OpenStreetMap View coming Soon to Arc2Google and MapsCompare

I got a number of requests to embed the OpenStreetMap to both Arc2Google and MapsCompare tool.

Arc2Google is a tool that integrates ArcMap with Google Maps/Earth ,Yahoo maps and Bing Maps, I am now working on adding OpenStreetmap so you will have access to rich content from your ArcMap.

I got this suggestion from the folks at slashgeo as a comment to add open street to Maps Compare as both Bing and Yahoo have poor data and Google Earth has exactly same data as Google Maps.

ESRI ArcGIS Online Products

No, arcgis.com is not the only ESRI product that allows you to share and interact with your GIS maps and data with other users.

Governments have shown their interests in the ArcGIS Online product but they had doubts, the major concern was the Security.

1. Where is my data stored?
2. Who have access?
3. What happen when I delete a map?
4. Is the Mapping Channel secured? 

In a simple presentation I explain the difference between the four ArcGIS Online Products.

Download it, browse through it and I'm open for discussion here.

The Sun's Nuclear Fusion Explained

Our Sun is an active giant gaseous star that produce energy enough to power up everything on earth. The source of this energy is one type Nuclear Reaction, the Nuclear Fusion.

I can go on and explain what happens on the Sun and how Nuclear Fusion scientifically works but it will be boring. So I decided to put a comic that explains it all .

Source.

Strip: How web browsers work?

1. User asks the browser for a site
2. Browser exit the firewall after verification
3. Browser asks Domain Name Server for the IPAddress of the site
4. Browser follows the route to the IP Address
5. Browser finds the site host
6. Browser asks for the site html result
7. Browser returns back to the original address
8. Browser prints the result to the user.

Convert 2D to 3D using ESRI Model Builder

2D to 3D

Want sexy 3D data but you have only 2D data?

Here is a proposal, using Model Builder and ESRI ArcScene you can create a beautiful 3D model even from Plain AutoCad Files.

Will publish a demo tool upon your request guys

KONY 2012

More than 30,000 children are as an army. Just for one man's love of power.

The sad thing is no one knows about it.

Help the world know.  Help stop Kony this year 2012.

They say I talk to machines

Done by @nadanz