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| January 18, 2012 Support the SOPA/PIPA ProtestsGIS NewsToday is a day of widespread protests against the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Major web sites like Wikipedia and Boing Boing have gone dark today, while other giants like Google have announcements on their pages about the protest. GIS sites like Bill Dollins and Spatially Adjusted have also ... read more December 20, 2011 North Korea Mapping OdditiesData, GIS NewsThe recent death of “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il, dictator of North Korea, has brought this isolationist country to the forefront of world news again. Known in part for shunning most of the outside world, one of the ways information is gleaned about this country is through remote sensing and satellite imagery. For example, Amnesty International ... read more December 17, 2011 Christmas and GISGIS NewsThe biggest mapping fun at Christmas time is NORAD’s Santa tracking. The tracking started back in 1955 when a Sears department store misprinted the number children could call to get updates on Santa’s whereabouts. The number instead went through to the Colorado Springs’ Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center. The then Director of Operations at the time, ... read more December 12, 2011What is Your Attitude Towards Geography?Education, GIS NewsThe American Geographic Society (AGS) is running a survey on adult attitudes towards geography and knowledge about geography. The study hopes to get input from 10,000 participants in this National Science Foundation funded study and is a join effort by the National Geographic Society, the National Council for Geographic Education, the Association of American Geographers, and AGS. All ... read more December 10, 2011 Best of GIS: Notable 2011 Geospatial HappeningsGIS NewsIt’s been a very long time since I’ve done a “best of GIS” year end review. Listed below are some of what I have found to be the more exciting and sometimes just plain fun happenings and advances in the GIS and greater geospatial field for the year 2011 as culled from the archives ... read more December 9, 2011Good News on the #freeatanas FrontGIS NewsUPDATE: As promised, Atanas has posted an update on his blog: We have been granted a one-year stay of removal, and have been released “on supervision.” What this means is that there are some strings attached to our release – we are not yet 100% legal permanent residents (green card holders). There is a lot more ... read more December 8, 2011 GIS Roundup: GML Parser, Faces of GIS, Where Should I Go On Holiday?GIS NewsFrancesco Cutruzzula has created LGML, a GML minimal parser in Java (licensed under LGPL). LGML parses GML files in order to output as Postgis WKT/EWKT. 2D and 3D GIS data inputs are both handled but files can not be of mixed geometry. Cutruzzula came up with this project after a need arose from working with OGC catalogues. ... read more November 30, 2011 Google Maps 6.0 Adds Indoor NavigationGIS News, Mobile GISGoogle’s steady march to capture the entire spatial element of the world has extended to the indoors. Google Maps 6.0 for Android has rolled out and the most notable change is the addition of indoor navigation for Android users. Navigation through the interior of buildings is similar to external navigation with the exception of a numbers ... read more November 26, 2011 Nokia’s Crowdsourcing GIS EffortGIS NewsNokia recently launched Map Creator (in beta), tossing its hat into the crowdsourcing GIS ring. While the announcement proclaims, “We’ve just launched Nokia Map Creator, a fun tool on maps.nokia.com that literally lets YOU map out your local neighbourhood! “, the next paragraph explains volunteer input is requested for twelve countries: Our initial focus with Map Creator is to get more ... read more November 25, 2011 Gifts for Geographers and GISersGIS NewsIf you’re trying to figure out the ideal gift for the GISer or geographer on your list, check out these great ideas for your Christmas and holiday gift shopping. This list will be updated as new deals and unique geography themed gifts are discovered for the 2011 season. Publisher Black Dog is offering 40% off its ... read more |
