One of the intriguing aspects of GeoCommons and its increasing wealth of data, is being able to harness official source and government data on our publicly available interfaces Finder! and Maker!. You can search Finder for a plethora of different types and topics of data. You’re able to upload your own data which you’ve created [...]
Continue Reading →Companies like Coca-cola and Apple are famous for their brands and others like GM are a little more infamous. A brand is a mix of characteristics such as packaging, product design or service that creates value and allows customers to be able to make choices in a cluttered market. Brands are typically associated with products [...]
Continue Reading →Last week I represented FortiusOne at the FutureRuby conference. A bit of background first. Ruby is the language we’ve used to build our applications. The flexibility of syntax, the focus on programmer productivity and the vibrant community around Ruby have helped make it a success here and in many companies. So it only [...]
Continue Reading →At FortiusOne, we have developed and launched a number of advanced projects. Our flagship product, GeoIQ, and the public GeoCommons application have been leading-edge web platforms for the sharing, visualization, [...]
Continue Reading →The Washington Post has compiled a list of ‘Best Bets’ under their ‘going out guide,’ which turns out to be extremely helpful in a city that is booming with activities and tasty foods & drinks. To better visualize some of the hot spots that they suggest, I’ve created three maps using GeoCommons. Map [...]
Continue Reading →The New York Times article Challenge to Health Bill: Selling Reform suggests that difficult choices about booming healthcare costs might be fought out according to lobbying, state and local interests in Congress. As the Times attempts to frame President Obama’s press conference on healthcare tonight, they point out that the fee-for-services business model, which [...]
Continue Reading →Recently, I happened upon a great site called POIFriend.com, which features points of interest for all sorts of things, such as arts and entertainment, business and industry, food and beverage, etc. from all over the world. All you have to do is search for what you want, select from a list of POIs, and [...]
Continue Reading →As part of our work on the Federal Geographic Data Committee’s CAP Grant Category 4 we were invited, along with the other awardees, to present the project at USGS’s booth for the ESRI user conference this past week. Unfortunately we were prevented from attending by the conference organizers. This was disappointing and confusing, [...]
Continue Reading →If you’re like me, you are a fan of the Tour de France. I’m an athlete myself and think I’m pretty tough, but watching these 135 pound men scale mountains and sprint across finish lines in 21 different stages is truly exciting from a spectator’s standpoint. It turns out that I’m not the [...]
Continue Reading →“What are you doing next?” is the most popular question I’ve been asked this past year. As a senior in college, this question, at first, was extremely stressful. However, today I can confidently respond, “I’m going to Grad school,” which I’ve noticed is a popular response amongst my peers. Furthermore, the economic crisis has elicited [...]
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New GeoCommons Maps- MSLs W/ MSL Targets chaiclin
- Sales Targets w/ MSLs chaiclin
- MSLs with all Rheumatologists chaiclin
- HeatMapShipmentData_WithCost frtools
- MSL Geolocations chaiclin
- American Indian Tribal Subdivisions: 2000 lightraider