from support.sas.com: In response to requests from many customers, quarterly updates to the SASHELP.ZIPCODE data set are now available for you to download from the SAS Maps Online Web site. The zip file provided in the download is a SAS data set in transport format, and you should use this file to replace your existing [...]
It appears that Trimble Navigation Ltd. refreshed its TerraSync software in December 2008 to version 3.30. TerraSync is a form-centric data collection and management software designed to run on Trimble’s GeoExplorer, Juno, Ranger, and Nomad series of handheld GPS, as well as notebook or tablets PCs. TerraSync runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile [...]
I recently took the opportunity to sit through a SAS e-Learning course titled Creating OLAP Cubes. It was a pretty detailed walkthrough for individuals creating OLAP cubes using SAS OLAP Cube Studio or Data Integration Studio. Dimensions, levels, and hierarchies were described thoroughly, but measures were inadequately addressed. Overall, it was a fine course for [...]
Download Trimble Planning 2.8 Here You already knew this, right? According to Trimble’s web site, version 2.8 of the Planning Software was posted in July 2008. I was still running version 2.7. If you aren’t familiar with Planning Software by Trimble, in a nutshell it is software that helps you identify when you will have [...]
John M. has created maps suitable for Garmin GPS units and posted them at GPSFileDepot. The extent of the area includes all of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri. Features include: Roads – Interstates, highways, arterial roads, residential roads, limited unpaved roads Railroads High resolution water data – lakes, rivers, streams, [...]
I just received an email from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) indicating that the soil survey data for Zapata County, Texas has been updated. We do some environmental work in Zapata County, and the soils data is an important component in some of the GIS analyses there. Zapata County is unique in that it [...]
From the Minnesota DNR web site: This extension was built to provide users the ability to directly transfer data between Garmin GPS handheld receivers and various GIS software packages. Using this program a user can use point features (graphics or shapefile) and upload them to the GPS as Waypoints. Line and Polygon Graphics or shapes [...]
Download the ResMap ECW Plug-in Here From ResMap.com: This FREE plugin enables ArcPad 6.0 to open ECW and remote ResMap images (ECWP). "ESRI’s ArcPad TM software is a mobile geographic information system (GIS). ArcPad provides database access, mapping, GIS, and global positioning system (GPS) integration to users out in the field via handheld and mobile [...]
If you are like me, you carry your handheld GPS with you wherever you go. I can never seem to keep up with my USB flash drives though. They are never with me when I need them. That doesn’t matter because you can turn your micro-SD card-equipped Garmin handheld into a portable flash drive. You’ll [...]
I recently attended a three-day training course titled “Data Mining Techniques: Theory and Practice” in Boston, Massachusetts. The training is part of the Business Knowledge Series offered by SAS Institute Inc., which features courses authored by experts and utilizing SAS software to accomplish the objectives of the courses. I was fortunate to have Gordon Linoff [...]
