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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Blue Marble to Exhibit at ISPRS 2012 Conference in Melbourne, Australia

Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the ISPRS Conference in Melbourne, Australia from August 26th -31st, 2012. Come and visit Booth 27B to see first-hand the latest enhancements found in Blue Marble Desktop v2.5 and Global Mapper v13.2. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

SimActive to Reveal New Orthomosaic Technology at ISPRS 2012

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that its Correlator3D product is now capable of producing ultra large mosaics with no limit to the number of images and simultaneous multi-user editing.  Leveraging on the profound mosaic expertise from previous generations, this new technology provides what the industry has been looking

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

USGS Unveils Flood Mapping Tool for Atlanta Suburb

A powerful new flood preparedness tool that will help emergency managers protect lives and property in the flood-prone Sweetwater Creek area was unveiled in a ceremony today on the banks of the creek at Austell’s Legion Regional Park. Developed by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Georgia Water Science Center, the interactive web-based tool, called

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

URISA Announces 2012 Exemplary Systems in Government Award Winners

URISA is pleased to announce the recipients of 2012 URISA Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA’s ESIG Awards have recognized exceptional achievements in the application of information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services. URISA congratulates all of the participants in the 2012 Exemplary Systems in Government Award

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

The OGC forms Energy and Utilities Domain Working Group

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announced the formation of a new OGC Energy & Utilities Domain Working Group (E&U DWG) to address geospatial interoperability challenges in the international energy and utility domains.

Monday, August 20th, 2012

Esri and PCI Geomatics Imagery Grant Program to Support Natural Resources Management

Esri, PCI Geomatics, MDA, and RapidEye today announced their new Natural Resources Imagery Grant Program. The grant program will provide software, data, and training for detecting and analyzing land-cover change through the combined use of geographic information system (GIS), image processing, and remote-sensing technologies.

Saturday, August 18th, 2012

“Crowdsourcing”: Looking at New Ways to Map Structures in Colorado

In light of swiftly changing technical landscapes and increasing uses of social networking, the USGS is exploring a new approach to the volunteer program, and is launching a project to test options for volunteer participation in providing data to The National Map.The project involves mapping man-made structures and facilities, such as schools and fire stations,

Friday, August 17th, 2012

SuperGIS for Disaster Evacuation and Rescue Plan

Climate change has increased the frequency and impact ranges of mass disasters all around the world. Disaster prevention and management therefore plays an important role in warding off diverse natural disasters. Take Taiwan for instance. Located in Circum-Pacific seismic zone, the island often faces threats due to the frequent typhoons and rainstorms.

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

US Topo Northern Plains Data Improved

The ongoing US Topo map project, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey national map series, recently released new maps for Wyoming and South Dakota. The more than 3,230 revised digital quadrangles increase the collection in the lower 48 states to nearly 53,000 US Topo maps. The maps are available for free download from The

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

URISA 2012 Board Election Results Announced

URISA, The Association for GIS Professionals, is pleased to announce the results of its 2012 Board of Directors’ Election. Allen Ibaugh will become President-Elect of the association and Doug Adams, Danielle Ayan and Claudia Paskauskas will begin their terms as members of the Board of Directors, at the close of GIS-Pro 2012: URISA’s 50th Annual