Monday, December 9th, 2013
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and lead in clean energy, EPA today released its 2013 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan that outlines actions planned over the next year to cut energy use and waste in agency operations. President Obama signed Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy,
Monday, December 9th, 2013
National Geographic, founded in 1888, aims to inspire people to care about the planet. The organization is using Google Maps Engine to share more than 500 of its historical and reference maps with the public, including interactive overlays. All of these maps are free to use through Google’s platform; National Geographic is only charging for
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Today the EEA has published two new chapters of its revised ‘Assessment of global megatrends‘, following two published this year.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
ESA’s CryoSat satellite measured the storm surge from the recent North Sea storms, as high waters passed through the Kattegat sea between Denmark and Sweden.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Turkey’s first twin conference fairs, INTERGEO Eurasia & Seismic Safety, which are the first organization of MMI Eurasia Fuarcılık after its establishment in Turkey as a company where Messe München International is the main founder shareholder, will be held at İstanbul WOW Congress Center on 28-29 April 2014.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has appointed Robert Loughran, an experienced geospatial business development executive, to the position of International Sales Manager. Loughran has previously held senior positions with geotechnical survey company Fugro, geospatial product and service company Infoterra and aerial mapping company BKS Surveys. Loughran joins Bluesky at an exciting time as the Leicestershire company
Sunday, December 8th, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey participates in the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting with hundreds of technical presentations. Below are some highlights of USGS science at AGU this year. Highlights about the technical sessions are presented in chronological order with session numbers, and room numbers in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center (either Moscone South, MS, or
Friday, December 6th, 2013
DigitalGlobe saw many changes in 2013, including our combination with GeoEye in February. The combination grew our constellation to five satellites, adding the capability to collect more than one billion square kilometers of imagery to our archive this year alone!
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of the GeoCalc 6.7 software development kit (SDK). This release features enhanced speed and memory handling, making the GeoCalc SDK even more powerful for coordinate transformation. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
MAPPS, the association of private geospatial firms, will testify at a Congressional hearing tomorrow to advocate for greater coordination of the Federal government’s geospatial activities, a coordinated effort to inventory the land the government owns, and a reduction of government duplication of and competition with the private geospatial profession.
