Archive For November, 2011
Chances are, you’re not familiar with OpenStreetMap. The market saturation of Google Maps and Bing Maps is such that they’re the tools we turn to, sometimes without even thinking. Both these services have an incredibly beatiful and usable design aesthetic, which makes them easy to read. There’s no real reason why you’d need a third […]
One of the keys to good database planning is correctly anticipating what type of data each field will hold. If a field is expected to only hold integers, it is best to make it an integer field instead of a float or double field. Doing so will save space and time, and the database structure […]
Part of the GIS Day 2011 festivities at Texas A&M University included a student poster display in Evans Libary on the main campus. There were 29 posters covering a wide range of GIS topics from various classes and departments. All 29 posters contained a scalebar, a legend, and a North arrow. But only three contained […]
Happy GIS Day everyone! GIS Day (and Geography awareness week) has certainly gotten more popular over the past year. The first time I ever heard of it was last year, when a former professor mentioned it on Facebook. This year, it seems like everyone is celebrating. Universities are hosting student poster displays, and local governments […]
