Subject: ‘ESRI’
| September 12, 2011GIS Student Developer ContestEducation, GIS NewsClaremont Graduate University’s School of Information Systems and Technology has partnered with Esri to sponsor a GIS student developer contest. The contest offers for than $70,000 in scholarships and cash prizes to entrants who can demonstrate the best uses of GIS technology in two focus areas: public health and humanitarian issues or transportation safety. From the press release: The ... read more September 8, 2011Free GIS BooksFree GIS, PublicationsBuilding a collection of reference and academic texts on GIS can be costly. There are some free online source materials that can be a valuable contribution, especially if your book budget is nonexistent. Most of these free GIS books are available in downloadable PDF format and can be read from a computer or on an ... read more September 6, 2011U.S. Wildfire MapGIS News, Industry and Subjects in GIS, Internet MappingAn interactive map published by Esri shows the wildfire locations across the United States which covers the current wildfires raging in central Texas region and in California (click on the fire icon for each location for a popup with the fire name and current amount of acreage burned). The wildfire data is from USGS NHSS as ... read more August 14, 2011Free ArcExplorer Online SeminarEducationEsri is hosting a live training seminar entitled “Getting the Most out of ArcGIS Explorer Online” on August 18th (9am, 11am, and 3pm PDT). A Global Esri account is required (free registration) to attend the online seminar. Attendees will learn: How to create and share maps Which data types are supported, including geographic information system (GIS) and Open ... read more GIS News: Hot-Spot Analysis, Map Suite for Windows 7GIS NewsThe latest roundup of geospatial industry news includes a software announcement from ThinkGeo, a new discussion over at Esri’s Spatial Roundtable, as well as company announcements from Topcon, Critigen, PCI Geomatics, Bentley, SuperGeo, and SSTL. ThinkGeo ThinkGeo has launched Map Suite Windows Phone Edition. The launch is aimed at allowing developers to implement interactive maps to Windows ... read more August 8, 2011GIS News: Airports GIS package, FixPhillyDistrictsGIS NewsEsri has two announcements today, the first about its Airports GIS package, and the second about the keynote speaker for its upcoming Esri Health GIS conference. Azavea is hosting an online redistricting contest and CARIS announces the location for its 2012 user conference. Esri Esri is now offering licenses for its Aeronautical Solution—Airports GIS Package. The bundled ... read more August 5, 2011GIS News: CityEngine, Image of the Week, CalGIS Call for AbstractsGIS NewsNews from the geospatial industry includes an announcement from Esri about a CityEngine course its staff will teach at SIGGRAPH 2011, the Image of the Week from ESA, and a call for CalGIS abstracts from URISA. Nvision and Pointools also make company announcements. Esri Esri will exhibit and teach a course about CityEngine, its software for ... read more August 3, 2011GIS News: Topcon Contest, Free Esri SeminarGIS NewsFrom the geospatial industry: Topcon has launched a new contest to showcase how its instruments are being used, Esri staff will be traveling the country hosting free seminars on extending GIS, Orbit GT has released Orbit GIS X, GTG announces new contracts, and 3D Laser Mapping announces a new hire. Topcon “How do you Topcon?” is ... read more August 2, 2011GIS News: Facebook Smartphone App Competition, gvSIG Code SprintGIS NewsThe most recent geospatial industry news brings notice of a Facebook Competition by a SSTL to “develop innovative applications that will run on its smartphone-powered satellite due for launch into space next year”, gvSIG announces the results of its result code sprint, SuperGeo and GfK GeoMarketing announce new products, and URISA, Esri, OGC, and Aligned ... read more July 22, 2011GIS News: Horn of Africa Drought, Image of the Week, OpenDataPhillyGIS NewsThe European Space Agency has released Horn of Africa drought imagery and its image of the week showing Patagonia. The OGC is seeking input on two projects, and Esri and Azavea both announced the availability of data from OpenDataPhilly. FIND Map, SuperGeo, Cadcorp, Timmons Group, eSpatial, and URISA round out the list of companies ... read more |


