Monday, November 1st, 2010
One of the major challenges of using spatial information is transferring points from a spherical object, like the earth, and displaying them on a two dimensional map. The sciences of geodesy and surveying are used by cartographers to accomplish this task. Unfortunately there is not just one way to project points to a flat map.
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
“Wikitude Drive“, the Augmented Reality navigation system made by Mobilizy www.mobilizy.com is the big winner at the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2010. It has been crowned „Galileo Master 2010“ as well as the GSA Special Topic Prize as best application for EGNOS, which improves positioning to 1-3 meter. 354 projects from 44 countries have
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Digital mapping and geographic information systems (GIS) software developer Cadcorp has announced the availability of an application to assist its users in the management of NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer) data. Already deployed at several sites in the UK, the Cadcorp NLPG Data Loader is a simple but powerful application that takes Gazetteer data
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to the Centre for Topographic Information of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for accelerating map production and boosting national mapping productivity using ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. NRCan developed a map generator application in 2008 that has increased production of Canadian topographic maps from one map per two
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
The redesigned geocoding engine in ArcGIS 10 lets you accurately map location information contained in tabular data, find single locations faster and easier than ever, and get higher match rates on addresses. To learn more about the benefits of the redesigned geocoding engine, tune in to Geocoding in ArcGIS Desktop 10 on Thursday, October 21, 2010.
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Twenty years ago, when Kevin Kee was still a student, he earned extra money guiding tours at a national historic site. Now, the Brock University history professor has developed an iPhone app that might have put his younger self out of a job – a GPS-guided interactive tour of War of 1812 sites in Canada, complete
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Find out if your city is one of the 290 URBACT cities and discover our partners in the updated version of the onlineURBACT interactive map! The interactive map is updated with the new URBACT project partners. Do not hesitate to browse it regularly! You just have to click on “Search with the interactive map” on the URBACT homepage.
Monday, October 11th, 2010
Esri announced the release of ArcGIS Mapping for SharePoint today. ArcGIS Mapping for SharePoint is a set of easy-to-configure Web parts, delivered as an out-of-the box solution for displaying information on a map in SharePoint. With the latest release, it is much easier for ArcGIS Server users to work with their information in Microsoft’s file-sharing
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy information services, today released maps illustrating how solar irradiance varied from its normal monthly averages across the U.S. from June through August, 2010. The maps dispel a popular perception that solar energy is relatively consistent from year to year and underscore the need for thorough resource assessments prior
