Archive for May, 2008

Welcome Mark Friend, Our New Director of Sales!

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
We are excited to announce that Mark Friend has joined our team as Director of Sales. In addition to a strong tennis game, Mark brings with him 15 years of technical sales and sales management experience. This includes a substantial background in geo... [read more]

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The Best Cartography Websites - The Map Room

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Another site that I check out when I can is The Map Room. This is a fascinating blog about maps and anything to do with mapping. The author, Jonathan Crowe, has been blogging since 2003. His frequent posts cover an enormous range of topics, from ba... [read more]

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New TIGER, Old Polygons

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
As those of you who are die-hard GIS types know, the Census Bureau recently released a new set of their map data. One great new aspect of this data is that it now comes in shapefile format! It also appears that they have updated several counties wor... [read more]

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The Best Cartography Websites - National Geographic’s Map of the Day

Friday, May 9th, 2008
As a cartographer, I periodically visit many of the thousands of mapping and geography related websites out there, in order to stay on top of new features and tools. To my surprise, I found a real gem today: The National Geographic Map of the Day.... [read more]

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Unbelievable, But True: 25% of Carrier Routes Change Each Quarter

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
We periodically analyze the rate at which carrier routes change, so that we can provide accurate guidance on how frequently our customers should update their maps and reports. Each time we run these analyses on our carrier route map data (see a past... [read more]

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