Naming Names

How do you know if a local point of interest, a route or an area is important? Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg believes one characteristic is that the location has a personal or community-driven name....

International Geographic Congress 2012: The World is Catching Up to the U.S. in Applied Geography

"GIS and geospatial knowledge are critical for the interconnected 21st century world," says Rich Quodomine of the New York Department of Transportation, and a member of the Association of American Geographers. So who will compete for the jobs and...

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CalGIS Student Project Competition and other GIS Contest News

Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate geospatial technology program in the U.S. can enter the CalGIS competition. This competition allows students to demonstrate their knowledge in geospatial...

Research: Better Data, Better Travel Time Estimates

British software developers say satellite data, road and transport timetables are helping to make Internet travel-time searches more accurate. While most search engines determine travel time based on straight-line, "as the...

Esri Offers Embed Tool for Nor’easter Information Map

The lastet map from Esri, the Nor'easter Information Map includes tools to easily embed it. From the e-mail sent to the media: You can customize the map by zooming or panning and changing the keywords or date ranges to localize...

Google Takes Next Step in Supporting Cloud-based Image Processing for Research

The Register, an Australian-based UK technology publication, released a story regarding Google's newly formed relationship with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia's national science...

Quote of the Week - 11/7/12

This is the next-best alternative to a development job in gaming! This is one of the bullet points describing a job titled Junior GIS / NET Developer in New Zealand listed at Geekzone.

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Open Source: Update: Help FEMA Categorize Sandy Images: Crowdsourced Damage Assessment

A thank you and request for more image reviewers from FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Hall. ---- original post 11/1/12 ---- FEMA, via the had the Civil Air Patrol, take aerial imagery in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island,...

Remote Sensing: Google Takes Next Step in Supporting Cloud-based Image Processing for Research

State and Local Government: Your Help Needed: Map Sandy Debris and Shelter Updates

The headline is copied from the Huffington Post, which is soliciting input on an Ushahidi (CrowdMap) map. I appreciate that text above the map explains: To submit a formal service request to your local government, use 311. For...