Today, NCDC announced the launch of a new website that could help climate scientists estimate the historical intensities of hurricanes around the world faster than before—and the public is invited to help. The website, CycloneCenter.org, allows volunteers to examine color-enhanced images from 30 years of tropical cyclones taken from the archives of NCDC’s Hurricane Satellite […]
Event Recap – Hexagon 2012—Thinking Forward
The Experience For those of us who used to attend the Leica Geosystems HDS User Conference in laid back San Ramon, California, Hexagon 2012 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada was at the opposite end of the cultural spectrum, but that is not Thinking Forward–the theme of this year’s conference. First of […]
Introducing GeoExpress Server 8, Lightweight, Easy Setup, Fast, Focus on Usability
Recently, via a special media event in Denver, Co, Seattle-based LizardTech (a Celartem Company) announced details of their latest solution offering, Express Server R8. Designed specifically to enable rapid delivery of imagery, Express Server is ideally suited for rapid distribution of large raster data-sets using common WMS protocols (or JPIP) without the need for […]
Geo Data Tip – NOAA Data Explorer
A feature and data-rich resource from NOAA provides users with access to a welth of information… The National Ocean Service (NOS) Data Explorer Geoportal application provides centralized access to distributed NOS geospatial data, tools, applications and services. This Web mapping application allows users to search and access geospatial data via the NOS master catalog of […]
4 Quick Contest Tips to Kick-Start Your Social Marketing
We all have some level of competitive instinct in us. If you’ve never thought, “Hey, I could do that better,” you’re probably kidding yourself. Competition is as much a part of our nature as eating or breathing – and sometimes we even get competitive with those! So when you add in a prize and some […]
The Future’s ‘Cloudy’ (and that’s a good thing)
One industry that is characterized by continuous improvement is information technology. An IT innovation for business that has begun to penetrate the mainstream of business activity is enterprise cloud computing, which utilizes groups of computers in various locations that aggregate data storage as well as Internet gateways for network access from any location. The […]
Mobile Mapping – An Engineering Map Maker’s Perspective
This article comes via our partner site at LiDARnews.com The Transportation Research Board Committee for Geospatial Data Acquisition Technologies in Design and Construction recently held its summer meeting in Philadelphia in late July. A portion of the meeting included presentations and discussions concerning mobile mapping. Typical of some forums, the discussion generated opinions and opportunities […]
Feature – GIS, Just a Tool: Myth #1 GIS Costs Too Much Money to Get Into
This article first appeared at The American Surveyor Magazine, Aug, 2012
Experts Feature – CSIRO: Moving Mobile Mapping Indoors
Imagine a scenario in which you arrive at a client’s site for the first time. Within five minutes you have your gear unpacked and ready to scan. The client shows you around offices and meeting rooms, up and down stairways to access multiple floors, through their warehouse and unstructured outdoor areas. After forty minutes, you […]
GIS Application Story – Engeluz SGIP-Mobile
Engeluz, an electrical engineering company in Brazil, mainly provides local governments with the services and solutions to help maintain and preserve the government properties. Moreover, Engeluz develops the Public Lighting Management Plan, and a mobile GIS system with GPS function would be useful and necessary to improve the efficiency of managing public lighting facilities. […]