Thursday, September 12th, 2013
MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica, Conference and Trade Fair on Geomatics and Geospatial Solutions (http://mundogeoconnect.com/2014/), reaches its fourth edition and launches its new website. Since 2011 focusing on interaction and connectivity and bringing together experts, researchers, users and executives, MundoGEO#Connect has been revealing the geospatial market potential in Latin America, through a whole new concept of event.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” this year is held under the sign of the Year of Environment Protection in Russia. The plenary session “International Environmental Programs and Projects. Satellite Data for Sustainable Development” will be held on October 1 at the Conference Hall of the Moscow Region “Vatutinki” complex
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
While ESA’s SMOS satellite continues to provide key information on soil moisture and ocean salinity for a better understanding of the water cycle, Living Planet Symposium participants in Edinburgh today heard how the mission is also set to improve weather forecasts.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Ursula Benz will make a presentation on the topic “CloudEO – a new Geo-IT Platform – removing the entry barriers for commercial geo-services” as part of the plenary session “Global Geospatial Information”, which will be held on the first day (October 1, 2013) of the 6th International Conference “Earth from space – the Most effective Solutions”.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Intergraph has launched Intergraph Mobile MapWorks, a practical tool for performing on-the-fly field updates of geospatial information. Intergraph Mobile MapWorks is an iOS and Android tablet-based app for viewing, editing and updating field asset information in real-time. It can be downloaded from Apple’s iTunes and the Google Play app stores.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
ArcGIS Online for Organizations offers new analysis tools to help you investigate geographic relationships, patterns, and trends in your data. The new tools will allow you to find hot spots to detect patterns in the data; overlay layers to combine two or more layers into one; and enrich layers to retrieve information about the people,
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
2013 is a milestone year for URISA’s GISCorps. Ten years ago during URISA’s 2003 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, GISCorps was officially adopted as a URISA program to coordinate short-term, volunteer-based GIS expertise and support to underprivileged communities worldwide. Volunteers provide their GIS expertise remotely or on-site and have been involved in a variety of
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce the Second Edition of its publication, “Model GIS Job Descriptions” as an electronic publication. The publication provides valuable information for individuals who hire GIS staff. The publication, authored by J. Allison Butler, provides guidance to GIS managers in how to draft job descriptions and to human resource professionals by describing
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Land-use in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of the northern Great Plains has been shifting at an extraordinary rate, including changes in agriculture practices, the recent boom in petroleum production, and rising tourism, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report.
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Acidification of the Arctic Ocean is occurring faster than projected according to new findings published in the journal PLOS ONE. The increase in rate is being blamed on rapidly melting sea ice, a process that may have important consequences for health of the Arctic ecosystem.
