Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Every year, 25-35 square miles of land off the coast of Louisiana—an area larger than Manhattan–disappears into the water due to a combination of subsidence (soil settling) and global sea level rise. The maps above show how much land has been lost to the Gulf of Mexico in the past 80 years.
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
By the beginning of the 2013 fire hazardous season WWF Russia prepared an open interactive resource called “Satellite-based monitoring of fires at the Far East of Russia”. This service operates based on “Geomixer” technology, developed by ScanEx RDC.
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Dr. Matt Perkins, CEO of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has been elected Vice-Chair of the UK Industry Association for Space (UKspace), the trade association of the UK space industry. UKspace aims to grow the UK space industry, promote awareness for the industry in government, media and the public, and act as a forum for
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Following its successful visits to Bath, Oxford and Chatham the popular exhibition, Britain from the Air, has headed north to Edinburgh. The outdoor exhibition arrived in the Scottish capital on 22 March 2013, and was officially opened by broadcaster and former Royal Geographical Society President, Michael Palin, on 4 April 2013.
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Maps are useful for visualizing and sharing information about places around the world. For enterprises, Google Maps Engine has been providing businesses with professional tools to help them organize large datasets, make decisions, and give their customers important details about their locations and services.
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
UNIGIS selected Intergraph’s geospatial education offerings to provide leading GIS, remote sensing and photogrammetry tools to its universities and enrolled students. UNIGIS, a network of universities cooperating in the design and delivery of distance learning in GIS, was founded in 1990 and currently includes sites in fourteen countries.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
The Microsoft UltraCam business unit is pleased to announce the 10-year anniversary of the UltraCam digital photogrammetric aerial mapping systems. Since the introduction of the UltraCamD in 2003, numerous and significant technological advancements have contributed to rapid adoption and widespread market acceptance of the product line.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Public sector organisations in Scotland will continue to have access to Ordnance Survey mapping data following an agreement between the Scottish Government and Ordnance Survey to renew the One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA).
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the upcoming SPAR International conference to showcase new LiDAR classification features in Global Mapper 14.1. This exciting event will be held on April 15th through the 18th in Colorado Springs, Colorado and will focus on new innovations in 3D data technology. Analyzing 3D data has recently emerged as
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Fishes residing near oil platforms in southern California have similar contaminant levels as fishes in nearby natural sites, according to two recent reports by the U.S. Geological Survey, which were conducted to assist the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in understanding potential consequences of offshore energy development.
