Site Maintenance

[Ben Ruset]

Hi -

Just a heads up, I'm going to be doing some work on the site that will require me taking it offline for a few hours. I'm not exactly sure when that will be (it'll be within the next few days, I imagine) but if you try to go to the forums and see that they're shut and/or not responding, don't panic.

I'm working on migrating all of the NJPB sites to a new, more modern, and secure server.

 

[Teegate]

Okay Ben. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Ben Ruset]

The forums are up and running in their new home. The other stuff (www, maps, etc.) haven't moved yet.

Let me know if you run into any problems.

 

[Ben Ruset]

Maps are moved, but I just noticed that the USGS topo maps aren't working anymore.

 

[dogg57]

Thank you for your time and hard work

 

[Teegate]

Maps are moved, but I just noticed that the USGS topo maps aren't working anymore.

That is new.

 

[Boyd]

Maps are moved, but I just noticed that the USGS topo maps aren't working anymore.

Just a wild guess, but should this

http://server.arcgisonline.com

Be https instead?

 

[Ben Ruset]

Yeah, that seems to have done the trick.

 

[Boyd]

Here's a bit of trivia.... who remembers the old National Geographic TOPO! software? I had their NJ map, they had disks for every state. Well, apparently ArcGIS bought these maps and that is what you see when you choose Topo in NJPB maps!

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=99cd5fbd98934028802b4f797c4b1732

 

[manumuskin]

I have about a dozen of their CD states and used to use them for my Magellan but use either Mobac or SAS download to make maps for the Magellan now.

 

[Boyd]

Are e-mail alerts working Ben? Didn't get any from a private conversation today, although that was a bit inconsistent in the past too.

 

[Ben Ruset]

They should be working, although I'm having to relay mail through a new service. I've been getting mail from the site.

Edit: Looks like mail to @comcast.net was failing and mail to @icloud.com was having problems too. I made a config change but it may take a little while to take effect.

 

[bobpbx]

Here's a bit of trivia.... who remembers the old National Geographic TOPO! software? I had their NJ map, they had disks for every state. Well, apparently ArcGIS bought these maps and that is what you see when you choose Topo in NJPB maps!

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=99cd5fbd98934028802b4f797c4b1732

I use this site to download them. I suppose ArcGIS is in the background? Down loading is free.

https://store.usgs.gov/map-locator

 

[Boyd]

They are using arcgis software, but if you’re talking about the scanned paper maps, they come from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (same source I used for the my historical topo maps)

National Geographic TOPO! was a commercial product based on USGS maps, with shading added to the mountains. It was “seamless” for use on a computer but the historical topo’s are individual maps with collars