Key Finding #5
From January of 2005 until March of 2008, there were a total of 487 reported attacks on energy infrastructure. In that time, the highest number of attacks was in the first quarter of 2005 and the smallest number was in the first quarter of 2008. The decrease from 2005 to 2008 [...]
College students can return to school with peace of mind because of a new form of mapping technology, UCrime. Students, faculty and teachers can view crimes that occurred at all U.S. universities through a drop down list on the site or on iPhone. UCrime can also assist in finding areas to live, demonstrating [...]
Continue Reading →Urban Mapping has created a multi layer paper map called Panamap. Powered by their “MapAction Technology,” users can view different layers of the map in different angles. The map provides three images that “are interlaced by alternating horizontal strips from each. The resulting compound image is calibrated to a specially designed polymer lens [...]
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 →As the ESRI User Conference (UC) got under way I’ve been following the blog posts and twitter conversations, and have noticed a stark delineation being made at the UC between GIS “professionals” and “amatuers.” I’ve noticed the same trend in the ESRI literature including the latest ArcNews with an article by Jack Dangermond on [...]
Continue Reading →While getting ready to launch Finder! we had an internal debate whether or not to put limits on dataset downloading. There were several options, ranging from requiring a user to be logged in before they downloaded to limiting the number of downloads a user could make in a day. A lot of the argument centered [...]
Continue Reading →After a bit of airline nightmare (do any US flights arrive on time anymore?) I made it to Limerick Ireland for OpenStreetMap’s (OSM) conference “State of the Map“. The talks have really highlighted how popular OSM has become. Roughly I break them into two buckets 1) the state of mapping a country 2) doing [...]
Continue Reading →Jessica Wyland of Spatial Sustain and V1 Magazine discusses the role of GIS when measuring carbon footprints. Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) scientists are using GIS to measure ‘carbon-rich biomass in heavily wooded areas to indicate the effect that deforestation and land use have on rising carbon levels in our atmosphere.’ Through GIS, [...]
Continue Reading →Cuba has been in the spotlight lately as Raúl Castro officially takes over as President ending the 49 year rule of his brother Fidel Castro. What will be the legacy of Fidel Castro and the socialist revolution that he led since 1959? One of the most acclaimed successes for the Cuban government has been its [...]
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