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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Emerging Consensus Shows Climate Change Already Having Major Effects on Ecosystems and Species

Plant and animal species are shifting their geographic ranges and the timing of their life events – such as flowering, laying eggs or migrating – at faster rates than researchers documented just a few years ago, according to a technical report on biodiversity and ecosystems used as scientific input for the 2013 Third National Climate

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Intergraph Worldwide User Group Conferences Attract Record 6,850 Attendees in 2012

User group conferences presented by Intergraph attracted 6,850 Process, Power & Marine users from the power generation, offshore and onshore oil and gas, shipbuilding, metals and mining and pharmaceutical industries in 2012, far surpassing the previous attendance total set in 2011.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

RapidEye Relocates Headquarters to Berlin

RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced today that it has successfully relocated the headquarters of the company to Berlin, Germany.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Seven Reasons to Pursue a GIS Master’s Degree

As more dollars are earmarked for geographic information systems (GIS) technology in corporate and government landscapes, the demand is greater than ever for highly educated technologists who can apply geospatial concepts and insights to strategic development and decision making. 

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

TerraGo Promotes John Timar to Senior Director, Federal Programs

TerraGo Technologies, an innovative provider of widely adopted geospatial and location intelligence software, has promoted John Timar to senior director, Federal Programs. He will lead TerraGo’s Federal government strategy and team of deeply experienced partner and account managers.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Mining Waste Byproduct Capable of Helping Clean Water

A byproduct resulting from the treatment of acid mine drainage may have a second life in helping clean waters coming from agricultural and wastewater discharges, according to a recent study by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Leetown Science Center.  

Monday, December 17th, 2012

The OGC Invites Public to Final Demonstration of Major Testbed Activity

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations to attend the January 15 OWS-9 Testbed Demonstration and Exhibition. This event will be held as part of the OGC Technical Committee meeting at the Esri campus in Redlands, California, 14-18 January 2012.

Saturday, December 15th, 2012

DigitalGlobe Wants Public to Vote for the Top Satellite Image of 2012

DigitalGlobe has published its 20 best satellite images of 2012 and it is now looking for public feedback to select the top one.  The satellite images feature natural disasters and wonder, political issues, and other events. The public can browse through the images on DigitalGlobe’s Facebook page and use the “like” button to vote on their favorites until

Saturday, December 15th, 2012

DigitalGlobe and MapBox Bring the Power of Location Intelligence to Every Online User

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that MapBox (www.mapbox.com), a provider of open source solutions for designing and publishing maps via the cloud, has chosen DigitalGlobe as their commercial earth imagery provider.

Friday, December 14th, 2012

LizardTech Releases Updated GeoViewer Application

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today released an update to its free GeoViewer application for Apple iOS devices, designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays.