Friday, November 4th, 2011
NASA’s airborne expedition over Antarctica this October and November has measured the change in glaciers vital to sea level rise projections and mapped others rarely traversed by humans. Operation IceBridge, nearing completion of its third year, is the largest airborne campaign ever flown over the world’s polar regions. Bridging a gap between two ice elevation
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Part of human fascination with space is the chance to look back at our own planet from afar. The unique vantage from the International Space Station affords a vista both breathtaking and scientifically illuminating. Here on Earth, both scientists and spectators rely on the station’s crew to record and transmit images and videos of what
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) announces they have acquired Global Mapper LLC of Parker, CO. Blue Marble and Global Mapper share the same common goal of offering powerful user friendly GIS software to all types of users. This merger promises to bring new and exciting tools to Blue Marble and Global Mapper users in the
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
In just a few days, the Department of the Interior will issue a 50-state report outlining the country’s most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the natural world. We are highlighting two projects in each of the 50 states that will be included in the final report – representing what the State governments and local
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Nova Scotia Power is the province’s main electricity provider, serving 490,000 residential and business customers. To deliver better service, the utility built OneGIS, a Web portal that leverages ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. The solution, which centralizes all of the utility’s spatial asset data and makes it accessible throughout the organization, allows them to better
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced its final research plan on hydraulic fracturing. At the request of Congress, EPA is working to better understand potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. Natural gas plays a key role in our nation’s clean energy future and the Obama Administration is committed to ensuring
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), a strategic partner of EuroGeographics announced a Business Value Survey for the period 1st November – 18th December 2011 to support the study on standards effectiveness. The OGC Business Value Committee will use a summary of the results to help the OGC better understand the value of the OGC’s open standards and
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) latest foray into space on behalf of the Canadian military involves work on earth with the construction of two mobile satellite receiving stations that will download imagery for use in tactical mapping and civilian disaster relief. The stations go by the technical description of unclassified remote-sensing situational awareness systems, and Richmond-based
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
From wildfires to floods, hurricanes to tornadoes—and even earthquakes and tsunamis—the events of 2011 have served as stark reminders that disasters can strike anywhere. A new software tool is now available to help individuals, families and neighborhoods prepare for these risks more effectively. DepictionPrep preparedness mapping software is a powerful, engaging and even fun new way
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced today that it has appointed General Michael P. C. Carns (retired USAF) to serve on its board of directors. He joins nine other board members. General Carns has been appointed as the board representative of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. GeoEye partnered with Cerberus, which
