GIS training courses in ten minutes

GIS training courses in ten minutes? A new series of fact sheets from MapIT.biz claims teach you GIS as well as various system and process modeling techniques in only ten minutes.

Perhaps. While some more time might be required for thorough understanding of this very comprehensive topic, the fact sheets are quite informative and would be useful as a reference for managers and people who have to related to GIS experts and who need a strategic overview rather than painstaking detail.

Download the fact sheet GIS Tutorial 101 in Ten Minutes and have a look for yourself.

21.02.2012 – 10:39 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in Business & it, In English | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Friday prayer in Kuwait

However scary the media tries to make the Middle East look; the Gulf states look very much like Main Street USA. Nowhere in the world, New York included, is the density of American brands higher  than in Kuwait City. Between Applebees, Chilis, Fridays Starbucks, Gloria Jean’s Coffee and KFC there is little to remind you …

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14.02.2012 – 12:30 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in Travel & destinations, Videos | Comments (0)

Oppskrytt kamelromantikk

Sidan 2009, då eg for fyrste gong sette meg oppå ein kamel, har eg leika med tanken om å dra på ein fleirdagstur i selskap med dette noko underlege men trivelege dyret. Førre helg, tre år og fire smertefulle kameltimar seinare, vakla eg bort frå kamelen min fast bestemt på aldri å utsetje meg sjølv, …

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08.02.2012 – 15:06 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in Forteljingar & minne, Ting som undrar meg | Comments (0)

Are Frode Søholt 1974 – 2012

Kvil i fred kjære ven Minne eg ikkje visste at eg hadde strøymer på: hyggjelege kveldar; turar til fjell og fjerne strender; planar vi la – men ikkje gjennomførte. Du utretta meir på dine 37 år enn eg – meir enn mange etter eitt fullevd liv Verda står ikkje tom etter deg. Sorga vi kjenner …

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21.01.2012 – 23:30 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in Forteljingar & minne, På Norsk | Comments Off

Shiraz, Persepolis og eit “noko annerleis” Iran

Januar 2012: Skal ein tru internasjonale media finst det ikkje den Iranar som ikkje anten skrur saman bomber, anrikar uranium, finansierar terrorisme – eller på anna vis bur seg til krig; fyrst og fremst mot Israel, dernest mot grannelaget i Midt-Austen og sist, men ikkje minst, mot utvalde kjenningar i Europa og USA. Dette gjer …

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16.01.2012 – 08:00 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in Frå reiser & turar, På Norsk | Comments (2)

Google search January 2012: 3 890 000 love, 1 910 000 hates Facebook

After uplifting results in the late summer of 2010 I find that things have taken a turn for the worst in the cancerous growth of Facebook as a brand. “I love Facebook” returned 3 890 000 results “I hate Facebook” returned 1 910 000 results I believe it would have been healthier if the second …

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15.01.2012 – 08:00 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in Business & it, In English | Comments (0)

Scent of a (burning) woman

The Shiva temple of Pashupatinath in Kathmandu is popular with tourists as well as devoted Hindus – and – with mourners who come there to cremate their family members. This combination sets the scene for a bizarre experience on the banks of the Bagmati River. Just as we arrived, a self proclaimed guide reared his …

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06.01.2012 – 08:00 | By (Stein) Runar Bergheim | Posted in In English, Travel & destinations | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)