<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GIS Lounge &#187; GIS News</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/current-events/gis-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:27:18 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Support the SOPA/PIPA Protests</title><link>http://gislounge.com/support-the-sopapipa-protests/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/support-the-sopapipa-protests/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:30:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIPA map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SOPA map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stop PIPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stop SOPA]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8854</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/support-the-sopapipa-protests/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>North Korea Mapping Oddities</title><link>http://gislounge.com/north-korea-mapping-oddities/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/north-korea-mapping-oddities/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:48:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[KMZ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nasa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[satellite imagery]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8726</guid> <description><![CDATA[The recent death of &#8220;Dear Leader&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/north-korea-mapping-oddities/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christmas and GIS</title><link>http://gislounge.com/christmas-and-gis/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/christmas-and-gis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:47:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography of Christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of Santa versus Zombies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NORAD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[probability of a white Christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Santa at the Map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[track Santa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/link-library/christmas-and-gis-geographic-information-systems/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The biggest mapping fun at Christmas time is NORAD&#8217;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&#8217;s whereabouts.  The number instead went through to the Colorado Springs&#8217; Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center.  The then Director of Operations at the time, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/christmas-and-gis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What is Your Attitude Towards Geography?</title><link>http://gislounge.com/what-is-your-attitude-towards-geography/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/what-is-your-attitude-towards-geography/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:55:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Geographic Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography survey]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8684</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/what-is-your-attitude-towards-geography/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best of GIS: Notable 2011 Geospatial Happenings</title><link>http://gislounge.com/notable-2011-gis-and-geospatial-happenings/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/notable-2011-gis-and-geospatial-happenings/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:47:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[#freeatanas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011 year in review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ArcGIS for Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atanas entchev]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aviation charts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best of GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[consolidated.db]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CryoSat-2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[esa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis certification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HTML5 mapping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indoor navigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iphone tracking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPhone tracking maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map projections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mark Bosworth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sea ice thickness maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USGS topo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web comic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[xkcd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Maps API]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8668</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a very long time since I&#8217;ve done a &#8220;best of GIS&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/notable-2011-gis-and-geospatial-happenings/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Good News on the #freeatanas Front</title><link>http://gislounge.com/good-news-on-the-freeatanas-front/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/good-news-on-the-freeatanas-front/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:48:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[#freeatanas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atanas entchev]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GIS professional]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8639</guid> <description><![CDATA[UPDATE:  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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/good-news-on-the-freeatanas-front/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GIS Roundup: GML Parser, Faces of GIS, Where Should I Go On Holiday?</title><link>http://gislounge.com/gis-roundup-gml-parser-faces-of-gis-where-should-i-go-on-holiday/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/gis-roundup-gml-parser-faces-of-gis-where-should-i-go-on-holiday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:11:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2D GIS data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[3D GIS data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BBC Weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[climate map]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faces of GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GML parsing]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8611</guid> <description><![CDATA[Francesco 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. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/gis-roundup-gml-parser-faces-of-gis-where-should-i-go-on-holiday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Google Maps 6.0 Adds Indoor Navigation</title><link>http://gislounge.com/google-maps-6-0-adds-indoor-navigation/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/google-maps-6-0-adds-indoor-navigation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:25:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mobile GIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Everyscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Maps 6.0 for Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indoor navigation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interior imagery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile gis]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8530</guid> <description><![CDATA[Google&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/google-maps-6-0-adds-indoor-navigation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nokia&#8217;s Crowdsourcing GIS Effort</title><link>http://gislounge.com/nokias-crowdsourcing-gis-effort/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/nokias-crowdsourcing-gis-effort/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:32:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[commercial GIS data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navteq]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nokia]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=8489</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nokia recently launched Map Creator (in beta), tossing its hat into the crowdsourcing GIS ring.  While the announcement proclaims, &#8220;We’ve just launched Nokia Map Creator, a fun tool on maps.nokia.com that literally lets YOU map out your local neighbourhood! &#8220;, the next paragraph explains volunteer input is requested for twelve countries: Our initial focus with Map Creator is to get more [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/nokias-crowdsourcing-gis-effort/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gifts for Geographers and GISers</title><link>http://gislounge.com/gifts-for-geographers-and-gis/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/gifts-for-geographers-and-gis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:32:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[GIS News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atlases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geospatial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gifts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[presents]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/current-events/gifts-for-geographers/</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/gifts-for-geographers-and-gis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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