Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Ursula Benz will make a presentation on the topic “CloudEO – a new Geo-IT Platform – removing the entry barriers for commercial geo-services” as part of the plenary session “Global Geospatial Information”, which will be held on the first day (October 1, 2013) of the 6th International Conference “Earth from space – the Most effective Solutions”.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Intergraph has launched Intergraph Mobile MapWorks, a practical tool for performing on-the-fly field updates of geospatial information. Intergraph Mobile MapWorks is an iOS and Android tablet-based app for viewing, editing and updating field asset information in real-time. It can be downloaded from Apple’s iTunes and the Google Play app stores.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
ArcGIS Online for Organizations offers new analysis tools to help you investigate geographic relationships, patterns, and trends in your data. The new tools will allow you to find hot spots to detect patterns in the data; overlay layers to combine two or more layers into one; and enrich layers to retrieve information about the people,
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
2013 is a milestone year for URISA’s GISCorps. Ten years ago during URISA’s 2003 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, GISCorps was officially adopted as a URISA program to coordinate short-term, volunteer-based GIS expertise and support to underprivileged communities worldwide. Volunteers provide their GIS expertise remotely or on-site and have been involved in a variety of
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce the Second Edition of its publication, “Model GIS Job Descriptions” as an electronic publication. The publication provides valuable information for individuals who hire GIS staff. The publication, authored by J. Allison Butler, provides guidance to GIS managers in how to draft job descriptions and to human resource professionals by describing
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Land-use in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of the northern Great Plains has been shifting at an extraordinary rate, including changes in agriculture practices, the recent boom in petroleum production, and rising tourism, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Acidification of the Arctic Ocean is occurring faster than projected according to new findings published in the journal PLOS ONE. The increase in rate is being blamed on rapidly melting sea ice, a process that may have important consequences for health of the Arctic ecosystem.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
In keeping with rapid demand, the USGS has posted new US Topo quadrangles covering Colorado (1,794 maps) and Minnesota (1,689). These new quads replace the first edition US Topo maps for those states. The replaced maps will be added to the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection and are also available for free download from The
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
General Director of ScanEx RDCVladimir Gershenzon will take part in the 5th Summit on Earth Observation Business, which is to take place on September 12-13 in Paris within as part of the World Satellite Business Week organized by Euroconsult.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the competitive design phase of CHEOPS science satellite, which will improve mankind’s understanding of exoplanets – planets orbiting distant stars outside our solar system. The contractor selection for the implementation phase is planned by mid-2014 and the launch is scheduled
