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    • 27 octobre 2012

    • sur Hoggar - Octobre 2012

      Posted: 27 octobre 2012, 8:04pm CEST by Marcel Cassou
      Enclosure: [download]
      Ce voyage vous est proposé par Marcel Cassou, qui a déjà organisé ceux d'Avril 2006 et d'Octobre 2011 (voir les CR sur le site).
      Il combine la découverte du désert et de ses différents éléments (géologie, anciens volcans, oasis, puits, peuple touareg) avec l'histoire de cette région ( tombeau de Tin Hinan, reine des Touaregs ; peintures rupestres ; combat de Tit en 1902 où les Touaregs furent vaincus ; séjours du Père Charles de Foucauld à Tamanrasset en 1905-1916).
      Un tiers environ du voyage empruntera des pistes balisées (...)
    • 14 septembre 2012

    • sur Week-end à Bâle. Une cité suisse bien singulière.

      Posted: 14 septembre 2012, 8:00am CEST by Maryse Verfaillie
      Enclosure: [download]
      Week-end à Bâle. Une cité suisse bien singulière. [14-16 septembre 2012]
      Lovée sur un coude du Rhin, Bâle empiète hardiment sur trois pays : la Suisse, la France, l'Allemagne. L'art du négoce et la passion des arts ont fait de cette ville rhénane un carrefour alémanique entre l'Union Européenne et le reste de l'Europe. Il suffit de passer les ponts, il suffit de passer le Rhin, il suffit de jouer à saute-mouton par- dessus des frontières devenues transparentes... et c'est tout de suite l'aventure ! Il suffit de (...)
    • 14 juin 2012

    • sur 14 juin 2012 : Les rencontres du e-learning et de la formation mixte, Paris

      Posted: 14 juin 2012, 5:32pm CEST by LAURA

      Maturité de la demande, maturité de l'offre… Le marché français du eLearning progresse à pas de géant. Tout en restant, il est vrai, un marché d'encore faible valeur comparé à celui de la formation professionnelle dans son ensemble. Autre constat : les PME continuent d'être sous-représentées ; il semble que le eLearning reste l'apanage des grandes organisations - lesquelles sont loin toutefois d'avoir généralisé une approche qui a maintenant environ dix ans d'âge.

      De beaux projets existent, qui peuvent servir de guide aux Départements Formation qui voudraient intégrer sinon développer plus avant le eLearning dans ces dispositifs qualifiés de "Blended Learning". Ces projets se donnent à voir - mieux encore : à étudier - dans les Rencontres du eLearning et de la Formation Mixte qui se dérouleront les 13 et 14 juin.

      Christine DANIAUD-GALET, Directrice du Département Expertise de GeoConcept prendra part au débat le jeudi 14 juin à 11h00 sur le thème "Mieux former les clients et générer de nouveaux revenus grâce à une plateforme Blended Learning dans l'univers de l'édition de Système d'Information Géographique (SIG)" :
      - Comment concevoir des parcours de formation blended Learning pour satisfaire l'évolution de la demande clients en accompagnement ;
      - Prendre en compte les contraintes et nouveaux processus ;
      - Maîtriser les nouvelles relations apprenant / tuteur pour diversifier les services et fidéliser les clients ;
      - Nouvelles orientations : un élargissement de la gamme de l'offre de formation à distance pour couvrir de nouveaux produits et de nouveaux marchés.

      Plus d'informations et inscription en ligne sur le site de l'évènement.

    • sur 11 au 15 juin 2012 : Salon Eurosatory, Paris Nord Villepinte

      Posted: 11 juin 2012, 5:19pm CEST by LAURA
      Eurosatory : le seul salon international dédié à 100% à la Défense et à la Sécurité terrestres.

      La multiplicité et la complexité des menaces et des risques rendent incontournables la convergence des grandes fonctions de Défense et de Sécurité au niveau national comme au niveau international. Le salon Eurosatory répond au double besoin des forces armées et de sécurité, des institutions officielles et des organismes privés pour prévenir et protéger les populations et les sociétés contre les malveillances, le terrorisme et les catastrophes naturelles ou industrielles.

      Eurosatory c'est :

      - plus de 1 300 exposants de 54 pays dont 70% internationaux ;
      - plus de 1 500 matériels et systèmes d'armes majeurs ;
      - 54 000 visiteurs professionnels de 130 pays dont 46% internationaux ;
      - des conférences et des ateliers spécialisés...

      En tant qu'expert des Systèmes d'Information Géographiques, GeoConcept sera présent au salon et vous attend nombreux stand J695 situé Hall 5 afin de découvrir l'ensemble de ses innovations technologiques dédiées à la gestion de crise.

      Informations et inscription sur le site du salon.

    • 02 juin 2012

    • sur Promenade dans Paris, ville lumière, pendant les années noires de l'Occupation

      Posted: 2 juin 2012, 9:00am CEST
      Enclosure: [download]
      Promenade dans Paris, ville lumière, pendant les années noires de l'Occupation (samedi 2 juin 2012).
      Cécile Desprairies, spécialiste de cette question, propose aux Cafés Géographiques, une visite guidée d'environ 3 heures, à travers les lieux du Paris de la Collaboration, en Rive Gauche. Si cette visite vous intéresse, si vous souhaitez y participer, cliquer sur les liens ci-dessous.
      Le programme
      La fiche (...)
    • 30 mai 2012

    • sur Quelle place pour la prison ?

      Posted: 30 mai 2012, 7:00pm CEST
      Débat "Quelle place pour la prison ?" animé par Olivier Milhaud, maître de conférences en géographie à Paris IV (Sorbonne) et Président des Cafés Géographiques, le mercredi 30 mai 2012 à 19 h à l'Avenue.
      Venez nombreux pour cette 60ème édition des cafés géo de Mulhouse !
    • 29 mai 2012

    • sur Paris sera toujours Paris. Sur la pérennité des systèmes urbains

      Posted: 29 mai 2012, 7:30pm CEST
      Café géo "Paris sera toujours Paris. Sur la pérennité des systèmes urbains", animé par Denise Pumain (Professeur à Paris 1), le mardi 29 mai 2012, de 19h30 à 21h30, au premier étage du Café de Flore, 172 boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris (M° Saint-Germain).
    • 25 mai 2012

    • sur La représentation des nuages

      Posted: 25 mai 2012, 7:00pm CEST
      Débat "La représentation des nuages" animé par André Hufty, professeur honoraire de climatologie de l'université Laval à Québec, le vendredi 25 mai à 19h, au Vole au- dessus, place Émile Dupont , Liège.
      Présentation
      Connaissez-vous les peintures de nuages de Gilles-François Closson le « Corot de Liège » ? Vous souvenez-vous du nuage émis par le volcan islandais ? Savez-vous qui de Sainte-Thérèse ou de Saint-Jean a lévité le plus haut, entouré de nuées ?
      Avez-vous rêvé à des animaux fantastiques en contemplant les « merveilleux (...)

    • sur La représentation des nuages

      Posted: 25 mai 2012, 11:25am CEST
      Débat "La représentation des nuages" animé par André Hufty, professeur honoraire de climatologie de l'université Laval à Québec, le vendredi 25 mai à 19h, au Vole au- dessus, place Émile Dupont , Liège.
      Présentation
      Connaissez-vous les peintures de nuages de Gilles-François Closson le « Corot de Liège » ? Vous souvenez-vous du nuage émis par le volcan islandais ? Savez-vous qui de Sainte-Thérèse ou de Saint-Jean a lévité le plus haut, entouré de nuées ?
      Avez-vous rêvé à des animaux fantastiques en contemplant les « merveilleux (...)
    • 24 mai 2012

    • sur Arnulf Christl: Non-News

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 5:26pm CEST
      Thanks to all for all the positive feedback over the past days. Just to make sure that there are no misconceptions: I am not stepping down as director, not stepping down as president, not dropping the ball but will continue to bug OSGeo as best I can. My term as director is simply coming to a natural end and after re-running for three consecutive terms I prefer to not stand for nomination again.

      Instead, I will explore the do-ocratic potential of OSGeo in a self experiment by becoming - or rather - by staying a regular member no 'more' no 'less'. If it turns out that OSGeo goes astray we can still devise plan B. No need for lamentations and no more farewells, please. I have no intentions of going away.

      Have Fun,
      Arnulf

      Making sense with your spatial data
      http://www.metaspatial.net

    • sur Mobile Scanning in HelsinkiLiDAR News

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 4:56pm CEST by lidar
      Mika Salolahti from TerraSolid sent me the link to an interesting video showing the results of a mobile laser scanning project in Helsinki, Finland. Continue reading →



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    • sur Getting Started With the Platform Independent Model - Tools and ApplicationsZekiah Technologies Blog

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 4:46pm CEST by Zekiah Technologies Blog

      So nearly everything we have discussed so far is not really useful unless we can figure a way to get it to help with what we need to do with geospatial data.  It's sort of like having the world's greatest bowling ball with no lanes.  How do we make this help us with increasing productivity, promoting sharing, reducing user frustration, and making us 'cost competitive?' The simple, practical answer is flexible, user modifiable applications.

      What are these applications?

      Making practical use of a data standard involves a number of required functions.  These are:

      1. Performing an initial load of the PIM from the user defined Standard and providing a mechanism for modification/update
      2. Generating Schemas or compatible physical implementations in a variety of GIS formats
      3. Validating (checking) user data in these same GIS formats against the Standard
      4. Assisting with both User to User translations and Version to Version migrations
      5. Enforcing a discipline that allows for performance of #2 though #4 above. 

      read more

    • sur IEA reports that US fossil-fuel CO2 emissions have dropped by 7.7% since 2006Between the Poles

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 4:00pm CEST by Geoff

      The International Energy Agency (IEA) IEAreports that global CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached 31.6 gigatonnes in 2011, according to its preliminary estimates. This is up 3.2% over 2010. The breakdwon for energy-related CO2 emissions by fuel-type is

      1. coal 45%
      2. oil 35%
      3. natural gas 20%.

      In 2011, CO2 emissions continued to rise for non-OECD countries, though the total for OECD countries actually decreased

      • Non-OECD 6.1% increase
      • OECD 0.6% reduction.

      The largest emitters are, in order, China, the United States, the European Union, and India.

      China

      China is responsible for the largest contribution to the global increase, up 9.3%, primarily as the result of increased coal combustion.   But China has dramatically improved its energy intensity, reducing the amount of CO2 emitted per unit of GDP by 15% between 2005 and 2011.

      United States

      CO2 emissions in the United States dropped 1.7%.  The IEA ascribed the decease primarily to switching from coal to natural gas in power generation as well as a warm winter.  US emissions have fallen by 430 Mt (7.7%) since 2006, the largest reduction of all countries or regions. The IEA says this is the result of

      • lower oil use in the transport sector (linked to efficiency improvements, higher oil prices and the economic downturn which has cut vehicle miles travelled)
      • substantial shift from coal to gas in the power sector.

      EU

      CO2 emissions in the EU in 2011 were down by 1.9%, as the EU continues toward its 20-20-20 goals by 2020.

      India

      India’s emissions rose by 8.7% and it now is ahead of Russia in emissions.

      Japan

      The IEA reported that Japan’s 2011 emissions increased by 2.4%, which is not unexpected as for most of the time it had few nuclear reactors running, and now has none operating.

    • sur Army Prepares for First Flight of Football Field-Sized LEMV Airshipgot geoint?

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 3:47pm CEST by USGIF



      For the past couple of years, we have been covering the Army’s effort to develop an unmanned combat-surveillance airship that is the size of a football field and can track enemy forces from more than 2,000 miles away. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) airship is now poised for flight. While a bit delayed, the first flight is scheduled for the second week of June over Lakehurst, New Jersey.

      The LEMV is a majorly ambitious project that aims to bring down overall cost of remote surveillance, however building and equipping the airship with high-grade sensors — and dealing with the helium issue — has been more of a challenge.

      It is expected that if all goes well, the LEMV will be put to the test in Afghanistan in “early winter.” We will surely be tracking this program as it progresses. Stay tuned.

    • sur GOV.UK and MapsWeb Map Design

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 3:24pm CEST by Rich Treves
      Posts have been thin on the ground recently because I've been busy teaching a new course at the Uni.  However, its all over bar the exam marking now so I'm hoping to be more active here.



      A friend has been involved in putting together GOV.UK - a site that provides the public with information from the British Government and acts as a clearing house to councils and other public bodies.  I really like the site, one of the key characteristics is that the designers have clearly focussed on user's needs.  I've had a quick whizz around looking for ways maps are, or could be, implemented in the site and a few thoughts spring to mind:



      One Map, Many Points:   In the neighborhood section of the map you can enter your postcode and find services around you.  The site delivers you a list of possible local services, in the example below, we're looking at computer training courses:





      As you can see, you get an individual map for each location.  It would be much better to provide one map with all the suggested services as markers with a linked list to the left of the screen (much as Google Maps and other services already deliver search results) with your entered post code shown as well.  This would enable the user to see which service is closer or if its close to their work commute route.

      A nice add on to this would be travel time estimation circles centered on the entered postcode as found on TFL's 'Why not Walk It' maps.

      Map Wiki: I also noticed that the site doesn't link users to useful map wiki or VGI (Volunteered Geographic Information) web sites such as FixMyStreet.  This enables the public to easily alert councils in the UK to problems with public spaces such as fly tipping or potholes because they interface with a map which is much easier than filling in a form.  I suspect that the remit for gov.uk limits their ability to have done this since they link out to councils sites for this sort of service and councils may or may not have chosen to use a site like FixMyStreet.  

      Map as Spine:  The way GOV.UK is organized is centered around search and text based categories.  There's nothing wrong with this structure, I'm sure its what most people want to use.  However, I wonder if a map based structuring would add value as an extra way of organizing the data?  Instead of entering the site wondering how to answer a specific question, maybe people would like to mine the information to make broader decisions such as where in London would I like to move to?  A series of maps based on each area could be very useful showing people how well an area is serviced by the public sector and data from within the site could be used to populate the map.





    • sur Roadmap for a Digital Government | The White HouseGEODATA POLICY

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 3:11pm CEST by Geodata Policy
      Posted by Steven VanRoekel, Office of Management and Budget, on May 23, 2012 When the Internet revolution arrived in the 1990s, the U.S. Government embraced this new medium to interact with the American people. Today, what started as basic information pages has evolved into sophisticated transactional systems that allow us to pay taxes online, download [...]

    • sur Autodesk releases Sketchbook InkBetween the Poles

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 3:00pm CEST by Geoff

      Sketchbook InkSketchBook Ink for the iPad, which was announced back in March at the time of the release of the new iPad, has been released and is available on iTunes.

      Unlike traditional vector drawing apps, SketchBook Ink is dedicated to pen-and-ink drawing. The inking behavior gives it a distinct feel but builds on the Sketchbook Pro interface.  The app supports importing images from the photo library on iPad that can be used as references or backgrounds.  SketchBook Ink enables users to produce very fine detail in their artwork on the new Retina Display independent of resolution. This new technology also supports the ability to export and print large, high-quality images directly from the iPad.

    • sur Telling Stories with Google Maps

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 2:45pm CEST by Keir Clarke

      Meograph is an interesting new narrative tool for telling stories with the Google Earth browser plug-in and Google Maps.

       The application is currently in beta testing (you can apply for beta testing access). However, even if you can't yet create your own Meographs yet, you can browse the demo stories already created.

      A good example is the Meograph created to explore the Trayvon Martin shooting. The demo uses the Google Earth plug-in to show the locations in the case and includes a narrated explanation of the story and embedded photographs and YouTube videos.

      Meograph stories include playback controls to pause, rewind and fast forward the narrative, "More context" buttons to explore more details about any element of the narrative and options to view the locations with Google Maps rather than the default Google Earth view.


    • sur Cops’ Cellphone Tracking Can Be Even More Precise Than GPSGEODATA POLICY

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 2:41pm CEST by Geodata Policy
      by Andy Greenberg, Forbes.com May 17, 2012 In the wake of a historic Supreme Court ruling that police can’t use GPS devices planted on a car to track suspects without a warrant, Congress is reconsidering the question of what kinds of location tracking constitute an invasion of privacy. And one privacy and computer security professor [...]

    • sur Learn more about Google Earth Outreach with their Hangout on AirGoogle Earth Blog

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 2:36pm CEST by Google Earth Blog

      Last week we showed you the excellent "Hangout on Air" (multi-user video chat on Google+) that a few members of the Google Earth team participated in. It was quite informative, and a great way to interact with users.

      Later today, at 10:30am PDT (1:30pm EDT), the Google Earth Outreach team will be hosting a Hangout on Air to discuss the Google Maps Engine, formerly known as Google Earth Builder.

      google-maps-engine.jpg

      During the talk they'll show you how you can upload geospatial data to host in the Google cloud, easily style the data, and publish maps on your website -- all with Google Maps Engine. It should be an informative session. Just keep an eye on the main +Google Earth page on Google+ and they'll get started in just a few hours.

      If you're not on there yet, Google+ is an amazing place to connect with other geo-minded people. Here is a circle of 83 of them to get you started, and please let me know of others that should be in that group.

      You can find more details in this post on the +Google Earth page.



    • sur Les CLE de la RPCU

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 1:52pm CEST by Jean-Michel

      Fin 2010, décision avait été prise par le Ministère du Budget et le MEDDTL de constituer une représentation du parcellaire cadastral unique (RPCU) pour mettre fin à la co-existence malheureuse du Plan Cadastral informatisé de la DGFiP et la BD-Parcellaire de l’IGN.

      Le 22 Décembre 2011 l’opération était lancée, avec une première phase d’expérimentation sur plusieurs départements, pour confronter les méthodologies envisagées par la DGFiP et l’IGN.

      Les expérimentations sont en cours : des CLE,  comités locaux d’expérimentation ont été constitués dans 7 départements tests (06, 17, 35, 44, 50, 65, et 83). Deux scénarios de RPCU seront étudiés indépendamment pendant 6 mois , à partir de mai 2012 : 1 scénario par équipe DGFIP et 1 scénario par équipe IGN.
      Le scénario DGFIP reprend le géoréférencement terrain puis traite le continuum géographique :

      • si les résultats sont dans les tolérances DGFIP,  la correction des données graphiques sera directe,
      • si les résultats sont hors tolérances,  la DGFiP  étudie et propose les procédures de remaniement « allégé » pour réaliser le continuum géographique.

      Le scénario IGN applique les techniques de constitution de la BDParcellaire avec un dispositif amélioré.
      Pour les deux scénarios, la vérification sera faite via un semis de points terrain issus des données du RFU.
      Le choix final reviendra aux deux Ministres concernés qui prendront la décision finale du scénario retenu après examen des résultats des 7 CLE en fonction de critères encore mal connus (précision, déformation, coût ?).

      A ce jour, beaucoup d’incertitudes et de craintes demeurent. Le scenario DGFiP qui semble conduire à des résultats plus précis que celui de l’IGN sera sans doute le plus couteux, et donc pourrait ne pas être retenu par les décideurs. La disparité des territoires, en terme de précision cadastrale notamment,  devrait conduire à opter pour l’un ou l’autre des scénarios en fonction des spécificités locales. Mais ce ne sera sans doute pas le choix qui sera fait…

      Par ailleurs, les impacts sur les données métiers déjà constituées par les collectivités locales et autres acteurs publics sont pour l’instant peu ou pas mesurés, mais le risque est grand de devoir recaler, voire re-numériser,  toutes les données constituées à partir du plan cadastral (PCI ou BD-Parcellaire), les couches des PLU notamment…

      Enfin, un dommage collatéral est rapidement apparu : l’outil utilisé par les services du Cadastre de mise à jour du PCI Vecteur pourrait être remplacé au profit d’un logiciel disposant notamment d’outils de contrôle de la topologie des objets créés, et ce, pour garantir le continuum géographique . Un étude en ce sens est actuellement en cours…

      Même si les travaux d’expérimentation ont débuté en temps et en heures, on peut raisonnablement penser que la décision finale aura quelque retard, compte tenu des changements politiques en cours…

      Du pain sur la planche cadastrale en somme…

    • sur [Parcell'air] Les CLE de la RPCU

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 12:52pm CEST by Jean-Michel
      Fin 2010, décision avait été prise par le Ministère du Budget et le MEDDTL de constituer une représentation du parcellaire cadastral unique (RPCU) pour mettre fin à la co-existence malheureuse du Plan Cadastral informatisé de la DGFiP et la BD-Parcellaire de l'IGN.

      Le 22 Décembre 2011 l'opération était lancée, avec une première phase d'expérimentation sur plusieurs départements, pour confronter les méthodologies envisagées par la DGFiP et l'IGN.

      Les expérimentations sont en cours : des CLE,  comités locaux d'expérimentation ont été constitués dans 7 départements tests (06, 17, 35, 44, 50, 65, et 83). Deux scénarios de RPCU seront étudiés indépendamment pendant 6 mois , à partir de mai 2012 : 1 scénario par équipe DGFIP et 1 scénario par équipe IGN.
      Le scénario DGFIP reprend le géoréférencement terrain puis traite le continuum géographique :

      • si les résultats sont dans les tolérances DGFIP,  la correction des données graphiques sera directe,

      • si les résultats sont hors tolérances,  la DGFiP  étudie et propose les procédures de remaniement "allégé" pour réaliser le continuum géographique.


      Le scénario IGN applique les techniques de constitution de la BDParcellaire avec un dispositif amélioré.
      Pour les deux scénarios, la vérification sera faite via un semis de points terrain issus des données du RFU.
      Le choix final reviendra aux deux Ministres concernés qui prendront la décision finale du scénario retenu après examen des résultats des 7 CLE en fonction de critères encore mal connus (précision, déformation, coût ?).

      A ce jour, beaucoup d'incertitudes et de craintes demeurent. Le scenario DGFiP qui semble conduire à des résultats plus précis que celui de l'IGN sera sans doute le plus couteux, et donc pourrait ne pas être retenu par les décideurs. La disparité des territoires, en terme de précision cadastrale notamment,  devrait conduire à opter pour l'un ou l'autre des scénarios en fonction des spécificités locales. Mais ce ne sera sans doute pas le choix qui sera fait...

      Par ailleurs, les impacts sur les données métiers déjà constituées par les collectivités locales et autres acteurs publics sont pour l'instant peu ou pas mesurés, mais le risque est grand de devoir recaler, voire re-numériser,  toutes les données constituées à partir du plan cadastral (PCI ou BD-Parcellaire), les couches des PLU notamment...

      Enfin, un dommage collatéral est rapidement apparu : l'outil utilisé par les services du Cadastre de mise à jour du PCI Vecteur pourrait être remplacé au profit d'un logiciel disposant notamment d'outils de contrôle de la topologie des objets créés, et ce, pour garantir le continuum géographique . Un étude en ce sens est actuellement en cours...

      Même si les travaux d'expérimentation ont débuté en temps et en heures, on peut raisonnablement penser que la décision finale aura quelque retard, compte tenu des changements politiques en cours...

      Du pain sur la planche cadastrale en somme...

    • sur « Représenter sa ville » : l’ancrage des identités urbaines dans le rap des Twin Cities

      Fetched: 24 mai 2012, 12:31pm CEST by Séverin Guillard

      Le rap est un style de musique qui prend sa source dans les quartiers noirs-américains défavorisés des villes états-uniennes. Si ce style de musique a été depuis commercialisé, diffusé et transformé, cet ancrage dans l’environnement urbain se retrouve aujourd’hui dans certaines villes comme les Twin Cities (Minneapolis / Saint Paul), à travers l’idée de « représenter » son lieu de vie. L’étude du rap dans les Twin Cities se révèle ainsi être un bon exemple pour montrer le rapport qu’une scène locale peut entretenir avec la ville dont elle provient. Les discours et les pratiques des acteurs de la scène rap de cette ville montrent en effet comment cette culture est inscrite et réadaptée à un contexte local. Les particularités des Twin Cities sont utilisées, notamment dans les paroles des chansons, et tendent ainsi à remettre en cause l’image des deux villes. Les rappeurs essayent ainsi de développer la légitimité de leur scène locale à l’échelle nationale, afin de « mettre les Twin Cities sur la carte du rap aux États-Unis ».

    • sur Pléiades survole « l’Arbre du Ciel » japonais

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 12:15pm CEST by Séverine pour le CNES

      Au nord-est de Tokyo, non loin du fleuve Sumida, « l’Arbre du Ciel » crève littéralement l’écran sur cet anaglyphe réalisé à partir de 2 images du satellite Pléiades 1A.

      Culminant à 634 m, cet édifice est la plus haute tour de radiodiffusion au monde. Inaugurée le 22 mai 2012, la tour contient également un restaurant et 2 plateformes d’observation situées à 350 et 450 m de hauteur.

      Afin de prendre en compte le risque sismique élevé de la région, la tour repose sur une base en trépied et est parcourue sur toute sa hauteur d’amortisseurs chargés d’absorber l’énergie des séismes. La partie supérieure de « l’Arbre du Ciel » est cylindrique afin de mieux résister au vent.

      Cet anaglyphe a pu être réalisé grâce à la grande agilité de Pléiades, lequel a pris les 2 images nécessaires à la vue en relief avec un intervalle de 10 secondes seulement et un angle de visée de 45°.

      L’Arbre du Ciel de Tokyo par Pléiades 1A

      Version 2D de l’Arbre du Ciel de Tokyo par Pléiades 1A (Cliquez sur l'image pour la télécharger)

      La vue oblique 2D ci-dessus est une des images du couple stéréo utilisé pour générer l’anaglyphe. L’image a été orientée pour que la tour soit verticale, ce qui est impossible sur l’anaglyphe qui doit conserver l’orientation de prise de vue par le satellite. A noter que la résolution de l’anaglyphe est dégradée par rapport à l’image 2D pour éviter une fatigue des yeux, en raison de la hauteur de la tour…

      Pour en savoir plus :

    • sur How to Use the Nest Function and Why it is the Best Feature in TerraSyncThe GEO-Jobe Blog

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 11:45am CEST by Eric Edmonds
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      Trimble GeoXH 6000According to several GIS/GPS Technicians with years of data collection experience, the “nest” function is the best feature ever put in TerraSync.  Trimble developed the nest feature to allow data collectors to collect point features and  line features simultaneously without having to close and open the line feature in between collecting points.  Nesting saves time because data collectors no longer have to open the same line feature and re-attribute it between each point.  Not only does it save time in the field,  it also saves time in the office because the database editor no longer needs to snap line segments together.  The nest feature can also come in handy when you are collecting other line features along the way because TerraSync gives you the option to quickly and easily re-select and continue updating a line after it has been closed.

      TerraSync Nest FunctionalityLet’s say you are mapping a water main or gas main (whatever the case may be) and you get to a point where a lateral tees off and leads to a meter.

      The standard operating procedure (SOP) is as follows:

      1. Hit “Options”, “New Vertex” while still within the main line feature.
      2. Then hit “Options”, “Nest”, and select the tee that should go in the same place as the vertex you just made in the line.
      3. Log the tee then hit “OK” until you have closed the tee and main line feature.
      4. Then you will map the lateral up to the meter and then close out the lateral.
      5. Now you will want to reselect the main that you were collecting and then you can collect the meter along with any other point features that need collecting at that time by hitting “Options”, “Nest”, and selecting the features you wish to collect.
      6. Then when you arrive at the next vertex of the main line just hit “Options”, “New Vertex”.
      7. TerraSync will then give you the option to “Continue” or “Update” the main line feature.
      8. Select “Continue” and the vertex will begin logging and will fall in line after the previous vertex.

      Make sure to only collect one feature before reopening the main and the option to “Continue” the main will not be dimmed out when trying to continue.

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    • sur The Street Views of San Francisco

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 11:27am CEST by Keir Clarke

      The Streets of the Invisibles is an experimental film that uses sound from the 1970's TV series the Streets of San Francisco with images taken from Google Maps, Google Street View and Google Earth.


    • sur Students Prep for Dam Failure and other Education GIS

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 10:55am CEST
      Students from Indian Hills Community College [Iowa] Geo-spatial Technology class worked with the Army Corps of Engineers at Red Rock. The group made six maps utilizing data from the Corps of Engineers, Mahaska County GIS Coordinator Brian Knudtson, along with data from the Iowa... Continue reading

    • sur VentureBeat: Trimble Acquires Spime

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 10:12am CEST
      Spime? Spime specializes in GPS software platforms for use by smartphone app developers. Its MapMan LBS Platform integrates social and location services into GPS-enabled apps. Spime also offers a navigation service and map service under the names Northstar Nav and Northstar Map.... Continue reading

    • sur VentureBeat: Trimble Acquires SpimeAll Points Blog

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 10:12am CEST by Adena Schutzberg
      Spime? Spime specializes in GPS software platforms for use by smartphone app developers. Its MapMan LBS Platform integrates social and location services into GPS-enabled apps. Spime also offers a navigation service and map service under the names Northstar Nav and Northstar Map.... Continue reading

    • sur Towards a Global Licensing Framework for Geospatial DataDirections Magazine - Top Stories

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 10:11am CEST by Geoff Zeiss

      Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May. The effort aims to harmonize existing licensing without changing fundamental access policies and funding models and be compatible with the diferences in national legal systems. That's a tall order, but an important one as the world moves toward geodata sharing. Geoff Zeiss reports.

      More about: geodata, gis, gsdi, licensing, openstreetmap

    • sur HackCollege – Work Smarter, Not HarderAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 5:37am CEST by glenn

      Here’s details of an innovative effort from a group of keen College students – HackCollege. A clever collaboration effort, so far, University of Texas, University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Notre Dame, and University of Arkansas, among others, have listed the project as a resource link for their students. Jennifer from HackCollege shared details [...]

    • sur Why do Panasonic, Leica, FujiFilm, Samsung and Nikon censor their GPS cameras?Ogle Earth

      Posted: 24 mai 2012, 12:40am CEST by Stefan Geens

      In 2008, mainstream camera manufacturers began introducing models with built-in GPS receivers, to automatically add location metadata to photographs. Since then, 10 brands have released a total of 41 distinct models of GPS-enabled cameras. You can find most of them in DPReview’s filterable database.

      When the GPS-capable Panasonic Lumix TS4 launched in early 2012, GPS Tracklog’s Rich Owings noticed a strange footnote in the press release:

      GPS may not work in China or in the border regions of countries neighboring China.

      Rich and I pondered aloud on Twitter as to how in-camera GPS receivers could possibly break when used in China. There is nothing wrong with GPS in China, as anyone who has successfully flown there can attest. Tens of millions of Chinese-bought iPhones have access to highly accurate latitude and longitude readings via Apple’s default compass app, which uses assisted GPS. (I just had a friend in Shanghai read me her coordinates over Skype and confirmed her position in Google Earth.) So why would Panasonic choose to hobble its GPS-enabled cameras so that the location data is withheld from users whenever that location is deemed by the firmware to be in China?

      One mooted reason was a Chinese law prohibiting mapmaking and surveying without a license. Foreigners logging location coordinates via GPS while travelling near sensitive sites have been detained on these grounds. In 2010, Chinese authorities cracked down on user-generated mapping, aka neogeography, citing security risks. And in a continuing sign of this trend, just last week a prominent Chinese state TV anchor used his microblog to rail against “foreign spies who find a Chinese girl to shack up with while they make a living compiling intelligence reports, posing as tourists in order to do mapping surveys and improve GPS data for Japan, South Korea, the United States and Europe.”

      A tweeted response from Panasonic PR confirmed a legal motivation for the technical restriction:

      @gpstracklog @ogleearth GPS function maynot work in China or borders neighboring China government prohibits GPS use.Works in over 200cntrys

      — Panasonic (@PanasonicDirect) February 1, 2012

      Despite follow-up questions no more information was forthcoming, beyond the suggestion that we check the manual for details.

      This left many questions unanswered. Why would a Japanese manufacturer selling a camera in the US and Europe be so eager to ensure that its customers obey a (dubious) Chinese law? What is a Lumix TS4 owner supposed to do if she receives permission to log GPS coordinates in China? What happens if the law changes so that permission is no longer required? How did Panasonic end up second-guessing what customers should or should not do in China?

      One possibility is that Panasonic believes its customers would sue if they got arrested for inadvertently logging location data while travelling around China. But then why not allow a manual override for informed and/or authorized users?

      Perhaps Panasonic fears a near-future dystopian scenario where GPS-enabled cameras are confiscated by Chinese border guards if they are at all able to log data inside China. But surely, with an average product life-cycle of one year, that’s not a big risk?

      Maybe Panasonic decided it would be too expensive to release both a China-compliant model and an unmolested global model — and so decided to just release the China-compliant model globally, having taken note of the size and growth of the Chinese consumer camera market.

      Or maybe the GPS chip in the camera is manufactured in China, and thus needs to meet some kind of Chinese security restriction before it gets an export license. Admittedly, my scenarios are getting somewhat farfetched.

      In the absence of good answers, I let the story languish a few months, hoping to find someone in the camera or GNSS industry able to confirm both the why and the how of the Lumix TS4′s curious behavior when inside China.

      Unable to get any more clarity on the matter, I recently decided to check the manuals of all 41 models across all 10 mainstream brands, to see if others besides Panasonic admit to interfering with the GPS function of their cameras for political reasons. It turns out that five of the 10 brands do.

      Panasonic, Leica and FujiFilm prevent their cameras from displaying location information when in China. Nikon and Samsung appear to restrict location information in some other way. Sony, Canon, Pentax, Casio and Olympus do not interfere with the GPS function of their cameras when in China (or at the very least do not admit to it in their manuals).

      Here’s the assembled evidence — relevant excerpts from all the manuals of all the GPS-enabled cameras sold since 2008. First, the culprits:

      Panasonic:

      Lumix DMC-ZS7 (Jan 2010)

      Lumix DMC-ZS10 (Jan 2011)

      Lumix DMC-TS3 (Jan 2011)

      All these cameras’ manuals have an explanation like this:

      Surprise: All three of Panasonic’s GPS-capable predecessors to the Lumix TS4 cripple GPS use inside China, ever since 2010. We only noticed in 2012 because the TS4 press release mentioned it (and no, I don’t have a habit of reading manuals of cameras I don’t own:-).

      In addition, all three cameras have a ready-made error message for when the camera has decided to conceal its location: “GPS FEATURE IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS REGION.”

      Lumix DMC-TS4 (Jan 2012)

      The manual for the TS4 is not yet available on the web, but the official website makes clear about what happens to these cameras when in China:

      Lumix DMC-ZS20 (Jan 2012)

      Same goes for this camera:

      Leica:

      Because Leica’s V-Lux cameras are rebranded Panasonic Lumixes, we get an opportunity to see how two different marketing departments describe the same technical limitation. Leica, it turns out, is far more articulate about how and why their cameras are crippled:

      V-Lux 20 (Apr 2010) (a rebranded Lumix ZS7)



      This in addition to the same error messages as on the Lumix ZS7. (So much for Panasonic trying to be coy in its manuals.)

      V-Lux 30 (May 2011) (a rebranded Lumix ZS10)

      V-Lux 40 (May 2012) (a rebranded Lumix ZS20)

      The V-Lux 40′s manual is identical to that of the older Lumix ZS7 and ZS10 when it comes to describing GPS limitations (see above).

      FujiFilm:

      FinePix F550 EXR (Jan 2011)

      FinePix XP30 (Jan 2011)

      FinePix F600 EXR (Aug 2011)

      FinePix F770 EXR (Jan 2012)

      FinePix XP150 (Jan 2012)

      All FinePix cameras carry this disclaimer:

      Nikon:

      Nikon seems schizophrenic about its approach to GPS:

      Coolpix P6000 (Aug 2008)

      One of the very first compacts on the market to have built-in GPS, this camera’s manual makes no mention of GPS restrictions or China. This is how it should be. Nikon’s GP-1 GPS unit for its DSLRs also makes no mention of restrictions.

      Coolpix AW100 (Aug 2011)

      Coolpix S9300 (Feb 2012)

      Coolpix P510 (Feb 2012)

      By 2011, however, Nikon’s cameras warn that “GPS may not function properly” in and around China:

      On a Nikon website, A user shares his experience using GPS with his Coolpix AW100 in China:

      The GPS in my Lumix [TZ10] camera is disabled when in China. The camera gives an information message that it disables the GPS while in China. I was pleasantly surprised that Nikon [Coolpix AW100] does not disable the GPS in China but places some limitations on its use. The locations using the GPS in China seem to be off by about 500 ft to the west. In addition, the map function does not work in China and there are not location points for China in the database. I found it interesting that while I was in Southern China, several miles from Hong Kong, the camera would like the closest location point in Hong Kong (which turned out to be a KCR metro station about 10km away. I am very glad the GPS works in China even with these limitations.

      Samsung:

      Samsung’s manuals, alas, border on the unintelligible. They are obviously transcribed from some other language:

      ST1000 (Aug 2009)

      HZ35W (Jan 2010)

      It is not clear at all where the GPS works, nor does it make any sense to only allow cameras purchased in China to receive GPS signals in China.

      Discussing the GPS performance of the Samsung HZ35W may be academic, however — DPReview’s review says that the camera’s GPS function is “idiosyncratic at best, and at worst, non-functional”, with many users not being able to get it to work at all. (Maybe because it appears to work only in a minority of countries, as per the manual.) Meanwhile, Samsung has not come out with updates to its GPS cameras for over two years.

      Next up, those manufacturers who do not second-guess their customers:

      Sony:

      Cyber-shot HX5 (Jan 2010)

      SLT-A55 (Aug 2010)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX7V (Jan 2011)

      Cyber-shot DSC-TX100V (Jan 2011)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V (Feb 2011)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V (Feb 2011)

      SLT-A65 (Aug 2011)

      SLT-A77 (Aug 2011)

      Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V (Jan 2012)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V (Feb 2012)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX10V (Feb 2012)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V (Feb 2012)

      Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V (Feb 2012)

      None of these camera manuals reference China in any way. All manuals carry the exact same text:

      Canon:

      PowerShot SX230 HS (Feb 2011)

      PowerShot S100 (Sep 2011)

      PowerShot SX260 HS (Feb 2012)

      PowerShot D20 (Feb 2012)

      None of these camera manuals reference China in any way. All manuals carry a version of this text:

      Additionally, Canon gets points for reminding users of potential privacy issues when geotagging photos.

      Pentax:

      Optio WG-1 GPS (Feb 2011)

      Optio WG-2 GPS (Feb 2012)

      The GPS utilities guide for these cameras carries an identical short reference:

      Casio:

      Exilim EX-H20G (Sep 2010)

      The EX-H20G’s manual is perhaps the most straightforward of all:

      Olympus:

      Tough TG-810 (Mar 2011)

      Tough TG-1 iHS (May 2012)

      The manual is not up on the web yet, but the camera’s web page makes no mention of China or restrictions, and there is no reason to suspect a policy change since the TG-810.

      Implications

      Why does all this matter? Wherever local laws prohibit the sale or use of a personal electronics device able to perform a certain function, manufacturers have traditionally chosen not to sell the offending device in that particular jurisdiction, or — if the market is tempting enough — to sell a crippled model made especially for that jurisdiction.

      For example, Nokia chose not to sell the N95 phone in Egypt when the sale of GPS-enabled devices there was illegal before 2009, whereas Apple opted to make and sell a special GPS-less iPhone 3G for that market. Early models of the Chinese iPhone 3GS lacked wifi, while the Chinese iPhone 4/4S has firmware restrictions on its Google Maps app.

      The risk to consumers in freer countries is that personal electronics brands might be tempted to simplify their manufacturing processes by building just one device for the global market, catering to the lowest common denominator of freedom — especially if the more restrictive legal jurisdictions contain some of the most attractive markets, such as mainland China.

      Still, in the absence of more information from Panasonic, Leica, FujiFilm, Nikon and Samsung, I can’t decisively say whether this is the business logic behind their decision to cripple the GPS in their cameras. And yet uncrippled GPS cameras from Sony and others are freely available for sale in China, for example on Taobao, China’s eBay:

      And Sony’s official mainland China site is more than happy to offer instructions in Chinese on how to use the GPS function.

      Consumers in the market for a GPS-enabled camera should be informed that five of the mainstream brands engage in location-based censorship. Choose another brand, or get a dedicated handheld GPS device to sync tracklogs with your camera — I don’t suspect Garmin or Magellan will stop working in China anytime soon.



    • 23 mai 2012

    • sur Climb Every Mountain with Google Maps

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 9:26pm CEST by Keir Clarke

      The Guardian newspaper has published a visualisation by data scientist Robert Mundigi exploring the world's 50 highest peaks.

      Climb Every Mountain features a clickable (non Google) map of the 50 summits that is synchronised with a Google Map to show the satellite images of each mountain. The visualisation also features data about each mountain's prominence and elevation.

      All the different data panels in the visualisation are interlinked so that the Google Map always displays the mountain whose data is currently being explored.


    • sur Gavin Fleming: Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 9:12pm CEST

      I’ve been itching to try raster, topology and the rest of the new features in PostGIS 2.0. I suppose it was too much to hope for it to be packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 or UbuntuGIS so soon, so I fetched the source tarball from [postgis.refractions.net] and started following build instructions.

      First attempts at compiling hit a few obstacles:

      1. You need the latest GDAL, PROJ4 and GEOS. I already met GDAL and PROJ4 minimum requirements. So I fetched the GEOS 3.3.3 source tarball and built and installed that.

      2. For raster in PostGIS 2, one of its dependencies is for ODBC support in GDAL. I have a custom GDAL setup since I had to manually configure GDAL for MrSID (that’s another story, but recently there have been conflicts among tiff and geotiff libs and other issues that result in the packaged MrSID configuration failing with UbuntuGIS GDAL). I hadn’t configured GDAL with ODBC support so had to rectify that:

      ./configure --with-threads --with-geotiff=internal --with-mrsid=/usr/local/Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167 --with-python --with-odbc

      3. My last gotcha was having PostgreSQL 8.4 AND 9.1 installed. Not a problem (they run on ports 5432 and 5433 respectively), but to ensure the PostGIS 2.0 compiles against PostgreSQL 9 instead of 8.4 I had to remove 8.4 headers and install 9.1 headers:

      sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.1

      Then PostGIS 2.0 built and installed successfully with this config:

      ./configure --with-gui --with-geosconfig=/usr/local/bin/geos-config --with-gdalconfig=/usr/bin/local/gdal-config

      If you have PostgresSQL >= 9.0 you can install PostGIS as a newfangled PostgreSQL ‘extension’. First there is a small compile step in the PostGIS source ‘extensions’ folder. In the root of your source tree:

      cd extensions; make; sudo make install

      Then installing PostGIS 2 into any PostgreSQL database (>=9.0) is as easy as connecting to your database and running these SQL commands:

      CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;

      You can still install it the ‘old’ way too.

      If you do this in a template database, then all subsequent databases you create from this template will include the PostGIS extensions.

      So far so good. With the new loader and dumper I got some weird errors but since an update and reboot they’ve disappeared.

      Happy PostGISing!

       

      Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 is a post from: AfriSpatial

    • sur Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04AfriSpatial

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 9:12pm CEST by Gavin

      I’ve been itching to try raster, topology and the rest of the new features in PostGIS 2.0. I suppose it was too much to hope for it to be packaged in Ubuntu 12.04 or UbuntuGIS so soon, so I fetched the source tarball from [postgis.refractions.net] and started following build instructions.

      First attempts at compiling hit a few obstacles:

      1. You need the latest GDAL, PROJ4 and GEOS. I already met GDAL and PROJ4 minimum requirements. So I fetched the GEOS 3.3.3 source tarball and built and installed that.

      2. For raster in PostGIS 2, one of its dependencies is for ODBC support in GDAL. I have a custom GDAL setup since I had to manually configure GDAL for MrSID (that’s another story, but recently there have been conflicts among tiff and geotiff libs and other issues that result in the packaged MrSID configuration failing with UbuntuGIS GDAL). I hadn’t configured GDAL with ODBC support so had to rectify that:

      ./configure --with-threads --with-geotiff=internal --with-mrsid=/usr/local/Geo_DSDK-7.0.0.2167 --with-python --with-odbc

      3. My last gotcha was having PostgreSQL 8.4 AND 9.1 installed. Not a problem (they run on ports 5432 and 5433 respectively), but to ensure the PostGIS 2.0 compiles against PostgreSQL 9 instead of 8.4 I had to remove 8.4 headers and install 9.1 headers:

      sudo apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.1

      Then PostGIS 2.0 built and installed successfully with this config:

      ./configure --with-gui --with-geosconfig=/usr/local/bin/geos-config --with-gdalconfig=/usr/bin/local/gdal-config

      If you have PostgresSQL >= 9.0 you can install PostGIS as a newfangled PostgreSQL ‘extension’. First there is a small compile step in the PostGIS source ‘extensions’ folder. In the root of your source tree:

      cd extensions; make; sudo make install

      Then installing PostGIS 2 into any PostgreSQL database (>=9.0) is as easy as connecting to your database and running these SQL commands:

      CREATE EXTENSION postgis;
CREATE EXTENSION postgis_topology;

      You can still install it the ‘old’ way too.

      If you do this in a template database, then all subsequent databases you create from this template will include the PostGIS extensions.

      So far so good. With the new loader and dumper I got some weird errors but since an update and reboot they’ve disappeared.

      Happy PostGISing!

       

      Setting up PostGIS 2.0 in PostgreSQL 9.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 is a post from: AfriSpatial

    • sur Why Create An Interesting PR Announcement Then Tell Nobody About it?AnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 8:47pm CEST by glenn

      I’m constantly amazed at how some marketing, PR, and comms people operate in our industry. I recently noticed a very interesting PR announcement on a popular GeoTech news website – it was a pure fluke that I even noticed it actually. I found it interesting enough that I dug a little deeper and wondered to [...]

    • sur Slashgeo (FOSS articles): Glob3 Mobile: Open Source Multi-Platform Virtual Globe Engine

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 8:43pm CEST

      At last week's 3D GeoInfo conference, I learned about the open source Glob3 3D GIS and Glob3 Mobile 3D virtual globe.

      There isn't much on the sourceforge website: "glob3 is an open source 3D GIS multiplatform framework written in java with a very non restrictive license and advanced features." 

      ​But you'll get more on this page for Glob3 Mobile: "Glob3 Mobile is an open source 3D multiplattform virtual globe engine, running in mobile devices (Android and Apple) and in HTML5 web browsers. In this first version, it allows to connect to any OGC WMS public layer, and show it on the globe. Glob3 Mobile is also a framework for virtual globe development. It allows to write plugins directly in Javascript, and these plugins can run in the three plattforms (Android / Apple / web browsers). The project is currently in development, but first plugin examples can be tested in this site."

      The apps for iOS and Android are free.

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    • sur Tim Sutton: Interview – Anna Mason from MapAction

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 7:36pm CEST
      Enclosure: [download]
      Today I had a chance to do a quick interview with Anna Mason from MapAction.     The interview is an mp3 audio file recorded on my phone. My apologies if the sound quality isn’t the best. Click on the link below to download the mp3 file. Anna Mason MapAction Interview 23 May 2012  ... Read more »

    • sur Géographie de l'enseignement supérieur

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 6:30pm CEST by Cafés géo de Toulouse
      Débat « Géographie de l'enseignement supérieur », animé par Alain ALCOUFFE (Economiste, ancien directeur du Pôle Universitaire Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées), le mercredi 23 mai.
      Tout d'abord, l'enseignement supérieur ne se résume pas aux universités - non pas tant à cause de la dualité grandes écoles universités, mais surtout, parce que l'enseignement au-delà du baccalauréat pour une bonne part se passe dans le prolongement de l'enseignement secondaire (STS, CPEG, etc.), le nombre des établissements parties prenantes de l'ES (...)

    • sur Pouponnière d’étoiles vue par Herschel

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 4:31pm CEST by Séverine pour le CNES

      À 4500 années-lumière de la Terre, dans la constellation du Cygne, le satellite européen Herschel révèle avec une précision inédite les détails de cette vaste pouponnière céleste.

      Dans cette région de quelques centaines d’années-lumière de large cohabitent jeunes soleils et denses réseaux de filaments de poussière et de gaz, là où se forme lentement la prochaine génération d’étoiles.

      C’est justement cette coexistence qui intéresse les chercheurs. Elle leur offre une occasion unique de voir comment les vents et les radiations intenses des étoiles massives influencent les générations suivantes.

      Si ces étoiles massives sont trop brillantes pour être observées directement par Herschel, la façon dont elles chauffent leur environnement saute aux yeux dans l’infrarouge lointain, la longueur d’onde dans laquelle opère Herschel. Sur cette image, cela se manifeste par les nombreux points brillants visibles en bas de l’image, au centre.

      Le CNES contribue au financement de la mission Herschel via l’ESA et à la réalisation du spectromètre Hifi et des instruments Pacs et Spire. C’est grâce aux données de ces 2 derniers instruments que cette image a pu être obtenue.

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    • sur Indifférente curiosité : 3D et infographie

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 4:13pm CEST

      Raphaël Enthoven dans une récente chronique sur France Culture remet la 3D cinématographique à sa place. 

       

      the-history-of-3d-cinema-0.jpg


      D'emblée  il évoque la 3D comme "une solution à un problème qui n'existe pas". Les trops envahissantes lunettes "séparent le spectateur de son spectacle".

      De plus la 3D est hors sujet : c'est comme "ajouter de la profondeur au plan, de l'espace au temps" . Bref la 3D représente "la victoire de la technique sur l'intelligence".

      Excessif ? Songez à la différence entre la 3D où "la profondeur vient à nous (par rapport)  à l'invention de la perspective". "on reçoit les informations avec la 3D alors que l'on doit les reconstruire avec la perspective"  

      D'un point de vue cinématographique Raphaël Enthoven explique en s'appuyant sur la Rose Pourpre du Caire que "la 3D ne fait que gonfler l'écran alors que le cinéma épouse la réalité  quand l'acteur du film de Woody Allen rejoint la spectatrice dans la salle". 

      L'injonction "la 3D c'est le réel " n'est donc qu'une illusion : "la 3D c'est un trompe l'oeil qui ne trompe personne , une indifférente curiosité" 


      Cette chronique se termine par une citation de Deleuze qui me parlait pas de 3D mais qui est  très pertinente y compris pour l'objet de ce blog :

      "quand la grandeur n'est plus celle de composition, mais un pur et simple gonflement du représenté, il n'y a plus d 'excitation cérébrale et de naissance  de la pensée " 

      Maintenant je vous propose d'appliquer cette citation aux infographies que l'on voit se répandre partout sur le web : appréciez la pertinence du jugement et  jouissez d'enfin pouvoir comprendre Deleuze !  

      Que dire en effet de ces dispositifs qui se vautrent dans le gonflement de pseudo faits (souvent non sourcés) et dont la composition se limite à une juxtaposition hétéroclite de représentation graphico / statistiques. Fort logiquement ils ne suscitent d'ailleurs qu'"une indifférente curiosité".

      Vous pensez que j'y vais trop fort ? Comment expliquez vous allors la persistance de ce format dazibao tout en étroitesse et en longueur très difficile à déchiffrer sur écran même à grand coup de zoom  (et quasiment impossible à imprimer) ?

      De fait  nos modernes infographies ne sont -elles pas un trompe l'oeil qui ne trompe personne ?

       N'ont-elles pas de fait renoncer à l ambition de provoquer une excitation cérébrale  voire une véritable naissance de la pensée au delà d'une anecdotique mise en chiffre loin de la réalité ?

      Oui on a trop souvent le seniment que la visualisation n'est là que pour assurer le gonflement du représenté par le biais de juxtaposition hétéroclite au détriment d'une nécessaire reconstruction de l'information par le lecteur. On est loin de la nécesaire mise en scéne . 

      Bref les infographies sont-elles une solution à un probléme qui n'existe pas ? 


      A vos commentaires il me semble que ce post appelle débat ...


      PS 1 : Ce billet s'applique aux infographies strcio sensu. Je m'interroge sur le data journalisme par rapport à cette problématique et je n'ai pas encore de réponse.


      PS 2: Encore merci à France Culture pour nous proposer des chroniques si inetlligente dès potron minet (7 H 20 quand même).  Indigeste pour vous de si bon matin ou pas disponible  ?  il y a maintenant toutes les émissions en podcast




       

    • sur Hexagon’s Acquisition of myVR Provides Mobile 3D Model ViewingSpatial Sustain

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:55pm CEST by Matt Ball
      This content first appeared in Informed Infrastructure. Hexagon AB today announced the acquisition of myVR, provider of software for photorealistic 2D, 3D, and 360-degree visualization of interactive maps over low-bandwidth connections. The Norwegian company compresses large 3D models for viewing on many platforms, including mobile phones and tablets. The 3D city model viewing and 3D [...]

    • sur Songs from Strangely Isolated Places

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:43pm CEST by Keir Clarke

      The Places Series is a Google Map of songs inspired by isolated locations. Using the map you can select a marker and listen to the song inspired by that location.

      The information windows are particularly attractive on this map and allow the user to listen to the mapped music tracks directly from the map.  It is also possible to filter the tracks displayed on the map by genre and by artist.


    • sur ‘Map of Life’ Shows Location of All Living Organismsgot geoint?

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:20pm CEST by USGIF



      Through the ages, human beings have shared the planet with other living organisms. From black bears that inhabit the eastern mountain ranges in the U.S. to lions in tigers in the desert plains of Africa, we live in a very diverse world with many creatures of all shapes and sizes. Now you can track them on Google Maps, thanks to a new program that aims to plot the location of every single living thing on Earth.

      Called Map of Life, this unique and ambitious project uses a Google Maps platform to map the known distribution of 30,000 species of terrestrial vertebrates. While many more are still being added, the eventual goal is to curate hundreds of thousands of plants, birds, fish, reptiles and pretty everything else on our planet.

      The Map of Life project is supported by NASA, several international research institutions and the Encyclopedia of Life project, all working together to catalog all there is to know about every species on the planet, which is a monumental and amazing undertaking.

    • sur Some great updates from MeographGoogle Earth Blog

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:16pm CEST by Google Earth Blog

      Earlier this month we told you about Meograph, the "four-dimensional storytelling" engine, and they've been hard at work improving the system.

      meograph-facebook.jpg

      The new features include:

      • Playback Control: Pause, rewind, and forward your way through a meograph.

      • Google Maps: You now have the ability to view the meograph on Google Maps for those who don't want to or can't install the GE plug-in.

      • No Excel: Previously, you needed to upload an Excel spreadsheet to create your meograph. That is no more, as things are beginning to smooth out.

      • More context button: Allows you to quickly dig into more detail at any moment during the playback.

      There is still more work to do, but it seems to be coming along quite nicely. Check it out for yourself at meograph.com.



    • sur Project Report for GISCorps: Geocoding Locations of NGOs in Sierra LeoneGEODATA POLICY

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:16pm CEST by Geodata Policy
      Summary:Non-government organization NGO activity in developing countries is difficult to track due to limited infrastructure. URISA’s GISCorps, which coordinates short-term, volunteer-based GIS services to underprivileged communities, was asked to assist the Craig Bellamy Foundation in creating an interactive map showing the locations of international and national NGO offices and their programs in Sierra Leon, a [...]

    • sur Slashgeo (FOSS articles): DB4GeO: Open Source Geospatial Database for 3D Data

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:14pm CEST

      I was at the 3D GeoInfo 2012 conference last week and I learned about the DB4GeO / DB3D open source geospatial database, which is a Java object-oriented database focusing on 3D data. It supports CityGML, has a RESTful API and has its own WebGL visualization tool.

      Since I failed to find much about it on the web other than the GitHub page (it seems the code wasn't synchronized for a while), let me serve you the abstract [pdf] of last week's presentation: "The analysis of complex 3D data is a central task for many problems in the geo- and engineering sciences. Examples are the analysis of natural events such as mass movements and volcano eruptions as well as 3D city planning and the computation of 3D models from point cloud data generated by terrestrial laser scanning for 3D data analysis in various domains. The volume of these data is growing from year to year. However, there is no geo-database management system on the market yet that efficiently supports complex 3D mass data, although prototypical 3D geo-database management systems are ready to support such challenging 3D applications. In this contribution we describe how we reply to these requirements advancing DB4GeO, our 3D/4D geo-database architecture. The system architecture and support for geometric, topological and temporal data are presented in detail. Besides the new spatio-temporal object model, we introduce new ideas and implementations of DB4GeO such as the support of GML data and the new WebGL 3D interface. The latter enables the direct visualization of 3D database query results by a standard web browser without installing additional software. Examples for 3D database queries and their visualizations with the new WebGL interface are demonstrated. Finally, we give an outlook on our future work. Further extensions of DB4GeO and the support for the data management for collaborative subway track planning are discussed."

      I'd like to see the differences between PostGIS vs DB4GeO features in regards to 3D geodata. Is DB4GeO more and a playground for researchers?

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    • sur DB4GeO: Open Source Geospatial Database for 3D DataSlashgeo.org

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 3:14pm CEST by Alex

      I was at the 3D GeoInfo 2012 conference last week and I learned about the DB4GeO / DB3D open source geospatial database, which is a Java object-oriented database focusing on 3D data. It supports CityGML, has a RESTful API and has its own WebGL visualization tool.

      Since I failed to find much about it on the web other than the GitHub page (it seems the code wasn't synchronized for a while), let me serve you the abstract [pdf] of last week's presentation: "The analysis of complex 3D data is a central task for many problems in the geo- and engineering sciences. Examples are the analysis of natural events such as mass movements and volcano eruptions as well as 3D city planning and the computation of 3D models from point cloud data generated by terrestrial laser scanning for 3D data analysis in various domains. The volume of these data is growing from year to year. However, there is no geo-database management system on the market yet that efficiently supports complex 3D mass data, although prototypical 3D geo-database management systems are ready to support such challenging 3D applications. In this contribution we describe how we reply to these requirements advancing DB4GeO, our 3D/4D geo-database architecture. The system architecture and support for geometric, topological and temporal data are presented in detail. Besides the new spatio-temporal object model, we introduce new ideas and implementations of DB4GeO such as the support of GML data and the new WebGL 3D interface. The latter enables the direct visualization of 3D database query results by a standard web browser without installing additional software. Examples for 3D database queries and their visualizations with the new WebGL interface are demonstrated. Finally, we give an outlook on our future work. Further extensions of DB4GeO and the support for the data management for collaborative subway track planning are discussed."

      I'd like to see the differences between PostGIS vs DB4GeO features in regards to 3D geodata. Is DB4GeO more and a playground for researchers?

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    • sur gvSIG Team: About 1st gvSIG Russian meeting

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 2:06pm CEST

      Hi! this is a translation from the Russian blog.
      Bye,
      Viqui-.

      The 1st Russian gvSIG Meeting started its work in the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University, Russia, on Monday 14th May. The first activity of the Meeting was the gvSIG workshop which was attended by 14 specialists from six cities of the Russian Federation. Participants represented 10 different organizations, including a number of universities from Lipetsk, Smolensk, Orel, Moscow, Institute of Geography, Department of the Administration of the Lipetsk region, as well as business enterprises from the Lipetsk and Tambov regions.

      The venue of the workshop was given by the Center for Free Software of the LSPU (the Head – Vladimir Kalitvin, Ph.D., Associate Professor). The workshop was opened by Lyubov Belyaeva, the Head of the Department of Geography. A brief story about the gvSIG project was made by the coordinator of the Russian gvSIG Community Serguei Mikhailov.

      The workshop was led by the lecturer and coordinator of the Russian gvSIG Community Alexander Karandeev from the Department of Geography of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University.

      Workshop participants received a set of teaching materials, including textbook, “Geographic Information Systems. Basic Course. Workshop “, prepared by Alexander Karandeev and Serguei Mikhailov. The exercises were focused on gvSIG Desktop 1.11 and other open source software products.

      The workshop organizers are grateful to the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “Fifth Semenov’s Reading: Legacy of the P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky and modern science” dedicated to 185th anniversary of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, also to the Center for Free Software of the LSPU, Alkis LLC [1] and of NPO “GISIT” [2] for their help in organizing and conducting the gvSIG workshop.

      [1] [www.maplip.ru]
      [2] [npogisit.ru]

      The reports of participants of the Fifth Semenov’s Readings and the 1st Russian gvSIG Meeting were presented on the 15th May. The plenary session was opened by the President of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University Pavel Bugakov.

      After greetings from the representatives of the Public Administration of the Lipetsk Region and the territorial authority of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Lipetsk Region, the conference continued with a report on the role of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky in the  reform of 1861 that was made by the chairman of the “Semenov’s Charity Society (the society of descendants of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, Saint-Petersburg)” Alexander Semenov-Tyan-Shansky.

      As part of the 1st gvSIG Users Meeting in Russia, there was the report about The gvSIG Project (Authors: V. Agazzi, G. Carrion, M. Madrid from the gvSIG Association) at the plenary session. On behalf of the authors the presentation was performed by the coordinator of the Russian gvSIG Community Serguei Mikhailov.

      In the afternoon there were session meetings, being one of them the session devoted to the 1st Russian gvSIG Meeting. One report about Cartographic Information ALKIS web-service based on the OpenSource products was made by Vladimir Egorov, General Director of Alkis LLC, Lipetsk.
      Another report was based on the usage of gvSIG for the protection of cultural heritage of the Lipetsk Region told by Serguei Mikhailov (NPO “GISIT”, Lipetsk).

      Polemical, but funny, was the report by Maxim Dubinin (@gislab), General Director of NextGIS LLC, Moscow. His presentation can be found at [1]. The final slide of the presentation was accompanied by the applause of the audience.
      The day ended with an evening stroll along the Lipetsk streets and discussing the various issues of development and use of GIS open source software.

      The final day of the Fifth Semenov’s Readings was on May 16th, where participants visited the family estate of Semenov-Tyan-Shansky in the village Ryazanka, Chaplyginsky district of the Lipetsk Region. Participants also visited the Museum of Local History of Chaplygin Town.

      Once the conference passed, we would like to thank everyone who was involved in its organization and support, especially the staff of the Department of Geography of the Lipetsk State Pedagogical University under the direction of the Head of Department Lyubov Belyaeva.

      [1] [gis-lab.info]


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    • sur Toyota are Filling in the Street View Blanks

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 1:26pm CEST by Keir Clarke

      Toyoto has come up with one of the best Google Maps based promotional campaigns yet. To help promote the car the company are driving an IQ around with a 360 degree panoramic camera rig strapped to the roof. They are then capturing Street View images and filling in all the blanks on Google Maps.

      The campaign, currently running in Belgium, allows anyone to report a street that doesn't have Street View on the Toyota IQ - Street View Google Map. The Toyota IQ then travels to the street, captures the Street View images and adds them to the map.


      The purple map markers with white dots indicate the streets that the Toyota IQ has visited. If you click on a marker you can then visit the street using the Toyota custom Street Views.


    • sur Didacticiel MDX

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 12:40pm CEST by Michaël Tranchant
      MDX (pour MultiDimensional eXpressions) est le langage de requête dédié aux bases de données multidimensionnelles (au sens large) . Pour faire une analogie, il est aux BDM ce que SQL est aux BDR. Il a son propre vocabulaire, lui permettant de manipuler dimensions, hiérarchies, niveaux et membres. Très riche, il est vite complexe à mettre en place. Ce didacticiel est [...]

    • sur The Sumatran Rainforest on Google Maps

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 11:11am CEST by Keir Clarke

      The island of Sumatra in Indonesia has lost almost 50% of its tropical rainforest in the last 35 years. The World Wildlife Fund, Eyes on the Forest and Google Earth Outreach have joined forces to create a Google Map of land cover, land use, and land users in Sumatra.

      Eyes on the Forest: Sumatra allows users to explore data about the island's conservation values, forest diversity and wildlife. The aim of the map is to increase transparency about the threats to the Sumatran environment and identify the drivers of deforestation and habitat destruction.

      It is possible to view a number of data layers on the map, including the dwindling rainforest cover over the last 35 years, wildlife ranges, protected areas and natural carbon stores.


    • sur Exploiter des données Lidar dans ArcGIS 10.1

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 10:05am CEST
      Dans quelques semaines, la version 10.1 d'ArcGIS sera disponible (en version anglaise). Cette nouvelle version introduit de nombreuses évolutions notamment dans le domaine de la gestion et de l'analyse de données Lidar. Jeudi 24 mai à 18h. (et à 20h.), Esri propose un séminaire en ligne gratuit présentant comment travailler des données Lidar dans ArcGIS 10.1. 

      Pour plus de détails et pour vous inscrire, rendez-vous sur la page suivante.

    • sur Dr. Oz Likes GIS and other Health GIS News

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 10:00am CEST
      Dr. Oz and his crew were in Philadelphia giving 15 minute physicals and compiling the data from them for the mayor. Medigadget did an interview with Oz's  medical unit clinical event director, Mike Hoaglin and caught this gem about GIS. Medgadget:  Are there any trends in medical... Continue reading

    • sur URISA’s Best Web GIS and other Open Source GIS News

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 10:00am CEST
      A City of Cornwall employee has been recognized for his efforts in creating a unique on-line mapping site for the City. GIS Applications Specialist Denis Lalonde of the City of Cornwall (Ontario, CA) received the gold medal prize in the Best Web GIS category of the Best Geographic... Continue reading

    • sur Législatives 2012 : les candidats

      Posted: 23 mai 2012, 10:00am CEST
      Le 10 juin prochain, 6 611 candidats vont se présenter au premier tour des élections législatives. Dans chacune des 577 circonscriptions, le nombre de candidats va de 7 à 23.

      Des fichiers publiés par le service des élections du ministère de l'Intérieur fournissent la liste complète des candidats et de leurs suppléants, repartis en 17 nuances. D'autres informations sont fournies : genre, âge, profession... De quoi alimenter un nouveau thème dans l'Observatoire des Votes en France.

      Cet atlas électoral interactif permet de représenter, sur un fond cartographique des circonscriptions électorales, les données sur les candidats, ainsi que les données démographiques publiées par l'Insee, en attendant les résultats des deux tours.

      Sont Seront également prochainement disponibles dans l'OVF, des tableaux de bord permettant de dresser, en quelques pages de synthèse, un portrait politique et socio-économique des circonscriptions électorales...

  • sur Boeing’s Indoor Mobile Laser Scanning PlatformLiDAR News

    Posted: 23 mai 2012, 2:19am CEST by lidar
    Looks like Boeing has plans to use laser scanning in the production of their aircraft - interesting mobile platform. Continue reading →



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    • sur Les élections présidentielles de 2012 : du quinquennat à la fabrication d’une France pentapolaire

      Fetched: 22 mai 2012, 10:30pm CEST by Céline Colange

      Cet article présente une analyse géographique des résultats du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle en France. Malgré une apparente stabilité des cartes électorales, nous montrerons au travers une analyse à l’échelle des cantons, la restructuration des votes. En effet, pour la première fois depuis près de 20 ans, les géographie des votes s’organise autour de cinq principales forces politiques. Parallèlement, on observe l’effondrement des petits courants qui avaient percé sur l’échiquier politique en 2002 et 2007.

    • sur Google Maps Eating Raspberry Pi

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 8:41pm CEST by Keir Clarke

      UK school student Ryan Walmsley had a little time to kill whilst he was waiting for the delivery of his Raspberry Pi so he decided to create a Google Map of Raspberry Pi owners.

      The Raspberry Pi Map shows the rough location of Raspberry Pi owners who have already added themselves to the map. The map is only a day old and already shows over 400 Pi owners. 20,000 Raspberry Pis have been delivered so far so there are a lot of other Pi owners out there who can add themselves to the map.

      The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard and costs just $25.


    • sur Upcoming Webinar: Exploring Community Engagement with OpenTreeMapAzavea Atlas

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 8:21pm CEST by Deb Boyer

      Thank you to all who joined us for our first OpenTreeMap webinar – “Exploring Collaborative Tree Inventory with OpenTreeMap.” We appreciated your great questions and feedback regarding OpenTreeMap and its use for collaborative tree inventories.

      We hope that you will be able to join us for the next OpenTreeMap webinar – “Exploring Community Engagement with OpenTreeMap” – on June 12 from 1-2pm ET. We’ll be looking at ways that online inventory tools and other technologies can be used to build community around the urban forest. Kelaine Vargas from Urban Ecos and Phil Silva and Liz Barry from TreeKIT will join us to discuss their experiences with community engagement initiatives in New York and San Francisco and how those projects could be adapted for use in other locations.

      During this webinar, we will focus on:

      • Suggestions for encouraging public involvement in tree inventory activities
      • How community members can use OpenTreeMap to contribute tree data
      • The accuracy of citizen generated data
      • Options for tracking tree stewardship activities via OpenTreeMap

      You can register for the June 12 webinar at [https:]] .

      If you can’t make the webinar, please contact me at dboyer@azavea.com or visit the OpenTreeMap website for more info. We hope you will be able to join us!

    • sur Fast Directory / Folder Copying in .NETbillthorp.wordpress.com

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 7:24pm CEST by Bill Thorp

      When charged with copying files, my first thought is XCopy or Robocopy.  If the idea of copying files with .NET code seems silly to you, you’re not alone.  File.Copy() lacks cancellation and progress status.  Simply calling Process.Start(“robocopy…”) would have similar challenges.  To make a long story short, I put together some simple code that could easily support progress and cancellation and usually outperforms Robocopy. 

      
static void CopyAll(string sourcePath, string destinationPath)
{
	//Now Create all of the directories
	foreach (string sourceDirectory in Directory.GetDirectories(sourcePath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
		Directory.CreateDirectory(sourceDirectory.Replace(sourcePath, destinationPath));

	//Copy all the files
	foreach (string sourceFile in Directory.GetFiles(sourcePath, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
		CopyFile(sourceFile, sourceFile.Replace(sourcePath, destinationPath));
}

const int CopyBufferSize = 64 * 1024;
static void CopyFile(string src, string dest)
{
	using (var outputFile = File.OpenWrite(dest))
	{
		using (var inputFile = File.OpenRead(src))
		{
			outputFile.SetLength(inputFile.Length);
			byte[] buffer = new byte[CopyBufferSize];
			int bytesRead;
			while ((bytesRead = inputFile.Read(buffer, 0, CopyBufferSize)) != 0)
			{
				outputFile.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
			}
		}
	}
}


    • sur Cannes 2012 : le festival en cartes

      Fetched: 22 mai 2012, 6:30pm CEST


      Prix du jury Prix de la mise en scène

      Alors que l'édition 2012 du Festival de Cannes bat son plein cette semaine sur la Croisette, Articque a choisi de vous présenter au travers de 3 cartes une rétrospective des quelques unes des prestigieuses distinctions décernées lors de cette manifestation depuis sa création : la Palme d'Or (et Grand prix du Festival), le Prix du Jury, et le Prix de la mise en scène.

      Ces 3 cartes présentent, pour chaque distinction, le nombre de films (ou de cinéastes pour le Prix de la mise en scène) qui l'ont reçu selon leur pays d'origine en symboles proportionnels.

      La Palme d'or, plus haute récompense décernée lors du festival, est accordée par le jury au film jugé comme étant le meilleur de l'année parmi ceux présentés en compétition.

      Le Prix du jury est décerné par ses membres à un film, mais n'est pas nécéssairement attribué chaque année. Il représente généralement une volonté d'encourager un jeune cinéaste, ou de couronner le travaille d'un technicien ou d'un réalisateur lorsque celui-ci est jugé particulièrement exceptionnel.

      Le Prix de la mise en scène récompense un cinéaste de long métrage reconnu par le jury comme le meilleur réalisateur parmi ceux en compétition.

      Selon le règlement, les films en compétition sont choisis et invités dans la sélection officielle de l'année par le Conseil d'Administration du festival seulement s'ils répondent à des critères bien précis :

      Extrait du règlement : "Le Festival de Cannes a pour objet, dans un esprit d'amitié et de coopération universelle, de révéler et de mettre en valeur des œuvres de qualité en vue de servir l'évolution de l'art cinématographique et de favoriser le développement de l'industrie du film dans le monde.
      [...]
      Seuls peuvent être choisis et invités en Sélection Officielle des films répondant aux critères ci après :
      - avoir été produits dans les douze mois précédant le Festival - ne pas avoir été exploités ailleurs que dans leur pays d'origine - ne pas avoir été présentés dans une autre manifestation cinématographique internationale - Si le film est passé dans une sélection internationale (compétitive ou non) d’un festival, le film n’est pas éligible pour le Festival de Cannes. Une sélection est internationale dès lors qu’elle présente des films de différentes nationalités. - ne pas avoir été diffusés sur Internet - servir l'objet du Festival - s'ils appartiennent à la catégorie "court métrage", la durée de projection des films ne doit pas dépasser 15 minutes, génériques inclus."

      La sélection officielle et l'attirbution de la Palme d'or sont souvent décriés, tant par la presse que par le grand public : le jury se voit souvent reprocher de favoriser les films occidentaux (comme on peut sans doute le constater sur les 3 cartes) ou encore la trop grande subjectivité de ses membres.

      En attendant et au regard de ces quelques cartes que nous avons souhaité partager avec vous, nous sommes impatients de découvrir le palmarès 2012 ! »

    • sur GeoServer Team: GeoServer 2.2-beta2 Released

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 5:32pm CEST

      The GeoServer team is happy to announce the second beta release of GeoServer 2.2, now available for download.

      The 2.2-beta2 release includes a number of great improvements and bug fixes. Some of the highlights include:

      • Support for 8-bit PNG output with transparency resulting in a nice tradeoff of performance and appealing visualization. Special thanks to Andrea for this new feature.
      • Continued work for supporting high accuracy datum transformations that now allows for user defined transformations supplied via WKT. Thanks to the Catalan Cartographic Institute for funding the work and to Oscar Fonts and Andrea for doing the development.
      • A new lenient capabilities mode that allows the GeoServer capabilities documents to remain functioning despite the presence of misconfigured layers. Thanks to David Winslow for this work.

      And much more. See the complete changelog of this release for the entire list.

      Download and try out 2.2-beta2 today. You can help us get closer to the official 2.2 release by reporting issues in the bug tracker and on the mailing list.

      Thanks for supporting GeoServer!

    • sur GeoServer 2.2-beta2 ReleasedGeoServer Blog

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 5:32pm CEST by Justin Deoliveira

      The GeoServer team is happy to announce the second beta release of GeoServer 2.2, now available for download.

      The 2.2-beta2 release includes a number of great improvements and bug fixes. Some of the highlights include:

      • Support for 8-bit PNG output with transparency resulting in a nice tradeoff of performance and appealing visualization. Special thanks to Andrea for this new feature.
      • Continued work for supporting high accuracy datum transformations that now allows for user defined transformations supplied via WKT. Thanks to the Catalan Cartographic Institute for funding the work and to Oscar Fonts and Andrea for doing the development.
      • A new lenient capabilities mode that allows the GeoServer capabilities documents to remain functioning despite the presence of misconfigured layers. Thanks to David Winslow for this work.

      And much more. See the complete changelog of this release for the entire list.

      Download and try out 2.2-beta2 today. You can help us get closer to the official 2.2 release by reporting issues in the bug tracker and on the mailing list.

      Thanks for supporting GeoServer!

    • sur KMZ/KML Placemarks of 2012 London Olympics for PDF Maps and GoogleAnyGeo - GIS, Maps, Mobile and Social Location Technology

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 4:55pm CEST by glenn

      Looking for  2012 Olympic POIs? Avenza systems, developers of PDF Maps (think mobile maps for iOS) has created and served up some downloadable placemark datasets, ideal for users of the free PDF Maps mobile mapping application. FYI, the PDF Maps app uses the convenient KML/KMZ file format to import/export and exchange placemark data between and [...]

    • sur OpenGeo Blog: GeoExt 2 Code Sprint

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 4:40pm CEST

      Back in January we discussed how eager we were to sponsor the GeoExt 2 code sprint and hoped that others would join the cause. Thanks to the generous support of Camptocamp, Mapgears, Terrestris and OpenGeo, we had a productive week at Terrestris’ office in Bonn, Germany.  Twelve developers from the sponsoring organizations were joined locally by developers from OccamLabs and remotely by representatives from m-click.

      Together they tackled a well-known problem: GeoExt 1.1 is based on Ext JS 3 and thus not compatible with Ext JS 4. The aim was to port as much functionality from GeoExt 1 to GeoExt 2 and make it compatible with Ext JS 4. The result? GeoExt 2 code that’s ready for an alpha release.

      OpenGeo is proud to have contributed to GeoExt 2 and encourage you to try it out. As the sprinters work to tie up loose ends and create the official alpha release, we need help testing and reporting bugs. Code contributions and bug fix pull requests on github are always welcome.

      For more details on the GeoExt 2 sprint check out the GeoExt blog. Thanks again to all the sponsors of the code sprint!

    • sur GeoExt 2 Code SprintOpenGeo

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 4:40pm CEST by Bart Van Den Eijnden

      Back in January we discussed how eager we were to sponsor the GeoExt 2 code sprint and hoped that others would join the cause. Thanks to the generous support of Camptocamp, Mapgears, Terrestris and OpenGeo, we had a productive week at Terrestris’ office in Bonn, Germany.  Twelve developers from the sponsoring organizations were joined locally by developers from OccamLabs and remotely by representatives from m-click.

      Together they tackled a well-known problem: GeoExt 1.1 is based on Ext JS 3 and thus not compatible with Ext JS 4. The aim was to port as much functionality from GeoExt 1 to GeoExt 2 and make it compatible with Ext JS 4. The result? GeoExt 2 code that’s ready for an alpha release.

      OpenGeo is proud to have contributed to GeoExt 2 and encourage you to try it out. As the sprinters work to tie up loose ends and create the official alpha release, we need help testing and reporting bugs. Code contributions and bug fix pull requests on github are always welcome.

      For more details on the GeoExt 2 sprint check out the GeoExt blog. Thanks again to all the sponsors of the code sprint!

    • sur NGA Director Letitia A. Long Confirms Keynote for GEOINT Community Weekgot geoint?

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 3:57pm CEST by USGIF



      With GEOINT Community Week soon upon us, we are excited to announce that NGA Director Letitia A. Long has been confirmed to be the keynote speaker for the “The Future of Commercial Remote Sensing” USGIF Workshop, taking place on June 4 at the Hyatt Regency Reston. Be sure to check out more about GEOINT Community Week in this post.

      Taking place across the Northern Virginia area, GEOINT Community Week brings together the Defense, Intelligence and Homeland Security communities for a week of classified briefings, learning workshops, technology exhibits and networking opportunities.

      June 4: USGIF Workshop Series

      Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, VA

      USGIF Members: $249 // Government/Military $99 // Regular Registration $349

      Ongoing budget discussions and investigating studies of the future of commercial remote sensing have injected a great deal of uncertainty into the market. As the United States contemplates scaling back its investment in commercial imagery assets, a handful of other nations are accelerating their capabilities. Join us for this installment of the USGIF Workshop Series to hear from and ask questions of industry and government as we discuss “The Future of U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing.”

      June 5: GEOINTeraction Tuesday

      Walker’s Grille, Alexandria, VA

      FREE

      USGIF is holding a special edition of GEOINTeraction Tuesday during the week featuring David Bottom, NGA Director of IT Services. GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions.

      June 5-6: NGA Tech Showcase East (TS//SI/TK)

      NGA Campus East, Springfield, VA

      FREE

      This free, classified event gives attendees the opportunity to see how NGA’s products and services are uniting the intelligence, defense and homeland security communities. The theme for this year’s NGA Tech Showcase East is EnVISION the Possibilities. Based of this theme, NGA will have several demos highlighting some of the new apps and on-demand tools the Agency is developing. Attendees who register in advance will be provided with a Visitor Parking Permint.

      June 5-7: Ground Warfighter Geospatial Intelligence Conference (SECRET// REL FVEY)

      TASC Heritage Conference Center, Chantilly, VA

      FREE

      The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), the HQDA Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) G-2, and Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE) are proud to co-sponsor this year’s Ground Warfighter Geospatial Intelligence Conference (GGC). Formerly called AGIC, the GGC name better reflects the focus of widespread use of geospatial intelligence by Soldiers, Marines, and International Ground Forces. This year’s theme is “GEOINT Support to the Ground Warfighter.” Separate online registration for GGC can be found here.

      June 7: USGIF Technology Day & GCW Reception

      Hyatt Regency Reston, Reston, VA

      FREE

      USGIF Technology Day is a free, unclassified event showcasing the latest innovations from more than 50 USGIF Members, including industry, government and academia. The morning begins with presentations on emerging technologies from government, and the afternoon includes Ignite-type, 5-minute presentations on industry S&T developments in Big Data. In addition to this agenda and a day filled with exhibitor demos, USGIF Technology Day concludes with a Community-wide networking reception.

      June 8: USGIF Invitational

      1757 Golf Club, Dulles, VA

      USGIF Members $175 // Government/Military $75 // Non-Members: $175

      Proceeds from the Invitational benefit the USGIF Scholarship Fund, which plans to award $100,000 to exceptional students studying the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. This all-day networking event offers golfers the opportunity to enter a raffle and other contests to potentially win a variety of prizes.

    • sur Between the Poles: Towards a global licensing framework for geospatial dataGEODATA POLICY

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 3:00pm CEST by Geodata Policy
      by Geoff Zeiss, Between the Poles, May 17, 2012 …Earlier this week [Goeff Zeiss] attended a workshop at the GSDI 13 conference in Quebec City given by the GSDI Legal and Economic Working group, Bastiaan van Loenen and Katleen Janssen (and Graham Vowles who was not able to make the trip to Quebec), specifically aimed [...]

    • sur #LI12 Plenary Recap: The State of the Art

      Posted: 22 mai 2012, 2:46pm CEST
      The OnStar Story Jeff Joyner from OnStar General Motors started the day looking at one of the earliest location-based services, OnStar. It all started back in 1995 with a project then called Beacon. It morphed from a $2000 add-on for Cadallic owners in 1996, that supported some nine... Continue reading
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