Perspectives
What does Google’s Timelapse effort say about the geospatial big data challenge?
Google gave the world a gift yesterday with the release of the global timelapse viewer (http://earthengine.google.org/#intro) that aggregates Landsat imagery...
What are some of the disruptions of digital imagery, and their implications?
The legacy of film imagery spans just 150 years, although it still continues to some degree today, from its start...
How does geospatial technology help lessen the footprint of humans on Earth?
Today is the 43rd Earth Day, providing an important touchpoint of our planet’s health. The widespread and non-partisan embrace of...
What are some of the parallels between the brain mapping initiative and mapping in general?
Last week, the Obama administration announced a plan to invest $100 million to begin mapping the brain. While much of...
Are we ready for the oncoming capacity to see the unseen?
Remote sensing has its foundation in observations that provide unique viewpoints to enable greater insight. The data explosion that is...
Headline News
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Google Maps Updated with Improved Navigation, Earth Integration
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Google Recruits Divers, Developers for Underwater Street View
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Nepal Forest Fire Alert System Launched
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The Enduring Power of Maps: ‘You Find Where You Are On It’
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New Breed of Satellite will Monitor Water Quality of Wisconsin's Lakes
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Satellite Images Show 'Double Jeopardy' Wildfire Danger
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Experts Warn of Queensland Land Clearing Law Change
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Archaeologists Map Lost Medieval Suffolk Town of Dunwich Under the Sea
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Climate Change 'Will Make Hundreds of Millions Homeless'
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Industry to Pay for Oilsands Monitoring Under New Law
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A Living Museum of Marine Biodiversity Created in the Philippines
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The Hidden World Under Our Feet
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Mapping the Legacy of the Great War on Home Soil
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Thermal Sensor About UAV Rescues Injured Man in Canada
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Alibaba to Invest $294 Million in Mapping Firm AutoNavi
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Satellite Built by Ball Aerospace Finishes Marathon Canadian Mission
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Report: Facebook Nears Deal for Mapping Startup Waze
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Glimpses of a World Revealed by Cell-Phone Data
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Scientists Struggle to Put Land Degredation Into Sustainable Development Goals
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Australia and Belize Come Up With Best Practices For Reef Management
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Spectral Calibration Unlocks Untold Knowledge
In order to make use of multispectral remote sensing, fieldwork called ground truthing is required to calibrate the spectral returns...
Spreading the Inspiration of Earth Observation
Research scientists continue to add to our understanding of Earth systems, thanks to the global earth observation capacity. Waleed Abdalati,...
TerraGo Rebrands and Raises Funds with a Focus on Location Intelligence Innovation
TerraGo has long offered one of the more interesting portable means of capturing map data through their GeoPDF offering. The...
Columns
Sensor Sensibility: Communications Design Considerations for Energy Efficiency
One of the key design constraints in the deployment of a sensor network is the optimization of power consumption and...
Making Sense of Geospatial Intelligence
For the past decade – especially in the wake of the devastating 9/11 attacks – the provision of real-time, actionable...
Speaking to Mapmakers About Our Social Machines
Good data, more data, more accurate data; these are not sufficient to solve our world's social and environmental problems. With...
Event Coverage
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- Mapping the Future as an Intelligent 3D Image #ILMF
- The GeoDesign Concept Goes Global
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- Hexagon Sets a Path for Deep Spatial Technology Integration
Google Maps Updated with Improved Navigation, Earth Integration
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- 17 May 2013 | By Android Geeks | 58
During the Google I/O 2013 opening keynote, the Mountain View-based company revealed the changes that will be integrated in Google Maps. According to the statements of he Google officials that stepped on the stage of the San Francisco-based conference, the new Google Maps update is the biggest since the service was launched in 2005 and it will bring interface changes both for the web version and in the applications for the mobile platforms. Read More
Google Recruits Divers, Developers for Underwater Street View
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- 17 May 2013 | By PC Mag | 52
Google and the Catlin Seaview Survey want you to strap on a scuba tank and start snapping underwater pictures with your Android phone to help save the world's vanishing coral reefs. The search giant launched its ocean survey as part of Google Earth in 2009 and late last year, the company debuted an underwater version of its Street View panoramic layer in Google Earth and Google Maps. The 360-degree mapping process is now being used by Australia-based Catlin Seaview Survey to monitor the health of coral reefs around the world. Read More
Nepal Forest Fire Alert System Launched
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- 17 May 2013 | By The Himalayan | 53
An operational remote sensing forest fire detection and monitoring system for Nepal was officially launched at a programme today in Kathmandu. The system which is also equipped with an automated alert system sending email and SMS notifications to subscribers including District Forest Officers and focal persons of the Federation of Community Forestry Users in all 75 districts. Read More
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- The Enduring Power of Maps: ‘You Find Where You Are On It’
- New Breed of Satellite will Monitor Water Quality of Wisconsin's Lakes
- Satellite Images Show 'Double Jeopardy' Wildfire Danger
- Experts Warn of Queensland Land Clearing Law Change
- Archaeologists Map Lost Medieval Suffolk Town of Dunwich Under the Sea
- Climate Change 'Will Make Hundreds of Millions Homeless'
- Industry to Pay for Oilsands Monitoring Under New Law
- A Living Museum of Marine Biodiversity Created in the Philippines
- The Hidden World Under Our Feet
- Mapping the Legacy of the Great War on Home Soil
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