Here are some links on Geomatics. These are mostly for tutorials, notes, and help with different aspects of RS & GIS.
Watch out, more to come!
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=welcome
http://iris.usc.edu/Vision-Notes/bibliography/contents.html
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/datapool/MODIS/02_Atmosphere/index.html
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/services/support_center/faqs/focus_v10.html#tiff_arc
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/tg/resources.jsp?rd=rs&ds=3
http://www.daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/catalog.pl?s
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/IAS/handbook/handbook_htmls/chapter11/chapter11.html
http://www.storm.uni.edu/rs/2001/
http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog/rslab/751/
http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/IAS/handbook/handbook_htmls/appendices/references.html
http://geography.laurentian.ca/resources/idrisi/tutindex.htm
http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/index_e.php
http://www.landmap.ac.uk/ipc/ccrs/fundam_e.html
http://earth.esa.int/pub/ESA_DOC/landsat_FAQ/#_Toc69120405
http://www.resmap.com/imgsearch2.asp
http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog/rslab/Rscc/rscc-no-frames.html
http://web.pdx.edu/~emch/ip2/ip2.html
http://gis.unbc.ca/index.php
http://www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/gis/index.php?Page=338#soft
http://www.pcigeomatics.com/cgi-bin/pcihlp/CDSPOT
http://www.ltid.inpe.br/tutorial/e_tutor.htm
http://geog.hkbu.edu.hk/virtuallabs/rs/env_tutorial.htm
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/education/tutorials/
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/education/links/onlinecourse.html
http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/hipr/html/hipr_top.html
http://aria.arizona.edu/courses/tutorials/welcome.html
http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/chapter4/07_e.php
http://www.ltid.inpe.br/tutorial/tut_i.htm
http://www.geog.umd.edu/homepage/courses/472/
http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/landsat/daccess.html
http://cbc.rs-gis.amnh.org/remote_sensing/index.html
http://geog.hkbu.edu.hk/virtuallabs/rs/rs.htm
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Front/tofc.html
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/mbinford/RS_Web_Sites.html
http://www.utexas.edu/its/rc/tutorials/matlab/
http://chesapeake.towson.edu/data/principles.asp
http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://sal.ocean.washington.edu/tutorials/erdas/index.html
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/courses/klink/tutorials/tutorials_main.html
http://www.union.edu/PUBLIC/GEODEPT/COURSES/remote_sensing/rslinks.html
http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/general/persons/jana/isprs/ed_material.html
Other interesting links:
www.soople.com (effective Google searching simplified)
www.wallpaperstock.com (cool wallpapers for the PC)
www.pixelgirlpresents.com/desktops.php
www.wikipedia.org (online open source encylopedia)
Friday, December 28, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Educate Yourself !
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." -Albert Einstein
Dr B.R. Ambedakar (1891-1956), who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly to draft the constitution of India had once made this call ("Educate Yourself") to a particular section of our society who were considered illiterate and uneducated. I feel this slogan is still very relevant to all sections of society as even today we see a lack of proper education, patriotism, self respect and civic sense among many so-called modern and literates. I want Dr Ambedakar to comeback and pressurize the parliament to include this in our constitution as a punishable offense for everyone who do not take this call seriously. The one thing I want to encourage you to do above all else is to continue to educate yourself. If you aren't of this mindset, you will never be able to be successful in long-term. To succeed in a real sense you've got to acquire an insatiable appetite for anything and everything having to do with your work, leadership, marketing and business skills.
What's more, the educational process never stops. It doesn't end after a certain job or achievement. Successful people NEVER stop learning. They are always on a quest to grow and develop themselves. This is something that can only come from within. No one can force feed it to you, neither you can buy, borrow or steal it from others. As Jim Rohn said "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
Dr B.R. Ambedakar (1891-1956), who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly to draft the constitution of India had once made this call ("Educate Yourself") to a particular section of our society who were considered illiterate and uneducated. I feel this slogan is still very relevant to all sections of society as even today we see a lack of proper education, patriotism, self respect and civic sense among many so-called modern and literates. I want Dr Ambedakar to comeback and pressurize the parliament to include this in our constitution as a punishable offense for everyone who do not take this call seriously. The one thing I want to encourage you to do above all else is to continue to educate yourself. If you aren't of this mindset, you will never be able to be successful in long-term. To succeed in a real sense you've got to acquire an insatiable appetite for anything and everything having to do with your work, leadership, marketing and business skills.
What's more, the educational process never stops. It doesn't end after a certain job or achievement. Successful people NEVER stop learning. They are always on a quest to grow and develop themselves. This is something that can only come from within. No one can force feed it to you, neither you can buy, borrow or steal it from others. As Jim Rohn said "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
There is a persisan proverb;
He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not is simple. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows is wise. Follow him.
Monday, December 17, 2007
ArcGIS Server & ArcSDE
ArcSDE finally rides into the sunset। Even though technically ArcSDE has been replaced at 9.2, it was still a separate product. Now at 9.3 it will become fully integrated into ArcGIS Server. ArcGIS Server Enterprise will be the “traditional” ArcSDE level where ArcGIS Server supports an unlimited number of users via either direct connect or connection to an application server. It offers DBMS support for IBM DB2, IBM Informix, all editions of Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL. It has no data or memory limits. The Workgroup level of ArcGIS Server supports a maximum of 10 direct connect users. It includes an embedded DBMS (Microsoft SQL Server Express Spatial). It has a data limit of 4 GB and a memory limit of 1 GB.
Out of the box ArcGIS application will be able to connect to Microsoft SQL Server Express Spatial, but if you want unlimited users, you’ll need to purchase ArcGIS Server Enterprise.
ArcGIS supports older versions of the Geodatabase. At 9.3, ArcGIS can connect and create geodatabases (personal, file) back to 9.0. This means you won’t need to keep older versions of the geodatabase around to share with others. You also won’t have to upgrade your geodatabases just because ArcGIS went to a new release. If you wish, you can keep your older geodatabases running at whatever release you wish.
ArcGIS Engine will allow developing with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express so you can scale down your enterprise applications to the workgroup level. You’ll no longer be limited to working with personal for file geodatabases.
ArcGIS Server Enterprise will support 64bit processors. This is only the spatial database application server and not the AGS Basic, Standard and Advanced product.
Friday, December 14, 2007
India should be a Knowledge Superpower!
"Knowledge is Power"- Francis Bacon
Leaders of one technology firm in Massachusetts anticipated that 90 percent of its skilled labor would be in Asia in 10 years. He also pointed to statistics that show the United States graduating only 4,400 mathematics and science Ph.Ds each year compared with 24,900 math and science PhDs for greater Asia.
'China and India have a population a multiple of ours. They have natural resources. There is no reason they can't emerge as the superpower. The only way we can preserve that role for ourselves is through innovation. It's erroneous that we do high-level work here and send low-level work abroad. When our market is no longer the largest market in the world, the idea that we're going to be innovating and they're going to be copying is erroneous,' Massachusetts ex-Governor Romney said.
From CIA World Factbook:
US: ~300 million
India: ~1,100 million
China: ~1,300 million
2,400/300 = 8.
Hence, China and India have a population roughly 8 times that of the US. Assuming a normal distribution of science and math talent across all populations, China and India will have a much greater talent pool than the US. This is already being born out in the comparative number of science and engineering grads these cultures produce, and as Romney mentioned, the number of PhD's granted. Statistically, for every 1 Einstein in 100 years in the US, China and India will have 8. Of course, other factors such as political oppression, intellectual openess, and educational methods (rote learning vs. synthesizing/creating) play a role here, but the sheer numbers put US behind.
Further, most East Asian cultures see science and math accomplishment as the result of skills developed through hard work, whereas the general population in the US sees such accomplishment as the result of innate talent alone, unobtainable if you're not born with it. This discourages many from even trying, whereas the opposite effect occurs in Asia.
So the discrepancy in numbers and the discrepancy in attitude combine to put the US at a serious fundamental disadvantage in the technological and economic competition.
05 June 2009: A year after this blog economic crisis happened and everyone agreed with this. Read more: http://www.zeenews.com/news536580.html
on June 12 2009: Barak Obama admits http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090612/1422/twl-buckle-up-indians-and-chinese-are-co.html
Leaders of one technology firm in Massachusetts anticipated that 90 percent of its skilled labor would be in Asia in 10 years. He also pointed to statistics that show the United States graduating only 4,400 mathematics and science Ph.Ds each year compared with 24,900 math and science PhDs for greater Asia.
'China and India have a population a multiple of ours. They have natural resources. There is no reason they can't emerge as the superpower. The only way we can preserve that role for ourselves is through innovation. It's erroneous that we do high-level work here and send low-level work abroad. When our market is no longer the largest market in the world, the idea that we're going to be innovating and they're going to be copying is erroneous,' Massachusetts ex-Governor Romney said.
From CIA World Factbook:
US: ~300 million
India: ~1,100 million
China: ~1,300 million
2,400/300 = 8.
Hence, China and India have a population roughly 8 times that of the US. Assuming a normal distribution of science and math talent across all populations, China and India will have a much greater talent pool than the US. This is already being born out in the comparative number of science and engineering grads these cultures produce, and as Romney mentioned, the number of PhD's granted. Statistically, for every 1 Einstein in 100 years in the US, China and India will have 8. Of course, other factors such as political oppression, intellectual openess, and educational methods (rote learning vs. synthesizing/creating) play a role here, but the sheer numbers put US behind.
Further, most East Asian cultures see science and math accomplishment as the result of skills developed through hard work, whereas the general population in the US sees such accomplishment as the result of innate talent alone, unobtainable if you're not born with it. This discourages many from even trying, whereas the opposite effect occurs in Asia.
So the discrepancy in numbers and the discrepancy in attitude combine to put the US at a serious fundamental disadvantage in the technological and economic competition.
05 June 2009: A year after this blog economic crisis happened and everyone agreed with this. Read more: http://www.zeenews.com/news536580.html
on June 12 2009: Barak Obama admits http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20090612/1422/twl-buckle-up-indians-and-chinese-are-co.html
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