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Will dramatic change eliminate the politicization of monitoring missions?

Details: 09 July 2012 | By Matt Ball | 1236

The Deep Space Climate Observatory, championed by Al Gore and eliminated by George Bush, is back on the drawing board with a possible launch in 2014. This deep-space look at the planet was meant to provide an ongoing “Blue Marble” view that would capture details at the full planet scale, something that near-Earth satellites aren’t able to accomplish. While the rebirth, is in part due to a re-purpose for solar activity monitoring, it’s but one example of the politicization of science missions that are meant to monitor and measure the changes around us.

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Do the NGA cuts mark a failure of the commercial satellite imagery market?

Details: 26 June 2012 | By Matt Ball | 1868

GeoEye received word late last week that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) would be making a significant cut in their 2013 funding under the Enhanced View contract, offering only a three or nine-month option. While there is still some indication that Congress might fully fund the program, the news was bleak enough to send GeoEye stock falling more than twenty percent.

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Will GIS in the Cloud free GIS from IT overlords?

Details: 18 June 2012 | By Matt Ball | 3175

With the announcement that ArcGIS Online is now available for subscription, we’re now aware of what GIS in the cloud can include. Now that this advancement is realized, it begs examination as to the impacts it might have on GIS capability and practice.

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How will real-time inputs, and the increasing number of sensors, impact the geospatial industry?

Details: 04 June 2012 | By Matt Ball | 1964

For decades the lack of geospatial data was a barrier to geographic information system expansion and adoption. While obtaining high-quality spatial data continues to be a challenge, the problems of a lack of available data has quickly turned into the need to manage a glut of information. With the number of sensors and platforms growing exponentially, the data deluge will only increase in pace.

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Is there evil inherent in mapping the world online?

Details: 28 May 2012 | By Matt Ball | 1913

Time and again, we’ve seen the sensitivity of countries to online maps that depict a country’s boundaries or claims contrary to their own beliefs. This is an age-old problem dating back to the very first maps, but the global access to a single online map, and the weight that specific online mapping sites carry, lead to a heightened sense of injustice. Just a week ago, Iran said that it would sue Google over dropping the name 'Persian Gulf' in Google Maps. The fact that the name no longer appears in the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula is an issue to Iran, because that’s the name they’ve used while other Arab states call it the Arabian Gulf. Leaving it blank skirts the conflict, but also serves to illustrate the impossible neutrality of some mapping issues.

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