Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Join the NYS GIS Association and a distinguished panel of specialists from NOAA for a webinar to learn about their real time and predictive information services related to the weather events that most threaten New York State and the Northeast Region.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
A new global standard in assessing environmental risk, the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, has been trialled on 20 ecosystems spanning six continents and three oceans.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Aerial photographs from Bluesky are to feature in a soon to be published book ‘Le Tour 100’. Licensed by Cosmographics, an award winning cartographic services company, the Bluesky images were used to create graphics illustrating stages of the world famous Tour de France cycle race from 2007 and 1974. The actual race routes were plotted
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has selected ‘Biomass’ to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth’s most precious resources.
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
If you’ve ever tried calling 9-1-1 from a location you weren’t familiar with, you know how difficult it can be to explain your exact position to the dispatch officer. In a critical situation, your exact position is valuable information which can mean the difference between life and death, as every second counts when ambulance, police,
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Those who need satellite data for a wide range of applications, from mapping sea ice and tracking maritime traffic to monitoring geohazards over land, are eagerly awaiting the launch of Sentinel-1. ESA is helping users get ahead of the game by offering test data and simulated images.
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting in booth #822 at the 2013 Esri Petroleum GIS Conference (PUG) May 7–9, 2013, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
USGS hydrologic researchers have found that the movement of nitrate through groundwater to streams can take decades to occur. This long lag time means that changes in the use of nitrogen-based fertilizer (the typical source of nitrate) — whether the change is initiation, adjustment, or cessation — may take decades to be fully observed in
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite flew over Indonesia’s Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air. The satellite’s Operational Land Imager detected the white cloud of smoke and ash drifting northwest, over the green forests of the island and the blue waters of the tropical
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Professor Craig Knoblock, Ph. D., director of the University of Southern California Information Integration Research Group and co-founder of Geosemble Technologies, which was acquired by TerraGo, will highlight the latest technologies for leveraging social media to identify threats to oil production at the Esri Petroleum GIS Conference, May 7-9 at the George R. Brown Convention
