Thursday, September 5th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is heading into a busy conference season, exhibiting at five different tradeshows this fall.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Intergraph has released an updated SDK that will increase flexibility and performance for the industry-leading Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) and ISO JPEG 2000 image compression formats.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Thousands of never-before-seen data products from the US Landsat satellites acquired over 30 years have been released for online access. In addition, the newest data over Europe from the latest satellite in the series, Landsat-8, are now accessible in near-real time through a new portal hosted by ESA.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an interactive web-based mapping tool that provides the public with access and information on Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) filed with EPA for major projects proposed on federal lands and other proposed federal actions. When visiting the website, users can click on any state for a list of EISs,
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Focusing on the ability of engineering and geospatial firms to expand their professional services into the international market, the Geospatial & Engineering International Conference, announced today the program for the two-day conference to be held November 13-14, 2013 in Alexandria, VA.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality has funded seven multi-year proposals totaling $1.3 million this year for university partners and federal scientists to more rapidly and smoothly transfer new technology, research results, and observational advances through NOAA’s Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT) to operational hurricane forecasting.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
On 10-12 September, CryoSat will be rolling left and right in orbit again to help continue its precise measurements of the vast ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica. This special operation follows the ones conducted at this same time last year.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
In just two weeks, the GIS community will convene at GIS-Pro 2013: URISA’s 51st Annual Conference for GIS Professionals (September 16-19). They will share ideas about GIS leadership and management, ROI, strategic planning, collaboration and best practices, and learn about BI technologies, HTML 5 and REST, overcoming web mapping application challenges, and GIS in the
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
Efforts to phase down the super greenhouse gas called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, received a boost today when the Climate & Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants agreed to “to work toward a phasedown in the production and consumption of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol.”
