Monday, December 19th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics announces it has been selected by the New England Environmental Finance Center (NEEFC) from the Edmund Muskie School of Policy Research at the University of Southern Maine to develop the software interface for a coastal climatic disruption modeling tool entitled COAST. The tool will be used to create a GIS model of
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Despite an 8.6% unemployment rate in the U.S., it has been determined that at least 57% of the Sustaining Member organizations of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) are currently hiring for jobs within the geospatial industry. ASPRS recently conducted a survey of 129 ASPRS Sustaining Member career websites, and determined that
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Onset today announced its new Wind Direction Smart Sensor, a research-grade plug-and-play sensor for measuring and logging wind direction data. The easy-to-use sensor, which works with the company’s award-winning HOBO Weather Stations, offers years of reliable performance in harsh outdoor environments. Customers will use the wind sensor in a broad range of applications, including agricultural research,
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
The new generation of weather and environmental satellites, GOES-15, officially became operational as GOES-West on Dec. 13, 2011. As a result, communities across the Western United States and Pacific region will begin to benefit from improved weather forecasts and environmental intelligence. ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems, an operating division of ITT Exelis, designed and built the
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
BENTEK Energy, a leading energy markets information and analytics company, today announced its continued commitment to providing the industry with powerful GIS resources. More than 1.6 million miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and electric infrastructure, contained in more than 60 GIS layers, are now deliverable from BENTEK in Google Earth
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
The State of Land and Water Resources (SOLAW) is FAO’s first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an ‘advocacy’ report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors.
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
Several major articles from the past decade and beyond conclude the impact of reforestation or afforestation on water yield is negative: additional forest cover will reduce and removing forests will raise downstream water availability. A second group of authors argue the opposite: planting additional forests should raise downstream water availability and intensify the hydrologic cycle.
Saturday, December 17th, 2011
December marks the end of a geographic pilot project, managed by Cybera, that improves researcher access to international environmental data drawn from more than 60,000 sensors and 2,800 web map servers. The Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Sensing (GeoCENS) project was created in 2009 as a 3D platform that enables researchers and citizens to gain access
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Spirent Communications has been named by Frost & Sullivan as the market leader in the 1/10/40/100G Ethernet and cloud infrastructure test equipment markets, with 28.9 percent and 45.6 percent market shares respectively. According to Frost & Sullivan’s recent market reports, Spirent’s innovative approach to testing, focus on product enhancements, and capacity to utilize core competencies
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
IDV Solutions, developer of Visual Fusion data visualization software, today announced a partnership with Tamarack Geographic Technologies, a company based in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that focuses on enterprise geographic information systems (GIS) services and solutions. Visual Fusion is innovative software that unites data from virtually any source in interactive, web-based visualizations. Applications created with
