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| IMAGIN E-News - February, 2008 |
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| Michigan Snowmobile Trails Mapped Using GPS - The State of Michigan's Department of Natural Resources recently completed a project to map Michigan's numerous snowmobile trails. The resulting high quality maps display the routes of over 6,500 miles of groomed trails throughout the state. Read more about the project and access the maps before heading out on your snowmobiling adventure! |
| "Driving Detroit", The Detroit Free Press Drives Detroit's 2,100 Streets - The Detroit Free Press captured a dramatic snapshot of the City of Detroit in summer 2007. Numerous employees drove the city streets, mapped the condition of structures, and gained insights on the inner workings of Detroit's myriad neighborhoods. View the maps and the stories behind them by following this link: http://media.freep.com/drivingdetroit/stories.html. |
| Census Atlas of the United State Available Online - The first US Census Bureau map atlas in over 80 years was recently unveiled online for downloading. The atlas maps and charts the voluminous data sets found within the Census 2000 files and provide interpretive information on key statistics. Please read the press release or access the atlas and its various chapters. |
| IMAGIN Student Paper Competition Recently Held at Schoolcraft College in Livonia |
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The 2008 IMAGIN Poster & Paper Competition was a success this year with eight undergraduate posters on display and four graduate paper competitors. For the second year in a row, the competition, which took place on Thursday, January 24, was held at Schoolcraft College in Livonia Michigan.
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Congratulations to our Undergraduate Poster and Graduate Paper Competition Winners Erika Espeland and Maxwell Field, both of Central Michigan University. Erika's poster was entitled “3D Mapping for the Cloud Forest in Tropical Areas.” Maxwell Field presented his paper, “Common Loon Habitat Modeling in Northern Lower Michigan Using Binary Logistic Regression.”
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Please visit our Student Paper Competition section of the IMAGIN web site to read more about the competition, including photos and lists of posters and papers presented.
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We look forward to all of your papers and posters for next year's competition!
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| In the Spring 2008 edition of the imagiNEWS: Learn how open source web tools such as Feed2JS, customizable search engines, and Meebo make maintaining dynamic web content easier. |
| Also, look forward to a report from Antrim County on their recent GIS and related activities. |
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| This month's theme is "GIS and the “Mash-Up” Revolution: Integrating Geospatial Data with Google and Microsoft". |
| Microsoft Expands 3D Building Renderings to Several Michigan Cities - Expanding their offerings of 3D buildings for Virtual Earth, Microsoft recently added the cities of Flint, Lansing, Kalamazoo, and Ann Arbor. The building footprints include many of the multi-story buildings in the cities with near photo-realistic rendering using Pictometry's bird's-eye imagery. In order to view the buildings, you must first install Microsoft's free Virtual Earth software. Please visit VirtualEarth.com to view the new 3D buildings. |
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Related Story: Microsoft acquires 3D imagery and animation firm Caligari as part of their Virtual Earth group to enhance Virtual Earth's 3D capabilities. |
| 100 Google Mash-Ups - Looking for the
nearest Starbucks or avoiding a disease outbreak? If so, check out this wide-ranging list of Google mash-ups. For more information on the multitude of maps created using Google, please visit the
Google Maps Mania blog. |
| Bridge Tracker Application Details Bridge Structure Status Across the United States - Concerned about the structural integrity of the bridge you're about to drive across on the highway? Would you like to know that last time it was inspected and the results? If so, head over to MSNBC and check out their Bridge Tracker mash-up. Bridge Tracker allows users to enter a route and automatically display the bridges traversed on the route, their structural condition, and relevant inspection data. The dataset includes bridge data for the State of Michigan and the majority of the United States. |
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Upcoming E-News Themes - In addition to our
permanent 'GIS in Michigan' coverage, we include an additional theme for each
monthly issue. The theme will not limit the E-News articles to only
this theme, but rather it will provide an additional focus for some articles.
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The theme for the March 2008 issue of E-News is "GIS in Planning and Economic Development". |
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Send any ideas you have relating to the general 'GIS in Michigan' theme of the E-News
or the special theme for next month to enews@imagin.org.
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February 20-22, 2008: 2008 ESRI Federal User Conference (FedUC), Washington D.C.
February 25-27, 2008: 2008 Petroleum User Group (PUG) Conference, Houston, TX
February 25-28, 2008: URISA Integrating GIS/CAMA Technologies Conference, New Orleans, LA
March 7-9, 2008: 2008 ACSM/LSAW Conference, Spokane, WA
March 9-12, 2008: Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference (formerly GITA Annual Conference), Seattle, WA
March 9-12, 2008: Geospatial Dimensions of Emergency Response Symposium, Seattle, WA
April 07-10, 2008: URISA/NENA Addressing Conference, Portland, OR
April 15-19, 2008: Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Boston, MA
April 27-30, 2008: 2008 ESRI Business GIS Summit, Chicago, IL
April 27-May 2, 2008: ASPRS Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon
May 4-7, 2008: IMAGIN Conference, Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, MI
August 4-8, 2008: 2008 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA
For more events, see the IMAGIN Calendar of Events
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Description |
| Feb. 20, 2008 |
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Allied Information Solutions |
Traverse City |
Introduction to GPS |
| Feb. 21, 2008 |
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Allied Information Solutions |
Grand Rapids |
Introduction to GPS |
| Mar 3-5, 2008 |
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ESRI |
E. Lansing |
Data Management in the Multiuser Geodatabase |
| Mar. 5, 2008 |
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Allied Information Solutions |
Southfield |
Introduction to GPS |
| Mar 6-7, 2008 |
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ESRI |
E. Lansing |
ArcGIS Server Enterprise Configuration and Tuning for SQL Server |
| Mar 17-19, 2008 |
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ESRI |
E. Lansing |
Building Geodatabases |
| Mar 20-21, 2008 |
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ESRI |
E. Lansing |
Working with ArcGIS Network Analyst |
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RS&GIS |
E. Lansing |
Technical Workshops at RS&GIS - Introduction to ArcGIS |
| April 7-8, 2008 |
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ESRI |
Livonia |
Introduction to ArcGIS I |
| April 9, 2008 |
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RS&GIS |
E. Lansing |
Technical Workshops at RS&GIS - ArcGIS - Introduction to Geodatabases |
| April 9-11, 2008 |
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ESRI |
Livonia |
Introduction to ArcGIS II |
| April 10, 2008 |
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RS&GIS |
E. Lansing |
Technical Workshops at RS&GIS - Getting Your GIS Project off the Ground... |
| April 11, 2008 |
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RS&GIS |
E. Lansing |
Technical Workshops at RS&GIS - Integrating Orthoimagery and Raster Datasets into your GIS |
For links to Michigan GIS training facilities visit the IMAGIN training page.
To include your Michigan GIS training in this list, send the details to: enews@imagin.org
D = IMAGIN Members get a 10% discount on this training.
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| Manatron, Inc. - Manatron is a leading provider of enterprise-level, integrated property software systems and services for state and local government. With a rich history in property recording, tax assessment, billing and collection, Manatron has been at the forefront of innovative product and service development since 1969. Manatron's software and services currently provide our 1300+ customers with the power to manage over 30 million parcels. Most importantly, over the last 38 plus years, our software has helped government jurisdictions collect over one trillion dollars in revenue.
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For more information about Manatron, please visit their web site at http://www.manatron.com/.
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| Northwest Michigan Council of Governments - Founded in 1973, the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments (NWMCOG) facilitates and manages several programs for the ten counties in our region. These programs include Northwest Michigan Works, Workforce Development Board, Northwest Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center, TeamWork NorthWest, the Procurement Technical Assistance Center program, Northwest Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, KAL-TEC, Healthcare Regional Skills Alliance of Northwest Michigan, the Regional Planning Department and the Regional Repository for US Census data.
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For more information about The Northwest Michigan Council of Governments please see their web site at: http://www.nwm.org/.
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Each month, this section will highlight two of our supporting organizations.
If your organization would like to be in the spotlight, please
contact IMAGIN headquarters
about becoming a supporting organization.
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Map Michigan - Map Michigan, maintained by the State of Michigan's Center for Geographic Information, is a comprehensive mapping application covering all of Michigan. Visitors to the site can plan routes and find locations throughout the state, including common points of interest such as boat launches, waterfalls, and schools. The site also allows users to save previously viewed maps if required. Data available in the application include streets, aerial photography, topography, elevation, and land cover. |
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Editors:
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Matt Malone, GIS Coordinator, City of Farmington Hills. |
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Derek Moy, Outreach Specialist, MSU Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Science Research and Outreach Services. |
Publication Date: February 08, 2008
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