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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2013 Explores New Ways to Measure Sustainability

As the world continues down the path of unmitigated and unsustainable development, it is becoming increasingly clear that we have successfully pushed ourselves out of the stable geological era of the Holocene and into the more volatile and unpredictable Anthropocene. Nevertheless, many remain blissfully unaware of this truth due to the fact that ecosystem thresholds

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Ordnance Survey Staff Raise £9,000 for the Red & White Appeal

This week, Staff at Ordnance Survey presented Southampton Hospital Charity’s Red & White Appeal with a £9,000 donation, after 12 months of fundraising activities.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Bluesky Launches Online Map Shop

UK aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched its biggest ever online map shop. Providing easy and cost effective access to hundreds of thousands of aerial photographs the Bluesky MapShop offers a range of purchase options including GIS ready digital image files and hardcopy photographic prints. The new Bluesky MapShop also provides access to a national

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Avenza Releases Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Photoshop

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and the popular PDF Maps mobile app, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Photoshop. New formats are supported, including writing to the DEM TIFF format which saves raw DEM values and exporting web tiles to Google Maps or

Monday, May 20th, 2013

Early Registration Discounts for URISA’s GIS in Public Health Conference

The deadline for early registration discounts for URISA’s Fourth GIS in Public Health Conference is fast approaching (May 15). The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Miami, Florida, June 17-20, 2013. Discounted hotel rates are also available to conference attendees through May 27.

Monday, May 20th, 2013

Deficit in Nation’s Aquifers Accelerating

A new U.S. Geological Survey study documents that the Nation’s aquifers are being drawn down at an accelerating rate. Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900-2008) comprehensively evaluates long-term cumulative depletion volumes in 40 separate aquifers (distinct underground water storage areas) in the United States, bringing together reliable information from previous references and from new

Monday, May 20th, 2013

GeoVation Winners Aim to Whet Users’ Appetite with Real Food Wales App

Real Food Wales is a new iPhone app, which helps users discover local, sustainable and delicious food along the Welsh Coast Path in Pembrokeshire. The new app is the brainchild of two sisters from South Wales, Helen and Nicola Steer, who were one of five successful ventures in last year’s Ordnance Survey GeoVation Challenge. The

Monday, May 20th, 2013

University of Leeds Purchase 3D Laser Mapping System

The University of Leeds, UK, has purchased a state of the art laser scanning system from 3D Laser Mapping. The RIEGL VZ-1000, which can capture highly accurate measurements from almost a mile away (1400 metres), will primarily be used within the earth sciences departments. Applications will include the measurement of earth surface change in inhospitable

Monday, May 20th, 2013

Ordnance Survey International Signs a Contract to Create a 3D-enabled Spatial Data Model for the Kingdom of Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain has taken a step closer to developing a new 3D enabled spatial data model of the nation following a new partnership between Ordnance Survey International and the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB). The SLRB is the government organisation responsible for land, aerial and hydrographic survey services and the registration of

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Revised Kentucky and Tennessee Maps Reveal New Design

US Topo maps now have a crisper, cleaner design – enhancing readability of maps for online and printed use. Map symbols are easier to read over the digital aerial photograph layer whether the imagery is turned on or off. Improvements to symbol definitions (color, line thickness, line symbols, area fills), layer order, and annotation fonts