This is a guest post by Michele Mattix of Geomattix, LLC. CAD users beware! While ArcGIS supports the mapping of CAD data, ArcPad – ESRI’s field software – does not. Though it is no problem to convert CAD data into the geodatabase format, the handling of CAD...
GeoSpatial Training Services recently earned the distinction of “Qualified Developer for the Google Maps API”. Currently there are fewer than 50 developers worldwide to have earned this distinction. The Google Qualified Developer Program was designed to...
As GIS application designers and developers we should all heed the advice in the simple figure below. Resist the temptation to add in that extra widget that is just too cool to leave out! And I’ll resist the temptation to sharp stick ESRI on this issue! Tip...
Based on this announcement from Google if you haven’t taken a close look at the Google Maps Data API yet you may want to consider doing so now with the addition of spatial and attribute search capabilities to the API. Search Feeds, similar to Feature Feed...
Google announced this week that Fusion Tables now has its own API. Fusion Tables, still in Google Labs, allows you to upload data sets from spreadsheets or CSV files and visualize the data on maps, timeslines, and charts. In addition, the collaborative nature of...