All Points Blog shared the results of last month’s poll on the “single factor besides pure functionality that influences people’s selection of a geospatial software application.” Out of the eight options, which included data format support, speed, and extensibility, the ease of use/interface received a staggering 62%. To participate in the next poll, [...]
Continue Reading →VectorOne posed the question whether or not geospatial technology could drive political consensus on environmental issues. Environmental issues such as flooding, disease, conservation, and/or water quality require top geographic information, spatial analysis and integration. The GIS and spatial technologies industry should assist anyone making decisions to better understand these issues and make informed decisions [...]
Continue Reading →Is the geospatial industry affected by the world’s financial situation? Not as much as you would think, according to Jeff Thurston and Matt Ball of V1 Magazine . Thurston claims the geospatial industry tools are relevant because they are based on reality. Ball states that as long as geospatial technologies serves [...]
Continue Reading →Google Maps is moving above and beyond with their new mobile offering for Street View. The application now includes a 360 degree pedestrian perspective. Google Map’s mobile version was introduced this week and is available for the Blackberry and other smart phones.
Speaking of Google Maps, Googlers (members of the Google Team) [...]
Continue Reading →What factors are holding up online mapping performance? There are three reasons why online mapping is still not at its best: Local listings, mapping errors and crowded mapping. Local submissions take time and can contain errors leading to information that is mapped improperly. Overlapping information (such as too many markers) can cause crowded [...]
Continue Reading →The Carbon Project announced the release of their Secure Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) 1.0 extension for ArcGIS 9.2 desktop this week. The SDI 1.0 is a selected suite of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards endorsed by government agencies to promote interoperability. The extension will be the world’s most powerful geospatial security [...]
Continue Reading →Going green is taking businesses and consumers by storm. Yet, what is the role of GIS and GPS in renewable energy development? When GIS and GPS partner, they are ‘uniquely positioned to analyze and monitor earth system processes to make certain that renewable power generation sites are optimally sited and that the power that [...]
Continue Reading →As the unprecendented Midwest floods continue to play havoc with people’s lives and property, one of the hardest hit is the farm sector. With millions of acres of farmland under flood waters, farmers are facing billions of $ worth of crops losses.
However, all is not lost for these farmers. Uncle Sam does offer [...]
After a marathon of 50 plus primaries/caucuses while raising record sums of campaign money and more than a year and half of campaigning that had more twists and turns than a roller coaster, Obama clinched the nomination after crossing the threshold of requisite number of delegates on 3 Jun, 2008 and received the full [...]
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