Thursday, October 18th, 2012
The four California URISA Chapters, along with the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA), are pleased to present the 19th Annual CalGIS Conference taking place April 15-17, 2013 in Long Beach. The deadline for abstract submissions (and also for registration at the super-early discounted rate) is November 1.
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
You can now easily find, create, and share web maps using ArcGIS Online. To help you learn how, Esri will host the free live training seminar Creating Hosted Map Services with ArcGIS Online on October 25, 2012.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
The essence of INTERGEO can be summed up in the following statement: “We need to turn data into intelligent information and then transform this into knowledge and actions.” The world’s most important conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management draws to a close today after three amazing days in Hanover. The annual industry
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
GIS and design professionals, academics, and developers will gather at Esri headquarters in Redlands, California, January 24–25, 2013, for the fourth annual Geodesign Summit. The event is open to anyone working at the intersection of geography and design. This year’s theme, Reimagine Your World, underscores how attendees can use geodesign to realize the best possible outcomes for both their
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at GEOINT 2012 Symposium at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla., October 9-11, 2012 in booth number 420. LizardTech will be conducting product demonstrations for the defense audience of recently launched Express Server® 8 software for serving imagery, now with a brand new
Monday, September 24th, 2012
As a market that has long utilized satellite and manned airborne platforms for data acquisition, the geospatial profession is finding unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology has the potential to revolutionize data collection and lower operating costs. In an effort to continue to educate members and to fully embrace the conference theme
Monday, September 10th, 2012
URISA, the Association for GIS Professionals, has a comprehensive webinar series on focusing on Asset Management beginning on Tuesday, September 18. For more information, or to register, please visit http://www.urisa.org/assetmgmt1.
Friday, September 7th, 2012
More government agencies and nongovernmental organizations want citizens to contribute volunteered geographic information (VGI), such as reports of potholes in their communities or georeferenced photographs of flooding, earthquake damage, or fires, to a web map. Other organizations only give certain employees permission to edit geographic data.
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
A prominent Australian medical researcher has used the region’s largest geospatial conference to back the crucial role of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology in understanding the links between health and where we reside, work and play. During her keynote address at the Ozri 2012 conference in Sydney today, Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) Associate Professor Robyn Clark
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
The IUCN World Conservation Congress, the world’s largest and most important conservation event, begins today on Jeju Island, South Korea. More than 8,000 people from more than 170 countries are in Jeju to discuss, debate and vote on solutions to some of the globe’s most pressing environmental and development issues.
