Perspectives
What does the launch of more than 60 microsatellites in one week mean for the future of Earth observation?
Last week, two rockets launched a combined 61 micro satellites, with many of them focused on Earth observation missions. This...
What’s the next evolution beyond the Map Wars and the Map Story Wars?
There’s a fascinating transformation underway in how map platforms are being marketed toward individuals and organizations. The consumer platforms (Google,...
Is the Solid Conference the next Where 2.0 for geospatial technologists?
Just last week O’Reilly announced a new conference called Solid that is about software and hardware everywhere. The event addresses...
How has the move to cloud-hosted geospatial services changed the geospatial landscape?
With so many geospatial cloud-hosted platforms and services, and many more on the way, it seems a good time to...
What details become apparent when disasters hit close to home?
The devastating Colorado floods are just recently behind us, and a frenzy of proactive rebuilding goes on despite a...
Headline News
Robot Sea Turtle Maps Shipwrecks Too Deep for Humans
Mapping Out History and Geography
Geography game: how well do you know the world?
Some See Use of Drones to Monitor Oregon Farms
Call-Log App Aims to Reverse-Engineer NSA Surveillance
Researchers Use Google Earth To Uncover Fish Scam
Embeds Return To New Google Maps, Will Soon Include Ads
DigitalGlobe Foresees Billion-dollar Business in Five Years
'Signature' Achievement on Forests at UN Climate Talks
Roscosmos Set to Launch Five Spaceships in December
Satellite Imaging for Search and Rescue Coming of Age
28 Tiny Satellites Launching Together In December to See Earth from Space
Russian Scientists Worried Over Anti-GPS Proposals
VRSS-1 Is Model For Chinese Remote-Sensing Exports
Unique Ancient Maps go on Show at American Museum in Bath
UK Leads Europe in Preparing for the Impact of Climate Change
A Second ISRO Satellite Launch Site Undergoes Cost-Benefit Analysis
Guyana National Land Use Plan Among Outcomes of EU-funded $768M Project
DigitalGlobe Eyes Geospatial Data Market; Jeffrey Tarr Comments
DubaiSat-2 Heads Off on Five-year Mission
Toolbox
- New Panel Computer Introduced for Automation and Environmental Monitoring
- The latest Mobile GIS App, SuperSurv for iOS V0.99 Now Available on App Store
- LMI Technologies Launches New Gocator All-In-One 3D Smart Snapshot Sensor
- GeoCue Announces Release of LP360 Project Publisner
- SimActive Releases Correlator3D Version 5.0
Features
Top Stories
Esri Introduces ArcGIS for Electric and Gas
OpenStreetMap's Redesign Goes Live! More Focused, More Inviting, More Map
Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust Selects viaEuropa Hosted Map Service
Interviews
Astrium Services Expands Sensor and Service Offerings with an Eye on Mission
Astrium Services has been significantly increasing their earth observation capacity for some time, including a diverse array of sensors...
SkyTruth Hopes to Make Skytruthing Into a Verb
SkyTruth has a mission to use remote sensing and digital mapping to educate the public and policymakers about the environmental...
Thermopylae Provides Context Via Web, Cloud and Mobile
Thermopylae Sciences and Technology provides a variety of geospatial products and solutions that build on DoD research and development...
Columns
Public Issue Participation Can Prevail
Throughout two contentious California lawsuits to uphold Public Records Act (PRA) access to county GIS parcel basemaps, many GIS...
Sensor Sensibility: Project Planning and Deployment Considerations
The wireless sensor network is fundamentally a distributed network of constrained devices. There are a host of considerations that...
Technology Intersection: In the News—Controlling the Explanation of Geographical Context
The objective of this column is to observe world events surfacing on the daily news, focusing the attention on geotechnology...
Event Coverage
- DVW President Thöne: "INTERGEO trains the spotlight on key socio-political issues"
- More than 400 Participants from 28 Countries Took Part in the 6th International Conference "Earth from Space - The Most Effective Solutions"
- Esri Provisions Web GIS to Provide a Living Atlas
- TerraGo Displays their New Vision Platform
- The Exelis and Esri Relationship Expands on Imagery Everywhere
- Dangermond Discusses How GIS is Becoming a Living Atlas
- Dangermond Speaks to a GIS Turning Point
- Hexagon Leads with Solutions that Integrate Sensors and Software
Geographer as First Director of Future Earth Global Sustainability Initiative
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- Jul 03 2013
- by Future Earth
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The International Council for Science (ICSU), on behalf of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, has announced that Professor Frans Berkhout will be the Interim Director of Future Earth. Professor Berkhout will lead the implementation of Future Earth – bringing existing and new research communities and stakeholders together to deliver solutions-oriented knowledge for global sustainability.
DigitalGlobe Shareowners Approve Combination With GeoEye
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- Dec 03 2012
- by DigitalGlobe
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DigitalGlobe, Inc. ( NYSE : DGI ), a leading global provider of earth imagery solutions, today announced that its shareowners voted to approve the issuance of DigitalGlobe common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Share Issuance proposal"), pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2012, as amended, by and among DigitalGlobe, 20/20 Acquisition Sub, Inc., WorldView, LLC, and GeoEye, Inc. The approval of the Share Issuance proposal was required to complete the merger involving DigitalGlobe and GeoEye, Inc. ( NASDAQ : GEOY ).
China Provides Satellite Imagery to Assist Australia in Fighting Against Bushfire
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- Oct 23 2013
- by China Daily
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China has provided satellite imagery to Australia to assist the country's fighting against the latest bushfires in New South Wales. Adam Lewis, Group Leader of National Earth Observation of Geoscience Australia (GA), confirmed with Xinhua on Wednesday that in the past six days, GA has been getting two passes of satellite images from China every day. Those images are used to build up the mapping of the bushfires, which have been ravaging in New South Wales since last Thursday. Read More
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