Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Medelhavsmuseet) in Stockholm, Sweden is pioneering an entirely new way for visitors to interact with a collection of six ancient mummies. Instead of staring into glass cases to see only the surface of each mummy, what if visitors could operate a large touch-screen, digital “table” display allowing
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 4th International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Application; in short form, COM.Geo 2013, which takes place in the capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, U.S.A. on July 22-24, 2013.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
The western U.S. has been suffering from a series of wildfires in the last few months. The Black Forest Fire, the most destructive fire on record in Colorado, destroyed over 500 homes and charred more than 14,000 acres during a 10-day period. California has also been subject to a spate of wildfires with over 680
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
Predicting where a dangerous wildfire is going to start can be very difficult, but geographic information systems (GIS) can quickly analyze geographic data about fire-contributing conditions to aid in effective wildfire planning and prevention.
Monday, June 24th, 2013
A system for public monitoring from space to establish a dialogue with the authorities at the highest – orbital – level is being created in Russia. ScanEx Research and Development Center launches the “Space Patrol” project. It deals with the regular operational updating of satellite imagery data in open public access.
Monday, June 24th, 2013
RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide-area repetitive coverage of Earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced today that they have extended and enhanced their ongoing partnership with Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT). As of early April, RapidEye has an increased data downlink capacity through greater access to KSAT’s larger antenna network Svalbard, Norway. These
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Namib Sand Sea in Namibia, Xinjiang Tianshan in China, Tajik National Park in Tajikistan, Mount Etna in Italy, and El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, have been declared World Heritage sites, following the expert recommendations of IUCN.
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
NASA’s communications experts have begun flight testing a prototype radio as part of the agency’s contributions toward fully integrating civil and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS).
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) announced its inaugural Geospatial Challenge for students participating in Intergraph’s Global Education Program – Intergraph U.
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
In 2012, the continental United States suffered through one of its worst droughts in decades. Nearly 80 percent of the nation’s farm, orchard, and grazing land was affected in some way, and 28 percent experienced extreme to exceptional drought. As another summer arrives in North America, surface water conditions have improved in many places, but drought has persisted or
