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Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

SuperSurv 3.1a, the Latest GIS App for Android Devices Launched Globally

Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1a, the mobile GIS application for Android platform, is officially launched to offer complete data collection and editing functions.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

The HALO Trust: Helping communities reclaim the land with Google Maps for Business

When conflicts end, making communities safe and livable often means removing dangerous remnants of war. “Getting mines out of the ground, for good,” as we say at the HALO Trust, has been our mission over the last 25 years. We work in more than a dozen countries and regions across the globe, clearing landmines and

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

NASA Launches Study of Next-Generation Global Land Imaging System

NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey kick off a quest for an innovative and affordable space-based system to extend the Landsat data record for decades to come with a public forum and call for ideas Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

NASA Invites Social Media Fans to Preview the ‘Year of Earth’ at JPL

NASA will host a two-day NASA Social for 100 of its social media followers on Monday, Nov. 4, and Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The event will highlight NASA and JPL’s role in studying Earth and its climate and will preview three missions JPL is preparing for launch

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Geospatial Week Has More than 7,000 Registrants

MundoGEO, the leader in Latin America in media and communication for the geospatial and location industries, promoted a Geospatial Week (http://mundogeo.com/webinar/_mail/semana2013/) from September 9 thru 13. Five webinars were conducted in partnership with geospatial companies and institutions, gathering 7,125 registrants from 37 countries around the world, mostly in Latin America.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

The Environment Agency Uses Geocortex Essentials for Web-GIS to Help Inform Decisions

  Following a procurement options appraisal, The Environment Agency selected Geocortex Essentials as part of its Strategic Mapping Platform and next generation EasiMap application. 1Spatial, the UK and Ireland reseller for Latitude Geographics, supplied Geocortex Essentials and helped the Environment Agency implement the EasiMap application.

Monday, September 16th, 2013

Videos Available for Last Week’s Living Planet Symposium

Key presentations from the European Space Agency’s Living Planet Symposium were captured on video and are now available online.

Sunday, September 15th, 2013

Every Drop Counts: Progress Toward a National Water Census

Today the U.S. Geological Survey led a congressional briefing featuring state and regional water stakeholders who spoke about vital uses of comprehensive water information that would be met by the National Water Census called for by the SECURE Water Act of 2009.

Friday, September 13th, 2013

Chimacum Water Model Looks into the Future

A new computer model of the Chimacum Creek Basin built to simulate “what-if” scenarios for basin groundwater managers indicates that most of the water recharging the groundwater system flows directly out to marine waters and coastal areas, according to a report by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Friday, September 13th, 2013

New Buoy to Inform U.S. Coast Guard and Boating Communities in Caribbean

Coastal ocean stakeholders in the U.S. Caribbean now have new data available to inform decision making.  The Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CariCOOS), under the auspices of the Caribbean Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing, a regional member of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), deployed the region’s fifth data buoy today.