The Mannahatta Project - GIS and 3D landscapes

Mannahatta Project

    TED talks are amazing!! The fact I can watch them on my huge TV via my Apple TV or Wii makes the experience even better (not to mention the excellent iPhone app). This talks looks at the use of GIS and 3D modelling to genertate the historic landscape of Manhattan prior to the settlement we are used to.

    "400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery."

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GIS Cloud Starts HTML5 Mapping Revolution! 

   

  One of the biggest benefits of vector mapping is interactivity. The map is not just a flat raster anymore, it’s a fully interactive surface. Each object can be clicked and styled dynamically, and gives hover feedback!


  HTML5 is great for mapping not only because it can render maps very quickly, but also because it is a standard. It works on the desktop, on the web, on smartphones and on tablets which means your GIS can work on those devices as well! No need to build native apps for each of those platforms, with HTML5 you get high performance right from the browser.

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Are the Ice Sheets shrinking??

Metro article

According to the Times Comprehensive Atlas Of The World the Greenland ice sheet and Aral Sea are shrinking. But is this just an error on their part by misinterpreting ice sheet data. There's already much debate amongst glaciologists I know.

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/875483-new-times-atlas-reveals-changes-to-earth#ixzz1Y1PS4G5a

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Revolver Maps

Revolver Maps

  A very cool display of hits to your website. I'll be adding it soon. You can even click on the globe and revolve it!

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Swinglet - The easy to use flying camera

Swinglet CAM - Sensefly - Aerial Photography

This is awesome!!! I really want one. How cool would it be to have one of these flying over our archaeological sites. Watch the video on the page to see how it works!

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ArcGIS for home use available for only $100 for a 12 month licence

ArcGIS for home use

ArcGIS for Home Use makes GIS available to everyone. This offer is ideal for individuals who want to expand their GIS skills. Anyone can participate in this program.

For a $100 annual fee, the ArcGIS for Home Use 12-month term license includes:

• ArcView
• ArcGIS 3D Analyst
• ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst
• ArcGIS Network Analyst
• ArcGIS Publisher
• ArcGIS Schematics
• ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
• ArcGIS Tracking Analyst

The ArcGIS for Home Use program is available worldwide. Customers in the United States can order it online. Customers outside the United States should contact their local distributor.

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Globally available 30m Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

Globally available 30m Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

The instructions for use are very simple and the resulting download can be opened in ArcGIS 

How to select a desired area; 

Step 1 :   Define the area of interest by specifying location name, selecting  or  , click and drag a rectangle or polygon  , or input coordinates by selecting  .

Step 2 :   Click Log In and sign on using your WIST/ECHO account.

Step 3 :   Click  , specify data name, projection, format and other output setting, then submit the request.

Step 4 :   Preview and download  the output data.

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