Blue Marble Webinar to Demonstrate Grid to Globe Best Fit Functionality

Gardiner, Maine – March 26, 2010 – Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) will provide a free web demonstration of the Blue Marble Desktop on Wednesday March 31st at 9:00 a.m. EDT. This 60-minute webinar will outline time saving techniques to correctly define and transform custom local coordinate systems. For all of your grid to globe GIS data conversion challenges, learn how the Blue Marble Desktop accurately and efficiently references both vector and raster datasets within one easy to use interface.  Space is limited, so sign up now at  http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/webinar.php.

Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software companies, universities, oil and gas companies, civil engineering, surveying, technology, enterprise GIS groups, government and military organizations.

This Webinar will demonstrate the Geographic Calculator best-fit functionality, which allows users to relate their local coordinate systems to any standard geodetic or projected coordinate systems.  With a set of control points, you can create a local fitted system. This fitted system is then permanently added to your custom datasource, and can be used for conversions between your local system and WGS84 or any other of the hundreds of coordinate systems that are part of Blue Marble’s extensive datasource. Users can choose the mathematical model for their best-fit analysis, from affine up to fifth order polynomial. With dockable windows, enhanced workflow tools and the ability to export to other users, Blue Marble will save you time and money on every project. The Geographic Calculator allows users to work with raw survey data to conduct a best-fit transformation to take grid data to geodetic easily and correctly, also making use of the georeference tool. Learn why GIS analysts and surveyors that need to bridge the gap between highly accurate survey data and user-friendly GIS data turn to Blue Marble.

About Blue Marble Geographics
Blue Marble Geographics of Gardiner, Maine is a leading developer and provider of geographic software products that provide sensible solutions for users and developers of geographic data. Blue Marble has been writing GIS software tools and solutions for over 16 years and currently serves hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Learn more at www.bluemarblegeo.com

Contact Information:
Kris Berglund
Blue Marble Geographics
Gardiner, ME, USA
kb@bluemarblegeo.com / 800-616-2725