tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63945336546584111892012-02-15T23:23:19.393-08:00Flatland GIS.Brian Parrnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394533654658411189.post-70904089436265551132008-02-14T19:44:00.001-08:002008-02-14T19:45:27.597-08:00Poking around today and found this...<br /><br /><a href="http://kcresearch.org/cdm4/GIS.php">http://kcresearch.org/cdm4/GIS.php</a><br /><br />A fairly decent listing of GIS sources in the greater KC region.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394533654658411189-7090408943626555113?l=kcgis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Parrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394533654658411189.post-5343485209380723972008-02-13T04:16:00.000-08:002008-02-15T07:04:05.140-08:00Google Maps is now sporting street view imagery for much of the Kansas City region.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167221903625067810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kh3oxblKnE4/R7Wo8bkwnSI/AAAAAAAAAAk/jhLL_c2erdg/s320/unionstation.bmp" border="0" /><br />Building outlines and models, oblique imagery, better and better streets data, 3d views, and more and more tools to interact with the data...all avaible at the touch of a button.<br /><br />I'm beginning to think (beginning, becuase I'm behind the curve) that the role of many GIS Managers is going to change from implementing in-house systems to figuring out ways to get their orginization's data into the cloud so it's avaible through mainstream mapping applications like google maps and virtual earth...<br /><br />Beware of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE">red cloud</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394533654658411189-534348520938072397?l=kcgis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Parrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394533654658411189.post-41245779397166304902008-01-04T06:09:00.001-08:002008-01-04T06:12:07.998-08:00An <a href="http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5b347%5d=x-347-559597">interesting map </a>of the 2007 International Privacy Rankings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394533654658411189-4124577939716630490?l=kcgis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Parrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394533654658411189.post-72793652798994993272008-01-01T05:29:00.001-08:002008-01-01T06:03:09.501-08:00Looks like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">KCMO</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">KCK</span> are now covered within the latest round of <a href="http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!10205.entry">imagery updates </a>for MS Virtual Earth. View in 2d or 3d. Looks great.<br /><br />15 cm color, free for viewing...not bad. The post is dated Dec. 20, I'm not yet sure what the exact flight date is.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150506529038387474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kh3oxblKnE4/R3pGZkypyRI/AAAAAAAAAAc/PgMwsIOsSBs/s320/kc_ve_images.JPG" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394533654658411189-7279365279899499327?l=kcgis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Parrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394533654658411189.post-11224350831493280712007-12-28T07:26:00.000-08:002007-12-28T07:27:43.053-08:00Apparently, <a href="http://www.geotg.com/planning/officelocations.html">Geographic Techologies Group </a>has opened an office in Liberty.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394533654658411189-1122435083149328071?l=kcgis.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brian Parrnoreply@blogger.com0