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Using GIS and LiDAR to Reduce Costs in Monroe County

Using GIS and LiDAR to Reduce Costs in Monroe County

In 2006, Monroe County flew a LiDAR elevation model for various utility or transportation improvement projects. Until a few years ago, most of this data was only available to the GIS group. The problem is, while ArcGIS can handle the size of the data, most of our consultants could not, […]

Apple Caught Using OpenStreetMap Data Without Attribution

Apple Caught Using OpenStreetMap Data Without Attribution

CARL FRANZEN MARCH 8, 2012, 4:15 PM Talking Points Memo One major new feature of the new iPad unveiled by Apple in San Francisco on Wednesday was a new version of the company’s photo editing software iPhotodeveloped specifically for iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system. Apple showed off how iPhoto for iOS can be used to […]

Open Source Mapping

Open Source Mapping

I have been playing around with open source mapping software and utilities. The reason I have been doing this is because I am not able to pay licensing fees in order to experiment with online mapping and because now I can. I can because these tools have become much easier […]