ArcGIS Online
May 28, 2010 by airianto
Filed under GIS Tools, Geomatic Industry, Online GIS
ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS.com is a Web site for experiencing online ArcGIS. Visit the site to create maps, find and use maps, applications, and tools, and share your maps and applications with others. Within the site, you will find applications for building and sharing maps. You will also find thousands of basemaps, specialty layers, applications, and tools that you can view and use, plus communities you can join.
What does ArcGIS.com include?
- Tools for building interactive maps
- Maps and applications from the Web and GIS communities
- Basemaps and specialty layers from ESRI
- Developer resources for building Web mapping applications
- Storage space for your map and application resources
- Communities for sharing geographic information
- Easy-to-use search for quickly finding what you want
- Ranking and rating system for shared maps and applications
- What can you do with ArcGIS.com?
Geomatics
January 2, 2008 by airianto
Filed under General, Geomatics Science
Geomatics is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivery of geographic information, or spatially referenced information.
Overview
Geomatics is fairly new, the term was apparently coined by B. Dubuisson in 1969. It includes the tools and techniques used in land surveying, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, COMPASS), and related forms of earth mapping.
Originally used in Canada, because it is similar in French and English, the term geomatics has been adopted by the International Organization for Standardization, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and many other international authorities, although some (especially in the United States) have shown a preference for the term geospatial technology.
