generics. A fair bit of the Maestro Application Services API (the internal API that's built on top of SharpDevelop Core) which drives most of the Maestro application and its addins uses generics. So trying to expose this API in its current form to IronPython would be clunky.

So to rectify this problem, a new Host Application class is being introduced which is accessible via the "app" global variable from the IronPython console. This class provides common functions for interacting with the application itself. For example, this code gets the names of the currently open connections:
```
connNames = app.GetConnectionNames()
```
Which we can then use to get the matching connection
```
conn = app.GetConnection(connNames[0])
```
"app" is the Host Application object I already mentioned. "conn" is the IServerConnection from the Maestro API. Given that this interface is the root interface of the Maestro API, you can now do any of the things you can do in the Maestro API as you would from a normal .net language.

So fetching a resource is now simply
```
resXml = app.GetResourceXml(conn, "Library://Samples/Sheboygan/Maps/Sheboygan.MapDefinition")
```
Or the long way
```
import clr

clr.AddReference("OSGeo.MapGuide.MaestroAPI")

from OSGeo.MapGuide.MaestroAPI import ResourceTypeRegistry

res = conn.ResourceService.GetResource("Library://Samples/Sheboygan/Maps/Sheboygan.MapDefinition")

resXml = ResourceTypeRegistry.SerializeAsString(res)
```
You can inspect these variables in two ways:
1. Reflecting on the variable via the refl command (or reflw to display the result in a new window)
2. Printing the actual variable value via the print command (or printw to display the result in a new window)
So reflecting the "resXml" variable (reflw resXml) looks like this:

While printing the "resXml" variable (printw resXml) looks like this:

So here's a taste of what you can do with the new scripting capabilities. I'm sure there's some scenarios where scripting would prove to be invaluable for automation and improving productivity.

Many thanks to Joe Socoloski's MIT-licensed IronTextBox for the backbone of this new feature.
17:20
I'm Heading to Washington to Occupy the Esri FedUCSpatially Adjusted
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

OK, so maybe Esri doesn’t call the FedUC the FedUC anymore. If you called it something else, I might not know what you are talking about. Anyway, I’ll be in Washington next week Tuesday-Friday to present a talk on how WeoGeo uses Amazon’s infrastructure to do the awesome stuff we do.

Amazon has invited us to be with them at their booth showcasing how WeoGeo uses AWS to integrate location-based enterprise data into predictive analytical systems such as Business Intelligence tools. Drop by and let me know if you’d like to talk about WeoGeo or just email me and we can set up a time to meet.

It is hard to believe it has been over two years since I was last in D.C. I’m looking forward to it.

The GeoMonkey goes to Washington and all he finds is lots of paperwork. You guys really know how to throw a party inside the beltway.

17:11
Driving Directions with Coupons
sur Google Maps Mania

Vyaggio is a great application for finding coupon deals on your European excursions.

Vyaggio allows users to get driving directions with suggested rest stops along the route. Vyaggio even shows you the stops with great deals and coupons, so not only do you get directions you get great deals on your road trip.

If you don't want driving directions that's fine as well. You can also use Vyaggio to find restaurants, shops, hotels and cafes offering coupon deals in European towns. The coupons can be searched by location and filtered by category.

17:04
Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings: Batch SHP to CSV Conversion with Reprojection
sur Planet OSGeo

The following Shell script performs a conversion and reprojection of a folder full of Shapefiles to CSVs:

for f in `ls *.shp`; do ogr2ogr -s_srs EPSG:4326 -t_srs EPSG:3035 -f CSV $f.csv $f -lco GEOMETRY=AS_XYZ done

Thanks OGR!
16:18
OpenGeo Blog: OpenGeo Workshops at FOSS4G North America
sur Planet OSGeo

Interested in a full day, hands-on workshop on Monday April 9, just before the FOSS4G North America conference? Please fill out this form to let us know what you’d like to see.
If you can’t make it, don’t worry! This is not a commitment to attend the course, we're using this opportunity to gauge interest in our training offerings. Please note that full day workshops cost $450 and half day workshops cost $250.

More information about our workshops can be found here: [workshops.opengeo.org]
Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite (Full Day – $450)
Learn about and use all the components of the OpenGeo Suite, including PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers, and GeoExt. Topics include setting up your own mapping server, loading and publishing data, styling maps, building simple map applications, and integrating with other tools. A great survey course for those just getting started!

1 2 3 4 5

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Introduction to PostGIS (Half Day – $250)
Learn how to load and manage data with PostGIS, the spatial extension to the PostgreSQL database. Topics include basic SQL syntax, indexing, joins, transforms, validation, and performance tuning. Familiarity with basic GIS concepts and using the command line is suggested.

1 2 3 4 5

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Introduction to GeoServer (Half Day – $250)
Learn how to serve geospatial data on the web with GeoServer, the Java-based mapping server. Topics include data loading, basic styling, OGC standards, web interface, and map viewing with OpenLayers and Google Earth. Familiarity with basic GIS concepts is suggested.

1 2 3 4 5

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Introduction to OpenLayers (Half Day – $250)
As presented at FOSS4G 2011. How to create an embedded map, add layers, use controls, add markers and other useful topics for getting started with the OpenLayers Javascript map component.

1 2 3 4 5

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Introduction to GXP (Half Day – $250)
GXP is a client-side JavaScript library, built on top of OpenLayers, GeoExt, and Ext JS, that creates an extensible framework for web mapping applications. The purpose of GXP is to make it simpler to add layer types and tools, and ultimately make creating web mapping applications as simple as providing JSON configuration. This workshop will introduce basic GXP concepts, as well as the development environment builder, ReadyGXP.

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Introduction to GeoExt (Half Day – $250)
Learn how to create fully-featured "desktop-like" mapping applications with GeoExt, a JavaScript-based mapping library based on OpenLayers and Ext JS. Topics include basic application creation, creating a full map viewer complete with layer tree and legend, and creating an interactive feature editor with table view. Familiarity with basic GIS concepts and using the command line is suggested.

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Geospatial System and Data Administration (Full Day – $450)
Learn how to administer and optimize your server for publishing data on the web. Topics include hardware provisioning, database configuration and optimization, web container configuration and optimization, security, caching, and network analysis. Prerequisites: Introduction to PostGIS, Introduction to GeoServer

1 2 3 4 5

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Web Map Application Development (Full Day – $450)
Learn everything you need to know in order to build enterprise-ready web mapping applications. Prerequisites: Introduction to GeoServer, Introduction to OpenLayers, Introduction to GeoExt

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Web Map Cartography (Full Day – $450)
Learn how to create beautiful maps. Topics include Styled Layer Descriptor syntax, using CSS, dynamic styles, optimization, and caching. Prerequisites: Introduction to GeoServer

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16:18
OpenGeo Workshops at FOSS4G North AmericaOpenGeo
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Interested in a full day, hands-on workshop on Monday April 9, just before the FOSS4G North America conference? Please fill out this form to let us know what you’d like to see.

If you can’t make it, don’t worry! This is not a commitment to attend the course, we're using this opportunity to gauge interest in our training offerings. Please note that full day workshops cost $450 and half day workshops cost $250.

More information about our workshops can be found here: [workshops.opengeo.org]
Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite (Full Day – $450)

Learn about and use all the components of the OpenGeo Suite, including PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers, and GeoExt. Topics include setting up your own mapping server, loading and publishing data, styling maps, building simple map applications, and integrating with other tools. A great survey course for those just getting started!

1 2 3 4 5

Not at all Interested Extremely Interested

Introduction to PostGIS (Half Day – $250)

Learn how to load and manage data with PostGIS, the spatial extension to the PostgreSQL database. Topics include basic SQL syntax, indexing, joins, transforms, validation, and performance tuning. Familiarity with basic GIS concepts and using the command line is suggested.

1 2 3 4 5

Not at all Interested Extremely Interested

Introduction to GeoServer (Half Day – $250)

Learn how to serve geospatial data on the web with GeoServer, the Java-based mapping server. Topics include data loading, basic styling, OGC standards, web interface, and map viewing with OpenLayers and Google Earth. Familiarity with basic GIS concepts is suggested.

1 2 3 4 5

Not at all Interested Extremely Interested

Introduction to OpenLayers (Half Day – $250)

As presented at FOSS4G 2011. How to create an embedded map, add layers, use controls, add markers and other useful topics for getting started with the OpenLayers Javascript map component.

1 2 3 4 5

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Introduction to GXP (Half Day – $250)

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Learn how to create fully-featured "desktop-like" mapping applications with GeoExt, a JavaScript-based mapping library based on OpenLayers and Ext JS. Topics include basic application creation, creating a full map viewer complete with layer tree and legend, and creating an interactive feature editor with table view. Familiarity with basic GIS concepts and using the command line is suggested.

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Geospatial System and Data Administration (Full Day – $450)

Learn how to administer and optimize your server for publishing data on the web. Topics include hardware provisioning, database configuration and optimization, web container configuration and optimization, security, caching, and network analysis. Prerequisites: Introduction to PostGIS, Introduction to GeoServer

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Web Map Application Development (Full Day – $450)

Learn everything you need to know in order to build enterprise-ready web mapping applications. Prerequisites: Introduction to GeoServer, Introduction to OpenLayers, Introduction to GeoExt

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Web Map Cartography (Full Day – $450)

Learn how to create beautiful maps. Topics include Styled Layer Descriptor syntax, using CSS, dynamic styles, optimization, and caching. Prerequisites: Introduction to GeoServer

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16:12
ERDAS ER Mapper Development TeamThe Field Guide
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Intergraph has stood up an ERDAS ER Mapper Development Team in India in the city ofHyderabad state of Andhra Pradesh. I visited the development team last week. The Hyderabad development development team is working with the Norcross, Georgia development teams to deliver remote sensing software products to the GIS community. I do believe good things will come from the Hyderabad ERDAS ER Mapper Development Team in the ERDAS Desktop 2012 release, as well as into the future.

BTW, Intergraph was one of the first software groups to open an office in India, beginning way back in1987. Now you see Amazon, ADP, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and more are in Hyderabad. See: [en.wikipedia.org] .

16:00
Le HTML5 peut modifier vos données
sur OpenSource, Geospatial et Web ?.0

J'affectionne particulièrement développer avec JQuery mais hier, je me suis buté à un problème important. En fait, le problème ne provient pas de JQuery lui-même, mais plutôt de sa conformité à la spécification W3C du HTML5 en matière de nommage des attributs non visibles. Pour ceux, qui comme moi, aiment utiliser la méthode .data() de JQuery, cette spécification à une incidence assez

15:16
French Court Rules against Google for Providing Free Web-Mapping ServicesGEODATA POLICY
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

February 13, 2012 A French court ruled in early February 2012 that Google must pay €500,000 in damages and €15,000 in fines as a result of business practices alleged to be anti-competitive. The ruling stems from a complaint by French company Bottin Cartographes, which claimed that Google France and Google Inc. competed unfairly by offering [...]

14:42
Street View Japan - The Inside Story
sur Google Maps Mania

The Japanese Street View Gallery is a great collection of some of the most interesting places in Japan, as captured by Google Maps Street View. The collection includes some great new indoor Street Views.

The new Street View locations take us inside a number of temples, churches and even deep underground inside the Japanese Akiyoshido caves. Why not take some time out today from your busy schedule and make a virtual visit to the amazing Shisen-dō zen gardens?

If you are at all interested in art then you should also view famous Japanese artist Hokusai's stunning ceiling painting of a phoenix at the Gansho-in Temple.

14:41
White House Maps and the Federal CloudGeoIQ Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The current administration of the US Government has been increasingly looking at ways to both reduce costs as well as leverage more appropriate technology in order to provide services. The “Federal Cloud” is an initiative to adopt more cost-effective solutions that don’t require huge infrastructure costs for the government to build and maintain.

Steven VanRoekel, the new US Federal Chief Information Officer, published an article on the White House blog discussing the US Governments efforts to optimize their data center overhead and move more services to hosted services.

“agencies are on track to save taxpayers billions of dollars by cutting spending on wasteful, underutilized hardware, software and operations as well as enhance our cybersecurity; shrink our energy and real estate footprints; and take advantage of transformational technologies like cloud computing to make government work better for our nation’s families.”

A cloud hosted GeoCommons map is used to geographically visualize the national extent of the data centers that are being consolidated or closed. An elegant move by the US Government to demonstrate moving to the cloud by using the cloud in the discussion itself. You can also view the source map to access the underlying data in a variety of open formats.

We’re proud that GeoIQ is used across several government agencies and NGO’s to make it easier than ever to share data and create informative analyses. If you have more examples of the government using GeoCommons or any other great cloud solutions, we’d love to hear about them.
14:30
Esri JavaScript API v. 2.7 ReleasedMy Georamblings...
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

I missed this one: ArcGIS API for JavaScript version 2.7 released.

Is it me or is the naming convention for Esri products getting more and more convoluted and cumbersome?
14:26
Geospatial Centre for Biodiversity in the Works for BoliviaSpatial Sustain
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

A new Geospatial Centre for Biodiversity is being developed in Bolivia to “collect, assimilate, synthesize, distribute, and disseminate spatially explicit information and scientifically robust biodiversity knowledge to students, policy-makers, and the public to promote the sustainable management of Bolivia’s biodiversity as natural capital.” The new centre is being developed by Cranfield University alongside the Noel [...]
14:22
Video-based Monitoring System and Sensors Report Fishing ActivitySpatial Sustain
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Archipelago Marine Research have developed a new sensor-based approach to monitor fishing activity. The company is working alongside the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), and have outfitted a Spanish tuna fishing vessel. The video-based electronic monitoring system uses an array of sensors to monitor key fishing gear, and trigger the video cameras when it detects [...]
13:59
The Google Earth Community moves to Google GroupsGoogle Earth Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The Google Earth Community, formed in 2002 when Google Earth was still an independent product called "Keyhole", has been an excellent resource for Google Earth users. Not only was the community a great place to post new files that you create/discover, but you could get answers to almost any Google Earth-related question in there.

They even added a Google Earth Community layer to Google Earth back in 2005 to show off the great files that users have added, which you can still find under the [Gallery] section of your Layers.

Recently, the GEC had had some stability issues. Because it was based off of an older BBS technology, it was having increasing amounts of trouble under an ever-growing load. To fix that, Google is now moving it over to a Google Groups-based system which should help with those issues tremendously.

Right now Google is in the process of moving all of the posts and attachments to the new system. With more than 1.2 million posts on there, it'll take some time. They're hoping to have the data ported over by next week, and we'll certainly let you know when it goes live.

If you have any questions or problems in the meantime, you can use the Google Earth forums already in place in Google Groups. For more information about the status of the Google Earth Community, this thread is your best source for information.

13:44
A Manager’s Guide to Evaluating Citizen Participation
sur All Points Blog

The report (pdf) by Tina Nabatchi, is a new IBM Center for the Business of Government report. Abstract: The Obama administration’s Open Government Initiative is now three years old. But is it making a difference? Dr. Nabatchi’s report is a practical guide for program managers who... Continue reading

13:44
A Manager’s Guide to Evaluating Citizen ParticipationAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The report (pdf) by Tina Nabatchi, is a new IBM Center for the Business of Government report. Abstract: The Obama administration’s Open Government Initiative is now three years old. But is it making a difference? Dr. Nabatchi’s report is a practical guide for program managers who... Continue reading
13:04
MEMBER PODCAST: Mladen Stojic, Vice President, Geospatial at Intergraph SG&I, Discusses Live Link and Smart Clientgot geoint?
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USGIF member company Intergraph Corporation recently announced the availability of Live Link, which connects GeoMedia and ERDAS IMAGINE. For the first time, users can leverage GeoMedia’s rich set of vector handling tools and ERDAS IMAGINE’s raster capabilities to support synchronized data sharing, viewing, editing, updating, and analysis. Today, we are speaking with Mladen Stojic, Vice President, Geospatial at Intergraph SG&I about this announcement and as the upcoming launch of Intergraph’s Smart Client.

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12:40
Spot the Film Location Competition
sur Google Maps Mania

Telecommunication company Orange are using the Google Maps API for a 'spot the film location' competition. In On Location: Take Two, every few days, Orange is publishing a still image taken from a film. All you have to do to win is place a pin on the correct location on a map.

The first person to pin the location wins cinema tickets and all those who guess correctly are entered into a draw for a Nintendo Wii with the game Just Dance 3. I can't see any competition terms and conditions but considering the .co.uk address of the web page I would guess the competition may only be open to UK citizens.

12:03
Immergis S.A.S.
sur Les Rencontres de SIG-la-Lettre

1/Coordonnées :

Société : Immergis SAS

Adresse : Parc 2000, 41, rue Yves Montand

CP : 34080

Ville : Montpellier

Contact : Vincent Lecamus

Téléphone/portable : 04.34.11.65.51/07.87.56.05.11

Mel : vlecamus@immergis.fr

[www.immergis.fr]

2/Description de l’entreprise :

Immergis S.A.S., jeune société novatrice, développe son activité autour de la cartographie et l’information géographique en environnement immersif 3D (voirie, réseau ferrée, voies navigables), basée sur la technologie d’Imajing S.A.S.

3/Nouveautés cette année :

Relevé à grand rendement à haute précision

Plateforme WEB SIG avec vues immersives

4/ Conférence exposant mardi 3 avril de 16h à 16h30

11:24
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10:57
Book: Building a GIS – System Architecture Design Strategies for ManagersVector One
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The book ‘Building a GIS – System Architecture Design Strategies for Managers‘ is the second edition and authored by Dave Peters. It is written to guide and assist those involved in implementing and updating GIS in their organisations, more specifically, it includes useful information for developing appropriate strategies. These tasks were more simple in earlier [...]
10:35
Basemaps and Learning CurvesWeb Map Design
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

I'm up against the wall in terms of time still so short blog post today on a couple of topics both via James Fee.

Subtle Basemaps: one of the basic problems with mashups has been putting data over a map designed for route planning. Recently with Google maps API v3 and tools like tile mill people have started de-emphacizing background maps so that the data stands out better against the background map. I agree with James that the OSM bright minimal style is a interesting development in this line of work.

I'd love to see some user test results to see how people fared working with a mashup based on this base map.

Learning Curves: Also via James I read a great quote about teaching OS mapping software to students.

"One of the trepidations I have with teaching mapping courses using open source is that it usually requires some modicum of programming which is always way beyond the scope of any beginner class about making maps. In addition, open source tends to favor linux or unix based tool chains that require config/make/make install tap dance before starting anything. This is akin to telling folks that they will need to forge their tools before they can start building a dog house."
Amen to that (emphasis mine). I'm teaching web cartography at the moment mostly using Google Earth because I want them to learn about color, symbology and chart junk, not some abstract javascript that they will forget a week after the course is over.

The rest of the post goes on to explain why Sophia thinks TileMill for windows is a game changer.

10:00
Land Cover Classification Contest and other GIS Competitions
sur All Points Blog

Land Cover Classification Competition: Join Now! First Prize: The top ten validators will become co-authors of the paper: Generation of a global hybrid land cover dataset. Other Prizes • Best Classifier – highest quality with the highest number of validations: 35 Euro... Continue reading
10:00
Quote of the Week - 2/16/12
sur All Points Blog

Geospatial Information Services rules in Mecklenburg County. [t.co] Geoportal is kind of like Siri without the voice. #GIS - @MeckCounty ... Continue reading
10:00
How Geography Helped Bring Down Plancast
sur All Points Blog

The founder and CEO of Plancast Mark Hendrickson decided to stop working on the effort full time and wrote a detailed post mortem in January. The service was about sharing your plans with others. Here's what he said about how geography mattered. This reads like the post mortem of many... Continue reading

10:00
Land Cover Classification Contest and other GIS CompetitionsAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Land Cover Classification Competition: Join Now! First Prize: The top ten validators will become co-authors of the paper: Generation of a global hybrid land cover dataset. Other Prizes • Best Classifier – highest quality with the highest number of validations: 35 Euro... Continue reading
10:00
Quote of the Week - 2/16/12All Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Geospatial Information Services rules in Mecklenburg County. [t.co] Geoportal is kind of like Siri without the voice. #GIS - @MeckCounty ... Continue reading
10:00
How Geography Helped Bring Down PlancastAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The founder and CEO of Plancast Mark Hendrickson decided to stop working on the effort full time and wrote a detailed post mortem in January. The service was about sharing your plans with others. Here's what he said about how geography mattered. This reads like the post mortem of many... Continue reading

9:56
Leica Geosystems
sur Les Rencontres de SIG-la-Lettre

1/Coordonnées :

Société : Leica Geosystems

Adresse : Parc du Saint Laurent – 54 route de Sartrouville – Bât le Québec

CP : 78232

Ville : Le Pecq Cedex

Contact : Sonia Ikhlef

Téléphone : 01 30 09 17 55

Mel : sonia.ikhlef@leica-geosystems.fr

2/Description de l’entreprise :

Leica Geosystems propose depuis près de 200 ans des solutions pionnières pour mesurer le monde. Nos produits et services sont reconnus dans le monde entier par des professionnels pour les aider à saisir, analyser et présenter l’information spatiale. Ceux qui utilisent les produits de Leica chaque jour leur font confiance pour leur fiabilité, la valeur ajoutée qu’ils fournissent et le service client.

3/Nouveautés cette année :

La gamme de terminaux mobiles et de logiciels Leica Zeno SIG s’agrandit et vous offre de nouvelles solutions de terrain :

-          Tablette PC tactile Leica CS25

-          Antenne haute précision GG02plus

-          Carnet GPS de poche

4/ Conférence exposant mercredi 4 avril de 16h30 à 17h

9:35
Safe Software Execs Address the State of GIS and FME 2012Directions Magazine - Top Stories
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Safe Software released FME 2012 in January. Directions Magazine interviewed co-founders Don Murray, president, and Dale Lutz, vice president of development, to get their take on the state of file formats, 3D, programming, complex event processing and big data. They also discuss what’s in the new release.

More about: database, fme, gis, google
8:33
The 2012 NENA Development Conference � From the Viewpoint of an AttendeeDirections Magazine - Top Stories
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Patrick Melancon, Public Safety GIS manager for the state of Tennessee, attended the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) development conference last week in Orlando, Florida. He was pleased by the focus on GIS for Next Gen 9-1-1, but fears not all are as prepared as they will need to be.

More about: e-911, e911, nena

7:35
Tyler Mitchell: When copy with force doesn't work in Linux bash...
sur Planet OSGeo
Hidden feature alert! I guess I have been a good boy and use sudo more than I do log in as root, or I would have discovered this much earlier on. While updating some website software with a new version, I wanted to recursively copy files from a new tar ball into the old web site vhost location - while also forcing it to overwrite existing files.

Naturally, I used the cp command, but hit some interesting glitch...
```
cp -rf new/* old/
```
Now that should suppress promptings for overwriting existing files right? Well, not always. Try logging in as root on Fedora (and others?) and you will still find that you are prompted to confirm each overwrite. (This wasn't the case on RHEL by the way.) Is it a bug in bash, or are you really just not typing it right? Neither! It's not a bug, it's a feature! Apparently us Linux admins need a little safeguarding from time to time. I'm sure I opt'ed in somewhere. So the default behaviour of these commands was overridden by an alias setting in .bashrc (Mr. Power Admin, meet Nanny State... ;-) ). There the cp and mv commands are set to force the --interactive feature instead of blindly accepting a -rf without complaint. I won't complain, but it was a waste of a few minutes. From .bashrc:
```
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
```
Comment out the line you detest the most and open a new terminal, and your back to nuking your system with ease. Whew... I'm pretty sure this behaviour is part of some certification quiz question somewhere, to weed us novices from the cream of the crop :) Keep your crop - I just want the power.

7:01
The State Of The OpenStreetMap Road Network In The USoegeo
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Looks can be deceiving – we all know that. Did you know it also applies to maps? To OpenStreetMap? Let me give you an example. Head over to osm.org and zoom in to an area outside the major metros in … Continue reading →

5:29
Pitney Bowes Software CEO O’Hara Discusses Autodesk Relationship and Software Strategy
sur All Points Blog

Yesterday I conducted a brief phone interview with Pitney Bowes Software CEO John O'Hara and he brought me up to speed on several initiatives at PBS and the positioning of the company. On the PBS/Autodesk strategic announcement and that of other partnerships O'Hara said: "Now is the... Continue reading

5:29
Pitney Bowes Software CEO O’Hara Discusses Autodesk Relationship and Software StrategyAll Points Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

Yesterday I conducted a brief phone interview with Pitney Bowes Software CEO John O'Hara and he brought me up to speed on several initiatives at PBS and the positioning of the company. On the PBS/Autodesk strategic announcement and that of other partnerships O'Hara said: "Now is the... Continue reading
4:01
So you want to be a programmerMy Corner of the Web
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

I thought that I would put this link up here. Quite a good job describing what you need to do to become a programmer:

[penny-arcade.com]
2:45
ArcGIS Viewer For Flex Application Builder 2.5.1 Enhances Your Application Creation Processgeo.geek.nz
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Application Builder was introduced with the release of the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.5 and up until then, configuration of the viewer has been done through a config.xml file. Many users have asked for a … Continue...

0:17
VIASAT GeoTechnologies change de nom et devient Effigis
sur Cartes et Cartographie / Maps and Mapping

VIASAT Geotechnologies, implanté à Montréal depuis 1991 et qui oeuvre dans le domaine de la géomatique pour des applications en observation de la Terre, géologie, télécommunications, ... a décidé de changer de nom : Effigis.On peut retrouver l'ensemble des services proposés par Effigis sur son nouveau site Internet : effigis.comPour plus d'informations, voir le communiqué.

0:00
ArcGIS Online World Imagery map updated for the United States and Puerto RicoArcGIS Online Blog
sur Planet Geospatial - http://planetgs.com

The World_Imagery map (World_Imagery) was updated recently on ArcGIS Online with more recent and detailed imagery for the United States and Puerto Rico from 1:36K down to 1:1K. This includes updates of imagery in the areas shown in the map below. Detailed information for these updates is available in the World_Imagery item details and in the associated metadata layer.

You can view the Imagery With Labels and Transportation web map by clicking this link.

The service was updated on the following servers: services.arcgisonline.com and server.arcgisonline.com. If you have previously used the World Imagery map, you may need to clear your cache in order to see the updates.

If you have feedback on content, try our Imagery Map Feedback web map at [www.arcgis.com] .

If you have other feedback or comments, please post them to our forum at [forums.arcgis.com] .

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