Have you solved a thorny problem, worked on an outstanding project, or just have some great GIS news? Share it with the Indiana GIS community at the Indiana GIS Conference May 8-9, 2012!

Presenters receive discounted conference rates, GISP points, and the glowing admiration of their peers! Submissions are due by January 12, 2012.

Visit www.igic.org/conference for more information.

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In the labs, with the default settings, most tools are simply glacial – 10 minutes to import a pair of small shapefiles into an empty geodatabase. When the workspace and scratch space locations are changed from the default ( which is set to be users home ITAP network drive, my documents folder) to a geodatabase on a local or flashdrive; we see an improvement of an order of magnitude. So the students need to open environment settings at the top level of ArcToolbox and change their scratch and work space to something local, then save their map so it will remember. Sadly this does not reset the default, which will remain a network drive. So if they open a new, blank map it will always need this action to be performed. This is good practice anywhere and always offers good management benefits to get the students to be cognizant of the place their data is get stored; but it seems to be absolutely required in the ITAP installs.

– thanks to Larry for his intrepidness

Registration: Visit http://www.igic.org/products/?view=sub_product&sid=522 Note: Registration is not required. Those who do register will receive additional GIS information from the Indiana Geographic Information Office Attendance to this presentation is FREE with your paid admission to the State Fair (Admission is $8).

Map Normandy Barn location: http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=39.83137623018104~-86.13075455778303&lvl=17&dir=0&sty=h&cid=D177B9830ACF885C!167

The Indiana Geographic Information Council (IGIC) cordially invites you to attend this special presentation highlighting Geographic Information System (GIS) initiatives for Indiana. If you are interested in seeing how our growing geographic information infrastructure and technology is helping make Indiana a leader in precision farming, alternative energy, economic development, homeland security; and helping manage Indiana’s infrastructure, environment and natural resource; then you need to attend this informative and FREE presentation. Come hear Jim Sparks, State of Indiana Geographic Information Officer, Phil Worrall, IGIC Executive Director, and others discuss and demonstrate some of the latest high-tech GIS data and technology advances in the State of Indiana. Presentation topics include: -Introduction to IGIC and GIS for Indiana: What is IGIC, what we do, and how does GIS in Indiana work?

-Demonstrations of Indiana’s NEW Statewide GIS Data Programs including Orthophotography, LiDAR, County Government Data Sharing Initiative, Broadband Mapping, and Local-Resolution National Hydrography Data Development

-Preview of other NEW GIS initiatives across Indiana.

-Preview of the NEW IndianaMap Viewer, the Hamilton County Height Modernization Pilot Program, and More! add

ArcGIS Engine Runtime is a redistributable runtime executable that enables the use of all ArcGIS Engine applications.

ISO

ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit is a collection of embeddable GIS components and developer resources that can be used to extend ArcGIS or build your own applications. Developers use ArcGIS Engine to deploy GIS data, maps, and geoprocessing scripts in desktop or mobile applications using application programming interfaces (APIs) for .NET, Java, and C++.

ISO

Users of Single Use products will need to request new authorizations, being sure to include a list of the extensions you are using/want to use.

Response to the email to PurdueGIS-L was less than “middling,” even, and therefore GIS Day at Purdue is being quietly pushed out to sea. Thanks to all who have sponsored and/or contributed to the event over the years, and we still hope to work toward cohering the Purdue geospatial community around some other effort.

• provide a venue for exchange of information among leading researchers about what data are currently available (or attainable in the near term) and which pressing research and policy questions can be addressed with the data flowing out of this type of global spatial data base infrastructure,
• discuss issues of institutional design and the long-run sustainability of a shared, global, spatial database architecture, and
• define the broad technical and operational details of the GEOSHARE project, a pilot that will build cutting-edge cyberinfrastructure to share data, collaborate on new community-orchestrated datasets, and ultimately salient policy-driving scientific research

Potential node leaders met separately with the Purdue team on day two to discuss specific e-science and system design issues, but the more general sessions from day one are still public and streamable here.

Postdoctoral Researcher – Global CO2 emissions research

A postdoctoral position within the Vulcan Project focused on the construction of a global, high resolution greenhouse gas emissions data product is available in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. The Vulcan projects is a cutting-edge effort aimed at high resolution quantification and understanding of fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions from the global to the individual building level. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of a high resolution fossil fuel CO2 emissions data product at the global scale availing of bottom up datasets, remote sensing data products, and model algorithms. This effort will combine a wide array of knowledge and skills including energy consumption statistics, remote sensing, geospatial statistics, data assimilation techniques, and energy systems modeling. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the research, a highly self-directed, creative and self-motivated individual is sought. The appointment will be made initially for the period of 6/1/10 through 5/31/12 with possibility of extension for additional years. Start date, however, is flexible.

Candidates must have received a PhD in the geosciences or a field related to position (eg. Ecology, Remote Sensing, Civil engineering) from an accredited college or university.

Necessary skills: geospatial statistics, remote sensing applications (Nightlights, LandSat), programming abilities (eg. Java, C++, fortran). Desired skills: data assimilation experience, experience with GIS software and analysis, background in carbon cycle science, carbon accounting, energy accounting. The applicant will be expected to publish peer-reviewed journal articles and effectively communicate with a wide range of scientists, planners, city managers, and policymakers.

Applicants should send a cover letter describing their research experience and interests, a curriculum vita, and have three reference letters sent to (email or surface mail):

Prof. Kevin Gurney, School of Life Science, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ, 85287-4501. krgurney@email.asu.edu (email preferred).

A background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

************************************************************** Kevin Robert Gurney, MS, MPP, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Life Sciences

Arizona State University PO Box 874501 Tempe, AZ 85287-4501

Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University

voice: (480) 965-4556 email: kevin.gurney@asu.edu KRG web: www.purdue.edu/eas/carbon Transcom web: transcom.project.asu.edu Hestia web: hestia.project.asu.edu Vulcan web: www.purdue.edu/eas/carbon/vulcan **************************************************************

Using New Census Data: A GIS-Centric Webinar Wednesday, May 25th, 2:00-3:00pm EDT WEBINAR IGIC Members: FREE Nonmembers: $20

ACS, 2010 redistricting data – what to use and when? The ACS (American Community Survey) just released 5-year estimates that provide us with detailed demographics down to the block group level. The 2010 redistricting data provides population by race and ethnicity and is used (almost solely) for drawing new legislative and congressional district boundaries. Carol Rogers, Governor’s Census Liaison and State Data Center Lead Partner at the IBRC (Indiana University) will reveal all to us about the statistical data and the mapping files that will be so critical to their use.

Register at: www.igic.org/training/seminars.html

Register now | 11 AM (GMT-4)

[http://hosting.fyleio.com/85/public/ERDAS_IMAGINE.jpg]ERDAS IMAGINE®, the world’s leading geospatial data authoring system, incorporates geospatial image processing and analysis, remote sensing and GIS capabilities into a single powerful, convenient package.

To enable users to fully leverage the flexible features ofERDAS IMAGINE, this webinar will introduce users to ERDAS IMAGINE’s interface and core time-saving features such as the “shoebox,” which facilitates management of a user’s working files. Additionally, we will demonstrate how to view metadata and histograms for raster imagery and examine attributes for vectors.

The webinar will also showcase the power and flexibility of mosaicking in ERDAS IMAGINE with the MosaicPro tool, illustrating the mosaicking of orthophotos, automated and manual adjustment of seamlines, and correction of color discrepancies in mosaics.

Webinar Details June 15, 2011 11 AM (GST-4) Register now

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For more information please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/sanborn.html

Indiana University Libraries Government Information Services and University Information Technology Services (UITS) received an IndianaView grant to fund the archiving of the Indiana Sanborn Historic Maps on the Indiana Spatial Data Portal (ISDP).

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Turning Data into Information Using ArcGIS 10

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Using Python in ArcGIS Desktop 10

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You are probably aware that most campus units will transition to ArcGIS 10 this summer. There are significant changes and improvements from ArcGIS 9.x. There are for example very great improvements in Python Geoprocessing.
We have access to a whole series of online courses which are available to students, staff, ad faculty for free. Please email myself or Chris Miller for access to any of the following, and please distribute as widely as possible on campus. These courses are just for Purdue–affiliated people, including Cooperative Extension and branch campus.
0 – Learning ArcGIS Desktop (for ArcGIS 10)
1 – 3D Analysis of Surfaces and Features Using ArcGIS 10
2 – 3D Visualization Techniques Using ArcGIS 10
3 – Exploring Spatial Patterns in Your Data Using ArcGIS 10
4 – Getting Started with the Geodatabase (for ArcGIS 10)
5 – Introduction to Surface Modeling Using ArcGIS 10
6 – Organizing Raster Data Using ArcGIS 10
7 – Python Scripting for Map Automation in ArcGIS 10

Larry Theller
765-494-5954
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Purdue University
225 South University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Regards, Jeff Martin USGS http://www.iwra.info/

Another made it to a development stage – an examination of student housing tendencies among culturally diverse Purdue student populations, years 1903-1963. The Archival Theory student did a remarkable job of finding and collecting individual student residence records, and Libraries GIS geocoded these data and built a draft web application to deliver these data interactively.

Gabriel J. Bowen Associate Professor

765-496-9344 gabe@purdue.edu http://www.purdue.edu/ireh

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 550 Stadium Mall Dr. Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

OIPC: The Online Isotopes in Precipitation Calculator At www.waterisotopes.org

title: Libraries GIS Student Worker

duties: Ideal candidate will have experience with web application development using modern techniques and technologies (e.g. ajax, jquery, xml, css, etc.) OR a general ability to do higher-level computer work (e.g. bash scripting, database querying, etc.). Experience with geospatial technologies a plus, but not necessary. Work can be tailored to the level of skill and experience, however. Must be responsible, able to work alone and document his or her activities.

min hours: 10

max hours: 20

(hours available depends on work study status, are negotiable)

min pay: $7.35

max pay: $7.35

on campus: yes

must be enrolled Purdue student: yes

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POSITION TITLE:

Graduate Assistant in Libraries GIS: Application Developer

HOURS/TERM OF APPOINTMENT:

12-month appointment, 20 hours/week (must be

enrolled a minimum of 12 credit hours in a Purdue graduate program for the

period of the appointment.

COMPENSATION:
~standard Purdue graduate assistantship package

LOCATION:

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Library (EAS) GIS Lab/remote

GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Under the direction of the GIS Specialist, the Libraries GIS Application Developer will apply knowledge of developing web and internet technologies, application development, and coding languages toward presenting geospatial data, maps, and associated, integrated information to library users in intuitive, modern web applications.

GIS support at Purdue University Libraries is fairly new, but demand is already great for ways in which geospatial data can be organized, integrated, and presented to constituents of both the Libraries and their collections as well as outward-facing campus projects beyond the Libraries. The web-based discovery, presentation, and integration of geospatial data (including those collected by the Libraries) is a fecund area of work, and much of the progress depends on the ability to build intuitive, modern web interfaces and services.

The Libraries GIS Application Developer will help identify and implement the best technologies for solutions and projects and development that are already being, or will be, investigated by the GIS Specialist and collaborators. This will include custom web coding (back end and GUI), consumption and possibly production of web services, and various, dynamic interactions with back end data stores (typically via their own APIs).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

…help select and implement web technologies that can best parley the mission of a project into a usable, public interface to geospatial information

…work independently on coding solutions to problems and questions posed by the GIS Specialist, within the context of larger projects and their intended users and outcomes

…perform related duties as required

REQUIRED SKILLS:

…experience, success with common web technologies such as php, ajax/jquery/json/etc., sql-based databases

…experience with modern web services and ideas such as linked data

…strong sense of design and usability (you don’t need to be a usability specialist, but should be web-savvy enough to know current trends in user experience and should know, for example, which of these two web mapping sites is better: MapUSA vs. GeoCommons)

DESIRED SKILLS:

…experience with geospatial data stores

…experience with or contribution to open source application development

Sign up today! Discounted registration is still available before May 2!

Preparation is underway for our annual users’ conference – Hexagon 2011 – to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, June 6-9.

With nearly 30 sessions and training specifically tailored for ERDAS users, Hexagon 2011 provides you with the tools and training necessary to solve your everyday work challenges.

Find Out More! View a full listing of all ERDAS sessions and training available, with descriptions as well as date, time and location information* so you can start planning your days. Please note that several of the hands-on training session require pre-registration (when you sign up for the conference).

You will also find the ERDAS sessions cross-referenced throughout Intergraph’s SG&I vertical market tracks, incorporated in Defense & Intelligence, Geospatial & Imaging Technologies, Government & Transportation and Public Safety & Security.

Register Today and Save! Sign up today. Save an additional $100 savings by entering the registration code ERDAS2011. Remember to check that you are an ERDAS customer on the registration page! See you in Orlando!

* As locations are subject to change, please verify meeting rooms the day of the event.

Applications are attached to this email and can also be downloaded at http://usgif.org/education/scholarships . Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students within the geospatial sciences field or one related to it are encouraged to submit applications by the May 2 deadline.

In an effort to help further the advancement of the geospatial tradecraft, USGIF is dedicated to assisting promising students interested in the geospatial sciences with its scholarship awards. USGIF hopes to inspire students who are interested in all that the growing field of GEOINT has to offer their futures. Find out from a former winner why you should apply: http://www.gotgeoint.com/archives/podcast-usgif-2010-scholarship-recipient-jennifer-veilleux-discusses-geoint-and-academia/

Last year the Foundation awarded $86,000 to 19 recipients and plans to award equal or greater amounts for the 2011 program.

Four Ph.D. candidates, six master’s students, six undergraduates and three graduating high school seniors received scholarships from the 2010 program. High school recipients received $2,000 scholarships, and all others received $5,000 scholarships. ? All scholarship recipients are chosen based on their academic and professional excellence in a field related to the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. Recipients also receive complimentary registration to the GEOINT 2011 Symposium. ? USGIF is a non-profit educational foundation dedicated to promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger GEOINT Community with government, industry, academia, professional organizations and individuals whose mission is the development and application of geospatial intelligence to address national security challenges. For more information, please visit www.USGIF.org or contact the Scholarship Subcommittee at scholarships@usgif.org.

Following up on some mapmapking work done for fellow Purdue librarians in 2007: Returning to their study, Libraries GIS was sent new historic libraries data in the form of spreadsheets and word processing documents. Our work required data extraction from electronic documents and geocoding procedures, then some of what is essentially digital cartography in order to generate documents and a web application to be used in papers and presentations.

Hello,

I’m excited to share the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Student Fellowship http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/ESIP_Student_Fellows . The ESIP Federation is a broad-based community comprising researchers and associated groups that produce, interpret and develop applications for Earth and environmental science data. It now includes more than 125 member organizations, including all NOAA, NASA and USGS Earth observing data centers, government research laboratories, research universities, education resource providers, technology developers, and various nonprofit and commercial enterprises.

Graduate students selected as ESIP Student Fellows will be interested in bridging the gap between informatics, technology and Earth Science and applying research to real-world problems. This fellowship provides students a chance to work closely with professionals in an interdisciplinary, cross-sector group on current Earth Science problems (collaboration areas http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/ESIP_Student_Fellows#ESIP_Collaboration_Areas ). The students will become engaged in their respective group as rapporteurs, documenting the work of the group on the monthly telecons and at the semi-annual meetings (Summer/Winter). As the student become more familiar with the group activities he or she may chose to tie in their own research to the group activities. Student Fellows will receive a stipend of $1000 plus travel expenses to the summer and winter ESIP meetings. For full details on the Fellowship see the website: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/ESIP_Student_Fellows

Please forward this e-mail on to students you know that may be interested. For questions, please e-mail me at erinrobinson@esipfed.org.

Look forward to hearing from you!

Erin Erin Robinson Information and Virtual Community Director Foundation for Earth Science | 314.369.9954 | erinrobinson@esipfed.org www.esipfed.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Federation-of-Earth-Science-Information-Partners-ESIP/150015055044779 http://www.twitter.com/ESIPFed

• know that ArcGIS is expensive and intricately licensed
• know that Purdue’s license allows installations only on Purdue-owned machines or faculty/staff personal machines under restrictive terms
• know that this does NOT include students’ personal computers
• know the terms of the license by reading either the lightweight, legible version or the full legal document
• know what you’re requesting: Esri has a nice, easy table or you could consult the full functionality matrix (v10) (v9.3) so you know what “flavor” of the ArcGIS suite you need
• know that we’ll expect you to have read the installation instructions file that accompanies the installer downloads (when applicable)
• know that if you end up needing to request codes to authorize software, you’ll need to be specific about which flavor you’ve installed and which extensions you want
• know that ArcGIS is pretty serious software and if you just need to poke around some spatial data there are open source alternatives that may be better options

How do I get ArcGIS/ArcView/etc.?

If you are Purdue faculty or staff, you can download installers from the Disc.Iso server (just search for your software title using the site you’re on – you’ll be linked out to the downloads when appropriate). You will authenticate using Career Account credentials.

Can students install ArcGIS/ArcView/etc. on their own computers?

Nope. Sorry, Purdue pays a lot for Esri software and to allow students full access would amount to a free-for-all. Your instructors can request one-year licenses for this purpose if you’re sure you need one of Esri’s desktop products.

Wait, I’m supposed to get “ArcView” – what’s this ArcEditor business?

Please consult this nice, easy table or you could consult the full functionality matrix (v10) (v9.3)

(NOTE: this document is updated periodically)

Please join us for this one hour webinar to learn how ENVI tools and ArcGIS® combine to create a powerful tool for disaster relief efforts. We will demonstrate how using DigitalGlobe’s Worldview-2 data with ENVI and ArcGIS provided valuable information to efficiently deliver aid following the Haiti earthquake. We will demonstrate how the analysis tools were created using ENVI and ArcGIS desktop, and how they can be deployed in a desktop or enterprise setting.

You will learn to:

· Perform a spectral analysis workflow in ENVI to extract man made features.

· Create a geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS that uses the ENVI workflow

· Publish the ENVI geoprocessing tool to ArcGIS Server.

· Run an ENVI process from an ArcGIS based web application.

No previous experience with ENVI is necessary. Pre-registration is required.

This webinar will be offered at three different times. To register, please click on the hyperlink for the time you prefer:

Wednesday March16, 2011

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Some time in the late 1980s, Dr. Robert Miles, retired Purdue University Professor of Civil Engineering, found himself rifling through a Dumpster bin in Louisville, Kentucky. He was rescuing a set of historic atlases that had been unceremoniously thrown out and left for dead. Miles retrieved the unusually oversized monographs (~3×2′) and donated them to the Purdue Libraries Map Collection. The collection is additionally curious in that the maps published in this set represent an early success in the developmental history of using aerial photography to generate topographic maps. More about the history behind these maps and their source can be found on the original materials page.

In the summer of 2006, volunteers from the Wabash and Erie Canal Park scanned over 30 images and maps and returned those images as tif files to EAS on DVDs. Each orthophoto image was ~170MB, 400dpi, grayscale. The topos were scanned in color and ended up at ~550MB each.

They were “dumb” images at this point, however (no spatial information), and had to be georeferenced so they could be delivered from within (or to) a spatially-aware environment. This rectification was performed by Libraries GIS using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto set and http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs08801.html. The resulting files were saved out as geotiffs at ~300MB for the aerials and ~1.45GB for each topo. They were then overviewed (using gdaladdo), pyramided (using gdal_retile.py) then grouped in GeoServer instance.

This project has its own site (and map viewer) where more information is available.