Friday, September 20th, 2013
Building a successful career in geographic information systems (GIS) is not achieved overnight and requires time, preparation and a systematic approach to developing professional credentials and experience. American Sentinel University’s new e-book, ‘Five Steps to Build Your GIS Career,’ offers insight about why it’s so important for GIS students to develop their professional credentials through
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper version 15. This major release includes many powerful updates along with a new extension interface that provides add-on functionality capabilities including the COAST tool and a new LiDAR Module. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
For the first time, all of Iceland’s glaciers are shown on a single map, produced by the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO), in collaboration with the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Iceland Geosurvey. The map is the first to incorporate historical data and coverage from aerial photographs and remote sensing satellites, such as Landsat and
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Terri Morrison, author of the best-selling book, Kiss Bow or Shake Hands: The Best Selling Guide to Doing Business in More Than Sixty Countries, will provide the luncheon keynote address during the Geospatial & Engineering International Conference November 13-14, 2013 at the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, VA.
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
With the launch of ESA’s Swarm trio set for 14 November, the first satellite has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. This new mission will unravel one of the most mysterious aspects of our planet: the magnetic field. The arrival marks the beginning of the ‘launch campaign’, which includes an intensive period of
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today a Preview version of its CenterPoint™ RTX™ post-processing service, enabling GNSS observations using available Galileo and BeiDou Middle Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. Powered by Trimble® RTX technology, the free CenterPoint RTX post-processing service provides better than centimeter level positions.
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Esri is pleased to announce the launch of ArcGIS Marketplace, a new destination that allows ArcGIS Online subscribers to search, discover, and get apps and data from qualified providers for use within their organization. ArcGIS Marketplace provides data from organizations such as DigitalGlobe, RapidEye, AccuWeather, and Esri, as well as apps created by Esri and
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Ordnance Survey, with the support of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), are leading the first of a series of events called the United Kingdom Interoperability Assessment Plugfest (UKIAP) 2013. (See http://www.opengeospatial.org/OSplugfest). The purpose of UKIAP 2013 is to advance the interoperability of geospatial products and services based
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
RapidEye, a global leader in high-resolution wide-area satellite coverage is proud to announce their contribution to Esri’s ArcGIS online platform. Users will now have access to RapidEye’s newly launched premium content services including RapidEye Mosaics, RapidEye Living Image Multispectral, and RapidEye Living Image Basemaps.
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey is partnering with the American Geosciences Institute, the Association of American State Geologists and others to promote the importance of geologic mapping to society.
