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Geoportal to harvest services hosted by Geoserver

I am trying to set up Geoportal to harvest services hosted by Geoserver. I tried follow this instructions: Open your Geoportal Server. Go to the Administration tab Choose the 'Add' option Choose ...
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Cluster processing - what resources to ask for 50 Gb DEM processing

For "renting purposes", I have to specify the computing resources I need from the computing center at my University. I have very little idea of what to ask for. Considering the information below may ...
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Where can one find GIS shapefiles for all of California's municipal jurisdictions (cities, counties, special districts, JPA, CFDs, etc.)?Edit

Cities and counties are easy but I've been digging a while for the other information and haven't had any luck. Particularly interested in water districts and some of the more major JPAs -- for ...
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Where can I find the finest granularity of 2010 US census population information?

I am writing a re-districting application where I want to be able to create US voting districts based on geographic coordinate population data. In a perfect world, I would have the population for each ...
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Is there a comprehensive list of latitude and longitude values for cities around the world?

I'm developing an application that calculates the distance between cities using their respective Longitude and Latitude values. But the problem is where to get a comprehensive list of latitude and ...
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Where to get 2010 Census Block data?

This might be a stupid question but I would like to download 2010 Census Block Data for several towns and I can't seem to find it on American Factfinder. Is it there? And if not, does anyone know ...
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What is the single most influential book every GIS professional should read?

If you could go back in time and tell yourself to read a specific book/text/guide/tutorial at the beginning of your career as a gis-developer, which book would it be? I expect this list to be varied ...
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Is there a DTM available for free somewhere?

To go a little bit further than the semantic question regarding DEM/DTM/DSM, I'd like to know if there is a free (of charges and use) DTM datasets? And what about resolution? As far as I know,only ...
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Where can I find QGIS tutorials and resources?

After several recommendations, I thought I'd familiarize myself with the capabilities of QGIS. I downloaded the program, but apart from basic loading of data, I got lost (the help file wasn't much ...
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Geomedia resources

Are there any Intergraph Geomedia users visiting this site? As of today, there is not one question about Geomedia. Do you know about any site where there is any discussion on Geomedia products ...
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Are there any training resources in SQL and Python as applied to GIS database management?

I've taken ESRI database courses, which have been helpful to my work. But I also need training in SQL and Python as applied to GIS database management. Any suggestions?
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GIS Pros - what lives on your bookshelf?

What books, journals, electronic resources have you found most valuable for expanding your knowledge in the GI field? To which of them you come back most often? One item per post please.