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May 9, 2012 Geospatial Redux: Envisat End of Mission Declared, GIS for Geocaching, Tunneling the EarthGIS NewsWith communication broken with the earth monitoring satellite since April 8, 2012, the European Space Agency (ESA) has declared an end of mission for Envisat. The ten year old satellite has delivered over a thousand terabytes of data, doubling its expected lifespan of five years. The lowering of its orbit back in October of 2010 had been expected ... read more May 2, 2012 GeoBriefs: Using Geographic Tools to Hunt Kony, Google Maps Game Released, SketchUp Sold to Trimble, 3D Photo ToursGIS NewsThe Geographic Travels blog explores how geographic analysis using ”pattern of life” and “socio-cultural analysis” are being used to search for warlord Joseph Kony. Announced back in January, the Google game Cubed which is based on Google Maps is finally here. The game, developed by the Google Maps team, uses WebGL to provide 3D graphics without the need ... read more April 27, 2012 Geography of Billionaires: Mapping Nationalities and ResidencyCartography, GIS NewsForbes recently released an updated list of the world’s billionaires. The listing contains the ranking for 1,226 individuals and families who’s net worth as of March of 2012 was 1 billion USD or more. Since the listings contained both a country of citizenship and residence, this allows for a peek at the geography of billionaires. ... read more April 12, 2012 Envisat Satellite MalfunctioningData, GIS NewsEnvisat, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) earth observation satellite, has stopped functioning properly. Communication with the satellite was lost on April 8th when data was unable to be retrieved as it passed over the ground control station in Kiruna, Sweden. Efforts by members of the ESA mission control team have not been successful in reestablishing ... read more April 4, 2012 DNRGPS Replaces DNRGarminGIS News, GPSThe Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ DNRGarmin application has been a popular tool for GPS users worldwide since 1999. Developed at the Minnesota DNR to facilitate field data collection by staff, DNRGarmin use grew virally soon after being released as freeware to the public. DNRGarmin has been used by fishermen in Japan, search and rescue ... read more April 2, 2012 GISP Poster ContestGIS NewsHow creative can you get in mapping out all GISPs? The 2nd Annual GISCI Poster Contest is now open for entrants. Download the Excel spreadsheet listing almost 5,000 GISP and starting geocoding. GISCI (GIS Certification Institute) is the group that administers GISP certification (GISP stands for Geographic Information Systems Professional). Posters are due April 15th. A committee ... read more March 13, 2012 Geospatial Redux: ArcGIS SP 4 Released, Soldiers and Geotagging, Moho MappingGIS NewsEsri recently released Service Pack 4 for ArcGIS 10.0, which according to the release notice, “many fixes for targeted issues.” Asking, “Is a badge on Foursquare worth your life?”, the U.S. Army has posted a warning to its service members that geotagging photos on social media sites like Facebook is a severe security risk. Soldiers ... read more February 23, 2012 Street View Goes Underwater and to Red SquareGIS NewsThe Catlin Seaview Survey aims to provide a comprehensive study of the Great Barrier Reef in order to understand the composition and health of this oceanic environment. Part of this study involves the use of the Catlin Seaview Survey camera which will take thousands of 360-degree underwater panoramas. Those images will be stitched together to provide unprecedented ... read more February 22, 2012What Competencies Should GIS Managers Have?Career, GIS NewsURISA wants your input on its proposed Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM). The model is a list of 74 essential competencies and 17 competency areas that geospatial managers should have. The GMCM builds upon U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration’s (DOLETA) Geospatial Technology Competency Model, which specifies the foundational, industry-wide, and industry sector-specific expertise characteristic ... read more Share Your GIS or LBS Story To Win a Free Where Conference 2012 RegistrationGIS NewsThe EngagingCities site is raffling off a free registration to the Where Conference 2012 in exchange for you sharing your GIS or location-based services (LBS) story: Have you been involved with a project that utilized GIS or location-based services to engage citizens? We want to hear details about which app was used, and how the public was ... read more |
