One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment

Sunday July 31st 2005
Filed Under Education 

In celebration of World Environment Day on June 3, 2005 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with NASA, United States Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Maryland launched One Planet, Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment–a publication that provides visual evidence of environmental change using satellite images, graphics and text. The focus is on the status and trends over several decades, both in physical and human geography. You may access the Atlas on line at www.na.unep.net or you may purchase a hard copy from www.earthprint.com.

MSN’s Virtual Earth Debuts

Monday July 25th 2005
Filed Under Microsoft Virtual Earth 

MSN debuted Virtual Earth on July 25, 2005. This map viewer application allows visitor to view imagery and maps as well as plot directions. MSN will also be integrating oblique imagery (aerials taken at a 45 degree angle) into this application.

uDig

Monday July 25th 2005
Filed Under Free Software, Linux, Macintosh 

uDig GIS is a Free, Open Source GIS desktop application that runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS. uDig was designed to use OGC’s OpenGIS standards such as WMS, WFS and more. One-click install allows you to view local shapefiles, remote WMS services and even directly edit your own spatial database geometries.