Wednesday, May 25, 2005

MSN Virtual Earth

Microsoft Inc announced a new product, MSN Virtual Earth, against Google Maps. It will be launched in this Summer. See the article at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1819155,00.asp

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

ArcIMS is Available!

For those who want to produce web-based interactive mapping: you can do this in Fenwick Library. We have installed ArcIMS software on our GIS workstations. Please check it out in Fenwick Library, Government Documents/Map Unit.

Monday, May 23, 2005

Maps & Geographic Information Collections in Transition

The recent two day conference on maps and geographic information in transition in D.C. was a hugh success. We all learned from each other by sharing information and experiences. Please take a look at Dr. Onsrud's licensing geographic data and services and Dr. Goodchild's future directions for Geolibraries. There were more sucessful stories of Harvard Geospatial Library and Inside Idaho projects. See abstracts of presentations at http://cuac.wustl.edu/AbstractsforPresentations.htm
Power Point Presentations at http://www.cuac.wustl.edu/newPage.htm