Category Archives: GIS

Redefining Open Data – Public Sector CIO Summit Presentation

I was a featured speaker at the 2016 Esri Public Sector Summit. In my presentation, Redefining Open Data, I argued that open data means so much more than making the data available for the public to use. It’s about helping the … Continue reading

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Top 10 Reasons to Share Your Data with ArcGIS Open Data Blog Post

My new blog post, Top 10 Reasons to Share Your Data with ArcGIS Open Data, was published this morning. Go read it on the Esri Insider blog.

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Batkid Saves Gotham City Story Map

Batkid Saves Gotham City! is a story map about Batkid (Miles Scott) that I put together with Jennifer Jacob by using one of Esri’s story map templates. Miles story is amazing and inspiring and we couldn’t help but tell his story. … Continue reading

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iOS 6 Apple Maps Sucks and No Google Maps App!? So What? Try These.

That Apple’s new Maps app included with iOS 6 is subpar isn’t news. In fact, it’s been done to death. You can read/watch some of the complaints here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, … Continue reading

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Creating the Esri Geoportal Server LiveDVD Demo: Part 2

This a continuation of Creating the Esri Geoportal Server LiveDVD Demo: Part 1. I didn’t mean to make it a month between posts, but development of this DVD was a complicated processes and I wasn’t sure how to write about … Continue reading

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How to Set Up an Esri Geoportal Server on Linux

How to Set Up an Esri Geoportal Server on Linux

This new whitepaper of mine was published on Monday! It’s my ArcUser article, How to Set Up an Esri Geoportal Server, converted for the Linux operating system. It gives step-by-step instructions for setting up the Esri Geoportal Server on PostgreSQL and Apache Tomcat. It exclusively uses the command line, so it works on all the popular distributions of Linux. There are some differences depending on the version of Linux you’re using but I highlight them as they occur. I’ve already received some great feedback; let me know what you think.

 

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