Track a Plow

IA DOT Track a plow link

Oskaloosa Facade Improvement Project

Main Info Page

Designs

Map

Cartographic Creations Tutorial

https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/cartographic-creations-in-arcgis-pro/

Repair Cracks Corian Countertops

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/repair-cracks-corian-countertops-30237.html

IA State Geospatial Technology Program Page

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/communities/gis

Best Free Antivirus Article

PCMap Article

 

 

Google Tour Builder

Free For Teachers Article
Tutorial Page 
Tour Builder

Maps are Weapons

https://bostonraremaps.com/inventory/1942-maps-are-weapons/

Dazed and Confused Movie Site

30.334395, -97.722076

 

 

Mahaska Election November 7th 2017

Oskaloosa At-Large:

• Scottie Stamos Moore*
• Tom H. Walling*
• Charlie Comfort (facebook)
• Wyatt Russell (facebook)

Oskaloosa Mayor:

• David Krutzfeldt*
• Jeff Lorentzen

 Oskaloosa 1st Ward:

• Diane Ottoson

Oskaloosa 3rd Ward:

• Doug Yates

Osky News Article
Oskaloosa Herald Article 
KBOE Article

Scouting Patrol Patches

http://tradingpost.classb.com/boy-scout-patrol-patches/

http://www.classb.com/bsa/boy-scout-patrol-patches-t-shirts-and-patrol-flags/

http://www.boyscouttrail.com/patrol-patch.asp

http://www.scoutstuff.org/bsa/uniforms-insignia/insignia-cloth/required/patrol-emblems.html

Little Red Lighthouse

 40.850278,-73.946944

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Lighthouse
• https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-washington-park/highlights/11044

USNG and disaster maps

The time to prepare for a disaster is not while you are experiencing it.  The only thing you bring to the fight when it happens is what you did to prepare for “something that will never happen”.

Fortunately, the GIS effort at Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management has been proactive and provided statewide tools for anyone who wishes to become engaged.  Specifically, they have developed a series of 10KM maps and 1KM urban mapbooks based on the FEMA and National Search and Rescue Committee directives which mandate use of the U..S. National Grid (FEMA Directive 092-5, October 15, 2015 and Land Search and Rescue Addendum to the National Search and Rescue Manual, Version 1.0 of Nov 2011, see Geo-referencing, pp 4-43 thru 4-51).  NAPSG cited below is also a big fan: https://www.napsgfoundation.org/hurricane-harvey-resources/

The quality of information available on these Iowa USNG maps, is a direct result of the quality of the information that was provided by the Iowa GIS community.  Some areas are really good, some need some work.

So some points to ponder as you watch things unfold in Texas:

• Did you know Iowa has an online map delivery system for disasters?  An example site is here: https://ia.sharedgeo.net/index.html
• Did you know there are Iowa USNG map production standards?:
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSE2XNlPdL36WcPOPYT8I_eUczs8wDFHdW3eqV1iYpQ/edit?usp=sharing
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_y9pqSnTXux5LUtiF9d8tNNtNETzxIAjZMBufV9BAmA/edit#heading=h.hzi5kg4r06mu
• If the answer is yes to both items above, what have you done to share this knowledge with members of your local first response community?
• And finally, as noted by NAPSG, when all other location references are gone, this still works: www.usngapp.org.  Is your community ready to leverage that capability with maps, apps and dispatch?  You don’t need to GUESS where individuals in peril are located. 

If what is taking place in Houston bothers you, the way to do something about it is by working locally to make YOUR community better prepared for the future.  Not often the geospatial community gets to lead and provide answers.  On this one you do.  Learn everything you can about U.S. National Grid and pass it along.

Eclipse Links

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/08/20/follow-mondays-eclipse-usa-today/584481001/



https://www.usatoday.com/topic/Solar-Eclipse-2017/



https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive/#NASA+TV+Public+Channel


https://www.usatoday.com/pages/interactives/solar-eclipse-2017/

Oskaloosa AAUW booksale

OskyNews article

The group’s annual sale will be on October 5th through the 7th, with the 7th being the bag sale day.

Fantasy Football 2017

Rookies 2017
Top 15 rookies article

Rotoworld Depth Charts
FFtoolbox Depth Charts

Fox Football Commisioner page

 

Capri Theater Movies

August 18-20 :: The Emoji Movie (PG)
Showtimes:
7pm Fri
7pm Sat (3D)
2pm Sun


August 25-27 :: The Dark Tower (PG-13)
Showtimes:
7pm Fri
7pm Sat (3D)
2pm Sun

Jurassic Park Computer Screen Hack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PrSj9XEu4

GPS and smartphones

TDC100 Series Handheld from Trimble

Huawei P10 & P10plus
Mate 9, Mate 9 pro, & Porsche Design Mate 9



motog5 plus



BlackBerry DTEK 50 STH100-1

Phantom Forces 4th of July Update

Reddit posts about what changed on guns

         [Audio]
  - Every gun has been rebalanced, resounded, and remastered.
 - Significantly improved audio feedback as well as a whole host of new sound effects.

 [Maps]
  - Metro and Crane Site Revamp have been removed from the map rotation until further notice.
 - Revamped Crane Site and Desert Storm to be more visually appealing as well as perform better gameplay wise. 

[Guns]
  - Added both the L115 and AWS.
  - Added the MAC10.
  - Added the COLT LMG as the new starter LMG. 

[UI]
 - Improved the HUD to be more visually appealing and be more user friendly. 

[General Gameplay]
  - Tweaked starter loadouts for new players so that they are more friendly.
  - Redone spotting system that should encourage teamwork.
  - "In Combat" status for squad spawning that should prevent squad bombs and post-death team spawns.
 - Teammates will not collide with each other.
 - Suppression has been changed and tweaked to perform better.
 - The damage indicator has been removed and replaced with a more accurate and more balanced camera pull system. 

[Misc]
 - Data should save more reliably and handle better, resulting in faster loading times.
 - Bug fixes.

Oskaloosa and Nowheresville

Wall Street Journal Article

Trimble smartphone

TDC100 Series Handheld

Eclipse blog, site, map

https://www.wunderground.com/news/nasa-most-accurate-map-total-solar-eclipse-august

https://nasaviz.gsfc.nasa.gov/12458

Google Sites (new info)

http://www.googlesiteswebdesign.com/2017/05/google-sites-roadmap-10-features.html

• http://www.kirksvillewebdesign.com/google-sites/new-google-sites
• http://www.kirksvillewebdesign.com/google-sites-intranet/intranet-samples

• https://sites.google.com/kirksvillewebdesign.com/momentum
• https://sites.google.com/kirksvillewebdesign.com/gfood

The Shrine

Des Moines Register Article

reddit

youtube

Latitude/Longitude:  42.070846, -93.745565

2161 195th St
Boone

088425221300002

Map Link

Pella Tulip Time Maps

• Bloom Status
• Tulip Time Map 
• Parade Route

Google Earth Links

• Geoearthblog
• Excel to KML
• Google Earth Pro Free
• Importing Addresses
• Geocoding
• Map Making Tool
• Viewshed Tool
• Regionation
• Measuring
• Image Overlay
• Saving Images
• Printing 
• Download Page 

New Google Earth Page 
ArcGIS Earth

Phantom Forces Links

https://www.roblox.com/games/292439477/Phantom-Forces

https://twitter.com/StyLisStudios

http://stylis-studios.com/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PhantomForces/

https://sites.google.com/view/phgh

http://roblox-phantom-forces.wikia.com/wiki/Phantom_Forces_Wiki

The Graduate In Theaters

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/the-graduate

Movies 12 Ames
April 23:  2 and 7 PM
April 26:  2 and 7 PM

ITAG Conference

2017 ITAG Conference
Tuesday, June 20 – Friday, June 23, 2017
West Des Moines Sheraton
1800 50th Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

https://iowacountiesit.org/itag-conference/

Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings

Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings

http://kenpom.com/

RAGBRAI 2017

RAGBRAI:

• Site
• Facebook
• Twitter 

Orange City:

• Site
• Facebook

Spencer:

• Site
• Facebook

Algona:

• Site
• Facebook

Clear Lake:

• Site
• Facebook 

 Charles City:

• Site
• Facebook 

 Cresco:

• Site
• Facebook

Waukon:

• Site
• Facebook 

 Lansing:

• Site
• Facebook

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconaissance Group

Iowa Air National Guard

• http://www.132dwing.ang.af.mil/
• https://twitter.com/132dWing
• www.goang.com

Escape from Party Island

Escape from Party Island
King of the Hill
Season 3 Episode 17

IMDB 
Wikia

Fun color palette generator

https://coolors.co/

Golden Eye & Phantom Forces

Well,  my son talked me into playing Roblox games with him and I discovered a game that is totally reminiscent of Golden Eye on the 64.

• Wiki

Paul's Monterey Inn

1000 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112

As seen in Breaking Bad and Crazy Heart.

Astro Friday

 Eclipse timeline:  

• moon enters penumbra 4:32 pm CT
• Mid-eclipse 6:44 pm CT
• moon leaves penumbra  8:55 pm CT

The Slooh Community Observatory will offer a live webcast of the eclipse at Slooh.com on Feb. 10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). You can also watch the lunar eclipse webcast on Space.com, courtesy of Slooh.

usatoday article

 Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusáková:

Slooh's live feed will begin to show comet at 9:30 pm ct. 
2 am Saturday morning (facing east in Hercules)

Iowa Quarter

The National Park Quarters:  Effigy Mounds National Monument Quarter
article
article 

Iowa Tornado Data

From the National Weather Service Site:  http://www.nws.noaa.gov

• GIS Portal
• Iowa tornadoes 2016 (download kml)
• kml download page
• NOAA Rest Services Page
• NOAA shapefiles

Radon in Iowa

Iowa Radon Info:

• http://idph.iowa.gov/radon
• http://idph.iowa.gov/radon/resources 

GIS Data:

• Iowa Counties 
• Iowa Zipcodes
• US Counties Shapefile (census)
• US Counties (esri)
• US Zipcodes (census)
• US Zipcodes (esri)

National Radon Info:

• EPA Radon
• CDC Radon 

Finding Public Domain Images

• Wikipedia List
• Advanced Google Search (how to)
• Pixabay 
• Clker
• Open Clip Art