The question of positional accuracy of Depiction comes up often since our app allows exceptional capabilities to the user to integrate data from diverse sources and coordinate systems. In addition, by allowing these data to be visualized in revealers Depiction allows the user to expose positional inaccuracies between datasets more so than with any other app.

The QST article by Depiction user David Friedman, KE7GOY, is now available for download as a PDF. David has used Depiction to do some pretty remarkable things, some of which he describes in the article. Here's how it kicks off:

We had our first webinar with our good friend and Amateur Radio User David Friedman, KE7GOY. He and Kim Buike did an incredible job detailing the ways that Depiction can be useful to amateur radio folks, particularly those involved with emergency response.

Over 350 people attended the webinar, and we had great reports from those who attended. Here are a few of the things some attendees had to say:

“Thank you for the webinar! It has been very enjoyable, and software appears quite beneficial.”

“Howard Hanson Dam & the Green River: Depicting the Flood Risk," which was used by the Auburn Reporter a few weeks ago to supplement their reporting, continues to be used by the media.

Today is the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, with Germany's invasion of Poland. (Brings a whole new meaning to National Preparedness Month, huh?)

In my recent post about mapping land parcels for the fire department, I mentioned I changed some existing icons, but I didn’t go into much detail about how I did it. I started by finding free icons on the Internet through a Google search. Next, my quandary was what format they need to be in and what size. 

In a speech yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called for more public involvement in fighting terrorism:

"For too long, we've treated the public as a liability to be protected rather than asset in our nation's collective security," Napolitano said Wednesday during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations...

Jeff Thurston at the Vector One blog downloaded Depiction last night and tried it out--you can read his review here. It's a great overview of some of the things Depiction can do. Here's the key paragraph:

As you might have seen on the site, Depiction's introductory discount ends in August--starting August 1, the price will be $199.00. The good news, of course, is that you can save 55% by purchasing Depiction right now. But why is the price going up? Mike explains in the news release we just put out this morning.