Remote Sensing

I learned that NORAD Santa is changing map platform providers via Pocket Lint and confirmed it in the Norad Santa partners list. Google is not listed but Microsoft, Bing Maps and Azure are! There's also a Windows Phone app this year. Why the change? The Seattle Times reports that while...

On Monday Google announced its implementation of the data on Google +: The Web giant announced the launch of its own Earth at Night today, which is a global view and animation of the images taken from NASA and NOAA's jointly operated Suomi NPP satellite. These series of images show what the...

An Austin Peay State University geosciences student determined his mobile phone located some geological features on a highway. That prompted further explorations into the accuracy of GPS chips in phones, tablets and actual dedicated GPS receivers. That in turn lead to a formal study where no cell...

Wabash County, IL needs new aerial imagery. How do officials know? Supervisor of Assessments Debbie Gittings said she is working on the 2012 assessments for taxes payable in 2013. She reported the county’s GIS service dates back to 2005 and “is obsolete.” She said using Google maps the...

Chatham Borough, NJ does not participate in its county's (Morris) GIS program. This week the county showed what participation might have meant for residents after superstorm Sandy. No word on if the the borough is in, but it sounds like a compelling argument. No word in the article about the cost...

On Saturday a Soyuz rocket carried Pleiades 1B into space. The French space agency is the lead and the French defense and intelligence services will be a key beneficiary, as will civilian users. The imageyr, with additional ground processing, will have a resolution of 50 centimeters, a bit less...

SpaceRef reports that NASA is establishing a federal advisory committee for applied sciences that includes geospatial informations.  Section 313 of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005 directs that NASA establish a program of grants for competitively- awarded pilot projects to explore the...

And, just a week after the announcement the HERE app is available for iOS. But reviews are mixed. - HuffPo

Most of us think of anything with Reuters as having to do with the news media. But, Thomson, with which it merged in 2007, is basically a data company. That makes Thompson Reuters a data mining company, one that announced a new geo product last week. The new tool that allows commodities traders...

USC approves Bachelor of Science in GeoDesign degree, begins Spring 2013. Spatial Sciences Inst, Architecture, Public Policy involved #esri - via @daviddibiase The Bucks University Technical College (UK) specialises in ICT and construction studies for 14 to 18 year olds and will...