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10 février 2012
14:08
Emergency Management GIS Certificate and other Education GIS News
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What's wrong with the geospatial workforce? Victor Valley College (California) adjunct professor Fon Allan Duke knows: There’s not a good enough pool of trained individuals to step up and work in these catastrophic events. And the problem you have in industry is either you have... Continue reading
13:02
GIS Algorithm Cup and other GIS Competition News
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With the goal of encouraging innovation in a fun way, ACM SIGSPATIAL is hosting an algorithm contest with winners to be announced at the ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference in November 2012. Contest participants will submit original computer programs to be evaluated by the contest... Continue reading
09 février 2012
11:12
GeoTech Center Funding Ends in Aug 2012
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Yesterday David DiBiase, in his role as as a "project advisor" with the GeoTech Center, shared the news on Facebook that National Science Foundation declined to provide the center with a second round of funding. The four years of funding ran 2008-2012 under award 0801893. (My colleague... Continue reading
10:00
Westport, CT’s new TaxMap App and other Government GIS News
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Westport, CT has a new Esri-based map viewer. The city is offering several 90 and 150 minute classes on using it. Good thing - since I oculd not get the help to work. The old intro page says you must use IE not AOL or another browser. Safari worked fine. - CT The Franklin County, AL... Continue reading
10:00
Linux Yuma and other Mobile GPS Data Capture News
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...the latest news appears to be the Trimble Yuma, a rugged tablet from SDG Systems that now runs Ubuntu Linux. Targeting military and industrial applications requiring data collection, inspection, and reporting from the field, the Linux-powered Yuma can be used with geospatial... Continue reading
10:00
ERMA (at one time demo for Geoportal.gov) Basis for Arctic Response GIS
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today they are partnering to enhance the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) for the Arctic region by summer 2012. ERMA® is the same... Continue reading
08 février 2012
10:00
Sundosoft Brings GIS to Korea and other International GIS News
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The Korea Times has a feature on Yoon Jay-joon (Jay Yoon), CEO of Sundosoft, a large GIS player in the country. One of the graphics is of a box of ArcGIS 9. I guess 10 is not yet out there. - Korea Times Panasonic's new GPS enabled cameras may not work quite right in China. How and... Continue reading
10:00
Girl Scout Teaches Geography and other Education GIS News
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Danielle Feoranzo, a student at Westwood Regional High School in the Township of Washington, recently earned her Girl Scout Gold Award by painting a map of the United States on the playground at the Jessie F. George Elementary School. I've read lots of stories about maps being... Continue reading
10:00
Rhiza renames, relaunches core product: Rhiza Upshot
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I learned about Rhiza Labs during the bird flu pandemic of 2009 (APB coverage). The company provided the backend mapping for a crowdsourced effort to gather infection and other data as the disease moved across the world and in the United States. Last week I recieved an e-mail from the... Continue reading
07 février 2012
21:07
LightSquared Update - LS Requests FCC Write Specs for GPS - 2/7/12
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With Tuesday's filing, LightSquared asked the FCC to enact new rules to require special design standards for GPS devices. In the filing, the company argued that GPS receivers could be fixed using filters or other technical modifications. LightSquared acknowledges such a change may... Continue reading
12:45
New Lyme Disease Map and other Health GIS News
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A new map pinpoints well-defined areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease, one of the most rapidly emerging infectious diseases in North America, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. researchers... Continue reading
10:00
NGA to Re-solicit Remote Sensing for Homeland Security Procurement and other NGA News
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In reference to the subject solicitation for Remote Sensing services, the Office of Procurement Operations, Enterprise Acquisitions Division (OPO/EAD) intends to cancel the procurement and re-solicit... It's not 100% clear why, but maybe the documents were just confusion. The... Continue reading
10:00
New Geo APIs - 2/7/12
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DC Master Address Registry API: The service provides a master address registry as well as mapping and geographic information service (GIS) data for the city of Washington, D.C. The registry supports finding or verifying an address throughout the city. Mapping functions locate features... Continue reading
10:00
Trimble and other Feb 2012 Revenue Announcements
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Trimble For the fourth quarter of 2011, Trimble had revenue of $435.2 million, up approximately 35 percent as compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. Fiscal 2011 revenue was $1.64 billion, up approximately 27 percent as compared to fiscal 2010. - press... Continue reading
06 février 2012
12:37
MomentFeed, Foursquare and others in the LBS News
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MomentFeed. Inc., the first location-based marketing platform for the enterprise and a leader in the SoLoMo space, today announced a partnership with foursquare to claim venues on behalf of its clients, providing an interface to efficiently manage hundreds or thousands of... Continue reading
12:02
Google Loses French Lawsuit for Its Free Maps and other Google Geo News
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Google is guilty of abusing its dominant position with Google Maps per a court in France. It was ordered to pay €500,000 in damages and interest to the plaintiff and a €15,000 euro fine against Bottin Cartographes. The company, until it was put out of business, offered online... Continue reading
10:00
Paper Maps are Hard to Use and other Education GIS News
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At Holt Elementary in Durham, NC, the local GIS users are teaching about GIS via Google Earth. I'm not sure how I feel about this exercise: To illustrate the difference that GIS technology makes, [GIS analyst from the GIS division of the city’s Technology Solutions Department,... Continue reading
02 février 2012
18:38
EnhancedView Could Take $50 Million Hit - Aviation Week
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Aviation Week is reporting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) may be forced to renegotiate the EnhanceView contract with GeoEye and DigitalGlobe due to an expected $50 Million cut to the agency's 2012 fiscal year budget with the prospect of more cuts in fiscal 2013.... Continue reading
13:20
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Sponsors “Data Fusion Contest”
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From Fabio Pacifici, chair of the Data Fusion Technical Committee of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), comes word that the organization is hosting the 2012 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest. Mr. Pacifici writes: This year the Contest is designed to investigate the... Continue reading
13:17
Quote of the Week - 2/2/12
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“Why does Interstate 95 go in a straight line from Florida to Canton [MA], and then hooks around, and resumes a straight line from Peabody [MA] to Canada. And that’s Interstate 95.” The answer is Mayor Kevin White of Boston, who died earlier this week. Rep. Barney Frank, asked the... Continue reading
11:55
Hawaii Broadband Speed Test and other Government GIS News
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A new website will allow internet users to determine their computer or electronic device’s internet speed and help the state map its broadband coverage as the Abercrombie Administration moves forward with its Hawai’i Broadband Initiative. Participants can take the test... Continue reading
11:40
Open Data on Malta Coming and other International GIS News
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A plane will be scanning the island to build a three-dimensional map that will allow the planning authority to monitor environmental changes over the years. The photographic map will carry information such as on air and water quality and noise levels. All data will be available... Continue reading
10:00
NJ Hospital Mortality Rates and other Health GIS News
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The New Jersey Department of Health rated 72 major hospitals across the state according to the number of deaths per 100 patients for pneumonia, stroke, heart attack, and heart failure. That data was used to create the Google Map. - NJ Spotlight An independent study conducted by... Continue reading
01 février 2012
18:15
Facebook IPO Might Spur Real Estate Geolocation App
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According to the Washington Post, the impending initial public offering (IPO) by Facebook, with its expected windfall of cash from investors, might encourage some employees to go looking for housing. But the prospective home buyers are a bit picky. You see, they might not want to live... Continue reading
10:00
Waze, Safely and Rxs and other LBS News
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A company called LowestMed has launched a mobile app that allows consumers to compare drug prices at their local pharmacy chains. The app will be a mobile extension of the company's Web resource for comparative drug prices and prescription discount cards. - eWeek Waze... Continue reading
10:00
Boston Residents Claim Hydrants and other Crowdsourcing GIS News
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Boston's latest Code for America rollout is a map where residents can claim and name a local hydrant to shovel after snow storms. - Boston.com Esri's Ryan Lanclos writes about its new ArcGIS Add-in for Ushahidi. This add-in allows you to connect to a Ushahidi instance with the... Continue reading
10:00
TomTom News Update 2/1/12
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The new TomTom data facility is opening in Pune, India. - Money Control TomTom GPS devices are offered with the purchse of select Chevrolet vehicle purchases in the U.S. "Customers who purchase a 2009 or newer Camaro, Colorado, Cobalt, Express, Impala or HHR. Customers who purchase... Continue reading
31 janvier 2012
22:00
WhereCon 2012 to be renamed and rescheduled
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USGIF and OGC are committed to organizing a conference focused on place-based policy. However, after discussions with several of our respective members and sponsors, we have decided that the community would be better served if this event were rescheduled. I know I was confused... Continue reading
20:12
Learn How Open Source Software Benefits a Successful GIS Business
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Lee Mitchell owner of G.A.I.A. Professionals spoke about starting a new GIS business on the Jan 31 American Sentinel University Webinar. I learned during a detailed discussion of her work history that she worked in some capacity for American Sentinel University in curriculum... Continue reading
12:54
UK Home Office Updates Crime Map
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There are two promised updates to the Police UK map which covers England and Wales: Today, crimes at, or near, public places will be added. Come May, the map will include details of what happens after a crime has occurred - what the police did and the criminal justice outcome. The... Continue reading
12:31
Finland to Open Data and other Government GIS News
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The National Land Survey of Finland will open its topographic data on May 1st. - SDI Magazine via @Christophe_ESRI) The head of St. Joseph County’s Transportation Authority [Michigan] wanted its latest vehicle to stand out... A “vehicle-wrap” that covers the van’s exterior... Continue reading
12:17
Open Source Desktop GIS Book Updated
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The Geospatial Desktop might sound like a generic book about deskotp GIS. It's not. It's about open source desktop GIS. The subtitle "Open Source GIS and Mapping" provides the important distinguisher. Furthermore it's a revision of the book originally titled Desktop GIS. I confess I'm... Continue reading
10:00
Virtual Internships and other Education GIS News
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According to a recent BusinessWeek article, an increasing number of students are participating in virtual internships where they connect with their employer through the internet. Frequently, these opportunities are offered by small startups; however, experts say even larger... Continue reading
10:00
Quote of the Week - 1/31/12
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“Cities that have a good GIS program have really good city programs. Cities that have it are light-years ahead.” - Northport, Alabama City Councilman Jay Logan, who works for the city of Tuscaloosa supporting the city's exploration of a $500,000 GIS quoted in the Tuscalusa News.... Continue reading
30 janvier 2012
10:00
LIghtSquared Update - FCC Requests Comments on LS Request for Decision - 1/30/12
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On Saturday, the FCC announced a request for comments (my term not the FCC's - it does not speak English) on the LightSquared situation. Comments are due by Feb. 27, and responses promised by March 13. The request is for input on LightSquared's request for a finding on the FCC's decision... Continue reading
5:29
Oracle, Teradata Offer Next Gen BI, Location Intelligence
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I had to do a double-take when I saw this announcement that Teradata, a company focused on "big data," and Oracle were teaming to create solutions for what the press release stated was the "next generation BI capabilities." It took me by surprise as I believed these companies were... Continue reading
27 janvier 2012
14:21
Nokia Sells Off Media Advertising Business
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In another sign Nokia is reshaping itself comes its decision to get out of the advertising business. Finnish group Nokia has sold its media advertising business to a U.S. startup Matchbin as it focuses on core businesses, a company spokesman said on Friday without disclosing detail... Continue reading
13:44
Pretty Imagery in Google Earth and other Google Maps/Earth News
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Google Earth 6.2 had a "prettier" version of its imagery. No, it's not new data just a new smoothing algorithm. Today, we’re introducing a new way of rendering imagery that smooths out this quilt of images. The end result is a beautiful new Earth-viewing experience that preserves... Continue reading
10:00
LightSquared Update - Javad Letter: GPS Companies Can’t Handle the Truth - 1/27/12
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In a letter to the FCC, Javad CEO Javad Ashjaee reitarates that the testing procedure used to explore the impact of LightSquared on GPS was political, not scientific. He concludes with a familiar quote as to why his filter-enhanced soutions were not tested: There can be only reason... Continue reading
10:00
NGA to Procure Less Imagery but More Capacity, FBI RFI for LBS Intelligence
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The U.S. Defense Department intends to reduce planned purchases of commercial satellite imagery in 2013 as part of a broader initiative aimed at reducing U.S. military expenditures by $259 billion over the next five years, according to a Pentagon planning document released Jan.... Continue reading
26 janvier 2012
12:30
Google Public Alerts and other LBS News
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Google announced a Public Alerts page on Jan 25. The idea is to keep you informed of emergency alerts for floods, tornadoes, winter storms, and other dangers that may be headed your way. But, it's completely query driven, not location-based in this first attempt. Google is seeking... Continue reading
12:28
Army Looking to Build NGA Data Center
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The US Army has put out feelers for companies that may want (and be able) to build a data center for the Department of Defense’s agency that provides geospatial intelligence support to the military. The Army has issued a “sources sought” notice for a potentially US$10m-plus... Continue reading
11:53
GISCorps In Seven Countries and other International GIS News
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URISA reports that 25 GISCorps volunteers have recently been deployed to 9 new missions in 7 countries including Libya, Indonesia and Samoa. - URISA News (not sure why it's not a press release) The Cultural Heritage Administration [Korea] said Thursday it will launch a new... Continue reading
11:38
Pictometry: One Third of U.S. Counties Use Us
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I found the reference to one third of US counites using oblique imagery in a local news story on a new user in Minnesota: The aerial oblique imagery services were purchased at a cost of $127,719 from Rochester, New York headquartered, Pictometry, using non-tax levy recorder fee and... Continue reading
11:28
Chamber of Commerce Printing Visitor Maps and other Government GIS News
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The number one request for the Cape Cod Canal Chamber of Commerce? Printed maps. So, instead of a guidebook the Chamber will print free maps, with ads on the back. - Wareham Week The Canadian Institute of Planners reminds you: With less than a week to go before nominations... Continue reading
25 janvier 2012
12:41
New Malaria Risk Maps and Data and other Health GIS News
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In a study published in the Malaria Journal, a multinational team of researchers from the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), funded mainly by the Wellcome Trust, present the results of a two-year effort to assemble all available data worldwide on the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria,... Continue reading
12:40
Safety Map: Planning Ahead for Disaster
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You may have read about Depiction's Depiction Prep (APB coverage, press release). Safety Maps is another offering in the same space: a solution for coordinating in case of a disaster. But it's different. Why? 1) It has some serious geo/carto power behind it in its people: Safety... Continue reading
24 janvier 2012
17:02
Nokia Shuts Down NAVTEQ Network for Developers
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Update 1/25/12: No word yet from request to NN4D on status request for comment. Last Tweet from NN4D twitter account: 1/9/12 Website still up Last post to forum 1/20/12 --- original post 1/24/12 ---- A NAVTEQer, writing at Google+ (publicly): Well, it seems that "The... Continue reading
13:30
San Diego (Open Data) App Challenge and other GIS Competition News
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Mayor Sanders and the City of San Diego are challenging the software developer community to create new apps using city and partner data. They’re also inviting the public to share their ideas for innovative new apps. Winners will receive $50,000 in cash prizes as well as... Continue reading
13:07
Site Maps Northern Ireland’s Troubles and other Education GIS News
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A team of researchers at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus has created a unique online resource that sheds new light on the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’. The £260K Arts & Humanities Research Council-funded project - called Visualising the Conflict – combines an extensive... Continue reading
12:54
Sacramento Green Map and other Government GIS News
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...a new website that showcases Sacramento County’s green strategies, achievements and helpful information. The website – Green Sacramento County – features an interactive map to pinpoint green activity and provides constituents with green news, tips and resources. You can choose... Continue reading
12:00
New Geo APIs - 1/24/12
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China Historical GIS API: The service maintains a geographic information database of historical information related to placenames in China. The placenames are cross-referenced by spelling variants comprising 250,000 or more records referring to more than 175,000 locations, including... Continue reading
23 janvier 2012
21:12
U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Decides Warrant Needed by Police for GPS Tracking
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The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that police must obtain a search warrant prior to before attaching a global positioning system (GPS) device to a suspect's car. According to the Journal, "The government argued that attaching the tiny... Continue reading
12:45
Comparing Maps of Obesity and Car Travel and other Health GIS News
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Here, we examine visually, through a series of maps, the association between obesity, diabetes, and sedentary transportation. The maps are striking, but Anne Price and Ariel Godwin conclude: ... the relationship between sedentary travel and health outcomes can be misleading... Continue reading
12:28
Finland May Consolidate 336 Cities to About 70 and other International GIS News
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Finland The publication late last week by the news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti of a map proposing that the number of municipalities in Finland should be reduced from 336 to about 70 has led to a flurry of explanations, e-mails, and stonewalling. The map is based on a plan... Continue reading
10:00
Google Open Sources Sky Map and other LBS News
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Google is open-sourcing Google Sky Map, an app created by employees at Google's Pittsburgh office who wanted to put the sensors in Android phones to the test. While the app has seen more than 20 million Android phone users since 2009, the app will now be used in student projects at... Continue reading
20 janvier 2012
13:22
Earthcomber Suing Real Estate Sites for Patent Infringement
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The suits, filed on Wednesday in Chicago federal court name Zillow, RealPage and LoopNet among other infringing on a 2006 patent, "System and method for locating and notifying a user of a person, place or thing having attributes matching the user's stated preferences" (7071842). The... Continue reading
19 janvier 2012
17:34
Motley Fool, Barron’s Weigh in on DigitalGlobe, GeoEye
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The Motley Fool, the finance and stock watching publication, has been watching the commercial, earth observing satellite providers GeoEye (GEOY) and DigitalGlobe (DGI). So has that other financial publication, Barrons. ... Continue reading
13:03
Harvard’s WorldMap and other Education GIS News
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I think the online mapmakeing tool WorldMap is out of beta, but the article does not make that 100% clear. It's open source and developed by Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, - Harvard Gazette The GeoTech Center has published its 2012 newsletter (pdf). - GeoTech Center... Continue reading
12:06
LightSquared Update - LS: GPS Tests Rigged - 1/19/12
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In a conference call Wednesday, LightSquared Executive Vice President Jeffrey Carlisle alleged tests done to explore possible interference of the company's 4G network with GPS devices were rigged. "The test parameters were chosen for failure," [Paid consultant Ed] Thomas said on... Continue reading
10:08
Quote of the Week - 1/19/12
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"It's essentially a computer mapping program. It takes features in the real world and you can put them into a computer mapping program and put them into something that you can visualize a lot easier than walking around town." - Fredonia resident and student Jordan Abbott describing GIS... Continue reading
10:00
Chicago Shovels and other Crowdsourcing GIS News
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A new addition to ChicagoShovels.org, Adopt-a-Sidewalk will allow residents to request help in shoveling via a map. - NWI Times Forget OSM and Google Maps, Hillsborough, NJ is using GreenMap.org for its community mapping efforts. - Hillsborough Patch The Campaign to Protect... Continue reading
9:59
Fees for County GIS (not data) Use and other Government GIS News
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The Berrien County, Michigan, Geographic Information System (GIS) is holding a seminar to introduce its new GIS provded by Schnieder Corporation. The session is free (I think), but using the GIS is not. The cost of using the GIS website is $15 per day or $50 per month plus a... Continue reading
18 janvier 2012
13:20
Study: Brains Like North Best Because Maps Do
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A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science, recasts how we make geographic sense of our "home town." In [the study], 26 residents of Tübingen (who had lived in Tübingen for at least two years) were put into a... Continue reading
10:00
Esri Staffer Among Code for America Philly 2012 Team
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Alex Yule comes to CfA from the Mapping Center team at Esri, an industry leader in Geographic Information System (GIS) software, where he built interactive web mapping experiences with ArcGIS and HTML/CSS/JS/Flex. He's on the West Coast for boot camp now, but will be in Philly... Continue reading
10:00
WalkScore Funding and other LBS News
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WalkScore Raises $2M To Rate The "Walkability" Of Potential Housing - TechCrunch As part of the organization's 100th birthday celebration, scouts created a free "Girl Scout Cookie Locator" app for the iPhone and Android. But some folks are nervous - not understanding that the... Continue reading
9:59
New Geo APIs
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Inside Idaho API: The service delivers geospatial data to support mapping of resources within the state of Idaho. Compliant with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards, the platform uses ArcGIS and other resources to promote sharing of data, effective communication, and activity... Continue reading
17 janvier 2012
12:28
OSM Data Vandalism and other Open Data GIS News
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Update: 5:17 pm EST Wired and other outlets report the individials were contractors acting on their own and no longer work for Google. Google said that two people behind the accounts were contractors using machines on Google’s network, but a spokesperson for the search giant added... Continue reading
10:00
CDC Offers Interactive GIS for AIDS and other Health GIS News
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new interactive web tool—the NCHHSTP Atlas—that allows users to create maps, charts, and tables using HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) data collected by CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral... Continue reading
10:00
Geocaching for (PE) Credit and other Education GIS News
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At Cleveland State Community Colleage you can take a real class in geocaching. The first weeks are in the classroom - learning about the website and software. Then you go find (and I guess plant) caches. IF there's enought content I guess it could also be a geospatial course. I could not... Continue reading
16 janvier 2012
21:02
Google Gives World Bank Map Maker Data Distribution Privileges
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I saw some tweets about this last week and an odd op-ed in the Times (Directions Worth a Click), but now the offical word is out. Google announced the partnership on its Google Lat Lon Blog and the World Bank put out a press release. Sadly, there is already some really confused coverage... Continue reading
18:06
NGAC Delays Action on FGDC Until April Meeting
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Joe Francica covered NGAC's suggested reorganization of FGDC in its Innovatieve Strategies paper (Directions Magazine). The topic was revisited at the NGAC January 12 meeting. From the meeting summary: “The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) will defer final action on... Continue reading
12:15
Free Mosaic for Illinois County and other Government GIS News
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Phillip K. Mol of G-1 Aerial Surveys has offered to replace a 1978 aerial mosaic that hangs in the Bureau County, IL Court House. He does such work for about $1000 but will give the county a new one for free. No, there will be no new pics - he'll assemble it from IDNR and USGS orthoquads... Continue reading
13 janvier 2012
23:23
LightSquared Update - Federal Officials Conclude No Way LS Can Not Interfere with GPS - 1/13/12
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Even as LightSquared this week raised the issue of a conflict of interest of a committee member (The Hill), on Friday the Federal Aviation Administration released a letter from Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Deputy Transportation Secretary John Porcari to the Commerce... Continue reading
13:43
NGA Offers Buyouts to 150 Staffers
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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is offering buyouts to 150 employees in fiscal 2012, with bonuses worth up to $25,000. The offer is good until some time in February. - Gov Exec ... Continue reading
12:48
Google+ Map Game Announced and other LBS News
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Yesterday, the company [Google] released a video of the new game, which takes advantage of its Google Maps product. The video shows a cube with a map overlay. A small blue ball travels through the map based on the spinning and tilting of the cube. Judging by the video, it seems... Continue reading
12 janvier 2012
21:01
Urban Airship Shutting Down SimpleGeo Services as of March
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In a blog post titled "Update on our plan to integrate location and context services into our push messaging platform" the folks at Urban Airship explain their short term plan for SimpleGeo. (APB covered the acqusition after it was announced in October.) The post explains, by citing a... Continue reading
14:06
Geocaching Trail Brings in Revenue for Athens, Ohio
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"We don't have any numbers yet or statistics of the economic impact, I haven't calculated that yet but from what I can estimate, it's been at least a $500,000 economic impact since June of 2010," [Jenna] Dill [Athens County Convention and Visitors Bureau Marketing and Sales... Continue reading
11:20
NYC Street Closure Map and other Government GIS News
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Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Christine Quinn announced NYC Street Closures on Tuesday, which pulls together permit information and allows users to search by date and location. Users can also sort by street, borough, purpose and duration of the closure. - NBC New... Continue reading
11:08
Guyana Growing its GIS and other International GIS News
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Guyana After 800 individuals and businesses applied for land use permits for an economic development zone in Guyana, the local paper reports its time to grow the GIS. Meanwhile, [Houing and Water] Minister Ali said his Ministry is now focusing on expanding its Geographic... Continue reading
10:00
Cheer on GIS Guy at U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials on Saturday
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Among those toeing the line at 8 am Saturday in Houston will be fellow GIS professional Paul Peterson (DM interview). The women (among whom I'm not aware of any GIS professionals) step off at 8:15 am. Over the air TV coverage is that afternoon. Good luck Paul! At my house, Paul will be... Continue reading
11 janvier 2012
12:55
Another BIM/GIS Alliance Announced on Tuesday
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The names are not as familiar to GIS folks at Autodesk and Pitney Bowes, but yesterday Bricsnet and MABEC Group also came together in a new relationship. Bricsnet FM America, Inc. and MABEC Group, Inc. today formalized a strategic alliance to create a bi-directional data exchange... Continue reading
12:17
LightSquared Update - LightSquared Asks FCC for Approval Face to Face - 1/11/12
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[LightSquared CEO Philip] Falcone and two LightSquared representatives met Jan. 4 with Federal Communications Commission staff and “emphasized the significant investment that has already been made in the LightSquared network,” according to a filing posted yesterday on the agency’s... Continue reading
10:00
Garmin Co-Founder’s New Building at UT and other Education GIS News
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The first new engineering building on the University of Tennessee campus in nearly 50 years — the $37.5 million Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science building — opens in January. A $12.5 million gift from Garmin co-founder and UT alum Min Kao made it possible. -... Continue reading
10 janvier 2012
22:18
Autodesk and Pitney Bowes Software Elaborate on New Relationship
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Tuesday’s press release from Autodesk regarding its new relationship with Pitney Bowes Software (PBS, the new name as of January 1, 2012 for Pitney Bowes Business Insights) raised many questions. Joe Francica and I spoke with James Buckley, Senior Vice President & General Manager,... Continue reading
15:04
GISnation Launches
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You may have seen its pre-launch tweets, posts on Facebook and elsewhere but now this new social network is live. This morning I asked for its elevator pitch. Here it is: GISnation is a social network offering people & organizations the ability to increase awareness of their... Continue reading
13:48
Quote of the Week - 1/10/12
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“Thanks for pointing it out, I will let the team know so they can be aware of the issues, and I’ve flagged it to be corrected.” That's the response of a Google Australia spokesman quoted in the Armidale Express, when asked about the error indicating closure of Pacific Highway which... Continue reading
13:47
Outdated Maps Mean New GIS for East Hampton and other Government GIS News
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The East Hampton Village (NY) Police Chief Jerry Larson lobbied village trustees on Thursday morning for $55,000 over three years to improve the system.points to outdated maps as a threat to public safety, Updates to the 911 system must go through the county and updates from 2006 have... Continue reading
12:05
Autodesk Hooks up With Pitney Bowes Software (No, Really!)
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With no warning from either side some the bizarre news that Autodesk, specifically the infrastrucure/BIM part is hooking up with Pitney Bowes "to help infrastructure owners and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) organizations make more informed decisions and drive greater... Continue reading
10:00
Malaria Logistics Map and other Health GIS News
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Hokey Min of the College of Business Administration, at Bowling Green State University, explored Africa's maralia problem via logistics. The paper appeared in the International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. Min has developed a comprehensive supply chain map that... Continue reading
10:00
Google to Show Off Indoor Mapping and other CES News
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Google will be brining its "blue dot" to the buildings and floors of CES, the large consumer gadget show that launch Tuesday in Vegas. The folks at Slashgear say it works well. The official CES showroom floor has all been indexed by Google Maps and can easily be pulled up and even... Continue reading
09 janvier 2012
12:12
Quote of the Week 1/9/12
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Who is thinking spatially? Who has put government expenditures on a geographical information system (GIS) platform? In Canada, you can ask for anything and they’ll pull up a GIS map that will tell you, for instance, where the police stations are. We don’t have anything of the... Continue reading
10:07
Mapping Japan Earthquake Debris and other Crowdsourcing GIS News
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A Canadian paper now offers a map where readers can post details of where they see debris from the Japanese earthquake of 2011. Now, The Province is offering an interactive map on its web-site where readers can post the sites where they find Japanese debris. Simply log on to... Continue reading
7:27
GeoDesign Summit Illustrates Breadth of Projects
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The fact that many GIS professionals, architects and academics are "thinking" about the design aspect of project planning before beginning a project is in itself recognition that geodesign has established itself as an effective tool for modeling, visualization and collaboration.... Continue reading
6:34
Slightly Off Topic: An iPhone, an iPad and a Mac Air walk into a bar�
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So, I'm sitting at a conference last week and I look over at the guy next to me and lined up in front of him are an iPhone, iPad and a Mac Book. On the one hand, I'm fairly elated because I own some Apple stock and I'm wondering if there is an iPod in his pocket. On the other I'm... Continue reading
06 janvier 2012
10:00
Lightsquared Update - Sprint Puts LightSquared Deal on Hold - 1/6/12
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“The companies have agreed to realigning our deployment timeline to coincide with potential FCC actions,” Scott Sloat, a spokesman for Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint, said in an e-mail. Until approval is received, “both companies believe it is prudent to pull back on expenses,” he... Continue reading
10:00
MIT Researchers Working on 3D Data Capture/Gesture Interface for Cell Phones
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3D data capture and gesture recognition are hot and that' what Vivek Goyal, the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, and his group at MIT’s Research Lab of Electronics are working on. Two of his colleagues Kirmani and Colaco were selected as one of... Continue reading
3:46
Outtakes from the Geodesign Summit 2012
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The first day of the GeoDesign Summit on the Esri campus in Redlands, California produced some pointed remarks about the "process" and "models" that define this evolving discipline. Collaboration seems to be the hallmark of geodesign whereby myriad stakeholders can see and interact with... Continue reading
05 janvier 2012
16:09
Indiemapper is Now Free
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Axis Maps has decided to offer its online mapping tool indiemapper ("indiemapper helps you make static, thematic maps from geographic data by bringing the best of traditional cartographic design to internet map-making") for free, but with a bit less functionality (and no account... Continue reading
12:45
Pakistan Mapping Bill Proposed and other International GIS News
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Pakistan The Survey of Pakistan is worried about amatuers not only mapping the country, but also mapping sites harmful to national security. So, it's time for a new law to allow enforcement. With the objective of regulating and implementing surveying and mapping standards in the... Continue reading

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