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Friday, September 20th, 2013

Floods in Colorado: Before and After Landsat Images

Though water levels on the South Platte River were receding, muddy brown waters were still out of the river’s banks near Greeley, Colorado, on September 17, 2013, when the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite acquired this image. At the time, the river was more than six feet above flood stage, down

Friday, September 20th, 2013

GeoInt 2013 Keynote Preview: Mobile Data Privacy

Technology enthusiasts Shel Israel, CEO of SI Associates, and Robert Scoble, startup liaison for open cloud computing company Rackspace, will share their knowledge of how location-based data is changing the tech world and global conceptions of privacy during a joint keynote presentation Oct. 14 at GEOINT 2013 in Tampa, Fla.

Friday, September 20th, 2013

Oracle Recognizes 1Spatial for Expertise in Oracle Spatial

1Spatial, the spatial big data company which manages some of the world’s largest spatial data, and a Gold level member of Oracle Partner Network (OPN), today announced it has achieved OPN Specialized status for Oracle Spatial.

Friday, September 20th, 2013

New E-book Details How to Build a Successful GIS Career

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

Global Mapper V15 Released with Extension Interface and Powerful New LiDAR Tools

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

Surveying Ice and Fire: The First Map of All of Iceland’s Glaciers and Subglacier Volcanic Calderas Released

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

Award Winning Author Terri Morrison to Keynote Geospatial & Engineering International Conference Luncheon

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

The Three Swarm Satellites Prepare for Launch

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 Adds a Galileo and BeiDou MEO Satellite Preview to its CenterPoint RTX Post-Processing Service

  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

Finding Geospatial Apps and Data Just Got Easier

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