Monday, August 29, 2011

GPS Visualizer

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/

GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints, including GPX files), driving routes, street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagged photos, "GPS drawing," etc.).

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Importing bunch of Points (X,Y,Z) in Autocad in few seconds

What you need is a notepad contains only X,Y,Z points in a similar format(Copy all points crtl+c)

12,14,4
13,7,8
17,89,35
...



Go to Autocad command line and type multiple (multiple command perform an action until you want to cancel it) then type point command. Now you paste all your points crtl+v.

Finally press Enter.

There you go!

Using GTOPO30 DATA in ArcGIS

To have a seamless integration of data (tiles in gtopo30)in ArcGIS, the following steps should be done:

1. Uncompress the TAR file using WinZip 6.2 or higher.
2. Change the *.dem extension to *.bil.
3. Open ArcCatalog.
4. Navigate to the *.bil created in Step 2.

5. Right-click on the *.bil, click Export, and click the Raster to Different Format option. Specify the location to which you will save the new grid, and ensure the Save As Type is set to ESRI GRID.

6. Open ArcMap and add the grid created in Step 5.

7. On the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst toolbar, click Spatial Analyst and select Options.
8. Click the General tab and set the working directory.

9. Click the Extent tab and set the analysis extents to Same as layer 'your grid'. ( It is based on the extend that you are looking for: indicate specified region)

10. Click the Cell Size tab and set the cell size to Same as layer 'your grid'. Click OK.

11. Navigate to ArcGIS Spatial Analyst and select the Raster Calculator. Enter the following expression, substituting your grid for [in_grid]. Include the square brackets.

12. CON([in_grid] >= 32768,[in_grid] - 65536,[in_grid]
13. Click Evaluate.

14. The ocean areas (-9999) can be converted to NODATA using the SETNULL function. Insert the Calculation from Step 11 for [Calculation]. Include the square brackets.

15. setnull([Calculation ] == -9999, [Calculation ])

16. Be aware at the end you should export the Calculation data by right click on the table od the content (The format of saving data should be Grid).

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Team Viewer

TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it.


http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

Google Geo APIs

Google Maps JavaScript API V3:

Scribblemaps

There are many online applications available that encourage the creation, usage, and sharing of maps among professionals, classmates, and friends. Scribble Maps Pro is one that not only targets both the novice and expert map creator, but unlike its similar counterpart Google Earth Pro, it doesn’t require any special downloads - and it’s free.

http://pro.scribblemaps.com/