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WordPress runs 14.7% of the top million websites in the world

By markgreninger, on August 31st, 2011

Everyone knows I love WordPress, but I didn’t know the scope of how many other people love it too It’s pretty amazing of what

From a recent post on the WordPress blog:

This has been an exciting year for WordPress. We’ve grown to power 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5%, and the latest data show 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the US are running WordPress.

See the rest of the article here: http://wordpress.org/news/2011/08/state-of-the-word/

Milky Way Transit Authority

By markgreninger, on August 29th, 2011

Michael Carson passed this link to the Milky Way Transit Authority along – it’s an interesting concept for maps ….

A snippet from the site:

Urban transit maps are wonderful tools: they are guides to traveling, they serve as mechanisms for distilling and abstracting a city down to a set of linkages and interconnections, and they are beautiful. The first ‘modern’ subway map is London’s Tube Map, designed by Harry Beck. Since then, many cities have based their transit system map designs on its spare and elegant layout, such as Boston, New York, and Amsterdam.

ESRI Capacity Planning and Benchmark Reference Guide for ArcGIS Server

By markgreninger, on August 24th, 2011

For anyone looking at installing ArcGIS Server and looking for a capacity planning guide, the attached documents are very good references. I still have a number of question (like how the benchmark map service draws maps in .46 seconds when at the end it seems to show more like one second, but these are questions we can all answer:

eGIS Committee Meeting Agenda for August 16th, 2011

By markgreninger, on August 15th, 2011

Please find the agenda for tomorrow’s eGIS Committee Meeting attached here: August – 20110816.eGIS meeting notice and Agenda (pdf file)

We’ll see some updates on GIS Day, as well as training from ISD and the new GIS Lab.

For the agenda

One item I will be discussing is the map template file that was connects to the eGIS Repository with the various layers updated to the newest data. The .mxd file below will connect to the eGIS Repository and draw a map very similar to the new StreetMap cache.

LACounty_StreetMap_eGIS (zipped ArcGIS 10 .mxd file) – Note that this map will only work for GIS users connected to the County network since it assumes connectivity to the County’s Enterprise Repository.

For fun

For a recent Board of Supervisors request I digitized historic Supervisorial District Boundaries from a pair of maps that were sent to me by the Registrar/Recorder.

Here are the maps. I rectified them so they will overlay in a GIS application.

Here is a slideshow of the changes in Hispanic Population and Supervisorial District Boundaries between 1970 and today: Hispanic Population and Supervisorial District Changes (1970 – 2011).pptx

Here is a video showing the same items: Hispanic Population and Supervisorial District Changes (1970 – 2011).

I’m still trying to get the embedded video working.

Mailifest Destiny – US expansion visualized as post offices

By markgreninger, on August 11th, 2011

Thanks to Joel Myhre for passing this along.

This is very cool: http://boingboing.net/2011/08/10/mailifest-destiny-u-s-expansion-visualized-by-post-offices.html

With the post office planning on shutting a lot of post offices down, I guess this will need to be updated.

Note – it says at the bottom that the video was created using “Processing.” Looks like an interesting too: http://processing.org/

What Patch Level is your ArcMap?

By markgreninger, on August 10th, 2011

I'm all patched up!

Hi there,

Thought I would pass this zipped executable along – it’s useful to find out your patch level, and can quickly let you know if you should install the latest patch.

I do recommend installing ArcGIS Desktop 10.0 Service Pack 2 at this time – it’s got a lot of changes from the initial launch. Geocoding, for one thing, has been sped up by a factor of 10.

To use this file, do the following:

Download this file: PatchFinder.zip (zipped .exe file)
Unzip it
Run the .exe file. A window will pop up showing your patch level.
If you need to get the newest patch, here is the link to the ESRI patch site: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/patches-and-service-packs?fa=listPatches&PID=160

Bored with your Windows 7 Desktop? Add some dynamic themes

By markgreninger, on August 10th, 2011

Download the Bing Aerial Theme

In case you’re bored with your Windows 7 Desktop, these are automatically updated (supposedly):

Bing Maps Aerial Imagery: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/bing-maps-aerial-imagery-theme

There are lots of other ones out there too!

GIS Courses at the College of Marin

By markgreninger, on August 3rd, 2011

I wanted to pass this information along:

If you or someone you know might be interested in learning GIS at College of Marin, just across the Golden Gate from San Francisco in marvelous Marin County, please see the attached flyers. And, if you’re already enrolled, please feel free to recruit a teammate to join us.

Classes begin Monday the 15th and you can register at www.marin.edu.

Flyers:

Survey on GIS skills and employment

By markgreninger, on August 1st, 2011

Michael Carson from Santa Monica passed this along. It’s quick, and I look forward to the results.

Call for input:

Are you currently employed in the field of GIS? Help contribute to this study about the state of GIS employment and the skills needed to succeed as a GIS professional. The survey will be open until the end of September with results published in October of 2011 on GIS Lounge.

To be notified when the results are posted, be sure to enter your email address at the end of the survey.

To participate please visit: GIS Skills and Employment Survey - http://gislounge.com/gis-skills-and-employment-survey-input-page/

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