Education

  May 6, 2013 - The FOSS4G community has spoken! The open voting process (http://2013.foss4g.org/press-release-10th-april-2013/) closed with a record response of people sifting and reporting on their favourite submissions from a selection of over 320 abstracts. It clearly wasn’t always an easy...

  USGIF announced its agenda for GEOINT Community Week 2013 and opened registration this week for the various events to be held throughout Northern Virginia May 20-23. This year's events will take a particular focus on training and education, with several learning opportunities presented...

  Apr 30, 2013 - We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Open Source Geospatial Laboratory at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. The laboratory is one of the members of a worldwide network developed under the auspices of the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum of Understanding...

HSU is revamping its geospatial curriculum to better prepare students for careers in the geospatial sciences. Mar 28, 2013 The changes—which take effect in fall 2013—include the restructuring of several courses, the addition of two classes and the introduction of a new B.S. degree option in...

Just three months after being awarded a grant from the Provost’s Creative Adaptation Fund, William & Mary Professors John Swaddle and Stuart Hamilton have begun accepting applications for the College’s new certificate program in Geographic Information Science (GIS) for summer 2013. Based in the...

  April 2, 2013 - OSGeo are delighted to be able to announce a second Diamond sponsor for FOSS4G to accompany Ordnance Survey: The Met Office.  The Met Office, like Ordnance Survey is a familiar name to many (and is in fact  ranked in the top ten of 2012's Social Brands 100), but perhaps,...

– GIS Converts Massive Amounts of Data into Business Intelligence that Drives Supply Chain Strategy and Execution – AURORA, Colo. – April 24, 2013 – Location is vital to decision making in supply chain management (SCM) because it is the great invisible common denominator. But when used in...

  UMBC’s GIS Graduate Program is hosting a complimentary webinar to discuss connections between spatial concepts and data availability. Rockville, MD, April 22, 2013 UMBC’s GIS Graduate Programs is hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 9, 2013 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. EDT Guest speakers, Abe...

– Data-focused Degrees Play Important Role in Determining Successful Business Outcomes – AURORA, Colo. – April 17, 2013 – Success in supply chain management (SCM) means pulling together diverse types of information tied to the geographic nature of a supply chain and using it for increased...

  April 8, 2013 - For those with a smartphone, or GPS in the dash of their car, geospatial technology is as close as their fingertips and as easy as a spoken command. Now the impressive power behind that technology—and the critical-thinking skills it can develop and...