Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Transnational corporations are now so numerous and in some cases so well capitalized that their global influence now rivals and in many cases exceeds that of governments, according to research published by the Worldwatch Institute.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to release a GIGS Gold Compliant version of the GeoCalc software developer toolkit, version 6.6, based on the guidelines recently released by the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers Geomatics Committee requirements . Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at
Monday, November 5th, 2012
Members of the worldwide Esri software user community are invited to tell their GIS story and share their expertise at the 2013 Esri International User Conference (Esri UC). The deadline for abstract submissions is November 9, 2012.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces the release of the Linux versions of Geomatica 2013.The company’s complete and integrated desktop image processing software becomes available for Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Suse starting today.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
As recovery efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Sandy continue, U.S. Geological Survey crews are sampling water for nutrients, sediment, and pesticides to document water quality in areas affected by the hurricane. This sampling effort is part of the federal government’s broad efforts to ensure public health and to support the state, tribal, and local response
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
The Department of Defence’s silver bullet for seamlessly uniting joint taskforce operations lies in a technology they already widely use, according to a leading Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist. Speaking from the Department of Defence’s Land Warfare Conference in Melbourne today, Esri Australia Defence specialist David Eastman said the integration of the Australian Defence Forces’ (ADF)
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
A new analysis led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has estimated how much the growth of plants worldwide is limited by the amount of nutrients available in their soil. The maps produced from the research will be particularly useful in evaluating how much carbon dioxide Earth’s ecosystems may be able to soak up
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
Location is a vital aspect in how people interact with the world. Understanding how to incorporate location in analysis and the decision-making process has become a vital skill in both the public and private sectors. Professionals with an education in the theory and practice of geographic information systems (GIS) have gained entry into a new
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
The higher river flows following Hurricane Sandy will bring an increased amount of nutrient and sediment to the Chesapeake Bay; however these amounts will not approach the nutrient and sediment loads seen in 2011 from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
The Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) is celebrating the unprecedented success of the Indiana Data Sharing Initiative, with 87 of the 92 counties in the state now voluntarily contributing locally stewarded data streams to a central, statewide GIS resource – IndianaMap. Made possible with the collaboration of several Indiana organizations, including the Indiana Office of Technology,
