Perspectives
What impact will Google’s new mapping phone have on our digital realities?
Google has just released details of an initiative dubbed Project Tango that provisions an Android smartphone with the ability...
How have our tools to map, monitor and understand the Earth evolved and aided understanding?
The aligned technologies that image, model, map, and represent our world have continued to evolve, with great leaps forward in...
How has geodesign sparked geospatial technology innovation?
Often, a really good problem to solve is needed in order to spur technology innovation. The evolution of geographic...
What are the Top 10 existing and emerging disruptions brought on by advancing geospatial technology?
We are decidedly in a period of rapid technology disruption, as reinforced by a discussion this week at the World...
What will the proliferation of earth observation mean for improved automation?
We are on the cusp of a massive proliferation of aerial and satellite earth observation inputs — from new commercial...
Headline News
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China to Test Smog-busting Drones to Help Clear Polluted Skies
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Commercial Drones Are Now Legal, According To Federal Ruling
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Earth Observation Satellites Deployed from Space Station
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How Airships Are Set To Revolutionize Science
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SA Satellite Encounters Space Debris
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Space Research Center Puts Up-to-Date Weather Maps Online
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Facebook Looking Into Buying Drone Maker Titan Aerospace
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Drones, Robotic Rovers and Citizen Scientists Join Forces to Sample a Lake’s Biodiversity
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China's Deepest Diving Sub Is Getting a New Set of Eyes
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How Drones are Changing the Way We Do Business
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Spy Satellite Plan Keeps Eye on Threats in the Sky
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Hack the Environment: Bringing Biodiversity Hardware Into the Open
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Indian Government Approves Mission to Sustain Himalayan Ecosystem
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Implementing Spatial Data and GIS Effectively in Business
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Robot Swarm: A Flock Of Drones That Fly Autonomously
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German Court Invalidates Microsoft Mapping Patent
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The Rise of OpenStreetMap: A Quest to Conquer Google’s Mapping Empire
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Roger Tomlinson: The Father of Computerized Cartography
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China Gathers High-Tech Maps of Its Islands
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Cali Baja Bi-National Mega-Region Asset Map Recognized by White House as Mapping Model
Toolbox
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- Leica Geosystems Launches ComGate10 Wireless Router to Enable Fast and Secure Continuous Deformation Monitoring
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- Juniper Systems Now Shipping All Archer 2 Models Worldwide
- SuperGIS 3D Earth Server Brings Brand New Map Manipulation for 3D Visualization
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Interviews
Hexagon Geospatial Digs Into Integration
There has been an ongoing evolution of Intergraph’s (now Hexagon Geospatial) geospatial software, with continued work to integrate across...
Advocating for Geography Education
A recent opinion piece (http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/09/teaching-and-learning-visualiz/) by Kirk Goldsberry, visiting scholar at Harvard University, gained a good deal of attention...
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...
Columns
The 3D Revolution Will Be Visualized
Young people get it. They know where we are heading, and they are excited about what’s on the horizon....
Technology Intersection: Technological Crises Shed Light on World Systems
Recent world events that started as technological glitches or dysfunctions have become major objects of debate in politics, geopolitics...
![The Rise of the [Geospatial] Machines Part 3: New Opportunities in the Coming Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Age](/images/nssp2_thumbs/Tully_Mike_thumb2_534_thumb.jpg "The Rise of the [Geospatial] Machines Part 3: New Opportunities in the Coming Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Age")
The Rise of the [Geospatial] Machines Part 3: New Opportunities in the Coming Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Age
McKinsey Global Institute (http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/disruptive_technologies), it is estimated that a potential economic impact of $14 - $33 trillion a year by...
Event Coverage
- GeoDesign to Factor Ecosystem Services
- 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
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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