Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Today OpenGeo released version 2.5 of their flagship product, The OpenGeo Suite. Version 2.5 bundles many improvements and bug fixes from the open source communities and adds special OpenGeo features, including a toolkit for developing and deploying applications powered by the OpenGeo Suite, and improved raster format support. OpenGeo, an innovator who introduced unlimited support
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
CryoSat was launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, but data from the Earth-observing satellite have also been exploited for other studies. High-resolution mapping of the topography of the ocean floor is now being added to the ice mission’s repertoire.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
The latest SuperGIS Desktop 3.1, developed by SuperGeo, is adopted by the Centre for Community Services and Continuing Education, Kuwait University to integrate, edit, display, and analyze all types of spatial data and enhance the usability of spatial data and sources. SuperGeo local partner, IIES, has constantly offered training course to the faculty and students
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
SuperGeo announces that SuperGIS Biodiversity Analyst 3.0 is officially launched. The analysis tool is one of SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 extensions that used to analyze and explore the richness, diversity, and evenness of the distribution of flora and fauna.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Intermap and Blue Marble Geographics, two of the world’s leading providers of highly accurate geospatial data solutions, announced a strategic partnership today to integrate Intermap’s NEXTMap dataset with Blue Marble’s Global Mapper software. Users can see the value of this integration during an online workshop scheduled for Thursday, June 14th at 2 p.m. EDT when
Friday, May 25th, 2012
The ‘GMES in Action’ conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4–5 June, highlighting the usefulness of Europe’s space programme for the GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative to decision-makers and European citizens alike.
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the United States’ Landsat Earth-observing program — which first rocketed into space on July 23, 1972 — NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey are giving something special to a few members of the American public. We will create customized Landsat chronicles of changing local landscapes for six U.S. citizens
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
In September 2011 we launched Google Earth Builder, a product that allows customers to use Google’s cloud computing infrastructure to store, manage and share their own geospatial data and maps. Google Earth Builder enables secure access to geospatial data it hosts through our geospatial apps like Google Earth and our geospatial APIs like the Google
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Dr. Robinson E. Pino, Senior Scientist, ICF International, will deliver a keynote “Computational Intelligence and Neuromorphic Computing Potential for Geospatial Research and Applications” at COM.Geo 2012 conference which will be held on July 1-3, Washington, DC.
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is pleased to announce that the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) has taken Principal level membership. The UNGIWG addresses topics related to geospatial information sharing and quality of location information. The group is working across the United Nations to improve the efficient use of geographic information for better
