Sunil Palkar the Geogeek

Maps mean different things to different people.  So what is a map? My definition is simple: a map is an answer to a question. There are three basic kinds of maps that answer three basic types of questions: The Location map answers the question, “Where am I?” The Navigation map answers the question, “How do I get there?” The Spatial Relationships map answers the question “How are these things related?” It’s this third type of map—a map that helps in our understanding of spatial patterns and relationships—where we as GIS professionals spend most of our time.  We work hard making our maps.  Our maps can be beautiful works of art, but that’s not why we make them.  We make them to answer a question, to solve a problem, and to advance our understanding.  And therein lies the power of the map. Even the best maps have no power by themselves; they just exist, like the maps you hang on your office wall, or the maps in the world atlas sittin

1. Don't Make it an All-in-one Web Map It's important to have a tight and focused intent of the web map.  Carefully consider which GIS data layers are truly needed for the map.  There is a tendency to overload as many geographic layers as possible into a single web map.  Only interesting and relevant geographic information should be provided. 2. K.I.S.S. Simplicity is key, hence the Keep it Simple, Stupid acronym.  Effective web maps are uncluttered and easy to use.  Avoid the urge to pile on too many tools, menus, and buttons.  Think about what the use of the web map is for, and only offer functionality that is applicable.  Don't offer the user an overwhelming amount of choices in either data layers or tools. Lots of tools, lots of layers, and no legend makes this web map hard to use. 3. Make it Intuitive Users should be able to understand and use your web map without any long instructions and manuals.  GIS data should be symbolized in a deductive

Really interesting application Rail Radar..... Rail Radar: Its an interactive map which allows users to watch movements of trains which are currently running in India.Its nice to see all routs and updated information (5 to 10 min  update interval) on Google map check out @  http://railradar.train enquiry. com/

       The  Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that is used to construct, record, analyze, manipulate, and display geographic information. Geographic information is simply any data that is geographically referenced or that has known earth coordinates(i.e. Latitude/Longitude)              Features such as points(e.g. wells, street signs), lines(e.g. roads, rivers) and polygons(e.g. houses, crop fields) can be created in a GIS and coordinated with other databases into one large GIS, and then queries and decisions can be made on the entire GIS or specific elements depending on the desired application. GIS Applications : Retail Most new out-of-town supermarkets are sited with the aid of a sophisticated GIS. The GIS is used to store socioeconomic details of possible customers within the proposed area. A catchment area for a store may be developed by calculating the drive-time - the time it would take to drive to the store's location -

आज करियर चे इतके वेगळे पर्याय असतना वेगळे करियर केले तरी पुढे प्रॉब्लेम काही संपत नाहीत ..एका अशाच प्रॉब्लेम वर सुंदर विडम्बन (केवळ विनोद निर्मिती हाच उदेश आहे.) आई ग मला engineer च नवरा हवा (कोणाच्या ही भावना दुखवायचा हेतू नाही फक्त विडम्बन आहे. ) त्याला असवा पगार ५०,००० हवा दिसयला छान आई ग मला engineer च नवरा हवा || १|| असावी छोटी कार आणि (हसून) व्हावी एकदा trip अटकेपार आई ग मला engineer च नवरा हवा || २ || घर असावे छान असावा आमचा वेगळा मान २-BHK ही पडते लहान म्हणून हवा मोठा flat छान आई ग मला engineer च नवरा हवा || ३ || असावी एकदा हॉटेल वारी त्यातला त्यात Chinese -continental फूड लय भारी आई ग मला engineer च नवरा हवा || ४ || बाकी काही मला सांगू नको Engineer ,डॉक्टर ,MBA , IT यांच्या शिवाय बाकी कोणाला बघू नको Engineer ,डॉक्टर ,MBA , IT यांनाच फक्त मान ..M.Sc ,Ph D यांचे नुसते करियरच छान Copyright © by Sunil Palkar

"Making things simple rather than complicated" ...hats off Steve Why Steve Job : Steve Jobs had an incredible vision when it came to technology. We’ll never see another Steve Job’s. A larger than life figure in the tech industry, Steve had a hand in many of the computer products we use today. Steve, being such a technological genius, naturally drew me. Through both his words and actions, Jobs convinced me that following hard after my dreams was well worth it. Job’s could look at current market trends and envision what people would want in the future. The ability to think outside the box that Steve most definitely possessed has motivated me to think similarly.