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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 8

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 8 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 7

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 7 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 6

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 6 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 5

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 5 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 4

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 4 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 3

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 3 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1 : Issue 2

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 2 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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GeoMetrx Common Ground News Volume 1: Issue 1

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

See the newsletter with all graphics at COMMON GROUND VOLUME 1 : ISSUE 1 NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE LINK.  Text only version provided below, links only work in the full archived version via the link above. To sign up to receive the … Continue reading →

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Dejunking Junk King™ Franchise Territory Management

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Kent Hargesheimer

One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.  For Junk King, that statement couldn’t be more true!  Junk King, founded in 2005 by two friends in the San Francisco Bay Area, is one of the fastest growing franchise opportunities in America.  … Continue reading →

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World Population: 7 Billion or Not?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

Predictions are a tricky business, and even when we think an answer is clear, there can still be debate.  The United Nations claims world population reached the “scary” 7 billion mark on October 31, 2011, while the U.S. Census Bureau estimates … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage Increases in 8 States

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

Nearly 1.5 million workers earning minimum wage will have something to celebrate on New Year’s Day – a bigger paycheck! Eight states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington; will raise the minimum wage rate between 28 and … Continue reading →

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Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

Season’s Greetings from GeoMetrx  

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Location, Location, Location – How Will They Reach You?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

Location, Location, Location – you hear it all the time.  Is location important to your business?  If your customers come to you then absolutely YES!  Location can mean the difference between success and failure. One of the many factors to … Continue reading →

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Franchise Trends 2012 – Opportunity Knocks

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

If you’re wondering what the hottest trends are in franchising, look no further than Entrepreneur’s 10 Industry Trends for Franchises in 2012.  Some on the list are the usual suspects that have been showing consistently steady growth for years, while … Continue reading →

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Mapping Locations of Local & Tourist Photos on Flickr

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

This is an excellent example of deriving some new and interesting information from geographically tagged data.  Eric Fischer has developed a library of maps (for 133 cities worldwide) showing the locations of photos taken by local versus tourists within various … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Fallout Maps

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

Below are several animated time-series maps showing the projected geographic dispersion of several radioactive elements coming from the Fukushima Nuclear disaster site. I discovered these in a recent post on the Zero Hedge site. The original source is the Central … Continue reading →

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Mapping Transnational Organized Crime

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Kent Hargesheimer

I have always been a fan of maps showing data as flows. This interactive map from the Wired Magazine illustrates international criminal trade. I have provided a quick screenshot here, but click through this link for the full interactive map. … Continue reading →

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Geographic Enterprises partners with the Winvale Group to Bring GeoMetrx to the Federal Market

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Kent Hargesheimer

Wake Forest, NC – Geographic Enterprises (GE) has formalized an agreement with the Winvale Group to get included on the GSA Schedule 70 (Information Technology) and bring the GeoMetrx web-based Software as a Service application (SaaS) decision support application to … Continue reading →

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Geographic Enterprises launches GeoMetrx Web-based Subscription Service

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Kent Hargesheimer

Wake Forest, NC – Geographic Enterprises (GE) is proud to announce the official launch of GeoMetrx, a web-based Software as a Service application (SaaS) decision support application for in-depth market and economic analysis. GeoMetrx is an easy-to-use suite of tools … Continue reading →

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Heat Mapping Federal Spending

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Kent Hargesheimer

This is a bit off subject, but interesting nontheless. Check out this article & heat maps of the Federal Budget on the Atlantic Monthly website.  Although they are not geographic maps, this technique (now commonly used to show stock market valuation … Continue reading →

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Animated Unemployment Trend Map

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Kent Hargesheimer

Take a look at this animated trend map from Latoya Egwuekwe, a graduate student at American University. It is also available on YouTube here.  CNN did a story on it. Latoya’s map shows how the unemployment rate has changed over the … Continue reading →

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Free 2010 Area Code Reference Map

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Kent Hargesheimer

Working with our partners at Cartifact, we have put together a Free Area Code Reference Map.  Ever since getting Caller ID more than a decade ago, unknown area codes have always sparked the thought “Who and where is that?”  This … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Launch of the Common Ground Blog

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Kent Hargesheimer

Here at Geographic Enterprises, we talk about how geography as literally being the ‘common ground’ for understanding our world, so we thought this would be an appropriate name for our blog.  We are new at blogging, so please bear with … Continue reading →

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Geographic Enterprises Case Study: Leveraging Tableau to Develop Solutions for Web-based Economic Development Analysis

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Kent Hargesheimer

Leveraging Tableau to Develop Solutions for Web-based Economic Development Analysis

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Geographic Enterprises Now offering NAVTEQ Data Worldwide

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Kent Hargesheimer

Geographic Enterprises has joined NAVTEQ’s partner channel program to be able to offer NAVTEQ data and technology worldwide. “NAVTEQ is the premier provider of geographic data in the world today” states Kent Hargesheimer, Managing Partner.  “NAVTEQ provides geographic data the … Continue reading →

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Geographic Enterprises launches Innovation Economy 360

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Kent Hargesheimer

Geographic Enterprises (GE) announces the official launch of the Innovation Economy 360 (IE360) application (http://www.ie360.net) for Decision Data Resources (DDR). “IE360 is the first in a new breed of ASP web application” states Craig Johnson, Managing Partner of Technology for … Continue reading →

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Decision Data Resources chooses Geographic Enterprises to Develop Innovation Economy 360

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Kent Hargesheimer

Geographic Enterprises (GE) has inked an agreement with Decision Data Resources (DDR) to develop the Innovation Economy 360 (IE360) application. “We are excited about the opportunity to work with Chuck and his team at DDR to develop a new paradigm … Continue reading →

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GeoPrinter PDF Utility Now Windows Vista Compatible

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Kent Hargesheimer

The latest release of the GeoPrinter PDF Utility version 1.21 is now fully compatible with Windows Vista.  This new version of the utility now allows the users to change the output resolution. “We are pleased to be able to provide … Continue reading →

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Craig Johnson joins Geographic Enterprises

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Kent Hargesheimer

WAKE FOREST, NC – Industry veteran Craig Johnson has joined Geographic Enterprises (GE) as a Managing Partner. Mr. Johnson will be heading up GE’s technology efforts. “We share a unique vision of how geospatial business intelligence web applications should evolve. … Continue reading →

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StreetSmart 6.0 with TIGER 2005 Data Now Available

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Kent Hargesheimer

WAKE FOREST, NC – The industry’s premier TIGER based base mapping data product, StreetSmart version 6.0 from Meridian GeoSystems is now available with TIGER 2005 data.  The Census Bureau is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in modernizing TIGER and … Continue reading →

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New GeoPrinter PDF Utility with Metric Sizes Now Available

Posted on April 28, 2006 by Kent Hargesheimer

WAKE FOREST, NC – Geographic Enterprises (GE) has released version 1.2 of the popular GeoPrinter PDF Utility incorporating a new set of metric output sizes. The new version is now available free at http://www.geoprinter.com. “After thousands of downloads and the … Continue reading →

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Geographic Enterprises Provides India GIS Data to the New York Times for the "India Accelerating" Four Article Feature Series

Posted on December 4, 2005 by Kent Hargesheimer

"India Accelerating" Multimedia Interactive Feature Article 1 of 4: "Mile by Mile, India Paves a Smoother Road to Its Future" Article 2 of 4: "In Today’s India, Status Comes with Four Wheels" Article 3 of 4: "On India’s Roads, Cargo … Continue reading →

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GeoPrinter Streamlines Digital Wall Map Printing for GIS Community

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Kent Hargesheimer

WAKE FOREST, NC – Geographic Enterprises (GE) has launched the GeoPrinter Wall Map Digital Printing Service at http://www.geoprinter.com making production of wall size map output fast, easy, and affordable.  The GeoPrinter service provides high resolution digital map printing for PDF … Continue reading →

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Geographic Enterprises to Manage StreetSmart Data Products

Posted on June 14, 2005 by Kent Hargesheimer

WAKE FOREST, NC – In a new exclusive partnership agreement with Meridian GeoSystems (Meridian), Geographic Enterprises (GE) has agreed to take over the management of Meridian’s data product line, including the popular StreetSmart geospatial data products for the US. “After … Continue reading →

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Geospatial Industry Veteran Launches Geographic Enterprises

Posted on May 18, 2005 by Kent Hargesheimer

WAKE FOREST, NC – Geospatial industry veteran Kent Hargesheimer has launched Geographic Enterprises, LLC (GE) with a focus on providing innovative geographic business intelligence solutions to help clients manage and grow their businesses.   “I am excited about the opportunities to … Continue reading →

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