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Botswana Geoscience Portal goes live
Geosoft announced the launch of the Botswana Geoscience Portal, a partnership initiative with the Botswana Geoscience Institute and industry sponsors.
LizardTech White Paper Reveals 12 Hidden Gems in GeoExpress Software
SEATTLE, Wash. — Feb. 17, 2016 — LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has published a white paper showing users how to access 12 little-known geospatial data manipulation tools inside its popular GeoExpress software. The white paper is free to download here.
10 Question GeoGeek Rapidfire – Ted Florence @Avenza
Ted Florence is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Avenza Systems and directs the company in coming up with innovative solutions to the problems that plague the map-makers and map users of the 21st century. He is a professional engineer, who spent seven years as an international executive for a major pharmaceutical company followed […]
Top 10 Online Local Search and Map Services Where your Business HAS to be listed!
So, you have a new business and you just need some customers. Once you’ve opened the doors you need to make it easy for customers to find you and learn about your products and services. Naturally, you turn to the web. In order to succeed these days customers need to be able to locate you […]
First Look – Los Angeles Opens the GeoHub – #OpenData for Citizens and Developers
Today (Jan 29, 2016) via livestream, the city of Los Angeles officially announced the launch of their latest OpenData initiative, the GeoHub. The livestream for the media featured Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Esri’s Jack Dangermond.
Brothers Code is fueling the diverse tech talent pipeline by teaching 250+ young men of color code
(December 12, 2015)–Today, The Kapor Center for Social Impact (kaporcenter.org) and The Hidden Genius Project (hiddengeniusproject.org), hosted the 3rd annual Brothers Code (brotherscode.org), held at Merritt College in Oakland, CA.
ArcGIS Online Updates Include Smart Mapping and More
In case you missed it, Esri announced a number of updates to ArcGIS Online (OGO) late in November
Free Data from USGS Proves Its Worth for Observing Earth
Since late 2008, when Landsat earth observation images were made available to all users free of charge, nearly 30 million Landsat scenes have been downloaded through the U.S. Geological Survey portal – and the rate of downloads is still increasing.
Feature – Oil and Water: Mapping the South China Sea
The turmoil in the South China Sea, one of the most strategic and debated bodies of water in the world, presents a unique challenge when it comes to mapping. The interaction of different layers provides interesting, if not clear, correlations. The same question is often asked: who owns the ocean? At least, who owns this […]
