Tag: Map

  • China’s Xinjiang Bans Classified Topography Map Trading

    As reported by China’s Xinhua, there is now a ban on topographic map trading, both online and offline, of classified topographic maps in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This is according to said northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region authorities in a joint notice according to local officials. ” topography map entitled “classified”, published during the Culture…

  • TerraGo Announces General Availability of TerraGo Composer

    TerraGo Announces General Availability of TerraGo Composer New release for creating GeoPDF-based map books adds dynamic update and editing capability ATLANTA, GA – August 20, 2009 – TerraGo Technologies®, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, announced today the general availability of its TerraGo Composer® version 5 software. The new solution gives organizations the…

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Quick Tips and Tricks: Image Edit and Frames

    More AutoCAD Civil 3D Surveying Help! I get more questions about AutoCAD Civil 3D than I do on any other subject. The complexity of the program coupled with the myriad of settings required to make it a useful piece of surveying and design software results in it being very tricky to set up and use.…

  • USGS Astrogeologists Contribute to “Moon in Google Earth”

    Astrogeologists at the U.S. Geological Survey here provided critical data sets used in the latest release of planetary exploration tools from Google, Inc.  The updated software enables users to explore the moon in high detail, including the Apollo 11 landing site. Google Inc. and NASA Ames Research Center consulted USGS scientists, cartographers, technicians, and programmers…

  • Swine Flu on Google Maps

    View H1N1 Swine Flu in a larger map H1N1 Swine flu in 2009 Pink markers are suspect Purple markers are confirmed or probable Deaths lack a dot in marker Yellow markers are negative Professional Land Surveyor Source: Google Maps In case you forgot how important and ingrained GIS has become or how important mapping can…

  • Price for USGS Topo Maps Rises

    The price of the popular USGS 1:24,000 scale topographic quadrangle map – often called a “topo” or a “quad” – will go up $2 per sheet to $8 beginning today March 16, 2009. Larger format (“poster”) maps will go up $3 per sheet to $10. These prices were last increased 7 years ago.

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