Forget Photoshop - Use free online Pixlr Editor

Pixlr Editor

      Pixlr is an online editor for graphics and photos and uses a very similar interface to Adobe Photoshop, with the benefit that it's free to use and works online. So if you're fed up of waiting for Photoshop to load up or are on a university computer which doesn't have Photoshop then use this.

      I have photoshop on my machines but I still choose to go online and use this instead.....Try it out!

Now all we need is an Illustrator version online!!

http://pixlr.com/editor/

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An excellent co-ordinate converter for Great Britain

Co-ordinate Converter for Great Britain

An excellent website for converting co-ordinates from various projections and datums.

http://www.fieldenmaps.info/cconv/cconv_gb.html

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List of FREE GIS Datasets

FREE GIS Datasets

     Robin Wilson, a PhD student working in Remote Sensing and GIS has produced a series of lists of free GIS datasets. All the data is free for academic and non-profit work whilst some is also available free to the commercial sector. Three major categories cover Physical Geography, Human Geography and Individual Country/Area Datasets.

http://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/

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Masters in GIS & Archaeology (MSc) to start at Edinburgh University

Masters in GIS & Archaeology (MSc) to start at Edinburgh University

     From September 2012 the University of Edinburgh will be launching a new masters programme - GIS & Archaeology. 

     "The GIS & Archaeology programme at Edinburgh is unique. It builds on our reputation as a centre of excellence in Geographical Information Science (GIS), with a pedigree in archaeological teaching and research which extends back into the 19th Century. It is designed to combine GIS and archaeology into a programme with a distinctive Scottish flavour, while being outward-looking and encompassing international perspectives."

     This is a masters I can thoroughly recommend, with a programme of courses that will be both challenging and rewarding. An understanding and firm technical grasp of the use of GIS in archaeology will set students up for the commercial workspace as well giving them a much needed edge over recent archaeology graduates at a time when employment can be hard to come by.

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New Background Maps in ArcGIS

Canvas Maps - Light Gray

  
   Esri has launched a series of new background 'canvas' maps. These can be loaded into the newer versions of ArcGIS and provide a less cluttered mapping option. Check out the link below to visit the ESRI Mapping Center and a discussion on the new features;

Esri Canvas Maps Part I: Author Beautiful Web Maps With Our New Artisan Basemap Sandwich

 

Canvas Maps - Light Gray 

 

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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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