The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have collaborated in the development of a much improved global elevation model, the Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010). GMTED2010 replaces the widely used, 15-year-old GTOPO30 terrain model as the best available global digital elevation model. Useful for regional-, continental-, and global-scale applications, […]
Census Bureau Releases 2010 Income and Poverty Estimates for All Counties and School Districts
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2011 — Between 2007 and 2010, the poverty rate for school-age children showed a statistically significant increase in about 20 percent of counties across the United States, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates for income and poverty in 2010 for every county and school district. In all, 653 counties saw a significant […]
Nokia Opens Up Map Edits With Nokia Map Creator
Following the lead of OSM and Google, Nokia is now opening up map edits to the end user…
Streamline Postal And Courier Services With Global Postal Codes
November 15, 2011, Toronto, Canada, NAC Geographic Products Inc. announced the release of NAC Sorter – a software module for mail sorting systems to sort all mail automatically from world level to final household mail boxes, thanks to the power of the Universal Address (also called the Global Postal Code). Though it has been a […]
Historical Maps Now Covering 36 States
Nearly 124,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online.
FIND Maps announces EnviroFIND offer
FIND Maps (www.findmaps.co.uk), the UK’s most advanced online mapping website for professionals, has announced the launch of an offer for its ‘EnviroFIND’ online commercial environmental data viewing subscription service. This service has been featured and highlighted by the Environment Agency in their Acorn Magazine. All clients need to do to take advantage of this offer […]
Cadcorp reveals new application for simplifying access to UK National Address Gazetteer data
AddressBase Loader to support leading spatial database products.
Esri Provides Quick and Easy Access to Census 2010 Data
Data Delivered in Geographies Including ZIP Codes and User-Defined Areas
LandScan Global Population Database – New Dataset Now Available
The USGOVT has released the newest version of their annual LandScan Global Population data. LandScan shows the geographical distribution of ambient population at one-kilometer resolution and at certain scales also shows age and gender data. The LandScan dataset is the most authoritative and rich country, region, global population data. Request a trial to evaluate […]
Cadcorp adds routing capability to free-to-use Ordnance Survey map data
OS MeridianTM 2 OpenData available for simple routing – free of charge PSMA Member Conference, Manchester, 18th October 2011 – Users of Cadcorp SIS web mapping and geographic information systems software will be able to get even more value from their free to use Ordnance Survey MeridianTM 2 mapping data for Great Britain1. Thanks to […]