Monday, April 29th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced that the company has signed an agreement with Spatial Solutions, an Australian-based information solutions company, to serve as an authorized reseller of LizardTech’s geospatial line of software products, consisting of GeoExpress, Express Server® and LiDAR Compressor.
Monday, April 29th, 2013
On May 30, 2013, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) will officially start its lifelong mission as Landsat 8. The next Landsat satellite will then begin to systematically acquire images of Earth, extending Landsat’s four-decade record of our planet. The USGS is inviting 30 social media followers to join them for a ceremony at the
Friday, April 26th, 2013
In the 1960s, climate science took a quantum leap forward when researchers at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J. developed the first computerized model of Earth’s climate that could account for both atmospheric and oceanic processes. For the first time, scientists could see how the complex interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere
Friday, April 26th, 2013
You are cordially invited to attend the COM.Geo 2013 conference (The 4th International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research & Application). The COM.Geo conference is a professional development opportunity for researchers, decision-makers, developers, and application users to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of computing for geospatial.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
For the first time, national mapping authority Ordnance Survey is running a programme for paid summer internships. Great Britain’s national mapping authority collects, maintains and distributes the most accurate and up-to-date digital mapping of the whole country.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
OpenGeo, the commercial open source provider behind the OpenGeo Suite, will have a strong showing at the second annual FOSS4G North America conference. The gold level sponsor has had nine sessions and three workshops accepted onto the program. The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial – North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference will be held from
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Monitoring and control of spring floods propagation on the Russian rivers has been conducted by ScanEx’s specialists with the help of operational satellite data. Space data application enables to assess the scope of disaster, to get real-time forecast with respect to flooding areas, to assess damage incurred and to detect flood-hazardous areas. Specialists of ScanEx
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Fortune 500 company AECOM renewed its enterprise license agreement with Esri, the world’s leading provider of geospatial technology. AECOM provides professional technical and management support services public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world. Some of its recent projects include the London 2012 Olympic Games, the World Trade Center redevelopment in
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding on rivers and streams across most of Illinois. At least ten USGS streamgages in Illinois that have more than 20 years of record, have measured the highest flood levels ever recorded. More record levels are expected as flooding moves downstream. USGS crews are expected to track
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Location is vital to decision making in supply chain management (SCM) because it is the great invisible common denominator. But when used in analysis, it is far more complicated. That’s why SCM professionals need to master powerful tools such as geographic information systems (GIS) to convert massive amounts of location-based data into business intelligence that
