Matt McGuire: GISESRI

GIS

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 03:35:05 GMT

Before there was GIS, there was GIS.

This was in the references section of a paper on databases I had to read for class (http://www.acm.org/classics/nov95/) Indeed, a true classic.

"GIS (Generalized Information System), Application Description Manual H20-0574. IBM Corp., White Plains, N. Y., 1965."

MN GIS/LIS II

Sat, 11 Oct 2003 00:00:01 GMT

As I mentioned, this Thursday and Friday, I'm at the MN GIS/LIS annual conference. I've tried to go to presentations about mobile GIS applications. Mobile GIS apps are a big part of my masters thesis, and work so, anyway, the other main themes this year are Internet Mapping, and Remote Sensing.

The conference has been good for a couple reasons.

1) Get to see people in the Minnesota GIS community I don't normally see like...

Steve Lime - Mapserver creator

Kimberly Kowal - Map Librarian at the University of Minnesota, and on the board of directors

Jesse Deegan - Recognized as a Scholorship winner at the conference

Susanna McMaster - The only Geography professor at Mac who's knowledge I still use, and they let her go. Now she's

Peter Morey - Rick Morey's brother, who, I think it's worth mentioning, has three brothers, a sister, and a brother-in-law who all work for MnDOT!)

Tim Loesch - DNR GIS Architect

2) Access to vendors for questions

Talked to a guy from Trimble. We're looking at getting a Trimble GeoXT ruggedized ( I like saying ruggedized) Windows CE device with built in GPS. I found out, though I couldn't from Trimble's website, that the new models will be bluetooth enabled. This means we can plan on leveraging (I don't like saying leveraging) our existing ArcIMS services for mobile GIS applications. And that's a good thing.

3) Network

I met a woman from Geo Comm, they do 911 location based services stuff. She seemed to know a lot about LBS technology in the US.

MN GIS/LIS conference 1

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:07:04 GMT

Classmate, Jeff Coate, was part of a panel presentation at the GIS/LIS conference today. The Wright County, and the Cities of Buffalo and St. Michael, are integrating map services for data sharing and cooperation.

My question for Jeff. How has this technology affected the relationship of the parties involved?

Other Geog 8291ers invloved:

Professor, Francis Harvey, presented about local data issues with NSDI.

Avowed technophobe, Rick Morey, was also there representing MnDOT.

I provided technical support to Nancy Rader, of LMIC, for her presenation about the MGMG metadata tools. The software wasn't installed correctly on her laptop. During the presentation, I had to install the Metadata Editor and Stylesheet the old fashioned way. It was harrowing only because the mouse pad was set so 'loose' that the mouse was flying all over the screen. I could barely get control over it.