Thursday, August 1st, 2013
American Sentinel University’s GIS program chair, Stephen McElroy, Ph.D., GISP, will highlight how the university’s badge system is used to document competency-based geospatial learning as part of its new online Geospatial Learning Lab in his presentation ‘Badge System to Document Competency-based Geospatial Learning’ at the 2013 National Conference on Geography Education (NCGE) on August 3,
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
A web mapping application from specialist British GIS software developer Cadcorp, has been selected to become the corporate GIS for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). SFRS will provide all 23 of its fire stations with access to geographic information through an intranet application, Cadcorp Web Map Viewer.
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
1Spatial Group Limited has confirmed it is taking a consortium role in the European Location Framework (ELF) project, set up to deliver up-to-date, authoritative, interoperable, cross-border reference geo-data to be accessed by the European public and private sectors.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
NASA has selected the University of Colorado Boulder for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Center. This cost, no-fee completion contract is worth about $42 million. The base performance period is from Aug. 1 through May 31, 2014, with four one-year extension
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Ordnance Survey is pleased to be giving developers of mobile applications a helping hand with the launch of a free mapping software development kit (SDK). Adding detailed Ordnance Survey maps to mobile applications is now even easier to do thanks to the new OS OpenSpace SDK for iOS.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Ordnance Survey is inviting its map users to enter a competition to be a new face in its ‘Explore More’ marketing campaign for press advertising, online and in-store point of sale. The national mapping authority is asking people who enjoy outdoor activities, novice or enthusiast, to submit a photo of themselves, dressed for their favourite
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Esri released the new version of ArcGIS today, marking a major milestone in the history of the Esri platform. With ArcGIS 10.2, Esri has taken advantage of the significant changes in IT that magnify the power and accessibility of GIS. The new release improves ease of use, real-time data access, and integration with existing infrastructure.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
The Location Based Marketing Association (The LBMA) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) recently signed a liaison agreement.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Summer can be a tough time for many species in the Gulf of Mexico, when the combination of nutrient-rich river runoff and warm temperatures can rob coastal bottom waters of oxygen. Where that happens, shrimp, fish, and other creatures can be forced to flee to fresher waters, leaving a so-called dead zone behind.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
To keep pace with a rapid schedule and increasing demand, the USGS has posted new US Topo quadrangles covering Indiana(640 maps), Iowa (1,011 maps), North Carolina (833 maps), Pennsylvania (798 maps) and Virginia (596 maps). These new quads replace the first edition US Topo maps for those states. The replaced maps will be added to
