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Top 5 Location Technology Videos for Fall 2012

Did you miss these videos? 

Editor in chief Joe Francica selects the five best from the fall 2012.

See what’s new in ArcGIS 10.1 SP1 for Server

ESRI recently released Service Pack 1 of ArcGIS 10.1 for Server, and we encourage server administrators to upgrade their instances to this release as soon as possible. You can watch this video to see benefits and features in the service pack. You can also read about the updates in the online help

Enjoy,

The ArcGIS for Server development team

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Esri Updates Terms of Use on (Free) Personal

 Accounts for ArcGIS Online

 Notice: ESRI Terms of Use Update

What's changing?

We are changing the name from ArcGIS Online Personal Account to ArcGIS Online Public Account. The ArcGIS Online Public Account will continue to be available at no cost and, as such, is licensed for personal, noncommercial use only.

 

Under the updated Terms of Use, ArcGIS Online Public Account holders can:

• no longer share items privately or create private groups
• continue creating public groups and sharing items publicly, or keep all items private for their own viewing
• keep private groups and private items if a personal account was created before November 30

(Note: We will not make any existing private groups and associated items public.)

 

If you want to continue to create private groups so you can share items privately, you can purchase an annual ArcGIS Online subscription, which also gives you access to all ArcGIS Online features and services.

So, in short:

• a name change to the account type to Public Account 
• no private items or private groups from here on
• existing private items and groups will stay that way if created before November 30

Why?

• The name change of the account to Public Account makes it clear all new additions are public or for the account owner's use. 
• The private groups and items are now only available in the subscription version of ArcGIS Online. Esri is tweaking the "free" part of the "freemium" part of the service. 
• Esri is respecting its users by not turning items and groups that were private to public. 

Thanksgiving

A time for you to give thanks for your many blessings; Family, Friends, Freedom, Health, Food, Home, and everything we take for granted every day. have a safe and enjoyable holiday everyone!

Aerial Imagery Mission Provides Unique View of Sandy Damage

Aerial Imagery Mission Provides Unique View of Sandy Damage

Biannual Regional Meeting

Please join us at the next Regional GIS Meeting hosted by NCTCOG and the City of Denton.  This biannual meeting is a free professional development opportunity showcasing presentations by fellow GIS professionals around the region.  

November 13, 2012  8:30am to 4:30

Best Western Premier Crown Chase

Inn & Suites

2450 Brinker Rd. Denton, Tx

Afterwards

GIS Social

Hosted by SCAUG

  Come hobnob with your peers after the meeting and enjoy free pool and other goodies. 

 Dusty's Bar & Grill

119 S. Elm Street

Denton, Tx 

Register

SCAUG Growth

Good Friday Afternoon,
     Well, There are a lot of GIS activities going on in the region despite summer slowing down & school starting up. Several of you have probably noticed a flood of emails reminding everyone to sign up for training & workshops along with the 15th Anniversary OKSCAUG conference coming up the 24th - 27th of September. The conference is proving to be a huge success so far with attendees coming in from 9 states & total attendance expected to be between 275 & 300.

     There are also several other opportunities on the horizon regarding local training & SCAUG assisting various GIS functions in the region. If you know of any event or have a suggestion for one please let us know. Have an idea for a training class you would like in your specific area? Think you can pull a few people together to get the class started? That is exactly what we are looking for. With that need identified we can work with you from there to make it a reality.

     From training classes to conferences, sister organizations events to ESRI rollouts,  help make SCAUG the one stop shop for all your GIS resources & needs in the area.

     To give you a quick sampling of some of the events we are currently working on please go to the events tab listed on the SCAUG website. SCAUG EVENTS

15th Annual OKSCAUG Conference

GIS DAY 2012 - McAllen, TX

Enhanced Field Asset Data Collection & Utilization Practices in the Oil & Gas Industry

OSLS Seminar - Elevations with GPS

ArcGIS Basics I

ArcGIS Basics II

 

GeoTech Professionals Ramping up for 2012 ESRIUC - Well, once again another International Esri User Conference is just around the corner. As usual, we'd like to share with you some of the lastest ESRIUC related news, announcements, tips, event info, and other important updates. Over the next week we'll update you with: special ESRIUC news and features; updates from the blogosphere. Please note, you can stay informed about the ESRIUC news updates with announcements from GISuser and our sponsors HERE on our ESRIUC homepage. 

Heading to San Diego next week?
Check out our lineup of ArcGIS 10.1 training at the Esri UC Hands-On Learning Lab.

Jack Dangermond Answers Questions about Esri and GIS

I'm pleased to share with you a series of questions to and answers from Esri on a variety of topics. Many of these topics were raised by those of you who participated in our preconference survey last month. We greatly appreciate the time and thought you put into your survey responses. We read them very carefully, and they help us with our conference and product planning.

We also use this opportunity to share the status of our efforts in software development, products, education, and support; future plans in these areas; and thoughts on GIS and the industry as a whole.

Our purpose for sharing this information is to help you prepare for the Esri International User Conference and, ultimately, to help you be successful in your use of GIS. I hope you gain value from this information. Please feel free to share it with your colleagues.

I look forward to seeing you in San Diego.

Warm regards,

Jack Dangermond 

SCAUG Mixer at ESRI UC

Come join us at the SCAUG Mixer on Tuesday, July 24th at 5:30pm to 7pm in SDCC rm 6F.  We will start off with a few announcements and vendor giveaways, and then enjoy good conversation over a cold beer!
See you in San Diego!

The NEEA (National Enhanced Elevation Assessment) webpage with its associated fact sheets are now live at http://nationalmap.gov/3DEP/neea.html

The National Enhanced Elevation Assessment was conducted to (1) document national-level requirements for improved elevation data, (2) estimate the benefits and costs of meeting those requirements, and (3) evaluate multiple national-level program-implementation scenarios. While at the site check out the NEEA Final Report; it's well written and contain lots of great information!

Also, you may not have heard of 3DEP yet. Well the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) initiative is in response to a growing need for high-quality topographic data and a wide range of other three-dimensional representations of the Nation’s natural and constructed features. Read all about it at the link above!

Check out Esri’s new U.S. Wildfires Map here:


http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/wildlandfire/latest-news-map.html

TomTom Offers Free Daily Map Changes on All Devices


CONCORD, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 28, 2012 — Starting today, TomTom is enabling all of its 60 million portable navigation devices to receive free daily map changes via the TomTom Map Share community. Map Share enables drivers to keep their maps up-to-date by making immediate changes on their device and to receive similar updates from the Map Share community around the world. Map Share was previously only available on a limited number of TomTom devices.

Map Share technology enables drivers to keep the TomTom map on their device up-to-date with immediate changes in their area. Dynamic road changes, such as changed speed limits, new street names, blocked roads and new traffic directions can be updated directly on the device. Drivers then have the choice to share those road changes with TomTom and the broader Map Share community. All TomTom customers can now download daily Map Share changes for free.

“Roads change all the time. Overnight, roads can close or traffic can be diverted, having a big impact on people’s journey times,” says Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director from TomTom. “With Map Share, drivers can update their own map themselves right away. Plus, we have an active community of drivers who share around 250,000 road changes with TomTom and each other every month. We are pleased to expand our community, because the more people who use Map Share the greater the navigation experience for all our customers.”

Map Share enables people to quickly and easily report and share the most frequent road changes. More structural, long-term changes such as the addition of roads or roundabouts are validated and updated within TomTom’s maps and made available on a quarterly basis. TomTom applies a hybrid approach to map-making that includes the combination of authoritative sources, such as field collection, government data or satellite imagery, with community input to ensure its maps accurately reflect reality.

Availability

Map Share is already available for many TomTom customers. Starting today, all TomTom Start, VIA and GO customers will be able to receive free daily map changes form the TomTom Map Share Community via a simple, free software update.

A video providing an overview of TomTom’s Map Share can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6O23csHkMk.

Notes for editors

Daily map changes include the more dynamic, frequent changes that drivers are likely to encounter such as:

•Changed speed limits
•New street names
•Blocked roads
•New traffic directions
•Altered turn restrictions

Drivers have control over which daily map changes they load onto their device. They can choose to accept changes submitted by some or many other Map Share users, or only those verified by TomTom.

Quarterly map updates are still be available for all TomTom devices, either for a fee or free with devices eligible for lifetime map updates.

About TomTom

Founded in 1991, TomTom (AEX:TOM2) is the world’s leading supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services focused on providing all drivers with the world’s best navigation experience. Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has over 3,500 employees and sells its products in over 40 countries. Our products include portable navigation devices, in-dash infotainment systems, fleet management solutions, maps and real-time services, including the award winning TomTom HD Traffic.

For the world’s most up-to-date route planner, including live traffic information go to www.tomtom.com/livetraffic.

For further information, please visit www.tomtom.com.
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Contact:

TomTom

Lea Armstrong, 978-405-1840 

165TB of New Imagery Added to Bing Maps


Bing Maps Blog 6/25/2012 9:00 AM

Comments (3)

Today we’re thrilled to announce the publication of our largest satellite release to date. In fact, this release is larger than all of our past Aerial releases combined!



The latest Aerial release includes new Satellite imagery as well as Global Ortho photography. Both releases total 165 terabytes of new data live on Bing Maps. Prior to this, our existing Aerial footprint was 129 terabytes total.



AERIAL: HIGH-RESOLUTION NADIR OR "STRAIGHT DOWN" ORTHOPHOTOS TAKEN BY AIRCRAFT OR SATELLITE



SATELLITE



Total coverage of new satellite imagery currently live on Bing Maps! Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage.



This release features imagery over North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia. The total area covered in this data release is nearly 38 million square kilometers.



Oropeza Mountains

Chuquisaca, Bolivia

Durrat Al Bahrain

Kingdom of Bahrain









Hagia Sophia

Istanbul, Turkey

Tongass National Forest

Glacier Bay N.P. and Preserve, Alaska









Samples of New Satellite Imagery from Around the World!



Mountains near Aganzhen

Lanzhou, China







Burj Khalifa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates







Fortaleza de Santa Cruz

Jurujuba, Brazil







Moroccan Mountains

Assa, Morocco







Sarychevo Peak Volcano

Sarychevo, Russia







ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Taipei, Taiwan

Santiago, Chile

Mexico City, Mexico

St. Petersburg, Russia

Giza, Egypt

Jaipur, India

Namib Desert, Namibia





GLOBAL ORTHO



Shaded areas indicate 30cm Aerial imagery; yellow coverage highlights the May, 2012 release.

Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage. To view the June Global Ortho release in the World Tour App, click on the "Select Releases" tab and choose the "Aerial - GlobalOrtho Jun. 2012 release.



As of today the Global Ortho project is 85% acquired and published. Just this month, Bing Imagery Technologies hit a significant milestone by completing 100% of aerial photography over the United States. The photography in Europe is slated to be finished by this fall and all updated imagery should be published by the end of 2012.



Tiger Ridge Lake

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Fields near San Agustin

Andalusia, Spain









Parque Natural Posets-Maladeta

Aragón, Spain

Fields of Toledo

Castile-La Mancha, Spain









Extraterrestrial Highway

Nye County, Nevada

Fields near Maldà

Catalonia, Spain









The Aerial Global Ortho release of June, 2012 is a total of 160 Areas of Interest (AOI), and spans 1.03 million square kilometers. To date, Bing Maps has a total of 1,266 AOIs that stretch across 9.54 million square kilometers!



Space Park Promenade

Bremen, Germany

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Faro, Portugal









Schloss Moritzburg

Moritzburg, Germany

Mendenhall Glacier

Juneau, Alaska

SCAUG Mixer in San Diego

If you are attending the Esri User Conference in San Diego this summer, plan to join us at the SCAUG Mixer on Tuesday, July 24th at 5:30pm to 7:00pm.  The event will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in room 6F.  Always a good time, and an opportunity to meet the new and catch up with the old.

What is SCAUG?

What is SCAUG?

Is it an organization that hosts conferences?
Is it an organization that hosts User Group Meetings?
Is it an organization that hosts training?
It definitely is all that but it is a lot more than that if you show us what you need...

It is an organization created out of necessity. The need for there to be a cohesive group of GIS professionals in the region. That necessity was noticed 22+ years ago & is more applicable today than it was in its inception. As time & technology change who is better suited to steer the direction of SCAUG than the members? SCAUG can & does bring training, presentations, technical sessions, & resources to areas across our region. But... only if we know what you need. If we can see the need then we can work towards filling it.  We are currently hosting several ArcGIS Basics I & II classes in Oklahoma which are always full. SCAUG is having Sub-chapters hosted events around the region. OKSCAUG is hosting its 15th annual conference this year. With all this growth we need your input.

Click here for a current listing of events within the SCAUG region
http://www.scaug.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1175551

And...

Click here to submit suggestions for more events or functionality you would like to see from SCAUG.
scaug@scaug.org

We hope to see you at an event in the future or better yet hear a suggestion for another resource we can provide across the region.

Later,
CEB III

15th Annual OKSCAUG Conference Registration Now Open!

The OKSCAUG chapter of SCAUG has been alive and growing for over 15 years. Take this opportunity to help us build OUR 15th conference together. This year the focus is on GIS in Public Safety.  We are in the process of  acquiring presentations, calling for posters, and determining which ESRI technical sessions will be offered based on the user input we receive. Here is your chance to custom build your conference to suit your needs. We will try and accommodate as many as possible so don't hesitate to ask for conference content. Please take a moment to look at the training & workshops that we are offering as well. We try our best to bring relevant economically feasible training to our local users so take advantage of this offer.

Register at www.scaug.org

New Twitter Feed

We are starting a Twitter Feed!!! Click the link below to follow us on twitter!!

Find out why I love Twitter. Instant updates about news, sports, entertainment. And you. Join me on Twitter » SCAUG @scaug_gis

Busy time of year...

Good Friday Afternoon,
Well we are a little over one week away from the 22nd Annual Regional SCAUG Conference in McAllen, TX. There have already been countless hours of time and effort put into this conference before the first attendee arrives. We hope you take time at some point in this conference to stop for a moment & appreciate the opportunity you have both personally & professionally to attend this event. Use your time wisely & go home from the event richer & more professionally equipped to do your job than ever.

On a local note, OKSCAUG hosted a booth this Wednesday ( March 14, 2012) at GIS day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. We are fortunate to have several excellent professionals on the OKSCAUG Committee. This resource allowed the booth to be attended constantly even though everyone working the SCAUG booth had their own booths to attend as well. It is a very committed & talented group that I am blessed to be associated with.


At the SCAUG booth we had over 160 contacts sign up for the free Kindle Touch give away. Troy Messer from McCloud, OK was the winner at the drawing held that day. OKSCAUG hosted bottled water & various give away items through the day. All in all it was a very productive day with many old faces & several new ones signing up as SCAUG contacts.



Have a good weekend & I hope to see you in McAllen. Be careful if you are traveling on Spring break:)
CEB III

Ethics Workshop for Geospatial Professionals

Tarrant County College and the University of Texas at Dallas are partnering to host a free half-day workshop for GIS professionals. This workshop will explore ethics in the geospatial and mapping field and will help you to better understand what ethical dilemmas you may face, and how to analyze and solve them.
The workshop will begin with discussions on what principles should be guiding your decisions, various approaches to defining ethics, and what role the various certification agencies play in promoting these guidelines. Next, real-world scenarios that may raise an ethical dilemma will be presented and through open discussion resolutions will be developed.
Attendees should come away with a better understanding of the meaning and practice of professional ethics, how this affects your day to day operations, and how to resolve ethical dilemmas that may present themselves.
Hosts:
Dr. Stuart B. Murchison, Ph.D., C.P., GISP
David W. Allen, GISP

Friday, March 9th
8:30 am to Noon
The Energy Auditorium at TCC’s Trinity River campus
300 Trinity Campus Circle, Ft. Worth

RSVP to David.Allen@my.tccd.edu to receive a parking pass

Mobile and the New GIS Revolution - The GIS industry and Web maps are on the verge of a revolution. Mobile is that revolution. Strong statements, but tracing the history; GIS applications first migrated from the desktop to the Web.nomenclature can be a time-consuming task. ESRI moved from ArcInfo, to ArcIMS and ArcGIS. On the Web Google introduced slippy maps and gobs of free data.

Upcoming SCAUG Events

Good Snowy Monday Morning from Oklahoma,

Hopefully everyone is enjoying a warm day in the office while watching the snow fall outside. Here is a quick update of the upcoming events around the SCAUG region that you might want to participate in.

OKSCAUG Public Safety User Group Meeting at Edmond, OK - February 15, 2012
111 have currently signed up with several still planning on signing up.
Please take a moment to view the event & sign up if you can.
http://www.scaug.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1175551&eventId=404949&EventViewMode=EventDetails

Oklahoma GIS Day at the State Capitol / OKC, OK - March 14, 2012
2 floors of exhibits showcasing public, private, educational & various aspects of GIS throughout the state of Oklahoma. SCAUG will have a booth offering water & pop. Come by and see us.
http://okmaps.onenet.net/GIS_day.htm

22nd Annual Regional SCAUG Conference In McAllen, TX - March 26-30, 2012
Come see the resources McAllen, TX has to offer. Training seats are still available for several classes.
Register now online at : http://www.scaug.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1175551&eventId=380300&EventViewMode=EventDetails

I hope you have a good week,
Shellie

Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you have a wonderful 2012 year!


The first OKSCAUG User Group meeting of 2012 will be held on Wednesday, February 15, from 8:30 am until 11:30 am at the Edmond Fire Training Center in Edmond, OK. The theme of the meeting will be Public Safety and GIS.


The 12th Annual ILMF (International LiDAR Mapping Forum) was held in Denver, CO. Monday January 23 through Wednesday January 25th. The International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) is the premier event for the LiDAR industry attracting professionals from all over the world. Expectations were for approximately 600 plus delegates from 30 countries to be in attendance. The Denver venue alternates with New Orleans as the home of the ILMF (http://www.lidarmap.org). The latest in the rapidly growing industry of LiDAR technology, its’ applications, and associated issues and their impacts are well represented at ILMF. One of many items of note was a presentation in the Basics to LIDAR Workshop Series entitled ArcGIS 10.1 by Peter Becker & Clayton Crawford (Esri) that provided an overview of significant new capabilities in ArcGIS 10.1 (Beta) for handling large collections of LiDAR data including the management, modification, and access to a wide range of applications. The ILMF is a great conference to attend if you want to stay on top of the latest technology, issues, applications, etc. involving LiDAR data.

Call for Presentations

2012 SCAUG Conference
Please send abstract & title by February 10, 2012 to Betsi Chatham
Title of Presentation
Abstract (300 words or less)
Name(s) of authors/presenters
Company/Organization Name(s)
Specify 30-minute or 60-minute time slot (includes Q&A)
Registration is required for Presenters

Did you get a new phone or Tablet for Christmas?

There is a new free training video on the esri website that you can watch, it's all about doing GIS on your smartphones and tablets!! Just click on the title above to sign up. The training inclues information on:

- accessing a GIS map from a mobile device
- locating map features that meet specific criteria
- measuring map features and getting information about the features
- how to draw new features on the map
- updating information associated with map features
- sharing maps via e-mail or to social networking sites

They also talk about finding maps on ArcGIS Online and how to create and share your own web maps on ArcGIS.com.