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Monday, March 25th, 2013

GIS Tools for Hadoop: Big Spatial Data Analytics for the Hadoop Framework

Looking at data without location, most of the time seems like looking at just part of a story. Including location and geography in analysis reveals patterns and associations that otherwise are missed. As Big Data emerges as a new frontier for analysis, including location in Big Data is becoming significantly important.

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Winners Selected for Esri’s GIS Grants for 4-H Program

Esri has awarded grants to 4-H groups in 10 states in its 2013 GIS Grants for 4-H Program. For almost 10 years, 4-H youth clubs across the United States have participated in the program, using ArcGIS to explore and analyze problems in their local communities. The club’s involvement with GIS has increased so much that

Monday, March 25th, 2013

LizardTech Exhibiting at ASPRS 2013 Annual Conference

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at the ASPRS 2013 Annual Conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel this week in booth number 701.

Monday, March 25th, 2013

GeoVation Supports Greener Business Hack Event

A recent hack event, supported by Ordnance Survey’s GeoVation team, generated a number of innovative demos showcasing how technology can support greener business, paving the way for other budding innovators and entrepreneurs to submit their ideas to the latest GeoVation Challenge.

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

SpatiaLABS 2013 Teaches Students Spatial Reasoning Skills

Designed for disciplines across the entire university, SpatiaLABS 2013 Edition complements and enhances an instructor’s course with geospatial investigations. The computer-based lab sessions, published by Esri Press, build students’ spatial reasoning and analysis skills.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

OGC announces Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot Demo Webinar

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that it will demonstrate the results of the OGC Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot, Phase 1 (CHISP-1) at a webinar to be held from 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The public is invited to register for the webinar. After the webinar, detailed CHISP-1 Engineering

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Intermap Announces $410,000 NEXTMap Licensing Sale for RiskPro Solution Contract

Intermap (IMP.TO), (ITMSF:BB), a leading provider of geospatial solutions on-demand created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth’s surface, today announced that it has received a $410,000 NEXTMap licensing sale for a RiskPro solution in Southeast Asia. The data will be immediately delivered from the Company’s NEXTMap data library.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Danish Meteorological Institute Partners with MDA for the Creation of Ice Charts for the Greenland Sea

MDA’s Information Systems group announced today that it has signed a contract to provide the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) with RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2 data to create up-to-date ice charts and reports that are sent via satellite to ships navigating the ice-infested Greenland Sea.

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Real-Life Disaster Imaging Needed for Next Aussie Crisis

Cutting-edge imagery technology that has guided rescue efforts during the world’s worst natural catastrophes could be the lynchpin in Australia’s next disaster response and recovery, according to a visiting international specialist. The world’s most advanced imagery software – known as ENVI – compiles and analyses data captured from remote sensors before, during and after a

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

First Images Released From Latest Landsat Earth Observation Satellite

NASA and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first images from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, which was launched Feb. 11. The natural-color images show the intersection of the United States Great Plains and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado. In the