Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Offering new insights into our fragile polar regions, ESA’s CryoSat mission has provided three consecutive years of Arctic sea-ice thickness measurements, which show that the ice continues to thin. Although satellites have witnessed a downward trend in the extent of sea ice over the last two decades, it is essential to have accurate information on
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
The people of Muscatine, Iowa, enjoy the beauty and the power of the Mississippi River, but they live in fear of floods. It’s only a matter of time before devastating floods, like those in 1993 and 2008 in eastern Iowa and 2011 in western Iowa, strike again, according to experts at the University of Iowa’s
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Avenza Systems Inc., the leading developer of cartographic software –such as MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop — announced the launch of PDF Maps app 2.0 for iOS devices. Unique to the space, the enhanced version incorporates suggestions from consumers that currently use the first and only geospatial PDF
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
A fleet of underwater robots is descending into waters off the east coast to collect data that could help improve storm intensity forecasts during future hurricane seasons. Several regions of the NOAA-led U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) are partnering to deploy 12 to 16 autonomous underwater robotic vehicles, also known as gliders, from Nova
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration has launched a new online mapping tool for the Great Lakes that will give decision makers, resource managers, and environmental responders better information as they clean up hazardous materials and restore the coastal and estuarine environments.
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
With a catalogue of triumphs that range from delivering novel information about winds at the edge of the atmosphere to mapping the structure of Earth’s crust 200 km below our feet, ESA’s GOCE satellite is in the limelight at this week’s Living Planet Symposium. Carrying the first 3D gravity gradiometer in space and orbiting lower
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Lena Halounová, Chairperson of the Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, to take part in the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions.” Lena Halounová is one of the leading specialists in the field of remote sensing, GIS and cartography representing achievements of the Czech school in these spheres in
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
A new report by the U.S. Geological Survey evaluates how well the USGS streamgage network meets needs for streamflow information by assessing the ability of the network to produce various streamflow statistics at locations that have streamgages (gaged) and that do not have streamgages (ungaged).
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce a GIS-Pro 2013 Virtual Conference for those who cannot make it to GIS-Pro 2013 in Providence, RI next week. URISA is building on the success of previous live events at GIS-Pro to offer a virtual conference experience. Take the opportunity to attend alone or better yet, gather your whole staff,
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
To help community and local hospitals respond to the challenges of health care delivery and use municipal budget efficiently, the Elder Friendly Navigation System is established for offering an easy access to health and medical information.
