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The coolest clock ever

By markgreninger, on November 7th, 2011

It's 14:00 Google Earth Time

Thanks Joel for passing along!

http://googleearthclock.cwandt.com/

ps you gotta have the GoogleEarth plugin for Firefox, Chrome
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Making your topo maps more interesting …

By markgreninger, on November 7th, 2011

Before

For our County cartographers who want to get technical – this article at the ESRI Support Blog immediately caught my attention in terms of better visualization of our data.  It has very detailed instructions which is always good:

http://blogs.esri.com/Support/blogs/supportcenter/archive/2011/11/04/if-only-this-topo-map-was-more-interesting.aspx

 

Take a look and have fun!

After

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Diamond Bar residents to vote on ZIP code change

By markgreninger, on November 7th, 2011

ZIP codes are a rather important layer to maintain.  LA County has developed a parcel specific ZIP code layer that can be accessed here: http://egis3.lacounty.gov/dataportal/index.php/2011/01/24/zip-codes-with-parcel-specific-boundaries/
With the recent changes to our supervisorial district boundaries, GIS is being leveraged to update a ZIP code to Supervisorial District Boundary correlation table.  It’s turning out to be quite a job for the Registrar/Recorder since ZIP codes are not maintained geographically by the US Postal Service, but we do our best.

And here comes another wrinkle … :)

Continue reading Diamond Bar residents to vote on ZIP code change

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Public Works Releases iPhone App

By R, on November 7th, 2011

The LA County Public Works Dept. has released an iPhone App.  Here is the link:  http://www.dpw.lacounty.gov/theworks/.

Some features are listed below:

  • Request pothole repairs, graffiti removal and street sweeping
  • Report incidents of alleged illegal dumping and property violations
  • Attach optional photos to help us identify the problem
  • View and track reports or requests using the status tab
  • Keep up-to-date with Public Works’ latest news on road closures and upcoming events
  • Using your GPS, locate the nearest Public Works office, library, water company, utility provider, local transit services and more
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