File format converter

Do you have any Office 2007 file which you desperately want to convert  to office 2003. Heres a tool using which you can convert Microsoft Office 2007 files to 2003 format. The extension changes from .docx to .doc for which you dont need to have office 2007

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=cf196df0-70e5-4595-8a98-370278f40c57&displayLang=en

Enjoy !

What is CommunityViz(R)?

What is CommunityViz^®?

If you are a planner, chances are you already know a little about CommunityViz, the popular GIS software for land-use planning. On this site you�ll find all the latest information on features, upgrades, purchasing, and more. Please feel free to look around, and e-mail or call us if you are not finding what you need.

If you are new to planning or to CommunityViz, read on for a brief introduction to the Why, Who and How of this powerful software tool.

Why

All over the world, cities, towns and regions face complex yet important decisions about their future. As population increases, communities need to choose where and how to shape themselves. There are thousands of questions like these:

• Where will or should houses, apartments and commercial buildings go?
• What roads, schools, water and infrastructure will be needed in future?
• Will tax revenue be enough to pay for services?
• What will traffic be like, and can it be reduced?
• What will happen to the natural environment?
• What will become of the local way of life � the heart and soul of the community?
• What can be done to improve the quality of life?

Fundamentally, communities need to decide how hundreds of economic, environmental and social considerations can be addressed and woven together to create vibrant places to live now and in the years to come.

While these decisions are important, they are also complex. Myriad factors are in play. Making wise, informed decisions requires combining science, data, and points of view from many fields at once � a task for which CommunityViz is designed.

Who

The people and organizations that use CommunityViz are diverse. They work in countries all over the world and they include:

• State and local governments of all sizes
• Regional planning and transportation agencies
• Federal agencies
• Professional firms and consultants
• Universities and academic institutions
• Non-profit organizations

Some of these people use CommunityViz �hands-on� every day; others simply see and interact with the rich set of multimedia outputs, reports, and visuals that CommunityViz users can create; still others are somewhere in between. CommunityViz is a flexible, customizable platform that can serve a wide variety of purposes.

How

CommunityViz is based on geographic information systems (GIS) software � computerized maps that can contain rich information about the physical world. In particular, CommunityViz plugs into ArcGIS^‐-brand desktop software from ESRI, the world�s leading GIS platform and the place where most planning organizations store information about the places they work.

CommunityViz adds a large suite of extra functions that combine with ArcGIS to make a more specialized, powerful decision-making platform � tools for setting up alternative futures (scenarios) and analyzing their effects; tools for making interactive three-dimensional (3-D) models of real places as they are now and as they could be in future; tools for explaining and communicating across the many groups of people who become involved in making decisions about the future of a place.

Some ways of using CommunityViz are very easy and anyone can do them; others are more sophisticated and require knowledge of GIS. Some people use CommunityViz themselves, and others hire certified CommunityViz professional consultants to help them apply it in particular settings.

http://www.placeways.com/communityviz/?p=communityviz

ArcMap MXD to ArcIMS AXL & MapServer converter/ export utility

NEW!
After over 9000 downloads I added the option to create configuration files for other Web Map Servers like MapServer ( http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu ) besides the already supported ArcIMS! You can extend this to other formats by adding new XSLT transformation stylesheets (see below 'Adding other formats')

The configuration files for ArcIMS and for MapServer are focussed on creating Open Geospatial Consortium compliant Web Map Services (OGC-WMS).

The files generated for MapServer can be customized by editing the "resoures/_MXDtoMap.xsl" file. The default form is particularly focussed on users that publish metadata and services through GeoNetwork opensource ( http://geonetwork-opensource.org ).

http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12766

zigGIS - PostGIS connector for ArcGIS, free ArcGIS plugin

PostGIS connector for ArcGIS zigGIS is an ArcGis plug-in that allows loading and viewing of PostGIS layers. The hope is to eventually get zigGIS so that it will also edit PostGIS layers.

The official zigGIS web site is http://code.google.com/p/ziggis/. The old ZigGis web site is no longer supported.

We have imported the svn project in google code, source code can be checked out at this address:

http://ziggis.googlecode.com/svn/

The ZigGIS logo - designed by Jeremiah Lewis, a very good friend of Abe - represents the aim of zigGIS, an Open Source GIS package that span Open Source and commercial GIS database packages. Launch zig for great justice!

Download it from : http://code.google.com/p/ziggis/

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samiazm!™

ESRI ready to release ArcGIS Explorer build 450

ESRI is about to release an update to ArcGIS Explorer.

Build 450 will add no new features, but will resolve a number of graphics card related issues that we inadvertently picked up at 440 (via ArcGlobe apparently).

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Ritesh Ambastha,

Free Spaces 25 GB- Share your data or atleast store it...

Hi all,

Heres a list of sites that are offering free space to store and share data

MediaMax offers 25 GB of free space to upload and share the data.


https://www.mediamax.com/Brands/MediaMax/home/signup.aspx

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Offers 5 Gb of free sharing and uploading space. Interface is good.

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Xdrive Features

• Back up your valuable files - your music, photos and more - automatically.
• Conveniently access all your files from anywhere.
• Easily share your files with friends and family.
• Get 5GB for Free!

its an AOL Service..

Visit : www.xdrive.com
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Then there is the


Omnidrive allows 5 gb of data storage space with a good and user friendly front end.

http://www.omnidrive.com/

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Got stuff to share? Give it a home on eSnips and expect the unexpected!

Yes, the esnips interface is more for the multimedia stuff where as rest others are like a common explorer kind of interfaces making it easier for the users to share and store the data.

www.esnips.com
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Free online virus, malware, spyware scanners

Here are a few options for free online virus, spyware, malware scanners. You need not buy the system, you can use it freely. There are a few dependencies like the browser dependency, sometimes it requires a specific browser like Internet explorer or Mozilla or Safari, it depends on the developers

From the makers of the NOD antivirus

http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/

Bit Defender is one of them

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

Here is Trend Micro House Call

http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/

Fsecure

http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/olsbeta.shtml