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Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Esri Developer Summit Keynote Will Dispel Misconceptions About the Cloud

Steve Riley, technical leader, office of the chief technology officer (CTO) at Riverbed Technology, will provide the Keynote Address at this year’s Esri Developer Summit. Riley’s keynote, entitled In the Cloud, Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong, will seek to dispel myths and misunderstandings about the cloud and give a fresh perspective on geospatial

Monday, March 5th, 2012

“ERS Market. Open Data”

Global geoinformation technologies and first of all Earth remote sensing from space, satellite-based navigation and Internet geoportals have certainly considerably changed and keep on changing our lives. A certain turnaround in the minds of people deserves mentioning: in the new world of open data it is easier to feel comfort and to actually become not

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Envisat Celebrates 10th Birthday

In the early hours of 1 March 2002, the largest Earth observation satellite ever built soared into orbit from ESA’s launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. For a decade, Envisat has been keeping watch over our planet.

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Airborne Search and Rescue Detection & Geotagging Development

Software and hardware engineering efforts at ITRES have moved into the next phase towards integrating our In-Flight Processing System (IPS) development with new highresolution pushframe thermal TABI-1800 imager. “This is a big milestone for us. It moves us closer to our planned goal of offering real search and rescue (SAR) capability to our imaging product

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Microsoft KinectTakes a Swipe at Visualization, geospatial apps

Government agencies with geospatial or data visualization requirements might want to take at a close look at Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows, the motion-sensor peripheral originally created for the Xbox 360. Read More

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Timmons Group Develops HTML5-Based Mobile iPad Application

Timmons Group recently developed and released a field inspection and data collection mobile application for Prince William County, Virginia.  The solution is tablet-enabled and allows Prince William field staff to realize significant return on investment (ROI) by using their iPad2 tablets to streamline their daily inspection workflows.  Approximately one thousand storm water management ponds needing

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Web Map Displays Daily Avalanche Danger Levels

Backcountry skiers and snowboarders have a new tool to explore regional daily avalanche-danger levels. A web-based map, created by students and faculty at Western Washington University (WWU), takes the regional avalanche forecasts issued by the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center and displays the same information spatially.  Read More

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Mapping the Nation Illustrates Broad Government Use of Esri GIS

Esri has released the second in the Mapping the Nation series, Mapping the Nation: Government and Technology Making a Difference. Including more than 100 full-color maps produced by 40 government agencies, it clearly illustrates how GIS technology can be used to evaluate and respond to social, economic, and environmental concerns at local, regional, national, and

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

GAF AG Provides Time-critical Satellite Information for the Crisis Management Service

GAF AG provides time-critical satellite information for the Crisis Management Service (EMS) of the European Commission under the ” GMES Initial Operations (GIO): EMS mapping in Rush Mode ” (NL/1112747911) Munich, 1 März.2012 The GAF provides information on the signing of an agreement with the European Commission to provide time-critical Earth observation services in crisis and disaster. 

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Signals From Space Help Farmers On The Ground

Scientists from Aarhus University are working with private companies on developing modern satellite technology to improve the logistics of agricultural field work. Agricultural contractors and large farms have a whole army of agricultural machinery and operations to control. This requires fine-tuning of logistics as excess driving is inefficient and costs both time, money and fuel. A