Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Amid growing evidence that climate change is impacting the global environment and the global economy, the Ceres investor coalition today announced a new report aimed at improving corporate disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities they face.
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Despite the demonstrated utility of GIS for health applications, there are perceived problems in low resource settings: GIS software can be expensive and complex; input data are often of low quality. This study aimed to test the appropriateness of new, inexpensive and simple GIS tools in poorly resourced areas of a developing country. Read More
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
AeroMetric is pleased to announce that Paul Brooks has been elected a 2011 ASPRS Fellow. This honor is awarded by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing for exceptional service in advancing the science and use of the mapping sciences, in addition to making outstanding contributions to the society. Only two ASPRS members have
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Last December, IGN France International was awarded the technical assistance contract for the supervision of work leading to the update of the country’s geodetic network. The work will be completed by the Fugro Geoid company. The Ministry of Land Affairs (MINDAF) in Cameroon, who had undertaken the updating of its geodetic network, inaugurated the first pillar in Yaounde
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
This Envisat image features the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches beyond the Antarctic Circle to within 1050 km to the southern tip of South America. The 1000-km-long arm of the mountainous peninsula is situated between the Bellingshausen Sea on the west and the Weddell Sea on the east. Along the peninsula, ice
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Within the DFG Initiative for Excellence, Global Networks funding scheme, outstanding international research collaborations are funded. The initiated Global Network “Airborne Laser Scanning for 3D Vegetation Characterization: Set-up of an International Signature Database” allows intensifying the collaborative research of the Chair of GIScience with the Vienna University of Technology (Prof. Pfeifer) and the University of
Friday, February 25th, 2011
The interactive map is both available as OGC-conformant WMS (Web Map Service) as well as a TileCache version. The data update has been automated which allows a weekly update of the OpenStreetMap data for the whole planet into an internal specialized database schema. The initial database features among others about 30 Mio buildings, 36 Mio
Friday, February 25th, 2011
A leading map specialist has launched a comprehensive worldwide gazetteer with immeasurable potential for search and reference applications. Multi-award winning Europa Technologies is aiming its Global 360 product at any business that needs to search, reference and geocode locations worldwide. With a range of entries from countries down to localised places of interest, Global 360 can be used
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Dr. Joseph Kerski, education manager for Esri, is the new president of the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE), a nonprofit organization chartered in 1915 to serve geography teachers at all levels of education. Commenting on why geography is important to twenty-first-century education Kerski says, “Geography enables students to understand their world locally to globally,
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the integration of its MrSID® Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) into GeoCue Corporation’s LP360 for ArcGIS™ and other LP360 software applications. GeoCue Corporation, which is the parent company of QCoherent Software LLC, offers the
