Guide to loading TFW files in ArcMap

Hi Everyone,

I found this guide while trying to figure out how to load my TFW file into ArcMap. Its a step-by-step guide to load your raster image and georeference it in ArcMap 9.x. Thought people might find it useful for homework or general use.

http://www.mcgill.ca/files/gic/georeference9.pdf

Cheers!

Method to Send *Large* Files Over E-Mail

I have found the following website:

http://www.mailbigfile.com/

It allows you to e-mail big files. This might be helpful when submitting homework.

Enjoy,

Adam

Free Image Viewer / Modification Tool

Just wanted everyone to know of the following tool that is very similar to Photoshop, but is absolutely free.

The GIMP 2:

http://www.gimp.org/

Click here, for the actual download location.

When downloading this do not forget to install GTK 2+ prior to installation... All of the instructions should be on the website.

WorldView I Launch Successful

On Tuesday, Sept. 18, WorldView I, the latest satellite imager from Digital Globe, was successfully launched from Vandenberg AFB. See video at

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/missions/worldview-1/

From the video, it will have 0.5m GSD (ground sample distance) and operate from a near circular orbit with approximate altitude of 500 km.

Producing PDFs on Windows for Free

If you need to produce a PDF for your homework, and are running Windows. There is a combination of two open source applications that will help. The main PDF generation is done by ghostscript, which has been ported from Linux to Windows. Make sure you install ghostscript first. The second program is PDFCreator, which creates a virtual printer. The virtual printer appears as a normal Window's printer. To produce a PDF, you just need to print your document as usual with PDFCreator as the target. The output from the printer is a PDF file, which you can then treat as any other PDF file.

I have tested with with MS Office, and it does produce a PDF file that the standard Adobe reader can handle.

MATLAB Cheat Sheet

For those new to MATLAB, I found a 12 page PDF cheat sheet of MATLAB commands at
http://www.math.umd.edu/~jeo/matlab_quickref.pdf.

Where are the solutions to the problems in the text?

Does anyone know where we can find the solutions to the problems listed at the end of each chapter in the "Introduction to Modern Photogrammetry" by Mikhail, Bethel & McGlone? I looked through the book, but didn't see any reference to where the solutions were, they didn't appear to be on the CD that came with the hard-cover book either. Is there a website somewhere with the solutions? Please blog me a response if you can help. Thanks,
Mike Flaherty