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Sunday, February 10th, 2013

MAPPS Partners with ILMF, Will Present and Exhibit in Denver Feb. 11-13

MAPPS, the association of private sector geospatial firms, will make a presentation and exhibit at the International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) to be held in Denver, CO February 11-13, 2013.

Sunday, February 10th, 2013

Reminder – Abstracts for the 2013 TMN UC and CDI Workshop Due Soon

Calling for abstracts in support of the The National Map Users Conference and the USGS Community for Data Integration Workshop.

Friday, February 8th, 2013

LizardTech to Exhibit at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum Conference

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) at the Hyatt Regency at Colorado Convention Center in Denver in booth #11, February 11-13, 2013. The company will showcase LiDAR Compressor™, its innovative application for compressing LiDAR files. 

Friday, February 8th, 2013

OGC Calls for Comments on netCDF Uncertainty Conventions Discussion Paper

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks comments on an OGC discussion paper, netCDF Uncertainty Conventions (netCDF-U) 1.0.  This discussion paper proposes a set of conventions for managing uncertainty information within the netCDF classic (also known as netCDF3) data model and format.

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Intergraph Launches ERDAS IMAGINE 2013

Intergraph announces the release of ERDAS IMAGINE 2013 as part of Intergraph Geospatial Portfolio 2013.  Engineered to scale with users’ geospatial data production needs, ERDAS IMAGINE 2013 allows organizations to perform advanced remote sensing analysis and spatial modeling. With ERDAS IMAGINE, users can create new information by visualizing results in 2D, 3D, movies, and on cartographic-quality

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

EPA Releases State Enforcement Performance Information and Comparative Maps

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of state dashboards and comparative maps that provide the public with information about the performance of state and EPA enforcement and compliance programs across the country.

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

MAPPS Endorses US Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, has formerly endorsed the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) developed by the US Geological Survey (USGS). 

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Ski Resorts Now on Google Maps

With 38 new run and lift maps for some of the most popular mountains across the US and Canada, Google Maps is your “go to” mountain guide. Whether you’re shredding Squaw Valley, Big Sky, or Okemo, Google Maps are a comprehensive, accurate and easy way to find the best route down the hill. 

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Arctic Ministers Compel “Urgent Action”

Arctic Environment Ministers are calling for “urgent action” to reduce black carbon, methane, and HFCs in order to help protect the Arctic and reduce the risk of setting off self-amplifying feedback mechanisms that accelerate warming and lead to irreversible impacts.  The Ministers’ call to action is presented in the Chair’s conclusions released today at the

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

ESA App Camp 2013 Open for Creators of Mobile Apps Using Earth Monitoring Data

Following the great success of the first ESA App Camp last year, Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen will organise the second round of the app developer lab for the European Space Agency from 3 to 10 June 2013. Based on their previous works, 20 participants will be invited to ESA’s ESRIN location in Frascati (near Rome), Italy