Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
URISA, The Association for GIS Professionals, is pleased to announce the results of its 2013 Board of Directors’ Election. Carl Anderson will become President-Elect of the association and Jochen Albrecht, Amy Esnard and Ashley Hitt will begin their terms as members of the Board of Directors, at the close of GIS-Pro 2013: URISA’s 51st Annual
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Wyoming and Montana water science centers will merge in October, improving science capacity and capabilities by integrating scientists in the two centers and allowing them to share equipment and expertise.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Climate data can help predict some crop failures several months before harvest, according to a new study from an international team, including a research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Scientists found that in about one-third of global cropland, temperature and soil moisture have strong relationships to the yield of wheat
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
MAPPS, the national association for private sector geospatial firms, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with The Aviation Law Firm, based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, to provide legal services for the purpose of addressing legal issues related to aerial acquisition activities affecting the association and its membership.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Astrium Services is supporting the Copernicus Masters 2013 program through the announcement of the Radar Challenge focusing on the use of high-resolution radar satellite data. This challenge invites the submission of truly innovative ideas building on the unique features of TerraSAR-X data and offering a clear benefit e.g. for the environment, security, or specific industries.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
OpenGeo, the world’s leading commercial open source geospatial company have announced their plans to support QGIS and the open source community behind it. QGIS is the most widely available open source GIS tool with a proven track record and an extensive plug-in ecosystem. It is widely regarded to have achieved feature parity with proprietary tools
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
In Indonesia, land-clearing blazes dot the countryside. Fires for clearing land have been outlowed for all but the smallest landowners, but the “slash-and-burn” practice still persists despite cloaking Southeast Asia in toxic pollution for weeks. Better and more available satellite technology is helping identify culprits behind land-clearing blazes in Indonesia. Unprecedented levels of air pollution
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company” (TSX: MDA), a global communications and information company, announced today it has been awarded a contract by DigitalGlobe to provide a new international Direct Access Facility ground station for an unspecified customer to task, collect and process imagery from the WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 satellites. This contract
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
The use of satellite data to monitor wetlands for sustainable water management is growing. Following promising results from monitoring efforts in the Mediterranean, ESA is working with African partners to expand its GlobWetland project even further.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Nearly 300 senior leaders in the field of geospatial information will be arriving in Cambridge this week to discuss the future global direction of digital mapping. From 21 to 26 July 2013, Cambridge will be the host city of two international events, attracting leading experts from over 100 countries to discuss a variety of major
