Do We Have Industry Standard Practices in Retail Real Estate?

There are five major areas in chain store real estate practices where industry standards can lead to more efficient decisions and better financial performance. Chain Store Advisor Principal Jim Stone explains why the companies that adopt...

FCC Requests Comments on LightSquared Weather Balloon Proposal

The FCC is seeking comment on LightSquared's proposal to share spectrum for weather balloons and permanently relinquish its 10 MHz of spectrum that is directly adjacent to the frequencies used by...

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News Update

New Geo APIs - 11/26/12

RadMap API: The service provides a mapped image for U.S. weather conditions as detected by NEXRAD weather radar stations. Also available are GOES imagery created by geostationary weather satellites for inclusion in GIS output,...

Student Refuses to Wear RFID Chip ID and other Education GIS News

The Northside Independent School District in San Antonio high school student was suspended for refusing to wear an RFID chipped ID card. The gird refuses to wear the badge on privacy and religious gorunds. The school district...

Proposed Bill in Pakistan May Severely Restrict Mapping Activities

The proposed Land Surveying and Mapping Bill 2012 will entrust all mapping responsibilities in Pakistan to the Survey of Pakistan (SoP). It will require all mapping organizations, academics or anyone making maps to register...

RoundUp of Nokia HERE Maps App Reviews

On Monday Nokia released its Here Maps app for the iOS. While there's some confusion on what to call it (Nokia Maps? HERE? Here Maps?) The overall response is akin to that of Apple's own Maps app. But, Nokia is called out because of...

Update: What Nokia Announced on Tuesday

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

The International LiDAR Mapping Forum
Colorado, Denver, February 11-13 2013 Three-day technical conference and exhibition focused on airborne and bathymetric LIDAR, with a particular emphasis on mobile mapping systems.