Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Esri’s chief scientist, Dawn J. Wright, PhD, has received the Distinguished Teaching Honors of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), the highest award offered by the association. Esri provides more than 7,000 universities worldwide with GIS software for teaching and research.
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Laser scanning specialist 3D Laser Mapping has embarked on a research project, in partnership with Durham University, following the award of a share of a multi-million pound government grant. The project, which aims to develop new models for slope failure monitoring, will be used to improve the safety and operational efficiency of mining companies around
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced the appointment of Darryl Murdock, Ph.D., as Vice President of Professional Development. Dr. Murdock will be primarily responsible for leading the Foundation’s GEOINT Professional Certification Initiative.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces the OGC Student Map App Challenge, sponsored by Google, an OGC Principal Member. The Student Map App Challenge is a contest for students who have programming skills and an interest in maps and location services.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
The Europa Challenge will inspire and challenge Europe’s best and brightest to provide sustainable solutions to the European community. And do this in ways that serve local, regional, national or international interests while also advancing the career opportunities for those who accept the challenge.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
NOAA received the prestigious 2013 Space Achievement Award today from the Space Foundation “for its use of space-based systems in making life-saving predictions and issuing early warnings of calamitous weather conditions.”
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
3-GIS continued its industry-wide momentum in 2013 after being awarded the 2013 GISTEC Business Partner of the Year Award. The announcement was made during the 7th Annual GISTEC Excellence in GIS Implementation (EGI) Awards at the GISWORX 2013 conference and Expo held in Dubai.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Geographic information systems (GIS) is a technology that uses location to bring different types of data together. One of the most important markets for the technology is the government, where it has quickly become the backbone for U.S. national security and a key driver of the technology’s growth.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
GPSi has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera system configured with a 17,310 PAN pixel cross track footprint and a 70mm wide angle lens. This is the second UltraCam acquisition for GPSi. The company initially purchased an UltraCamLp in 2009 when it first ventured into
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Weather forecasters would love to be able to predict the severity of tornado outbreaks, giving those in their path potentially life-saving information. Now, using new experimental high-resolution forecast models, researchers have developed a method to help forecasters better predict the severity of tornado outbreaks. A report on this work by scientists at NOAA’s National Severe Storms
