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The GISuser's Favorite Geospatial Things, Oct 11, 2007
Written by Glenn Letham
Sunday, 14 October 2007
In each edition of the GISuser Today newsletter we list some of Glenn's favorite things. The following appeared in the Oct 011, 2007 edition.
Suggested Application... Twitter I'm still trying to find a really good use for this, nonetheless, Twitter is viral and best of all, there's mobile clients too so you can tweet from anywhere! A tip.. for a cool mobile client search for Twibble.
Suggested Mashups... Google Ride Finder View taxi or shuttle locations from a number of cities. Links and phone numbers provided.
Suggested Free Data Resource... FREE USGS DRGs and more Golden Software, Inc. has upgraded Didger, its comprehensive software package that provides a single user interface for digitizing, geographic referencing, reprojection and coordinate conversion... users also get access to the TerraServer data library all for less than $400! Users can download and import georeferenced satellite imagery and topographic maps of the United States free of charge .
Suggested Blog... TerraGo Team Blog Stay informed about anything and everything related to autodesk DWF with this blog from Volker Joseph
See more threads and details about Glenn's AnyGeo Weblog HERE The Editor (Glenn) started the AnyGeo blog some time ago and the threads are now also mirrored here at GISuser.com - RSS feed is available to add to your favorite news reader.
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