Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests comments on the charter for a proposed Quality of Service and Experience (QoSE) Domain Working Group (DWG). Spatial data now plays a critical role in the smooth functioning of contemporary society....
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
NOAA Research today announced $6 million in funding to get scientific and technological advances from the government and academia to NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) more rapidly, improving severe weather and water hazards forecasting. “NOAA has sharpened...
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
GeoXphere, a new UK-based company has launched this month with the support of airborne hardware manufacturer WaldoAir (USA) and aerial survey and solutions provider Getmapping (UK). The aim is to bring together the revolutionary airborne survey sensor,...
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
EuroGeographics has announced a new Management Board comprising senior representatives from Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities. During the Association’s 2016 General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, members elected Anne Cathrine Frøstrup, Norwegian Mapping Authority; Konstantin...
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has completed a project for Boone County GIS (BCGIS), Burlington, Ky., comprising the acquisition and delivery of oblique imagery and orthoimagery for the 256-square-mile county. Geospatial and...
Monday, October 24th, 2016
The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) Story Maps Competition is a contest aimed at young people from around the world to help raise awareness of the global implications of local everyday actions. Our world faces social,...
Monday, October 24th, 2016
A few months ago Maptiks announced their web map analytics for Esri’s ArcGIS Online. It made it possible for ArcGIS Online users to track visitor activities, helping to answer key questions like “how and where are users...
Monday, October 24th, 2016
Each Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) Conference brings together engaging speakers and specialists from around the world to explore the challenges and innovations related to increasing access to and use of geospatial data. The overall theme...
Friday, October 21st, 2016
Aerial mapping from Bluesky is helping to reduce the risk of trees falling on power lines, key roads and railways. Part of an NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded project, 3D data produced by Bluesky is being...
Friday, October 21st, 2016
Global smart-mapping leader Esri today unveiled its gold sponsorship of IBM World of Watson, to be held October 24 to 27 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. The IBM World of Watson conference will demonstrate a...
