Date archive for July, 2005
| July 31, 2005One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing EnvironmentEducationIn 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 ... read more July 25, 2005MSN's Virtual Earth DebutsInternet MappingMSN 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. read more...uDigOperating SystemsuDig 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. read more... |
