As many of you may know I have been a proponent within this list of grid-based or raster spatial analysis for many years. Agriculture has a leading but not unique interest spatial relationships via it's agro-ecological study of farm field landscapes. Many of the methods and utilities needed by that interest are as valuable if not more so in other areas of GIS interest. From what I can glean from the recent demonstration of the soon to be released MapInfo Pro 7.5, MapInfo too is addressing the interest in grid-space data mining to: tease-out sales-sheds, evaluate banking services access, establish regional insurance risks, identify pollution distribution, assist in crime pattern identification, enhance civil and national defense, and many more.
Dr Joe Berry has placed several extensive self-paced training courses on the WEB for any interested in the methods to take GIS insights into these other dimensions. While both he and I have interest in a related tool, MapCalc, the methods and case studies are instructive to ESRI Spatial Analyst users as well as MapInfo Pro users via Vertical Mapper, Surfer, MapCalc, or Grid Analyser. The site below was set up by Dr. Berry for the USDA Service Agencies National Geospatial Workshop this past June. It includes PowerPoint presentation, slides, and step-by-step tutorials for all major aspects of grid-space GIS methods. http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/USDAworkshop/ FYI MidNight Mapper aka neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 8230
