Sunday, July 10th, 2011
A new beta version of Nokia Maps, 3.08, has been released through Nokia Beta Labs, which brings a number of changes to the Drive (car navigation) functionality of the application. The most important of these is the ability to use live traffic information to automatically route you around traffic jams and other delays. There’s also
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
Some of the last images from ESA’s ERS-2 satellite have revealed rapidly changing glacial features in Greenland. In its final days, the veteran satellite gave us frequent views of the Kangerdlugssuaq glacier and its advancing ice stream. Before it retired on 6 July, ESA’s ERS-2 Earth observation satellite entered an orbit to capture radar images of
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
The State of British Columbia’s Forests is a provincial, sustainable forestry report that provides information about the environmental, economic and social aspects of B.C.’s forests. The report is produced by the Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands, which has a long history of reporting to the public on the condition and management of its forest
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
The latest release of ArcGIS Online supports the addition of data from a .csv or .txt file directly to the map viewer. Users can also add GPS Exchange Form (.gpx) files; Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), Web Map Service (WMS) layers; and KML layers.
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
An arm’s-length, sustainably funded monitoring commission, a publicly-accessible system for monitoring data and reporting, and increased Aboriginal input into the monitoring system design are among the 20 recommendations of a 12-member panel struck to help advance environmental monitoring in Alberta.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft beamed down its first infrared image on June 21 to the SBIRS ground station. Following its May 7 launch, the satellite is performing as expected, and is now undergoing early orbit testing. The U.S. Air Force’s SBIRS GEO-1 spacecraft is the most technologically
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce their participation at this year’s Esri Survey Summit conference in San Diego California July 8th though the 10th. Patrick Cunningham, President of Blue Marble, will be speaking on the topic of LiDAR and Accurate Coordinate Transformation on Friday July 8th at 2:00PM. Also presenting at this year’s Survey
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Enabling access to geo-spatial information from the Government of Manitoba . . .TO YOUR DESKTOP! The Manitoba Land Initiative Web site is the source for geo-spatial information from the Government of Manitoba. It is intended for both the GIS expert and the decision maker. This Web site allows on-line access to the MLI corporate land
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The Esri Aeronautical Solution—Airports GIS Package is now available as a free download for Esri Aeronautical Solution users. This software configuration suite was specifically developed to help US airports comply with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airports GIS data management and submission requirements.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
After the successful launch of BlomWEB Viewer, Blom’s front-end web application for its online geoserver platforms BlomURBEX and BlomURBEX 3D, version 2.0 launches with enhanced features and a collection of new functionalities, tools and datasets. BlomWEB Viewer provides a complete showcase of BlomURBEX and BlomURBEX 3D capabilities in terms of functionality and available datasets, including access
