Does Your Local Government Need A Drone?

Will the skies soon be congested with low-flying drones taking unwarranted photos of you or your neighbors? While the prospect for unmanned aerial vehicles in use by your local government is high, many political as well as technical challenges...

Geography Strikes Back - Wall Street Journal

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News Update

What’s More Interesting Than the Atlantic Article on Google Maps?

In short, that a tech publication would bother to discuss the article with an actual cartographer. The article in question came out in The Atlantic last week, titled, How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of...

Gettysburg Electric Map Up for Auction

APB has been covering the Gettysburg Wlectric Map for many years (coverage). Now comes news the flashing light map of the Battle of Gettysburg.(Pennsylvania) is up for auction. The General Services Administration is auctioning it...

Nap Map and other Education GIS News

Among the topics covered in a back to school article about the importance of sleep for college students by the AP, is this tidbit: Macalester College in Minnesota publishes a "nap map" listing the pros and cons of various...

Esri Offers Pro Bono Consulting to New College/University Geospatial Education Programs

Per a post on Esri Higher Ed Facebook page: Esri Education Team offers pro bono consulting services for higher education institutions. Is your college or university planning to create a new geospatial degree or certificate...

Quote of the Week - 9/7/12

I would not have guessed this was generated with a GIS if it was not explicitly stated http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/09/05/using-arcgis-for-sports-analytics/ cool stuff SeanGorman (‏@SeanGorman, now at Esri via...

Spatial@gov�, 20 � 22 November 2012, National Convention Centre Canberra. In 2012, spatial@gov� will be looking at how Future Directions of spatial innovation and public policy will be Linking People, Policy and Place. This is the only event organised in by the peak organisations in Australia and New Zealand representing the public, commercial and research sectors of the spatial community for senior executive across all sectors who need to make location-based decisions.

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Cloud Computing: Esri Ireland Argues Maps Make Sense and other GIS Contests

ESRI Ireland is offering a Maps Make Sense Challenge that's open to all. Winner will get an iPad and four runners up a "flying experience" (flight simulation) in Dublin. You use ArcGIS Online to build your map. Anyone is eligible to...