Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
What is the coldest place on Earth? It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Geographic information systems (GIS) and other geospatial technologies offer tremendous benefits for the health care industry. Whether used in strategic planning for hospitals, epidemiological studies by public health officials or policy construction by government agencies, GIS is important for accurate and nuanced analysis and decision support.
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Safe Software and CARIS have announced that support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data will be included in FME 2014, available already in the beta and scheduled for official release in January.
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
