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Monday, July 29th, 2013

Street Factory Awarded as Most Valuable Geo-information Product

Astrium Services is pleased to announce that its advanced 3D urban mapping solution, Street Factory, has received the prize of the most valuable product in geo-information field 2012, delivered during the World Geospatial Developers Conference (WGDC), hold in Beijing last May. The WGDC is the largest and the most practical developer conference in China and

Monday, July 29th, 2013

ASPRS Launches First eBook – Manual of Airborne Topographic Lidar

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is pleased to announce the launch of its first eBook on the Kindle platform.  “Making the Manual available as an eBook gives customers the option to have it available at their fingertips on either a Kindle or on another device with a Kindle app,” said ASPRS

Monday, July 29th, 2013

Oklahoma Tornadoes Underscore Importance of GIS in Disaster Recovery Efforts

The massive damage from a record-breaking tornado, which swept across Moore, Okla. on May 20, is a stark reminder of how deadly and capricious nature can be. But those who learn geographic information systems (GIS) can take a little solace in one thought: the ways they use technology can greatly help with disaster recovery efforts.

Friday, July 26th, 2013

NASA Scientists Use Satellites to Measure Plant Health

Plants grow and thrive through photosynthesis, a process that converts sunlight into energy. During photosynthesis, plants emit what is called fluorescence – light invisible to the naked eye but detectable by satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth. NASA scientists have now established a method to turn this satellite data into global maps of the

Friday, July 26th, 2013

MAPPS Elects New Officers and Directors, Lower Becomes President

MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, elected new officers and members of its Board of Directors to serve the association for 2013-2014.

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Hotter, Drier Climate Leads to More Tree Deaths from Fire

Climate change is expected to amplify both droughts and wildfires across the western United States. A new study shows that the effects of drought and fire work in combination, such that forests experiencing drought will see more dead trees in the aftermath of wildfires.

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Skolkovo Space Business Cluster Leads Russia’s Space Business

Today space is one of the few areas in which Russian engineers and scientists remain competitive. The structure of the industry is such that the first fiddle in it is played by state agencies. Commercially crippled federal state unitary enterprises and joint stock companies controlled by the government occupy most of the Russian space market.

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Exprodat Works with PetroSkills in Houston for August 2013 Petroleum GIS Courses

Exprodat, the oil and gas services, software and training supplier, has announced a series of public petroleum ArcGIS training courses in Houston, Texas, which will take place at the PetroSkills dedicated training facilities.

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Trimble Introduces New Agriculture App for Fleet Management

Trimble announced today the Connected Farm Fleet app built to serve managers and technicians by enabling them to access their fleet information from any location. Using smartphones and tablets, the app enables the fleet management portion of Trimble’s industry-leading Connected Farm Web solution to go mobile. With the app, managers can track the location of

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

EPA Software Helps Reduce Water Pollution as Part of President’s Climate Action Plan

As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the National Stormwater Calculator, an innovative addition to the administration’s virtual climate resilience toolkit. EPA’s new calculator will help property owners, developers, landscapers, and urban planners make informed land-use decisions to protect local waterways from pollution caused by stormwater