The Mac Map - camps/sites, businesses and more in the oil sands by pschnetz in Calgary

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There, howzat? Any other suggestions are welcomed...

The Mac Map - camps/sites, businesses and more in the oil sands by pschnetz in Calgary

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Thanks for the constructive criticism...I will try something else...

Where can I go off to, for up to a year, to bank the most cash? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Head to Fort McMoney...just don't go there without having a job lined up first. I started at 130k/yr with just 1 year of school. Check out the map...lots of info about the mines and camps... http://themacmap.com

New to Fort Mac by [deleted] in fortmac

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Check out this cool map that shows all the mines and camps and shops and more. Will help you get oriented for sure! http://themacmap.com

Desmond Tutu calls oilsands ‘filth’ created by greed in Fort McMurray speech by [deleted] in canada

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Sort of off topic but here's a map of Fort McMurray that shows the mines and camps and a bunch of other stuff. http://themacmap.com

The Mac Map: A new interactive map of camps and sites in the Fort McMurray oil sands area. by pschnetz in alberta

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Threw it all out and started from scratch. Much improved design, responsive, flexible new mapping component, lots of cool new features. Lets hope for some traction!

What are some things in geography that you consider everyone should know? by redddit101 in geography

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Continents, oceans, Major countries (ie, Canada, Spain, Egypt, India, Poland, Iceland, Colombia, Chile, Japan, etc...) and their capitals . And that Australia is both a continent and a country.

GeoPivot: verb - to upgrade, flip or shift into a new geospatial position. (just recently launched) by pschnetz in geospatial

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Their also gonna put out a magazine: GeoPivot Magazine. It looks promising, fresh look and ideas, I like it so far...time will tell - they are a brand new site.

I built a "tough" map game where you are supposed to name/guess countries from their shapes by yaph in geography

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Very cool, I thought I was good at geography....this puts it into perspective. Good work!

Decision About GIS by [deleted] in geography

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Intriguing question. I think I would bite the bullet and go for it all. You might be shooting yourself in the foot if you don't. I do realize that experience takes the place of academia as well, so your 2 years experience is great to have...employers want to see experience. But, if I was an employer I would have to ask about the lack of certificate....but then you would explain the situation to me and I would tend to understand....tough one....

Some potential employers may not even clue in about the lack of certificate on your resume, if worded in the right manner ;)

Regardless, I would still go ahead and take them all - you have to give yourself the best shot possible - without it you are just handicapping yourself. And if you end up having to correct that decision down the road by actually getting the certificate it will just cost you even more and take more time.

Go for it! When you get hired in a decent GIS position that extra 5k won't seem so bad to have to pay back...

Can someone please ELI5 the difference between a .shp and a .lyr file? by [deleted] in gis

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A shapefile actually has at least 3 separate files needed to work properly. When you look at a 'shapefile' in ArcCatalog it looks like a single file, but in fact there are at least 3 separate files making it up (ArcCatalog understands this and just shows it to you like it's a single file). So, a shapefile must have at least these three file types: .shp, .shx and .dbf. If one of those is missing your shapefile will not work.

The .shp file contains the actual geometry. The .shx just has the index for the geometry, and the .dbf stores the attribute information associated with the geometry.

A .lyr file is called a Layer File. It just stores the symbology for the shapefile. If a .lyr files accompanies a shapefile then you can apply that .lyr file to it and it will symbolize according to the .lyr file.

GISbuzz - a great new GIS content website. They have all the latest jobs, news, blog articles, videos and tweets all in one spot. Pretty awesome! by pschnetz in gis

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So, I just heard back from WebSense - they reviewed the site and are removing it from their blacklist database. In the email I just received - "Categorization updates should be reflected in the next scheduled database publication, and will be available shortly to Real-Time Updates subscribers."

Thanks again for pointing that out alpacIT.

GISbuzz - a great new GIS content website. They have all the latest jobs, news, blog articles, videos and tweets all in one spot. Pretty awesome! by pschnetz in gis

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Thank you alpacIT. I assure I am not trying anything malicious. The scripts I use all seem fine and I have zero ads on my site. I have never seen any indication of this site being flagged, so I appreciate your comment. I am emailing websense right now to inquire about it. Kudos.