About | Contact | SUBMIT PRESS | Advertise | FAQ
Newsletters | Twitter |
HomeNewsArticlesExpertsDataJobsEDULBSEVENTSDIRBLOGSocial MediaNEW! GeoJobs
GISuser Spotlights | Spotlight | Link to GISuser | GIS Schools | Glossary | Geoblogs | Blog | Dir | Surveying | Contact Us | Blog Feeds | Videos | Post your Resume  
advertisement

HOT News


CycloMedia Launches Driving Dutchman Tour to Acquire Large-Scale Professional Images Throughout USA

Top Geo News
Put Your News here! 

Visual Intelligence Partners with Pix4D for Aerial Imaging Innovation
Rapidly Making Colorful Landsat-8 Imagery Composite with Free Advanced Image Stretching and Pan-sharpening Software from GeoSage - See more at: http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/30197/2/#sthash.36sxzlnJ.dpuf

Got news? Send to
submit press to GISuser

Social Connect




vimeostumble


GISuser Sponsor


GISuser Videos


See also SpatialVideos Youtube

Recent Site Additions
Webinars
GIS Job Opportunities
 

More at GeoJobs.BIZ!

Department Information System Analyst II (GIS Analyst)
2D/3D GIS Mapping Product Engineer
GIS Technician
Technical Advisor
Graphics Technician (GIS Technician)
Senior Survey Technician – Specialist
Senior GIS Analyst
Research Analyst in Geospatial Analytics
GIS Specialist III
Implementation Specialist
GISuser Sponsor

GISuser Sponsor


feed

AnyGeo - Anything Geospatial

↑ Grab this Headline Animator

GISuser Feed

Hot Job

hot gis tech job
GIS Analyst, Pasadena CA

Home     

HOT JOB
post a GIS job * JOBS * GIS Analyst, Pasadena CA / Graphics Technician, Vancouver BC 
See the new GeoJobs.BIZ
10 Cool Things About GeoCommons E-mail
Written by Glenn Letham (GISuser editor)   
13 June 2007
GeoCommons is chasing an ambitious goal -  to help create and support a community where people can easily explore, create, and share intelligent maps and geographic data. The community resource has been under the microscope recently and garnered some harsh criticism from the GIS developer community, however, there's no doubt about one thing... Geocommons is a very cool concept and is indeed sharing some way cool data and maps with their user base. Want to know (and see) the safest place to go to school? Are you worried about a tornadoe touching down in your area? No worries, you can find out at Geocommons. We're pleased to show our appreciation for the resource by offering up our list of 10 cool things about GeoCommons.

  1. Geocommons enables user to explore a huge open geodata repository with over 2 billion location attributes, 35,000 variables 
  2. The user community has access to more than 1,500 geodata sets on population, environment, health, education, crime, politics, traffic, employment and "everything in between"
  3. Users are able to create information-rich intelligent maps (het maps) using multiple layers of data
  4. Share your maps and data to tell stories, collaborate and influence - best of all you can upload and contribute your own data
  5. GeoCommons is built on the GeoIQ Web services platform, which enables developers to build intelligent maps into their Web sites and applications. 
  6. Access to the GeoCommons data repository is open and users can store and save their data using the "MyMaps" option
  7. A new easy way to create mashups and other applications by creating and exporting maps from your personal workspace. 
  8. Uploading an unlimited amount of your data to GeoCommons for high-speed rendering without the 100-point limitation.
  9. View cool mashups like Barack vs. Clinton - Show Me the Money! A map explaining where the Presidential Candidates Getting Their Money?
  10. stay informed about updates anc ool things via the blog at http://blog.fortiusone.com/. Informative updates touch on hot topics like mapping the spread of TB and mapping the immigration debate.

geocommons

Geocommons visitors are greeted with a cool "spotlight" map, a list of popular and cool maps and provided with tips on how/where to find interesting geographic data.

A map of TB hot spots around the world

http://www.geocommons.com/

Last Updated ( 14 June 2007 )
 
< Prev   Next >

Submit Your GIS/Geo News/PR

Featured Events

 List Your Event Here 

THE GISuser Newsletter

See Recent edition
newsletter

subscribe GISuser

We won't share your address!
Sponsor

Popular Stuff!
Features


NASA Continues 40-Year Legacy



GISuser Site Sponsor


Most Popular
GISuser HOT Spots!

Google Mashup Zone
GISuser WebMaps
Free Data Articles
Spotlights & Tips
GISuser Resumes
Data Links
10 Cool Things
The LBS Zone!

Partner Sites


lbszone.com


symbianone

geojobs Geo jobs

A Spatial Media LLC property




Spatial Media, LLC ©2003 - 2013 All rights reserved / Privacy Statement