Jennifer Carrell of the Illinois State Geological Survey has written a handy tool for creating cross sections in ArcMap 9.3. This program called Create Geologic Cross Sections–eXacto Section v. 2.0.
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» Read more: Create Geologic Cross Sections in ArcMap
Download for free the GPS Map of Indonesia file provided by navigasi.net. This GPS Map is mainly for User’s additional reference and 
should not be used as main map reference/source. It is possible that there will be position deviation or misinformation caused by this map .
User are allowed to use, copy, distribute this map free of charge given the condition that User has agreed with the terms and conditions stated above. Selling, modifying and/or repackaging this map into a different product from what has been provided is strictly prohibited without prior written notification to the owner of navigasi.net.
TatukGIS Free Coordinate Calculator is free application for Windows converts interactively the coordinates of a point between the coordinate systems. Version 2 has the same coordinate system support as the TatukGIS Developer Kernel (v.9) and TatukGIS desktop Editor (v.2) products, which means that nearly 3,000 pre-defined map coordinate are used worldwide (including all U.S. State Planes), with a simple selection from a drop down list. The settings for each of the U.S. State Planes can be found at: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/ManualNOSNGS5.pdf (refer to pages 63 – 72).
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These formulas are slightly modified from Army (1973). They are accurate to within less than a meter within a given grid zone. The original formulas include a now obsolete term that can be handled more simply – it merely converts radians to seconds of arc. That term is omitted here but discussed below.
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» Read more: Formulas For Converting Latitude and Longitude to UTM
Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop from Esri Press is a fundamental geographic information system (GIS) workbook that introduces the underlying principles of GIS within the context of a structured ArcGIS lesson plan. Originally published in 2001, this best-selling workbook has now been updated to ensure ArcGIS 10 compatibility.
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Key concepts are combined with detailed illustrations and step-by-step exercises to acquaint readers with the building blocks of ArcGIS Desktop including ArcMap, for displaying and querying maps, ArcCatalog, for organizing geographic data, and ModelBuilder, for diagramming and processing solutions to complex spatial analysis problems. Its broad scope, simple style, and practical orientation make this book an ideal classroom text and an excellent resource for those learning GIS on their own. A data CD for working through the exercises and a fully functioning 180-day trial DVD ArcGIS Desktop 10 software is included.
Recently Michelle Ballinger has put together a short tutorial “Blueprint for Creating an Open Source Web Map” using GeoServer which includes a section using Open Source GIS Quantum GIS & uDig. The blueprint uses the final project for Pennsylvania State University’s Geography 585 Open Source Web Mapping Class as an example.
OpenSeaMap is project to create some free nautical map and geographic data such as lights and buoys with contributions both from official public data (with no copyright) and passionated individuals. OpenSeaMap is part of OpenStreetMap and has created a cool online editing interface that allows anyone to spend his experiences and contribute to the map.
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ESRI’s Applications Prototype Lab published a new version of the free GeoTagger Add-In for ArcGIS Desktop 10. This Add-In allows the user to geotag any text directly from ArcMap. Simply drop and drop any text into the dialog and click the button to submit it MetaCarta’s public geotagging web service.
GeoTagger Add-In for ArcGIS Desktop 10 uses MetaCarta’s public geotagging web service to extract geographic references from text. The service supports English, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. This contribution includes full source code.
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Google has announced improvements to borders accuray in Google Maps and -will be coming very soon to- Google Earth for 60 countries and disputed borders are indicated as such. With these improvements, many borders will now more closely follow natural boundaries such as mountains and rivers.
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» Read more: Google Updates Borders Accuracy in Google Earth & Google Maps
Here is probably one of the first in-car GPS navigation systems in the world; designed in 1930′s. You may call this map guidance tool since this device had nothing to do with giving directions or geostationary satellites.
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Adobe has released a free plug-in that adds GPS data panel as coordinate metadata viewer for its Creative Suite 5 software applications including Photoshop CS5, Bridge CS5, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator and InDesign.
ESRI’s Applications Prototype Lab released a new version of the dynamic charting tool for ArcGIS Desktop 10. See previous version here.
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Esri has released a new free add-on ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap. Users of ESRI ArcGIS Desktop 10 can use ArcMap to edit OpenStreetMap directly.
If you want to bring google earth KML / KMZ data for your ride, this is how to convert the KML/KMZ file to a generic GPX file with useful tools to transfer waypoints, routes and tracks between KMZ/KML and GPX format for your GPS. GE2GPX is application to converts points from KMZ or KML to GPX format, then upload to your GPS using any software provided by your GPS’s manufacturer.
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Google LatLong Blog reports an imagery update for Google Earth and Google Maps; check to see if any of your favorite places has gotten an update! For Indonesia, Medan, Solo and Depok got new image!
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» Read more: July 2010 Image Update for Google Earth & Google Maps
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