Thursday, November 19th, 2015
November 19, 2015 — Getting directions to somewhere you’ve never been before is easy for many in 2015 – just ask your phone’s assistant or pull up Google Maps. But for many of the most vulnerable people in the world, insufficient and inadequate mapping of areas can endanger lives.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
VANCOUVER, Esri Canada User Conference – November 19, 2015 — The District of Squamish is a fast-growing municipality between the City of Vancouver and the Resort Municipality of Whistler in British Columbia. As people strive to live a balanced and more affordable lifestyle, the District has seen its population grow by 27% since 2006 to more
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2015 — If you wanted to know whether shifts in the African climate during Paleolithic times correlated with the appearance and disappearance of hominin species, how would you find the answer? It’s a tricky question because of the massive amounts of noisy, complicated data you would need to analyze.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., November 19, 2015 — After a disaster or national tragedy, bits of information often are found afterward among vast amounts of available data that might have mitigated or even prevented what happened, had they been recognized ahead of time.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
WAYNE, Pa., Nov. 19, 2015 — For centuries, geography has intrigued the world. What lies just beyond our view? How is our planet changing? What does it all mean? With the many advancements of the GIS industry, we can now view our world in ways never thought possible even a few years ago. The GIS industry
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
November 19, 2015 — With the release of new US Topo maps for Illinois and South Dakota, the USGS has completed the second, three-year cycle of revising and updating electronic US Topo quadrangles. This means that since late 2009, the USGS has published nearly every map in the conterminous U.S., twice.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Leicestershire, UK, November 19, 2015 — An aerial thermal survey to assess heat loss from homes is being used by Herefordshire Council to raise awareness of poor home energy efficiency, reduce fuel poverty and support vulnerable residents. The survey by aerial mapping company Bluesky has been used to produce colour coded heat loss maps that are
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
SAN JOSE, CA, November 18, 2015 — A standing room only crowd listened intently to a dynamic panel of government leaders and industry executives on the challenges, implementations, timelines and industry involvement around UAS technology at the opening day of the inaugural Drone World Expo. Following the keynote, the show floor opened where 75 exhibiting companies
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
November 18, 2015 — In honor of GIS Day, GfK is releasing an extract of its new, ultra-precise digital maps of Poland. GfK offers detailed, up-to-date geodata for all of Europe in its newly released “GfK Europe Edition 2015”.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
November 18, 2015 — Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced the promotion of Keith Patterson, PSM, GISP, SP, to associate in the firm’s Tampa, Florida, office.
