Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial technologies offer tremendous benefits for the health care industry. Whether used in strategic planning for hospitals, epidemiological studies by public health officials or policy construction by government agencies, GIS is important for accurate and nuanced analysis and decision support.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Safe Software and CARIS have announced that support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data will be included in FME 2014, available already in the beta and scheduled for official release in January.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
National Geographic, founded in 1888, aims to inspire people to care about the planet. The organization is using Google Maps Engine to share more than 500 of its historical and reference maps with the public, including interactive overlays. All of these maps are free to use through Google’s platform; National Geographic is only charging for
Monday, December 9th, 2013
ESA’s CryoSat satellite measured the storm surge from the recent North Sea storms, as high waters passed through the Kattegat sea between Denmark and Sweden.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has appointed Robert Loughran, an experienced geospatial business development executive, to the position of International Sales Manager. Loughran has previously held senior positions with geotechnical survey company Fugro, geospatial product and service company Infoterra and aerial mapping company BKS Surveys. Loughran joins Bluesky at an exciting time as the Leicestershire company
Sunday, December 8th, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey participates in the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting with hundreds of technical presentations. Below are some highlights of USGS science at AGU this year. Highlights about the technical sessions are presented in chronological order with session numbers, and room numbers in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center (either Moscone South, MS, or
Friday, December 6th, 2013
DigitalGlobe saw many changes in 2013, including our combination with GeoEye in February. The combination grew our constellation to five satellites, adding the capability to collect more than one billion square kilometers of imagery to our archive this year alone!
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
MAPPS, the association of private geospatial firms, will testify at a Congressional hearing tomorrow to advocate for greater coordination of the Federal government’s geospatial activities, a coordinated effort to inventory the land the government owns, and a reduction of government duplication of and competition with the private geospatial profession.
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Aerial mapping company Bluesky is supporting a million pound research project into the potential costs and benefits of solar energy in the UK. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), PV2025 aims to answer a number of questions relating to the production of solar energy through photovoltaics across the UK and how
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
1Spatial is proud to sponsor the AGI Student of the Year Award, which will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony in London on 5 December 2013. The industry award is just one of the ways that the AGI, the UK’s geospatial membership body, looks to encourage best practice, innovation and maximum use of geographic
