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Watering the rain

photo taken June 09 2009 Seeing the sprinklers water the lawn after 0.3″ of rain the other day got me thinking there has to be a better way. I’ll admit that I don’t know how… Watering the rain

Springtime on Campus

What a great time of year. A time to relax, reflect, and smell the springtime flowers. Oh, and yes, there a plenty of opportunities to take in that pesticide residue smell… 🙁 Note: photos are… Springtime on Campus

Geography Lesson for Legislators

Illustrating those same data on a map, which ironically, had not been done before, demonstrated the inequities of the proposals and actually helped generate better funding for the disadvantaged districts.

Intellectual Inquiry 2006

In the summer of 2006, the Spatial Analysis Lab participated in a pre-orientation program titled “Intellectual Inquiry” Files Google Earth File (kmz) showing painting and artist’s approximate location from the Northampton Dome. Google Earth File… Intellectual Inquiry 2006

Image Tip for ArcGIS

Did you know that you can “drag and drop” images from Windows Explorer onto ArcMap? You can! No more waiting for ArcCatalog to load the images into the contents panel. Save time and browse with… Image Tip for ArcGIS

Who moved my GIS?

ESRI is readying the release of ArcGIS 9.2 and there will undoubtedly be changes that affect how you work and / or how your GIS exercises hold up to the rigors of student use. I’ll… Who moved my GIS?

New – 2005 – Orthophotos are available

he 2005 Massachusetts Orthophotos are now available for Western Massachusetts. Visit the MassGIS webstie for details. All orthophotos are available in the SAL on GEO. Just connect to: Geodatavolgisdataus_stateseastusamaImagesOrthophotos2005 and start viewing gorgeous imagery.

15 minute USGS maps

We now have historic 15 minute USGS maps for Massachusetts in our Special Collections data library. These maps were acquired from the Harvard GeoSpatial Library which is a great resource for mappers and historians alike.… 15 minute USGS maps