Geodata has many applications in the insurance sector, ranging from risk management and determining insurance premiums to carrying out reporting activities. Christopher Guider of GfK GeoMarketing uses maps of Japan to unravel some of the more challenging issues of the insurance industry, showing where and how geospatial technology can help.

A survey of companies that employ geospatial works reveals U.S. organizations’ current and future hiring plans.

The German radar satellite, TanDEM-X, is in the process of generating a global Digital Elevation Model - WorldDEM - of unprecedented quality, accuracy and coverage. In this article, William Van Rensalier Parker, associate at PACE Government Services, explains how this sensor, in conjunction with the TerraSAR-X satellite, will provide a seamless world height model.

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President Obama signed MAP-21, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, into law in July. It funds surface transportation programs at over $105 billion for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and is the first long-term highway authorization since 2005. The provisions went into effect on October 1. Directions Magazine quizzed Terry D. Bennett, senior industry program manager, Civil Engineering & Planning at Autodesk, about how technology, citizens and the private sector will play key roles in this new vision for transportation.

This summer, NASA DEVELOP student interns examined the applications of NASA EOS for analyzing the 2011 North Carolina wildfire season. Students conducted drought and burn severity analysis and developed fire-risk assessment maps to aid project partners in wildfire mitigation, prediction and response. The DEVELOP National Program is a capacity building internship sponsored by NASA’s Applied Sciences Program that provides interns the opportunity to learn about NASA Earth Science and the practical applications of Earth observations.

How are you preparing for your big interview for your first (or fifth) GIS job?  What hard questions should you expect? Directions Magazine shares 20 probing questions to use for practice.

Two images from the Landsat 7 satellite are included in the new U.S Post Office series of 15 Earthscapes Forever stamps. Released October 1 to kick off National Stamp Collecting Month, the stamps vividly portray America’s diverse landscapes as viewed from heights of several hundred feet above the Earth to several hundred miles in space.

Yellowfin's James Lachlan provides an overview of the market research that has been published by Gartner, Ventana Research and others on the applications of geospatial technology with other enterprise applications.

As we continue getting to know our colleagues in GIS, this week we meet Brock Adam McCarty, owner of Apollo Mapping.