Monday, November 4th, 2013
MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, today announced the five judges who will evaluate entries in the seventh annual “Geospatial Products and Services Excellence awards competition”. The independent judges have been selected to evaluate projects submitted for the Awards Competition that highlight the exceptional services, products, software and hardware produced by the
Monday, November 4th, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its draft Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plans for public review and comment. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and Executive Order on Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change announced today, the Implementation Plans provide detailed information about the actions EPA plans
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Understanding Earth’s dynamic climate requires knowledge of more than just greenhouse gases. One of the key measurements scientists measure is reflected solar radiance, or the amount of outgoing sunlight energy scattered from Earth’s surface and atmosphere. Watching solar radiances over time helps scientists gauge and better understand environmental changes like global warming.
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
USGS field crews are measuring flooding in parts of central Texas following intense rainfall. USGS crews are measuring high flood flows on the Blanco, Guadalupe, San Marcos, and Colorado Rivers. Record flooding was measured at the streamgage on Onion Creek at Highway 183 in Austin, Texas on Halloween morning around 10 a.m. The creek level
Friday, November 1st, 2013
After working as a geographic information systems (GIS) analyst for 27 years, Joe Lettrick sought a bachelor’s degree program that would offer him a deeper education in enterprise GIS. After earning his associate degree in mechanical design and drafting, he gained experience as a GIS and computer-aided drafting (CAD) project manager and as a GIS
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Ordnance Survey International has announced the signing of a five-year Specialist Advisory Framework Agreement with the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The agreement provides an opportunity for both organisations to work together collaboratively on a number of projects, the first of which will be the development of a new
Friday, November 1st, 2013
This morning, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Maryland Senator Ben Cardin joined the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Chesapeake Bay Program and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to announce the recipients of $9.2 million in grants for restoration and outreach initiatives in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed’s six states
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that free licenses of SuperGIS Desktop is available for university, college, career school, and general high school students who have purchased SuperGIS Desktop laboratory license to use at home.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2013 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. They were presented last night at a ceremony during The Year in Infrastructure 2013 Conference, held 29-31
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Exprodat, the petroleum GIS services, software and training specialist will be showcasing its Team-GIS suite of software at the forthcoming 2013 Esri European Petroleum Users Group (PUG) in London, including the new Team-GIS Exploration Analyst and Team-GIS Data Assistant extensions for ArcGIS Desktop.
