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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

LizardTech Exhibits at Esri Petroleum GIS Conference

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting in booth #822 at the 2013 Esri Petroleum GIS Conference (PUG) May 7–9, 2013, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Decades-old Nitrate Found to Affect Stream Water Quality

USGS hydrologic researchers have found that the movement of nitrate through groundwater to streams can take decades to occur. This long lag time means that changes in the use of nitrogen-based fertilizer (the typical source of nitrate) — whether the change is initiation, adjustment, or cessation — may take decades to be fully observed in

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Landsat Thermal Sensor Captures Heat from Volcanis Island

As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite flew over Indonesia’s Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air. The satellite’s Operational Land Imager detected the white cloud of smoke and ash drifting northwest, over the green forests of the island and the blue waters of the tropical

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

TerraGo to Present Insights into Leveraging Social Media to Detect Threats to Oil Production at Esri Petroleum GIS Conference

Professor Craig Knoblock, Ph. D., director of the University of Southern California Information Integration Research Group and co-founder of Geosemble Technologies, which was acquired by TerraGo, will highlight the latest technologies for leveraging social media to identify threats to oil production at the Esri Petroleum GIS Conference, May 7-9 at the George R. Brown Convention

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Vietnam’s First Remote Sensing Satellite Aloft

The second Vega rocket flight has successfully launched the Vietnamese satellite VNREDSat-1, built by Astrium. The small Vega rocket took off from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 02:06 GMT on 7 May (03:06 BST, 04:06 CEST 7 May; 23:06 local time 6 May) on a complex mission which launched three satellites (VNREDSat-1, Proba-V and

Sunday, May 5th, 2013

Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre Recognized for Using Cloud Technology to Reduce Risk During Major Wildfire Event

Esri Canada today recognized the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for their innovative use of online technology in managing a major wildfire event. A combination of climate, substantial urban development and the recent Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic places the Central Okanagan Region at increased risk for wildfires making the EOC one of the most

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

PCI Geomatics Software Supports KOMPSAT-3 Sensor

PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it now supports KOMPSAT-3 imagery within its software suite. KOMPSAT-3, a new satellite built and operated by the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) was launched on May 12th, 2012 from the Tanegashima Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

COM.Geo 2013 WorkShop: Location Based Access Control on Geospatial Data with GeoXACML Policies

COM.Geo 2013 is a professional development opportunity for researchers, decision-makers, developers, and application users to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of computing for geospatial. The workshop is a great opportunity to get involved in a more focused discussion.  The workshop Location Based Access Control on Geospatial

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

USGS Continues to Provide Critical Flood Information

As lingering spring rains soak eastern Iowa, crews from the U.S. Geological Survey continue efforts to make sure the streamgaging network is providing basic scientific information needed by water-resource managers and the community.

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Blue Marble in Partnership with the University of Southern Maine Releases COAST v1.0 for Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Cost-Benefit Analysis

Blue Marble Geographics, in partnership with the University of Southern Maine, is pleased to announce the release of COAST v1.0. COAST is a free software tool built on the Global Mapper SDK for use in modeling storm surge and sea level rise in relation to adaptation strategies and the cost-benefit analysis of those strategies. Blue