Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Kimberly Winton, Ph.D., has been selected as the director of the Department of the Interior’s South Central Climate Science Center (SC CSC), headquartered at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. This is the sixth federally funded center on the OU Research Campus. Winton will be the first permanent director of the new center, which is
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement of the industry demonstrates creative thinking and
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
SuperGIS Server 3.1 Value Edition, developed by SuperGeo, supports the integration with OpenStreetMap. As a comprehensive and server-based GIS, SuperGIS Server 3.1 allows organizations to create, manage, integrate, and publish a variety of spatial services. The spatial data in all types as well as GIS functions therefore can be applied to desktop, mobile, and web
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperPad 3.1 is adopted by Fintel Engineering S.r.l. to assist the government institutes in achieving equal land distribution and sustainable land management in Italy. With over 15 years of proven experiences in providing software value-added services, Fintel Engineering S.r.l. is the professional GIS solution provider, offering the most appropriate responses to
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) has incorporated URISA’s Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM) in its Competency Model Clearinghouse (http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/). This endorsement follows a year-long effort to draft the GMCM by a task force of 18 contributors and a public review process that attracted 100 comments. Of the 20 industries that
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has appointed both Lew Leinenweber and Bart de Lathouwer to the position of Director, Interoperability Programs. These are key technical positions in the OGC Interoperability Program.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the ISPRS Conference in Melbourne, Australia from August 26th -31st, 2012. Come and visit Booth 27B to see first-hand the latest enhancements found in Blue Marble Desktop v2.5 and Global Mapper v13.2. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
URISA is pleased to announce the recipients of 2012 URISA Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA’s ESIG Awards have recognized exceptional achievements in the application of information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services. URISA congratulates all of the participants in the 2012 Exemplary Systems in Government Award
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announced the formation of a new OGC Energy & Utilities Domain Working Group (E&U DWG) to address geospatial interoperability challenges in the international energy and utility domains.
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Esri, PCI Geomatics, MDA, and RapidEye today announced their new Natural Resources Imagery Grant Program. The grant program will provide software, data, and training for detecting and analyzing land-cover change through the combined use of geographic information system (GIS), image processing, and remote-sensing technologies.
