mapz: a gis librarian

My thoughts and reminders as GIS Librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington. This blog is primarily a way for me to jot down my ideas and also to record notes from other blogs and feeds out there. Everyone is welcome to follow along if you like.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

ArcMap2GMap Fixes: Thanks for Feedback!

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After releasing ArcMap2GMap a couple of weeks ago, two persistent bugs have repeatedly been pointed out by users. I want to document these ...
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Texas Statewide Historical Maps & Positional Accuracy Pt. 2

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Continuation from Pt. 1 Our Geographic Accuracy Measurement Procedures - Overview We calculate 5 positional accuracy measurements for each g...
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Monday, September 08, 2008

Texas Statewide Historical Maps & Positional Accuracy Pt. 1

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We have been undertaking a project, called the Texas Time Machine (TTM), which requires us to georeference statewide historic maps of Texas....
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

GIS Librarian (-ish) Positions x2

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1. Geographic Information Systems Specialist (Bucknell University) "Bucknell University seeks to hire a Geographic Information Systems ...
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ArcMap to Google Map Polygons

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ArcMap2GMap: download + ( not yet tested for 9.3 ) Samples: + Presidential Election Data 2004 + Hodge Podge Sample of Stuff From My Compute...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

GIS-Related Dissertations/Theses Late 2007 & 2008

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As always, there are oodles of great GIS-related theses and dissertations out there. After taking a long and deep gander at the latest batc...
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Summer 08 Class Final Projects: Highlights

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Been working my fingers to the bone teaching 9 credits last Spring, 6 credits this Summer, and getting ready to teach 6 more this Fall ( nex...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Planning Upcoming Workshop: Predicting 2008 Local Voting Results

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One of the three GIS workshops we have planned for the Fall 2008 semester is entitled 'Predict 2008 Voting Patterns Across Neighborhoods...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Mapping Oak Cliff's Realities, Possibilities

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Dallas Morning News Article: Mapping Oak Cliff's Realities, Possibilities (08/16/08) This recent article spotlights student Charles Jac...
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Been a While...

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So, it has been a long, long while since my last post here. Why? Ah, oodles of reasons. Most of all, I just kicked a 9-month compulsive W...
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Father of two boys, married to an engineering student, work as a GIS librarian & adjunct professor, love sci-fi/fantasy (especially Gene Wolfe, Rudy Rucker, Jeff Noon, Frank Herbert), table tennis, and a follower of the specific carbohydrate diet since 11/2005; vegan since 07/2006; faltered in the first half of 2008 but am working hard to get back on track.
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