Comments for geoBlue http://www.geoblue.org All things geography Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:34:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Microsoft, ESRI, Excel, and DBF: Methods for disaster by Dan Miller http://www.geoblue.org/2008/01/28/microsoft-esri-excel-and-dbf-methods-for-disaster/#comment-23 Dan Miller Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:39:48 +0000 http://www.geoblue.org/2008/01/28/microsoft-esri-excel-and-dbf-methods-for-disaster/#comment-23 Hands down open office - it works better when dealing with null vs 0 values, and can handle everything excel could (especially if your doing anything in the short-term for a migration). As far as a solution to interoperability with excel 2007, it seems that you may be out of luck - a quick google search brings fourth a few people trying to put something together in VB, but nothing looking solid enough to use. D Hands down open office - it works better when dealing with null vs 0 values, and can handle everything excel could (especially if your doing anything in the short-term for a migration).

As far as a solution to interoperability with excel 2007, it seems that you may be out of luck - a quick google search brings fourth a few people trying to put something together in VB, but nothing looking solid enough to use.

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]]> Comment on Microsoft, ESRI, Excel, and DBF: Methods for disaster by Pat Langhans http://www.geoblue.org/2008/01/28/microsoft-esri-excel-and-dbf-methods-for-disaster/#comment-22 Pat Langhans Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:22:28 +0000 http://www.geoblue.org/2008/01/28/microsoft-esri-excel-and-dbf-methods-for-disaster/#comment-22 Well, we found out last Friday that our team (using ESRI) can no longer open any .dbf files using Excel 2007. It appears that Microsoft has depricated support for .dbf files because of low usage. Have you heard of any solutions? We are looking at migrating the .dbf database to SQLServer 2005, reinstalling Excel 2000 for these 3 people so they can continue doing their job. Have you heard of any solutions to this obvious oversight by Microsoft? We appreciate any advice/experience from other users. Sincerely, Pat Langhans Hecla Mining Company Well, we found out last Friday that our team (using ESRI) can no longer open any .dbf files using Excel 2007. It appears that Microsoft has depricated support for .dbf files because of low usage. Have you heard of any solutions? We are looking at migrating the .dbf database to SQLServer 2005, reinstalling Excel 2000 for these 3 people so they can continue doing their job. Have you heard of any solutions to this obvious oversight by Microsoft? We appreciate any advice/experience from other users.
Sincerely,
Pat Langhans
Hecla Mining Company

]]> Comment on Orange Data Mining by Richard http://www.geoblue.org/2007/11/16/orange-data-mining/#comment-5 Richard Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:45:25 +0000 http://www.geoblue.org/2007/11/16/orange-data-mining/#comment-5 Just stumbled on both your blog and Orange today and wanted to get feedback whether or not you have had any success using Orange and maybe its intellectual connection (if any) with GIS. BTW, why do we need a "what is" for GIS? Its visualization and in that sense fairly intuitive. Just stumbled on both your blog and Orange today and wanted to get feedback whether or not you have had any success using Orange and maybe its intellectual connection (if any) with GIS.

BTW, why do we need a “what is” for GIS? Its visualization and in that sense fairly intuitive.

]]> Comment on SEDAAG 2007 Wrap-up / GTU Rant by Dustyn Palmer http://www.geoblue.org/2007/11/23/sedaag-2007-wrap-up-gtu-rant/#comment-4 Dustyn Palmer Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:45:14 +0000 http://www.geoblue.org/2007/11/23/sedaag-2007-wrap-up-gtu-rant/#comment-4 It really irks me. Does it irk you? It really irks me. Does it irk you?

]]> Comment on Orange Data Mining by Dan Miller http://www.geoblue.org/2007/11/16/orange-data-mining/#comment-3 Dan Miller Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:14:46 +0000 http://www.geoblue.org/2007/11/16/orange-data-mining/#comment-3 Anything to lessen my dependence on SPSS, SAS and Excel would be a godsend. Hell, I just ordered a second flatscreen so I could manage all my data without flipping from window to window all the damn time. Anything to lessen my dependence on SPSS, SAS and Excel would be a godsend. Hell, I just ordered a second flatscreen so I could manage all my data without flipping from window to window all the damn time.

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