Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Whether planning an infrastructure network, conducting a military intervention mission in unknown terrains, or analysing terrain features for oil and gas exploration: accurate terrain height information is critical. Precise and reliable elevation data supports a wide range of...
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Pléiades 1A returns its first images 3 days after being placed in orbit by a Soyuz launch vehicle on December 17, 2011. Several extracts are now available to the public. Extracts of the first images acquired by the Pléiades...
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
GIS data is being implemented in hundreds of ways by dozens of industries. Having the necessary data inputs is fundamental to performing tasks successfully and accurately. As most GIS users can attest to, obtaining geographic data in foreign...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
China's investment overseas is increasingly important to the United States and the international community. The China Global Investment Trackercreated by The Heritage Foundation is the only publicly available, comprehensive dataset of large Chinese investments and contracts worldwide beyond...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
SuperGIS Server, developed by SuperGeo, has been successfully applied to “Yilan Pollution Control GIS.” To effectively manage and control the pollution data and distribution in Yilan, Department of Environmental Protection Yilan adopts SuperGIS Server to build “Yilan Pollution...
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Korea Forest Service (KFS) specializes in planting and taking care of forests. It aims to build a sustainable green welfare nation with a mission to promote healthy forests, rich mountains, and a happy populace. To satisfy this...
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
The seventh edition of Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, a standard reference for GIS students and professionals since 1978, is now available from Esri Press. This full-color textbook provides readers with the knowledge to effectively interpret modern...
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Cloud cover has always been a problem for companies that rely on satellite or aerial imagery in tropical locations such as Papua New Guinea, where the ground is obscured for up to 90% of the year. With...
