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Prince George's County, Maryland
Boards and Commissions
Overview of Boards and Commissions in the County.
Central Services
Provides goods and services to Prince George s County internal and external customers.
Community Relations
Ensures residents participate in government and receive a high level of service.
County Executive
Office of the County Executive, County Initiatives, Proposed Legislation
Educates, administers, & maintains voting process in accordance with Federal, State, & County laws.
Provides animal management, recycling, trash collection, sustainability and environmental services.
Ethics and Accountability
Provides increased accountability and oversight by identifying fraud, abuse and illegal acts.
Provides a full range of financial services and reporting.
Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Family Services
Provides community-based services to enhance quality of life for individuals and families of PGC.
Provides services to protect and improve the health of our community.
Social Services
Provides educational, financial, protective, referral and supportive services.
Housing and Community Development
Responsible for the implementation of regulations of the HUD at the local level.
Human Relations
Investigates and prosecutes all complaints of discrimination in the County.
Human Resources
Serves as the central source of human resources expertise and services.
Information Technology
Provides IT strategy and support for the County.
Provides legal services to the County Executive, County Council, County Agencies and Boards.
Legislative Branch
The People's branch of the government.
Council Administration
Provides professional staff support for all Council functions and activities.
County Council
County Council Districts 1-9
Management and Budget
Budget formulation, fiscal control, program control & evaluation, management & policy analysis.
Permitting, Inspections & Enforcement
Permitting, licensing, inspections and compliance of building codes and property standards.
Public Safety
Public Safety
Fire prevention, fire protection, emergency medical services, and community outreach programs
Citizen Complaint Oversight
Improves the climate of community/police relationships; fair and timely resolution of individual complaints.
Provides a safe, secure and humane environment for pre-trial offenders.
Homeland Security
Comprehensive emergency management programs, 911 Communication oversight
Provides modern, comprehensive, and dynamic policing services to the community.
Public Works and Transportation
Provides roadway infrastructure, litter control, mass transportation and storm water management.
Revenue Authority
Pay parking violations online, public parking, MVA release, court requests.
Law enforcement arm of courts, court security, serves warrants/court orders.
State's Attorney
Safeguards the community through the prosecution of criminal matters.
Top Services
Inmate General Information
Pay Parking Tickets
Permitting Forms
PGPD Career Opportunities
PGPD Phone List
Fire/EMS Opportunities
Voter Registration
911 Communications
Public Safety Communications Center where all 911 calls in Prince Georges County are routed.
Art in Public Places
Art in Public Places program information.
Boards and Commissions
Overview of Boards and Commissions in the County.
Community Relations
Offers proactive outreach, professional constituent services and collaborative problem solving.
Provides a safe, secure and humane environment for pre-trial offenders.
County Council Districts
County Council Districts 1-9.
Educates, administers, maintains voting equipment and facilitates the voting process in accordance with Federal, State, & County laws.
Emergency Management
Assists residents by preparing for, responding to, or recovering from emergencies or disasters.
Provides animal management, recycling, trash collection, sustainability and environmental services.
Animal Management
Enforcement of Animal Control Ordinance, adoptions, licensing, spay/neuter & humane education.
Sustainability Initiatives
Planning, development, & implementation of environmental programs to protect our communities & natural resources.
Stormwater Management
Responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act Fee and Rain Check Rebates program.
Waste Management
Manages the collection, recycling, reduction and disposal of municipal solid waste.
Fire Stations
Fire prevention, fire protection, emergency medical services, and community outreach programs.
Housing & Community Development
Responsible for the implementation of regulations of the HUD at the local level.
Housing Authority
Provides safe, decent and affordable housing to eligible families.
Redevelopment Authority
Providing residential, commercial development and redevelopment in targeted areas.
Human Relations
Investigates and prosecutes complaints of discrimination occurring within Prince George's County.
Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement
Permitting, licensing, inspections and compliance of building codes and property standards.
Police Districts
Provides modern, comprehensive, and dynamic policing services to the community.
Public Library System
Law enforcement arm of courts, court security, serves warrants/court orders.
Soil Conservation
Provides grading and sediment control, agricultural landowner assistance and rural preservation services
Public Works - Transit Services
Commuter rail system providing daily service through Prince George's County to Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Bus routes, time tables, fare information for Metrobus and Metrorail.
Park and Ride
Free park & ride lots for carpool or vanpool, or for connecting with Metrobus, TheBus or other local transit systems.
The Bus
Fare, route and schedule information for TheBus.
Top Services
Boards and Commissions
County Click 311
DPIE Forms and Checklists
Election Judge Application
Non-Emergency Dispatch
People's Zoning Counsel
Scheduling an Inspection
Youth@Work / SYEP
Conference and Visitor's Bureau
Consulting and Technical Services
CATS Contract Vehicle Information.
Economic Development Corporation
Financial Services
Premier Lender of non-traditional financing for small and minority-owned businesses in Prince George s County
Provides services to protect and improve the health of our community.
License Commissioners
Administers & enforces the State Alcoholic Beverage Laws & the local rules and regulations of the BOLC.
People's Zoning
Contact info for People's Zoning Council.
Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement
Permitting, licensing, inspections and compliance of building codes and property standards.
Provides services to County Vendors.
Providing residential, commercial development and redevelopment in targeted areas.
Supplier Development and Diversity
Maintains the County's world-class Local Small Minority Business Enterprise Program.
Top Services
Liquor License Hearings
MBE/DBE Programs
Peer Review Program
Supplier Directory
Education Excellence
Advises the County Executive on various education-related matters.
Emergency Management
Assists residents by preparing for, responding to, or recovering from emergencies or disasters.
Health and Human Services
Family Services
Provides community-based services to enhance quality of life for individuals and families of Prince George's County. We provide services for seniors, children youth and families, persons with a mental illness and disabilities.
Provides services to protect and improve the health of our community.
Social Services
Provides educational, financial, protective, referral and supportive services.
Housing and Community Development
Responsible for the implementation of regulations of the HUD at the local level.
Housing Authority
Provides safe, decent and affordable housing to eligible families.
Motor Vehicle Administration
911 Communications
Public Safety Communications Center where all 911 calls in Prince Georges County are routed.
Top Services
Foster Care/Adoptive Services
General Population
HIV and AIDS
Housing Fair
School System
School Based Wellness Centers (SBWC's)
Tobacco Cessation
Food Services
Weatherization Assistance Program
Circuit Court
Civil & Criminal Jury and Non-Jury Trials; Family & Juvenile Matters.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Manages & Maintains records of cases filed in Circuit Court; Civil Marriages; Marriage & other Licenses; Passport Applications.
Court of Appeals
Maryland's highest court; Appeals in cases with unique legal issues.
Court of Special Appeals
Appeals from the Circuit Court.
District Court
Non-jury civil and criminal trials; landlord-tenant actions; traffic offenses; peace orders; domestic violence protection.
Judicial Branch
Orphan's Court
Probate Court; Estates; Guardianship of Minors.
Register of Wills
Link to the Register of Wills State of Maryland site.
Top Services
Circuit Court Docket
Case Search
Court Fees
Jury Duty
Related Agencies
About the County
A mere glance at the diversity of Prince George's County in facts, history, and demographics.
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Contact Directory
Facts & History
Facts & History about Prince George's County
How Government Works
The Charter of Prince George's County provides for a Council/Executive form of government; therefore, the County is composed of the Executive and Legislative branches. The Judicial Branch consists of the County's Circuit Court, the state District Court, the Court of Special Appeals and Court of Appeals.
A part of the initiative for a transparent government providing application links for easily accessible information
Privacy Policy
County Click 311
Doing Business with Prince George's County
Employment information and application for the County.
News Room
News and Press Releases.
Pay Online
Listing of services that accept payments online.
Visiting Prince George's County
Top Services
County Maps
Facts & History
How Government Works
Parks and Recreation
War of 1812
My Government
My Community
My Business
My Family
About PGC
Information Technology
Key Initiatives
Major Themes
Overview of OIT
Currently selected
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Additional Resources
Map Depot
Cable Television Commission
Monthly Promotions
TTFC Committee
Tech Prince George's
INET Resources
Hackathon 2014
Consulting and Technical Services
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TOPR Forecast Status
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Information Technology
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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If applied to paper maps or map databases, degree of conformity with a standard if accepted value. Accuracy relates to the quality of a result and is distinguished from precision.
If applied to data collection devices such as digitizers, degree of obtaining the correct value.
Address matching
A mechanism for relating two files using address as the key item. Geographic coordinates and attributes subsequently can be transferred from one address to the other.
Analog Map
Any direct viewable map on which graphic symbols portray features and values: contrast with digital map.
Text on a drawing map associated with identifying or explaining graphic entities shown.
See line.
Arc-node structure
The coordinate and topological data structure used in most vector GIS. Arcs represent lines that can define linear features or the boundary of areas or polygons. In arc-node structures, there is an implied direction to the line so that it may have a left and right side. In this way the area bounded by the arc can also be described, and it is not necessary to double-store coordinates for arcs that define a boundary between two ares.
A closed figure (polygon) bounded by one or more lines enclosing a homogenous area and usually represented only in two dimensions. Examples are provinces, lakes, census tracts and forest stands.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII is a set of codes for representing alphanumeric information (e.g., a byte with a value of 77 represents a capital M). Text files, such as those created with a computer system's text editor, are often referred to as ASCII files.
A position facing a particular direction. Usually referring to in compass directions such as degrees or as cardinal directions (e.g., north, west).
A numerical, text, or image field in a relational database table that describes a spatial feature such as a point, line, area, or cell.
A characteristic of a geographic feature described by numbers or characters, typically stored in tabular format, and linked to the feature by an identifier. For example, attributes of a well (represented by a point) might include depth, pump type, location and gallons per minute.
Automated mapping/facilites management (AM/FM)
A GIS technology focused on the specific segment facility information application and management, such as roads, pipes, and wires.
A reference line in a coordinate system.
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One layer of a multispectral image representing data values for a specific range of the electromagnetic spectrum of reflected light or heat. Also, other user-specified values derived by manipulation of original image bands. A standard color display of multispectral image displays three bands, one each for red, green and blue. Satellite imagery such as Landsat TM and SPOT provide multispectral images of the earth, some containing seven or more bands.
Base map
A map showing planimetric, topographic, geological, political and/or cadastral information that may appear in many different types of maps. The base map information is drawn with other types of changing thematic information. Base map information may include major political boundaries, major hydrographic data, or major roads. The changing thematic information may be bus routes, population distribution or caribou migration routes.
Benchmark tests
Various standard tests, easily duplicated, for assisting in measurement of product performance under typical conditions of use.
The smallest unit of information that can be stored and processed in a computer. A bit has two possible values, 0, or 1, which can be interpreted as YES/NO, TRUE/FALSE, or ON/OFF.
Boolean expression
A type of expression based upon, or reducible to, a true or false condition. A boolean operator is a keyword that specifies how to combine simple logical expressions into complex expressions. Boolean operators negate a predicate (NOT), specify a combination of predicates (AND), or specify a list of alternative predicates (OR). For example, the use of AND in "DEPTH > 100 and GPM > 500."
Loosely, but erroneously, used to refer to logical expressions such as "DEPTH greater than 100."
A line that defines and controls the surface behavior of a triangulated irregular network (TIN) in terms of smoothness and continuity. Physical examples of breaklines are ridge lines, streams, and lake shorelines.
A zone of a given distance around a physical entity such as a point, line, or polygon.
A group of eight contiguous bits, that is a memory and data storage unit. For Example, file sizes are measured in bytes or megabytes (one million bytes). Bytes contain values of 0 to 255 and are most often used to represent integers or ASCII characters. A collection of bytes (most often 8 bytes) is used to represent real numbers and integers larger than 255.
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See computer-aided design or drafting.
A record of interests in land, encompassing both the nature and extent of interests. Generally, this means maps and other descriptions of land parcels as well as the identification of who owns certain legal rights to the land (such as ownership, liens, easements, mortgages, and other legal interests). Cadastral information often includes other descriptive information about land parcels.
Cartesian coordinate system
A concept from a french philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes (1596-1650). A system of two or three mutually perpendicular axes along which any point can be precisely located with reference to any other point often referred to as x, y, and z coordinates. Relative measure of distance, area, and direction are constant throughout the system.
The basic element of spatial information in a grid data set. Cells are always square. A group of cells form a grid.
The "center of gravity" or mathematically exact center of a irregular shaped polygon; often given as x, y coordinate of a parcel of land.
1. A letter, number, or special graphic symbol (*,@,-) treated as a single unit of data.
2. A data type referring to text columns in an attribute table (such as NAME).
The spatial extraction of physical entities from a GIS file that reside within the boundary of a polygon. The bounding polygon the works much like a cookie cutter.
A spatial grouping of geographic entities on a map. When there are clustered on a map, there is usually some phenomenon causing a relationship among them (such as incidents of disease, crime, pollution, etc.).
See coordinate geometry.
A vertical field in a relational database management system data file. It may store one to many bytes of information.
An instruction, usually one word or concatenated words or letters that perform an action using the software. A command may also have extra options or parameters that define more specific applications of the action.
Computer-Aided Design or Drafting (CAD)
A computer program software package for creating graphic documents.
Computer-Aided Mapping (CAM)
The application of computer technology to automate the map compilation and drafting process.
The physical arrangement and connections of a computer and its related peripheral devices. This can also pertain to many computers and peripherals.
Conflation A set of functions and procedures that aligns the arcs of one GIS file with those of another and then transfers the attributes of one to the other. Alignment precedes the transfer of attributes and is most commonly performed by rubber-sheeting operations.
Small areas on a map are represented in their true shape and angles are preserved, a characteristic of some map projections.
The ability to find a path or "trace" through a network from a source to a given point. For example, connectivity is necessary to find the path along a network of streets to find the shortest or best route from a fire station to a fire.
A topographical construct.
The topographical identification of adjacent polygons by recording the left and right polygons of each arc.
Continuous Data
Usually a reference to grid or raster data representing surface data such as elevation. In this instance, the data can be any value, positive or negative; sometimes referred to as real data. In contrast, see discrete data.
A line connecting points of equal value. Often in reference to a horizontal datum such as mean sea level.
1. The translation of data from one format to another (e.g. TRIM to DXF; a map to digital files).
The position of a point in space with respect to a cartesian coordinate system (x, y, and/or z values). In GIS, a coordinate often represents locations on the earth's surface relative to other locations.
Coordinate Geometry (COGO)
A computerized surveying - plotting calculation methodology created at MIT in the 1950's. Positions are measured relative to a given base position by distance and azimuth, rather than an absolute coordinate.
Coordinate System
The system used to measure horizontal and vertical distance in a planimetric map. In a GIS, it is the system whose units and characteristics are defined by a map projection. A common coordinate system is used to spatially register geographic data for the same area. See Map Projection.
Having the same or coincident boundaries. Two adjacent polygons are coterminous when they share the same boundary (such a street centerline dividing two block).
Curve Fitting
An automated mapping function that converts a series of short connected straight lines into smooth curves to represented entities that do not have precise mathematical definitions (such as rivers, shorelines, and contour lines).
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Dangling Arc
An arc having the same polygon on both its left and right sides and having at least one node that does not connect to any other arc.
A general term used to denote any or all facts, numbers, letters, and symbols that refer to or describe an object, idea, condition, situation, or other factors. These may be line graphics, imagery, and/or alphanumerics. It connotes basic elements of information that can be processed, stored, or produced by a computer.
Data Dictionary
A coded catalog of all data types, or a list of items giving data names and structures. May be on-line (referred to as an automated data dictionary), in which case the codes for the data types are carried in the database. Also referred to as DD/D for data dictionary/directory.
Data Integration
The combination of databases or data files from different functional units of an organization or from different organizations that collect information about the same entities (such as properties, census tracts, street segments). In combining the data, added intelligence is derived.
Data Model
1. A generalized, user-defined view of the data related to applications .
2. A formal method for arranging data to mimic the behavior of the real world entities they represent. Fully developed data models describe data types, integrity rules for the data types, and operations on the data types. Some data models are triangulated irregular networks, images, ad georelational or relational models for tabular data.
Usually a computerized file or series of files or information, most, diagrams, listings, location records, abstracts, or references on a particular subject or subjects organized by data sets and governed by a scheme of organization. "Hierarchical" and "relational" define two popular structural schemes in use in a GIS. For example, a GIS database includes data about the spatial location and shape of geographic entities as well as their attributes.
Database Management System (DBMS)
The software for managing and manipulating the whole GIS including the graphic and tabular data.
Often used to describe the software for managing (e.g., input, verify, store, retrieve, query, and manipulate) the tabular information. Many GISs use a DBMS made by another software vendor, and the GIS interfaces with that software.
A set of parameters and control points used to accurately define the three-dimensional shape of the earth (e.g., as a spheroid). The corresponding datum is the basis for a planar coordinate system.
A process of adding vertices to arcs at a given distance without altering the arc's shape. See spline for a different method for adding vertices.
Usually refers to data that is in computer-readable format.
Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
A digital representation of a topographic surface. Elevation values may be stored in a regular grid of values, one for each cell, a regular lattice of points or in a 'triangulated irregular network' (TIN) of points.
Digital Exchange Format (DXF)
ASCII text files defined by Autodesk, Inc. Originally used in CAD, now showing up in a third party GIS software.
An intermediate file format for exchanging data from one software package to another, neither of which has a direct translation for the other but where both can read and convert DXF data files into their format. This often saves time and preserves accuracy of the data by not reautomating the original.
Digital Line Graph (DLG)
In reference to data, the geographic and tabular data files obtained from the USGS that may include base categories such as transportation, hydrography, contours, and public land survey boundaries.
In reference to data format, the formal standards developed and published by the USGS for exchange of cartographic and associated tabular data files. Many non-DLG data may be formatted in DLG format.
Digital Map
A machine-readable representation of a geographic phenomenon stored for display or analysis by a digital computer; contrast with analog map.
A means of converting or encoding map data that are represented in analogue form into digital information of x and y coordinates.
A device used to capture planar coordinate data, usually as x and y coordinates, from existing analog maps for digital use within a computerized program such as a GIS. Also called a digitizing table.
Discrete Data
Categorical data such as types of vegetation, or class data such as speed zones. In geographical terms, discrete data can be represented by polygons. Sometimes referred to as integer data. In contrast, see continuous data.
Dots Per Inch (DPI)
Often referred to in printing/plotting processes, it related to how sharply an image may be represented. More dots per inch implies that edges of images will be more precisely represented.
Refers to a level of coordinate accuracy based on the possible number of significant digits that can be stored for each coordinate. Whereas single-precision coverages can store up to 7 significant digits for each coordinate and thus retain a precision of 1 metre in an extent of 1,000,000 metres, double precision coverages can store up to 15 significant digits per coordinate (typically 13-14 significant digits) and therefore retain the accuracy of much less than 1 metre at a global extent.
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The x-coordinates in a plane coordinate system; see northings.
Edge Match
An editing procedure to ensure that all features crossing adjacent map sheets have the same edge locations attribute descriptions, and feature classes.
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A representation of a geographic entity, as a point, line, or polygon.
A single set of related information in a computer that can be accessed by a unique name (e.g., a text file created with a text editor, a data file, a DLG file). Files are the logical units managed on disk by the computer's operating system. Files may be stored on tapes or disks.
Flat File
A structure for storing data in a computer system in which each record in the file has the same data items, or fields. Usually, one field is designed as a "key" that is used by computer programs for locating a particular record or for sorting the entire file in particular order.
A logical set of related patterns representing text characters or point symbology (e.g., A,B,C). A font pattern is the basic building block for markers and text symbols.
Foreign Key
In a relational database management system terms, the item or column of a data that is used to relate one file to another.
The pattern in which data are systematically arranged for use on a computer.
A file format is the specific design of how information is organized in the file.
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The distance between two objects that should be connected. Often occurs during the digitizing process or in the edge-matching process.
Reduce the number of points, or vertices, used to represent a line.
Increase the cell size and resample data in a raster format GIS.
Geographic Data
The composite locations and descriptions of geographic entities.
Geographic Database
Efficiently stored and organized spatial data and possibly related descriptive data.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
An organized collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data, and personnel designed to efficiently capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze and display all forms of geographically referenced information. Certain complex, time-consuming, or impractical otherwise.
Geographical Resource Analysis Support System (GRASS)
A public-domain raster GIS modeling product of the US army corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory.
A raster data format that can be used as an exchange format between two GIS's.
To establish the relationship between page coordinates on a paper map or manuscript and known real-world coordinates.
Graduated Circle
A circular symbol whose area or some other dimension, represents a quantity.
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
A graphical method used to control how a user interacts with a computer to perform various tasks. Instead of issuing commands at a prompt, the user is presented with a "dashboard" of graphical buttons and other functions in the form of icons and objects on the display screen. The user interacts with the system using a mouse to point and click.
The designated grid of parallels and meridians on the earth and a map.
Grid Data
One of many data structures commonly used to represent geographic entities. A raster based data structure composed of square cells of equal size arranged in columns and rows. The value of each cells, or group of cells, represents the entity value.
A set of regularly spaced reference lines on the earth's surface, a display screen, a map, or any other
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Components of a computer system, such as the CPU, terminals, plotters, digitizers, printers...
This type of data storage refers to data linked together in a tree-like fashion, similar to the concept of family lines, where data relations can be traced through particular arms of the hierarchy. Knowledge about these data is dependant on the data structure.
Refers to information that has order and priority.
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A graphic representation or description of an object that is typically produced by an optical or electronic device. Common examples include remotely sensed data such as satellite data, scanned data, and photographs. An image is stored as a raster data set of binary or integer values representing the intensity of reflected light, heat, or another range of values on the electromagnetic spectrum. Remotely sensed images are digital representations of the earth.
The amount of resistance (or cost) required to traverse through a portion of a network such as a line, or through one cell in a grid system. Resistance may be any number of factors defined by the user such as travel distance, time, speed of travel times the length, slope, or cost.
A number without a decimal. Integer values can be less than, equal to, or greater than zero.
A field or column of information within an RDBMS.
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A jargon term for curved lines that have a stepped or saw-tooth appearance on a display device.
To connect two or more separate geographic data sets.
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An Item or column within an RDBMS that contains a unique value for each record in the database.
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A logical set of thematic data, usually organized by subject matter.
A collection of repeatedly used items such as a symbol library-often used graphic objects shown on a map-or often used program subroutines.
Aset of ordered coordinates that represents the shape of a geographic entity too narrow to be displayed as an area (e.g., contours, roads, and streams). A digital line begins and ends with a node.
A line on a map (e.g., a neatline).
Local Area Network (LAN)
Computer data communications technology that connects computers at the same site. Computers and terminals on a LAN can freely share data and peripheral devices, such as printers and plotters. LAN's are composed of cabling and special data communications hardware of software.
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A set of instructions used by a computer program or programs. Macros are usually stored in a text file and invoked from a program that reads the text files as if the commands were typed interactively.
Many-To-One Relate
A relate in which many records can be related to a single record. A typical goal in relational database design is use many-to-one relates to reduce data storage and redundancy.
Map Projection
A mathematical model for converting locations on the earths surface from spherical to planar coordinates, allowing flat maps to depict three dimensional features. Some map projections preserve the integrity of shape; others preserve accuracy of area, distance, or direction.
Map Units
The coordinate units in which the geographic data are stored, such as inches, feet, or metres or degrees, minutes and seconds.
A line running vertically from the north pole to the south pole long which all locations gave the same longitude. The prime meridian runs through Greenwich, England. Moving from the prime meridian, measures of longitude are negative to the west and positive to the east up to 180 degrees halfway around the globe. On maps they are graded in degrees E and W from the Prime Meridian.
Minimum Bounding Rectangle
The rectangle defined by the map extent of a geographic data set and specified by two coordinates: xmin, ymin, and xmanx, ymax.
An abstraction of reality. Models can include a combination of logical expressions, mathematical equations, and criteria that are applied or the purpose of simulating a process, predicting an outcome, or characterizing a phenomenon. The terms modeling and analysis are often used interchangeably, although the former is more limited in space.
Data representation of reality (e.g., spatial data models include the arc-node, georelational model, rasters or grids, and TINs).
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A border line commonly drawn around the extent of a map to enclose the map, legend, scale, title, and other information, keeping all the information pertaining to that map in one "neat" box.
A system of interconnected elements through which resources can be passed or transmitted-for example, a street network with cars as the resource, or electric network with power as the resource.
In computer operations, the means by which computers connect and communicate with each other or with peripherals.
Network Analysis
The technique utilized in calculating and determining relationships and locations arranged in networks, such as in transportation, water and electrical distribution facilities.
The beginning or ending location of a line.
The location where lines connect.
In graph theory, the location at which three or more lines connect.
In computers, the point at which one computer attaches to a communications network.
The y-coordinates in a plane-coordinate system; see eastings.
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Operating System (OS)
Computer software designed to allow communication between the computer and the user. For larger computers, it is usually supplied by the manufacturer. The operating system controls the flow of data, the interpretation of other programs, the organization and management of files, and the display of information. Commonly known operating systems are VMS, Windows 95, UNIX, DOS and OS/2.
That portion of a line digitized past its intersection with another line. Sometimes referred to as a dangling line.
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A property of two or more lines that are separated at all points by the same distance.
A horizontal line encircling the earth at a constant latitude . The equator is a parallel whose latitude is 0 degrees. Digital measures of latitude are positive up to 90 degrees above the equator and negative below. On maps they are identified by degrees N or S from the equator.
The directions to a file or directory location on a disk. Pathnames are always specific to the computer operating system. Computer operating systems use directories and files to organize data. Directories are organized in a tree structure; each branch on the tree represents a subdirectory or file. Pathnames indicate locations in this hierarchy.
A component such as a digitizer, plotter, or printer that is not part of the central computer but is attached through communication cables.
One picture element of a uniform raster or grid file. Often used synonymously with cell.
Plane-Coordinate System
A system for determining location in which two groups of straight lines intersect at right angles and have as a point of origin a selected perpendicular intersection.
Planimetric Map
A large-scale map with all features projected perpendicularly onto a horizontal datum place so that horizontal distances can be measured on the map with accuracy.
A single x,y coordinate that represents a geographic feature too small to be displayed as a line or area-for example, the location of a mountain peak or a building location on a small-scale map.
Some GIS systems also use a point to identify the interior of a polygon
A vector representation of an enclosed region, described by a sequential list of vertices or mathematical functions.
If applied to paper maps or map databases, it means exactness and accuracy of definition and correctness of arrangement.
If applied to data collection devices such as digitizers, it is the exactness of the determined value (i.e., the number 134.98988 is more precise than the number 134.9).
The number of significant digits used to store numbers.
Primary Key
The central item or column within an RDBMS that contains a unique value for each record in the database, such as the unique number assigned to each parcel within a country.
See Map Projection
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A spatial index that breaks a spatial dataset into homogenous cells of regularly decreasing size. Each decrement in size is 1/4 the area of the previous cell. The quadtree segmentation process continues until the entire map is partitioned. Quadtrees are often used for storing raster data.
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Raster Data
Machine-readable data that represents values usually stored for maps or images and organized sequentially by rows and columns. Each "cell" must be rectangular but not necessarily square, as with grid data.
In an attribute table, a single "row" of thematic descriptors.
The process by which an image or grid is converted from image coordinates to real-world coordinates. Rectification typically involves rotation and scaling of grid cells, and thus requires resampling of values.
An operation establishing a connection between corresponding records in two tables using an item common to both. Each record in one table is connected to one or more records in the other table that share the same value for a common item.
Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
A database management system with the ability to access data organized in tabular files that may be related together by a common field (item). An RDBMS has the capability to recombine the data items from different files, thus providing powerful tools for data storage.
Relational Join
The process of connecting two tables of descriptive data by relating them by a key item, then merging the corresponding data. The common key item is not duplicated in this process.
The accuracy at which the location and shape of map features can be depicted for a given map scale. For example, at a map scale of 1:63,360 (1 inch = 1 mile), it is difficult to represent areas smaller than 1/10 of a mile wide or 1/10 of a mile in length because they are only 1/10-invh wide or long on the map. In a larger scale map, there is less reduction, so feature resolution more closely matches real-world features. As map scale decreases, resolution also diminishes because feature boundaries must be smoothed, simplified, or not shown at all.
The size of the smallest feature that can be represented in a surface.
The number of points in an x and y in a grid.
A process that establishes connections through a network or grid from a source to a destination. A network example would be to establish a route through a network of streets from a fire station to the fire. A grid example would be to move soil particles from a ridgetop to a stream based on equations developed by soil scientists. The determination of these routes usually take into consideration impedances.
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A horizontal group of cells in a grid or pixels in an image.
A procedure to adjust the entities of a geographic data set in a non-uniform manner. From and to coordinates are used to define the adjustment.
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Also referred to as automated digitizing or scan digitizing. A process by which information originally in hard copy format can be rapidly converted to digital raster form using optical readers.
A lower level of coordinate accuracy based on the possible number of significant digits that can be stored for each coordinate. Single precision numbers can store up to seven significant digits for each coordinate and thus retain a precision of five meters in an extent of 1,000,000 meters. Double precision numbers can store up to 15 significant digits and therefore retain the accuracy of much less than one meter at a global extent.
Sliver Polygon
A relatively narrow feature commonly occurring along the borders of polygons following the overlay of two or more geographic data sets. Also occurs along map borders when two maps are joined, as a result of inaccuracies of the coordinates in either or both maps.
A process to generalize data and remove smaller variations.
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Analytical procedures applied with a GIS. There are three categories of spatial modeling functions that can be applied to geographic data objects within a GIS: (1) geometric models (such as calculation in Euclidian distance between objects, buffer generation, area, and perimeter calculation; (2) coincidence models; and (3) adjacency models. All three model categories support operations on geographic data objects such as points, lines, polygons, TIN's, and grids. Functions are organized in a sequence of steps to derive the desired information for analysis.
An overshoot line created erroneously by a scanner and its raster software.
An anomalous data point that protrudes above or below an interpolated surface representing the distribution of the value of an attribute over an area.
A method to mathematically smooth spatial variation by adding vertices along a line. See densify for a slightly different method for adding vertices.
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A syntax for defining and manipulating data from a relational database. Developed by IBM in the 1970's, it has since become an industry standard for query languages in most RDBMS's.
A representation of geographic information as a set of continuous data in which the map features are not spatially discrete; that is, there is an infinite set of values between any two locations. There are no clear or well defined breaks between possible values of the geographic feature. Surfaces can be represented by models built from regularly or irregularly spaced sample points on the surface.
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Digital abstraction or approximation of a surface. Because a surface contains an infinite number of points, some subset of points must be used to represent the surface. Each model contains a formalized data structure, rules and x,y,z point measurements that can be used to represent a surface.
A set of rules governing the way statements can be used in a computer language.
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Usually referred to as a relational table. The data file in which the relational data reside.
A file that contains ASCII or other data.
A geographic data set containing boundaries, such as land-water boundaries, for use as a starting place in automating other geographic data sets. Templates save time ad increase the precision of spatial overlays.
A map containing neatlines, north arrow, logos, and similar map elements for a common map series, but lacking the central information that makes one map unique from another.
An empty tabular data file containing only item definitions.
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A map that illustrates one subject or topic either quantitatively or qualitatively.
A collection of logically organized geographic objects defined by the user. Examples include streets, wells, soils, and streams.
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Polygons whose boundaries define the area that is closest to each point relative to all other points. Thiessen polygons are generated from a set of points. They are mathematically defined by the perpendicular bisectors of the lines between all points. A triangulated irregular network structure is used to create Thiessen polygons.
A part of the database in a GIS representing a discrete part of the earths surface. By splitting a study area into tiles, considerable savings in access times and improvements in system performance can be achieved.
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A map of land-source features including drainage lines, roads, land marks, and usually relief or elevation.
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The process of converting data from one coordinate system to another through translation, rotation, and scaling.
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A representation of a surface derived from irregularly spaced sample points and breakline features. The TIN data set includes topological relationships between points and their proximal triangles. Each sample point has an x,y coordinate and a surface or z value. These points are connected by edges to form a set of non-overlapping triangles that can be used to represent the surface. TIN's are also called irregular triangular mesh or irregular triangular surface models.
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A digitized line that does not quite reach a line that it should intersect. As with an overshoot, this is also sometimes referred to as a dangling line.
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A coordinate-based data structure commonly used to represent map features. Each linear feature is represented as a list of ordered x,y coordinates. Attributes are associated with the feature (as opposed to a raster data structure, which associates attributes with a grid cell). Traditional vector data structures include double-digitized polygons and arc-node models.
One point along a line.
The elevation value of a surface at a particular x, y location. May also be referred to as a spot height or spot elevation.
To display a smaller or larger region instead of the present spatial data set extent in order to show greater or lesser detail.
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High grain costs, caused by severe drought, are hitting dinner tables from Guatemala to China. But the world has learned valuable lessons since the food shocks of 2008. Will it be enough to prevent social unrest?
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Our story begins near Prairie City, Iowa, in the fields of Gordon Wassenaar, who has been coaxing food out of some of the world's richest earth for 57 years. Normally, Mr. Wassenaar is able to harvest about 200 bushels of corn per acre from his land – bin-bursting crops that are sent off to feed people in places as disparate as Michigan and Malawi.
Not this year.
As he walks the 1,500 acres that he farms, Wassenaar occasionally pauses to finger a stalk and peel back the husk, revealing corn that is shriveled and stunted. He figures that the headstrong drought of 2012 will cost him about 40 percent of his harvest.
"It's not that we're gonna go out of business overnight," he says. "But what we're worried about is next year. We've got to get some moisture."
The lean yields on Wassenaar's land, and those of other grain farmers across America's Great Breadbasket, are ricocheting around the world, from Guatemala, to Indonesia, to China. One of the worst droughts in a half century – Wassenaar says it's the most severe he's seen since the year he began farming, in 1955 – is raising prices for some of the world's most important foodstuffs.
The effects are being exacerbated by churlish weather in other parts of the world – notably in the big wheat-producing areas of Russia, Ukraine, and other countries that hug the Black Sea, where a more moderate drought has hit, as well as in Australia, the globe's No. 2 wheat exporter, where below-average rainfall is expected to reduce the November harvest by more than 10 percent.
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CNN — With signs of patriotism abounding for the Fourth of July, a new survey indicates seven in 10 Americans think the Founding Fathers would be disappointed by the way the United States has turned out, 237 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
But that doesn't mean Americans themselves are displeased. The same poll, released Thursday by Gallup, shows the number who say they're very or extremely proud to be American remains steady at 85%.
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The survey's results vary little from previous years, which have hovered between 80% and 85% since 2005 for those who are very/extremely proud. In the few years after 9/11, that number came closer to 90%-92%.
Americans living in the South are slightly more likely than those in the East and West to say they are proud, Gallup notes. Breaking it down by ideology, conservatives and Republicans are also a little bit more likely to express a sense of pride than Americans on the other side of the political spectrum.
Despite the high level of patriotism, 71% of Americans think the signers of the Declaration of Independence wouldn't be pleased with the nation today. That number has steadily risen since 2001, when the number stood at 42%.
On the contrary, 27% in this year's poll say the Founding Fathers would appreciate how the country now fares, down from 54% in 2001.
Older Americans, those in the Midwest, conservatives and Republicans are the least likely to say the signers would be pleased, according to Gallup.
"This indicates that Republicans' and conservatives' growing disenchantment with a Democratic president could be one of the underlying factors in the decline in the percentage of Americans who say the signers would be pleased," stated a release with the Gallup poll.
For the survey, Gallup questioned 1,529 adults by telephone from June 1-4 and 2,048 adults from June 20-24. The poll's sampling error is plus or minute three percentage points.
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In a future dystopian world where most of North America has been destroyed, the land of Panem and its 12 districts are under the control of the malicious Capitol.
Every year, two children between 12 and 18 years of age are selected from each district by raffle to become "tributes" and compete in the "Hunger Games" as a cruel punishment for a past uprising against the Capitol. The tributes are brought to an arena to fight to the death on live television for the entertainment of the reality-show-starved citizens of the Capitol.
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An hour into the film, the Games begin with intense bloodshed between the "tributes" clamoring to retrieve weapons. Given the restrictions of a PG-13 rating, much of the violence is suggested, concealed by shaky, hand-held camera movements and crafty framing, which become exhausting.
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Christmas Parade float to honor courage of Sam Garcia, all area cancer survivors
Friends and family are gathering to honor Sam Garcia by building a "Fight for Sam" float for Victoria's Lighted Christmas Parade on Saturday.
Ray Ortega, who is coordinating the effort, said Garcia's outlook almost brought him to tears.
"A lot of people would say, 'Well I want to go to New York, Vegas or somewhere exotic,' but she humbled herself for a parade," he said. "She's going to get a parade."
Garcia is expanding the scope to include all types cancers, and wants to invite area cancer survivors and patients to join her in the battle. Unity, she said, is the goal.
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Tuesday wasn't a good day.
The black pouch worn around Sam Garcia's hips connected a small needle with her port, delivering high dosages of chemo as she mingled with family at her hair salon on Lilac Lane.
She doesn't cut hair when she's taking chemo.
Her son, Christian, 24, clips a man's hair as she watches nearby. Christian moved back from Corpus Christi when he got the news that this time was bad.
"Cancer does not dictate my life," she said.
She's stubborn, and admits it. She's become an expert at hiding her pain and nausea, her fear and stress, her acceptance of death.
"I'm terminal," Garcia said, in the same plain tone someone might say "I'm hot" or "I'm sleepy."
When she was first diagnosed with colon cancer in February 2010, she said she cried for days with her partner, Tabithia San Miguel, 35.
"But after that, I was over it," Garcia said. "I wasn't going to turn this into a grim thing."
The 44-year-old stylist underwent 12 rounds of chemo that year before her oncologist said it was in remission.
But in March, the cancer came roaring back, this time spreading to her lungs and blood stream.
According to the American Cancer Society, excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States.
About 150,000 Americans are diagnosed annually with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 die from it.
With terminal cancer, there is no time to waste on anger, denial or self-pity. The time you have is all you have, not a minute more.
"I'm not going to let this cancer get me down," Garcia said. "I've always enjoyed life."
Although the prognosis is terminal, Garcia does not give in to it.
"We're all going to pass, but I'm not giving up," Garcia said. "People shouldn't give up the fight. There's a lot to look forward to."
She looks forward to becoming a grandmother at the end of April.
She has cancer of the body, not of the spirit.
"I'm a little young to be a grandmother, but I welcome it," Garcia said. "I welcome being 60, 70, 80 and 90."
But when Garcia talks about a Christian retreat she wants to attend in January, she speaks with uncertainty - adding, "If I make it..."
San Miguel said, "Sometimes she puts on that she's stronger than what she is."
On her good days, there's laughter and smiles. On bad days, it's emotional, stressful and filled with fear.
San Miguel doubts she would be as strong - "I don't cry around her."
San Miguel said she is lucky to work for Alcoa, a company that extends medical benefits to same-sex couples.
"God does miracles sometimes, and this is one of them," she said. Garcia "was in remission, and I pushed for it at work. I dug for it because I knew it (insurance) was available."
At the beginning of 2012, before Garcia's cancer came back, she was able to get on San Miguel's insurance policy.
However, they're both paying off expensive bills from the old cancer.
They are hosting an all-day benefit Jan. 13 at Club Westerner to raise money to help with bills. The benefit includes a motorcycle fun run, a raffle for a Yamaha motorcycle, a barbecue luncheon and an auction.
Each chemotherapy treatment cost from $13,000 to $15,000, San Miguel said. To date, Garcia has received 26 treatments, but even with insurance they're left covering 20 percent of all expenses.
"I really don't want to do chemo, but I have to," Garcia said. "It's the only way I can stay alive."
Despite her black hands, feet and tongue - all marks of chemo burns - her body withstands it.
Maybe she's tough from a childhood spent around strong men and boy cousins.
"Little Bull" - growing up, that's what Garcia's dad called her.
She enjoys wrestling and play fights, and watching Cowboys and Spurs games.
Maybe her strength comes from somewhere else.
She attended her first ACTS retreat - short for Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service - in January, before the cancer came back.
"That retreat made me strong," Garcia said. "It helped set my foundation."
Even her partner noticed a change once Garcia returned home.
"Her love for everybody has grown, and you can see that with other people," San Miguel said.
She carries the light of God with her, San Miguel said.
"We all have a plan," Garcia said. "God has a plan for all of us."
She still enjoys singing "torch songs" by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston and dancing to '80s music in the car. She works at her salon when she is not receiving chemotherapy.
However, the chemotherapy has changed a lot about her life, dictating her diet and appearance.
She admitted Tuesday was not one of her good days.
"It'll get better," she said. "If it doesn't, 80s music always helps."


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Mother Nature did a big favor for Steve Bushman and his corn silage clients last spring.
Rainy weather kept Iowa farmers out of their fields for up to two weeks, putting the stagger into planting dates that Bushman has been seeking for years. The result: Less pressure on him and his chopping crews last fall, and more dairy producers pleased with the moisture content of chopped corn going into their bunkers.
"Everything went well last year," says Bushman, of Fort Atkinson, IA. "I think people finally realize that they don't have to plant corn the first of May."
Fall is the busiest time for this 21-year custom harvester. He and six full-time and five part-time employees chop about 3,500 acres of corn silage plus 1,500 of earlage. Earlier, they do custom planting and chop haylage for some of the same clients, plus they custom-grind hay year-round.
When it comes to customer service, Bushman goes the extra mile. His sometimes-frustrating efforts to get farmers to stagger planting dates are aimed at helping himself, too. But he has done a number of other things aimed strictly at helping customers grow the amount and quality of feed they need.
For example, some farmers are short on land. So several years ago he began experimenting with narrow-row corn, figuring it would increase silage yields. He got yield increases of up to 3 tons/acre, but the big gains weren't there every year. He did find that narrow rows increase grain content, so silage energy levels are higher.
He now plants and chops 15"-row corn for three dairy customers, and several others are interested.
With help from Pioneer representatives, Bushman also did a study to determine the effect of various cutting heights on silage yield and quality. He found that he could increase silage energy content by leaving longer stubble. But that hasn't caught on with clients because yield is reduced.
Bushman has two choppers. One chopping crew starts chopping corn in southern Iowa and works north. The other starts in western Iowa and works back toward Bushman's northeastern Iowa home.
To make that work, and harvest everyone's corn at just the right time, the growers need to stagger hybrid relative maturities and/or planting dates. Ideally, those north and east of the starting points should choose longer-season hybrids or delay planting.
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What else to do in Anaheim, other than Disneyland?Disneyland: Rent a car, or use the trolley? From Melissa Faulkner
Could you tell me how hard it is to get around Anaheim , traffic wise. My husband is going for business and I'm tagging along. While he is in his class all day I thought about renting a car and doing some site seeing. Would this be smart or should I rely on their trolly system. Unfortunately we won't be able to go to Disneyland, his classes are 9 hours each day and I don't want to go by myself. Do you have any suggestions for other things to see and do?Posted April 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM Comments in chronological order. Most recent at the bottom. Scroll down to respond. From Rob P
If you don't mind driving out a bit then I would recommend going out to Palm Springs and going up the San Jacinto Mountain glass bottom cable car. Posted April 22, 2010 at 3:02 AM A little further afield is the Joshua Tree Monument which is spectacularly good. If you want an easy ride out to the coast then Long Beach and the coastal parts are nice too ( see the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose ). A drive up to Hollywood can be a bit stressful but there's a bus that takes you from Anaheim to Hollywood on a round trip for about $40. Depending on how much time you have you could pick up the subway from Hollywood to Universal Studios. Try these people for starters : http://www.allanaheimtours.com From Robert Niles
In Anaheim itself, there's not much to do beyond the Disneyland Resort or an Angels game, if they are in town. I've done Disneyland loads of time by myself, and always have a good time. A baseball game could be fun, too, if you're into that.Posted April 22, 2010 at 9:14 AM Otherwise, you'll have to rent a car. Traffic in Southern California can be nasty, depending upon the time of day and direction you travel. But there is just about anything you can imagine available to do around here. From Ben James
Robert, I am still waiting on you to go back and re-visit Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen.Posted April 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM From Melissa Faulkner
Thanks for the responses. Posted April 23, 2010 at 6:38 AM From Sylvain Comeau
I don't know if it's in Anaheim itself, but Knott's Berry Farm is close to Disneyland.Posted April 24, 2010 at 6:41 PM From Wok Creative
Downtown Anaheim has some interesting things, very near Disney. Muzeo is a great little museum with a couple of buildings. One is more permanent displays and the other is always changing. There was an exhibit on animatronics a while back that was great. Right now there is one on frogs. They are always very interactive and not too expensive, and can be seen in a short time. It is in a very nice little area, with places to eat there.Posted April 24, 2010 at 7:36 PM Also nearby, technically in Fullerton, is the Disney Character Warehouse in the OrangeFair Mall. If you have small kids, Adventure City is near Knott's, in Buena Park - cheap and fun, but mostly for smaller kids. It is in an area known as Hobby City, although most of the hobby stores are gone - some small ones are still there. Nearby Santa Ana has the Discovery Children's Museum - your basic interactive Children's science museum. Beaches are not too far away and the weather has been very nice. Lots of other malls around, too, in and near Anaheim. From Bruce Lane
You've also got the LA Zoo about 34 miles north, near the junction of I-5 and 134 (the Ventura Freeway). Couple that with Griffith Park, and what others have already mentioned, and you've got plenty of options.Posted April 25, 2010 at 5:16 AM Happy travels. From Bob Miller
Melissa, have you ever heard of Gray Line Tours? When I stayed out there with my daughter, we used them for different tours, like Movie Stars homes, Hollywood Bowl, Hard Rock, and others.Posted April 25, 2010 at 10:51 AM When we used them, you could get some tours where they picked you up right at your hotel, but others you had to go to their terminal. Don't know if they still do that yet, but you can check them out online. Hope this helps. From Brian Afdahl
By the way. The Spruce Goose is long gone.Posted April 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM From Rob P
The Spruce Goose has gone ?Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:54 AM Has anyone seen Di Caprio lately ? From Melissa Faulkner
A huge thanks to everyone. You all have given me some great ideas. Posted April 30, 2010 at 4:41 PM From J. Dana
Knott's Berry Farm.Posted May 2, 2010 at 11:27 PM Universal (30 minutes away) Legoland Down to San Diego for Seaworld and San Diego zoo..but that's a drive. Queen Mary in Long Beach is very cool. Venice Beach This discussion has been archived, and is not accepting additional responses.
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In November at Eurostar 2012 Alan co-presented (with Simon Stewart) the "Selenium Clinic" tutorial. They won the award for Best Tutorial.
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Selenium WebDriver is the web automation tool of the moment. Selenium WebDriver skills are in demand. And when you understand the Selenium WebDriver usage patterns that this course teaches, then you can increase your automation effectiveness.
This section is not mandatory. I feel obliged to add a small section on the history of Selenium and WebDriver because every other trainer will, but I do not want to spend a lot of time on the history, because I want to get you coding.
A description of the installation of the tools. either follow the lectures that follow my free course
Install firebug and firepath, with reasons why you should and a quick demo of each
Firefox http://www.getfirefox.net/
Firebug https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/
FirePath https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firepath/
FireCookie no longer required as the functionality is now part of firebug
A video showing the installation of Maven. I don't use any extra tools such as Rapid Environment Editor and I show you a common issue that you might encounter when installing Maven, I also explain the thought processes around fixing it.
This is completely optional. You do not have to use this tool. Some people prefer to use the windows properties directly, as shown in the previous video.
Install the Rapid Environment Editor to make it easier to amend Windows Properties
This is an older version of the "Maven 2014" video showing how to install the tool using console and rapidee to help. If you have already done the "Install Maven 2014" video then you do not need to do this. Install Maven, a build and dependency management tool
How to install IntelliJ 13 and create your first test quickly. We expand on this in future videos.
Install IntelliJ Free community edition. I have left this as an older version of the IntelliJ install - most people will want to use the new IntelliJ 13 version now.
The Mac setup seems quite straightforward.
I installed the Java JDK by following the instructions on the oracle site.
I installed maven by following the instructions directly on the maven.apache.org site for Mac. And the video on this lecture shows how I did that.
I installed IntelliJ for Mac from the JetBrains site.
I was able to import the projects into IntelliJ and create tests and pom.xml as demonstrated in the Windows lectures. I didn't really find many differences in the installation from Windows to Mac.
To make the exports 'persist' on a mac we have to add them to our bash_profile in our $HOME directory.
You can find the instructions I followed on StackOverflow, or watch the video
The Udemy interface can lead to mistakes when asking a question or an answer. I want you to be able to contribute to the course and ask questions so in this video I'll show you how the Udemy interface works for questioning.
How to contact your instructor via Udemy messaging? Udemy haven't made the process of messaging your instructor particularly easy. So I'm going to show you how to do it. The short version is visit the following link and message me: https://www.udemy.com/u/alanrichardson
The supplementary material for this lecture contains the source code for this course. Download the zip file from the materials tab after starting the lecture. Unzip the file and you can import the source code into IntelliJ following the next lecture.
Shows how to import the Course source code from a zip file using IntelliJ 13
A set of summary slides and tables that you can use to help remind you of the API usages as you work with WebDriver. Print these out for a handy small reference.
A quick overview of how to use the Udemy messaging to request access to the svn repository, and setup an account on xp-dev.
Some people prefer to take the source code from the svn repository. This is exactly the same code as found as a zip file in the earlier lecture.
You can skip this section until later in the course if you want. You don't really need to do this until you reach the lectures on continuous integration later in the course.
When using other people's source code you might discover that you receive an error like.
"java: strings in switch are not supported in -source 1.6
(use -source 7 or higher to enable strings in switch)"
Or something similar.
This video shows you the steps I take to avoid it by adding code in the pom.xml file and the checks I make in the IntelliJ IDE to make sure my configuration is correct.
The compiler settings:
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The Project and module settings:
File \ Project Structure | Project Settings \ Project
File \ Project Structure | Project Settings \ Modules
Basic description of maven, what it does, what we will use it for, and where to find more information on maven.
Use maven from the command line to create a simple maven project, with a brief explanation of the pom.xml file.
You will generally use the most up to date versions of IntelliJ. This shows how to import the initial pom you created using the import wizard of IntelliJ 13. Using import allows you to setup the configuration during the import process, rather than as you work with the project.
You will generally use the most up to date versions of IntelliJ. This shows how to import the initial pom you created using the open wizard of IntelliJ 13. Using Open allows you to setup the configuration after the import process as you work with the project. This is useful when you have more experience and a more fully detailed pom.xml file.
Import the automatically generated pom into an IDE.
This video is a little out of date, and has been retained for historical reasons. You will generally use the most up to date versions of IntelliJ, so look at the updated IntelliJ videos, or the video on how to import the course source code.
We go off to junit.org to find the most up to date version and amend the pom file.
Amend the test code automatically generated by Maven
Amend the pom file to include Selenium as a dependency by going off to SeleniumHQ.org and seeing what version has been released.
A short summary of why we use maven on this course.
Tips for working with Maven. If you experience problems getting started with maven then this slidedeck might help.
Use HtmlUnit driver to visit http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/selenium and assert that the title starts with "Selenium Simplified"
A little about the WebDriver interface, basic commands on driver and the basics of HtmlUnitDriver
Learn your IDE, "Get a feel for that"
Have the test run in Firefox, and changes required to make that happen.
How to use the full version of hamcrest with JUnit and Maven. A short discussion of the problem, then demonstration of how to use Hamcrest 1.1 and 1.3 with JUnit 4.10
JUnit 4.11 makes it easier to include the Hamcrest matchers in your project. This slidedeck explains how.
Project window settings
AutoScroll to source/from source
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An overview of the basic WebElement manipulation commands, click, clear, sendKeys and submit
An example of what might happen if you try to automate without some additional knowledge. Includes an example of how to inspect the page and construct tests using firebug.
An overview of WebDriverWait and the ExpectedConditions helper class
An introduction to the manipulation exercises, with an overview of the page that we will be testing and the tasks in the exercise to perform. Also an overview of a sample manipulation test.
An introduction to the sample answers, describing an update to Firefox 16 and how the tests have had to change and new synchronisation added
I submit the form in as many different ways that I could think off, and I'll explain the cross browser issues associated with this. I also caution you on going 'too far' with your automation and try not to test 'in built' browser functionality, unless you want brittle tests.
Look at the clear field and send keys for comments, and consider if waiting for page is necessary in these tests.
Overview of the answer and explain tests with conditional statement to help them setup prerequisites for the test.
I created two examples, one more robust than the other, and I discuss how I could make it yet more robust.
Four different ways of implementing the answer, explained. With an example of refactoring common code into a private method.
Demo of the answer to question 6
Demo of the optional upload file and dealing with file dialog exercise
Summary of the manipulation commands covered. Discussion of 'not getting hung up on file browser dialogs'. Demonstration of how I use tests to answer my own questions about the API. Remember to model the intent of your test and check that the WebDriver API does the same as the real world. A little more information about SendKeys and modifier sequences.
Alan breaks down each subject into easy to follow chunks and covers all the areas you need to be aware of to build a top notch test automation environment with Java, Selenium and Jenkins. Alan not only keeps the course up to date, but responds to queries posted to his students. I cannot recommend this course enough.
Excellent course, covering a great deal of ground - and one that I will continue to constantly refer back to. I've undertaken numerous Udemy courses and the quality of this one is way above the average. Hard work at times if, like me, you come without programming knowledge but who doesn't want to be challenged as they learn? Alan is also the best tutor I've come across on Udemy in terms of responding promptly to questions and suggestions.
With limited knowledge of Java, I was asked (as a manual tester of 8 years) to head the automation initiative at my place of employment. I began coding and everything was working great, and only THEN did I happen upon this course by way of a colleagues suggestion. The course presented everything I had done, but in such a way that I was able to refactor and make things better. I also learned enough theory and practical advice to make me confident in continuing with more challenges. This course is easy to follow, robust in its presentation, and absolutely critical to anyone entering the realm of QA Automation. I thank Mr. Richardson from the very depths of my being for enriching my knowledge of the subject. His enthusiasm is inspiring and makes for a turkey engaging experience, that for me personally has developed into a reinvigoration of my love for testing!
One of the best technical courses I've been on, really nailed the subject for somebody who's technical but doesn't know much Java. I'm already creating Webdriver frameworks in my current role and look forward to learning more in the future. Well done Alan!
Very comprehensive basic knowledge about Automation, Automation tools, Java & Tools, methodology and more... Usually 'and more, much, much more' is meaningless but in this case it is absolutely true. Aside of the basic Alan provides you with the compass and the map to explore more on your own. I would recommend a bit more details about the IntelliJ IDE but this course is not about this topic so i fully understand that choice.