Posts by Brad Cutler
Mapping and Disasters
If anyone has any other links to Iowa flooding related maps, please leave them in the comments. Iowa Flood Map from the Des Moines Register Iowa DOT Travel Information Iowa 2008 Summer Storms After-Action Report Johnson County Road Closings University of Iowa Flood Map (Google Map via Cedar Rapids Gazette) City of Des Moines Road…
Read MoreArticle on using GIS in Davenport for flood issues
Article in the Quad City Times “Rain looms as river recedes” that discusses recent rising river issues with the Mississippi River and the response. This clip is towards the bottom of the article and talks about how GIS is being used by the city to improve response and planning. Davenport Public Works Director Dee Bruemmer…
Read MoreFGDC March Newsletter now available
Spatially Speaking March edition now available Spatially Speaking March edition now available Top Wednesday March 12, 2008 9:20 AM CDT
Read MoreHistoric Sanborn Fire Maps
Earlier this year, a colleague mentioned to me the availability of historic fire maps available for communities across Iowa that were accessible via the State Library of Iowa. From the State Library’s website: Digital Sanborn fire insurance maps are a very useful tool for local historians, demographers, city planners, genealogists, and anyone studying the history…
Read MoreMicrosoft Virtual Earth updates
For those of you who haven’t seen the update posted for this month, Microsoft has updated their imagery to the Virtual Earth platform. This new update consists of 27.32 TB of data and includes 3D city models, high resolution aerial imagery, satellite imagery, and road data for three communities in Iowa: Des Moines, Sioux City,…
Read MoreThe Iowa Caucuses
This should probably be a posting that talks about all the mapping mashups that showed the results from last week’s caucuses here in Iowa, but it isn’t. I saw this on the Foreign Policy blog with the headline below, and had to pass along……. If you haven’t seen the Miss South Carolina thing, you need…
Read MoreOver the river and through the woods……….
Just in time for all of you who are traveling to (or through) lovely Davenport for the holiday season, Microsoft Virtual Earth has unveiled a ton of new imagery around the world that includes a nice update for Davenport that includes 3D structures and 15cm aerial photography draped on top. Maybe you aren’t headed to…
Read MoreImagery for the Nation Update
For those of you who haven’t seen the announcement, the cost-benefit analysis conducted on the Imagery for the Nation Initiative is completed and available for your review. NSGIC also had a conference call briefing to run through some of the highlights of the initiative and you can access a copy of that presentation. A couple…
Read MoreIGIC email list archives
As a heads-up to those of you who might ever be looking for IGIC email list archives: http://groups.google.com/group/igic/topics The archive has been archiving since May of 2006.
Read MoreIGIC Committee Charters
Over the last six months, the IGIC Executive Committee and the individual IGIC Committee Chairs have worked to draft the following committee charter documents. Each of the committees have a draft document that is available for review and comment. Each follow the same template and have looked to pull out information that is specific to…
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