Same same, but different

How to produce a subset of an satellite image based on a
rectangular-buffered point:

In ArcMap:
– add satellite
image

In ArcCatalog:
– create new point shapefile and
georeference
– create new polygon shapfeile and feoreference
– drag
both to ArcMap project

In ArcMap:
– start editing point
layer
– create point
– stop editing
– build buffer using
buffer wizard in tools
– use polygon layer, start editing
– create
graphics-rectangle of the same size as the (round) buffer
– use
GraphicsToFeatures.dll (Sandwich) to transform rectangle into
geo-rectangle
– save

In Erdas:
– load image and shapefile
into viewer
– use (not AOI) to draw rectangle of same size
– subset
image

Ready.

ConvertGraphicsToFeatures.dll
ConvertGraphicstoFeatures_readme.txt

Just read an interesting article about Microsoft’s
lastÊpresentation for unveiling Microsoft’s new Live Software strategy to
the media. I think this shows very nicely the “power” of PowerPoint as well as –
when you compare the first pictures with the second and third attached – the
(philosophical) difference between Microsoft and Apple.
The third actually
shows (in the middle) a recently introduced remote control for one of Apple’s
computer. At the left side one find’s Microsoft version (and the number of
buttons) of a similar
tool…

Nice story about how to concentrate on the
essentials… or why white, empty space is important.
wabi_sabi.pdf

Here is an interesting website showing a
possible change for PPT presentations. It is called the “Lessig Method”, and
this video here is really an awesome example. But it
doesn’t have to be so extreme. I think it is worth thinking about alternatives
of regular (and thus boring) PPT presentations.