Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
The Hydrographic Society UK, which also maintains an overseas membership drawn from nearly 45 countries, has launched an annual student and graduate paper Award scheme dedicated to the memory of Alan Ingham, founder member of the original organisation in 1972 who was a prominent educationalist and noted author as well as one of Britain’s leading
Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
In closing the 2016 Annual Conference for the Geologic Remote Sensing Group (GRSG), Chairman Luke Bateson, of the British Geological Survey, also stood down from his post, after serving his three year term. Following an overwhelmingly popular and unanimous vote at the Annual General Meeting that took place during the conference, he handed over the
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Des Plaines, IL – URISA is pleased to announce that its GIS Leadership Academy will be offered twice in 2017. •April 3-7, 2017 in San Diego, California •July 24-28, 2017 in Providence, Rhode Island The success of any GIS program is largely tied to the capabilities of its leader. Strong leadership is necessary to establish
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Andy Freckmann comes aboard as Program Director and will oversee all Business Development activities at Optimal GEO. “Andy is a strong addition to the Optimal GEO team,” said Mark Brooks, Chief Operating Officer for Optimal GEO. “With a great deal of insight in various aspects of the remote sensing and GIS markets, Andy will help
Friday, December 9th, 2016
IOC Executive Secretary, Vladimir Ryabinin, and WOC CEO, Paul Holthus, signed the Partnership Agreement at the opening session of the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), Rotterdam, 30 Dec-2 Nov. Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the IOC, stated that, “WOC is a very important partner for IOC. We count on WOC in reaching out to the ocean
Friday, December 9th, 2016
REDLANDS, Calif. — Global smart-mapping leader Esri today announced that its experts will be convening at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. The AGU is among the world’s most well-respected earth science scholarly organizations. Its annual fall meeting is expected to attract 24,000 attendees, making it the largest earth and
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
Held by Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) and Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Taiwan, the 15th GSDI World Conference came to an end on December 2nd. Knowing the importance of spatial data infrastructure, Supergeo was willing to attend the exhibition and show the infinite possibilities of applying spatial data from the very beginning. As
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
The next UKGEOforum Annual Lecture will be given in January 2017 by the author and former Diplomatic Editor and Foreign Correspondent for Sky News, Tim Marshall. Tim served his time as an unpaid intern and endured many nightshifts before he got his first chance to go in front of the cameras. Since then, he has
Monday, December 5th, 2016
Noida, India – Geospatial Media and Communications is glad to introduce the ‘Geospatial Hall of Fame’, a platform that celebrates and recognizes the unsurpassable legends of the geospatial industry. Ten visionary leaders, whose passion, vision, knowledge, leadership, and business acumen have brought geospatial industry to a global arena, will be felicitated and added to the
Monday, December 5th, 2016
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), one of the federal government’s principal statistical agencies, has opened a new fellows program for people looking to bring transformative change to data and geospatial information. These post-graduate research and developmental opportunities are currently available in the areas of Geospatial, Information Science/Library Science, and Data Visualization
