vsbabu.org : gis http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/categories/gis/ Gluing passing thoughts to foregone conclusions en-us vsbabu@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2003-10-22T08:27:49+05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Easy geodata utilities http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2003/10/22/easy_geodata_utilities.html Cool little utilities make informative wallpapers and screensavers. 925@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ For Windows users:

  1. XEarth 1.0: [165k] Port of xearth wallpaper for X-Window. Displays a user customized view of earth, rotating in the background.
  2. MapMaker Sunclock: cool little utility that shows whole load of information about the earth; and is just about the most informative screensaver available.
]]> gis 2003-10-22T08:27:49+05:00 Babysteps into GIS http://vsbabu.org/mt/archives/2003/06/26/babysteps_into_gis.html Thinking about learning GIS. IMO, it is the best interface available for information searches. 820@http://vsbabu.org/mt/ Yesterday, I started looking into GIS. My current needs are simple. I simply need to show some data on a map - map of US would do just fine. The data can be very diverse, and is mostly available as simple matrices. For example, here is a sample I can think of:

  • Offices around the country. I guess these would show up as simply dots on a map. Office data is available with postal address.
  • People around the country. This might show up as a distribution over the map.
  • Status reports. ie., Is the network up/down/slow in some area? This might be very useful for travelling folks.

At the moment, I know nothing about GIS. But it is impressive, and intuitive.

]]> gis 2003-06-26T06:35:13+05:00