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Thursday, July 11th, 2013

Webinar Covered the Prospects of UAVs for Atmospheric Research

Seminar on “Unmanned aerial vehicles and the prospects for their use in the atmosphere research studies” was held on July 4 at the Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics of RAS. Junior research assistant of the laboratory of the Institute of Optics and Aerosol Microphysics Peter Glyadkov made the keynote speech at the seminar. Advantages and

Thursday, July 11th, 2013

COM.Geo 2013 Google Keynote: Big Data Storytelling through Interactive Maps

Dr. Jayant Madhavan, Tech Lead for Google Fusion Tables; Staff Software Engineer at Structured Data Research Group, will deliver a keynote “Big Data Storytelling through Interactive Maps” at COM.Geo 2013 conference which will be held on July 22-24, 2013, San Jose, CA.

Thursday, July 11th, 2013

Air Pollution Shorting Lives in China, Europe

A new study finds that air pollution during the 90’s caused the combined loss of more than 2.5 billion years of life for the 500 million residents of Northern China.  The study, published in the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences, found that residents in Southern China lived an average of five years longer than

Thursday, July 11th, 2013

Health of U.S. Streams Reduced by Streamflow Modifications and Contaminants

A new USGS report describes how the health of our Nation’s streams is being degraded by streamflow modifications and elevated levels of nutrients and pesticides.

Thursday, July 11th, 2013

Educational Webinars for GIS Professionals

Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce a new series of webinars that will demonstrate how Global Mapper applies to specific industries and business types.  To kick off the free webinar series, Blue Marble is offering a webinar entitled, Accessible GIS for Municipal and Local Government , on Thursday, July 25th, 2013.  Blue Marble’s geospatial

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Scientists Need Your Eyes and Ears

In an ever-changing environment, it would be ideal if the U.S Geological Survey had a presence in every corner of the nation. While we may not be able to cover every inch of the landscape, we can greatly enhance our scope with your help.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Bluesky Aerial Photomaps Guide Driverless Vehicle Research

Aerial photomaps from Bluesky are being used in the development of unmanned vehicles and intelligent transport systems. The highly detailed, map accurate images, are being used to display vehicle locations, in real time, with a level of detail not available from traditional mapping. Purchased by MIRA – a world class vehicle engineering consultancy – the

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

European Location Framework Project – One Reference Geo-information Service for Europe

Ordnance Survey, which reports to the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS), has signed the Consortium Agreement and Grant Agreement to participate in the European Location Framework (ELF.) project. The EU funded project will provide the platform for a global standard of geographic information to enhance business without barriers across Europe.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

TerraGo Unveils On-Demand Location Intelligence Platform

TerraGo, a leading global provider of location intelligence, geospatial collaboration and field data collection software solutions, announced the launch of TerraGo Vision, a unified platform which helps customers discover the most relevant information from any source and deliver actionable location intelligence wherever it is needed most.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The OGC Requests Comments on the OWS Context Encoding Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is seeking comments on the candidate OGC OWS Context Encoding Standard.