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NASA DEVELOP: North Carolina Disasters and Ecological Forecasting

This summer, NASA DEVELOP student interns examined the applications of NASA EOS for analyzing the 2011 North Carolina wildfire season. Students conducted drought and burn severity analysis and developed fire-risk assessment maps to aid project...


MAP-21 Surface Transportation Funding Impacts Technology, Citizens and the Private Sector

President Obama signed MAP-21, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, into law in July. It funds surface transportation programs at over $105 billion for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and is the first long-term highway authorization...


Prepare to Get That Job: 20 Challenging GIS Interview Questions

How are you preparing for your big interview for your first (or fifth) GIS job?  What hard questions should you expect? Directions Magazine shares 20 probing questions to use for practice.



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News Update

Placecast Offers Discounts to Stores Nearby via Credit Card and other LBS News

Placecast, which offers retailers a way to offer discounts, has a new offering as of today. After signing up with credit card company, carrier, or retailer things start to roll. ...when the consumer gets close to a particular...


Google Adds to Maps API to Support Mobile Asset Management

Google Maps Tracks API allows an organization to build applications that can store, display and analyze GPS data on a map. The API is built on top of Google’s reliable cloud infrastructure and offers specialized features such...


Update 2: Color: The Next Mobile, Social Location-based Winner?

Yesterday the Color board of directors shared with employees the plan to shut down, thought it's unclear exactly when that will happen. - C|net And as of Oct 18 come reports that Apple has acquired the company. - c|net


Money for Classrooms Collaborating with Peers Overseas and other GIS Education News

AAG's Global Connections program can link U.S. high school classes/informal education programs (any subject) at the high school level with peers overseas. The classrooms in return can collect funds as they work on and collaborate...


New Geo APIs - 10/17/12

European Alien Species Information Network API: The service from the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) catalogs and reports on presence of invasive and non-native species within the European environment. It...


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Channels

Open Source: Recapturing the GIS Mojo at NEURISA Day 2012

NEURISA Day was Monday October 15 in Sturbridge, MA. The agenda included LiDAR in the morning, exhibitor speed networking before lunch, followed by tech trends and mobile tech in the afternoon. The attendees numbered just about 100 (it...


Remote Sensing: NASA DEVELOP: North Carolina Disasters and Ecological Forecasting

This summer, NASA DEVELOP student interns examined the applications of NASA EOS for analyzing the 2011 North Carolina wildfire season. Students conducted drought and burn severity analysis and developed fire-risk assessment maps to aid project...


State and Local Government: MAP-21 Surface Transportation Funding Impacts Technology, Citizens and the Private Sector

President Obama signed MAP-21, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, into law in July. It funds surface transportation programs at over $105 billion for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and is the first long-term highway authorization...




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Press Releases

Last Frontier Historical Topographic Maps - USGS Offers Old Alaska Quads Free for Download


3-GIS Announces Strategic Partnership with SAM, Inc.


Penman R. Gilliam Named Lundahl Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Lifelong Love of Maps Drives Mother of Three to Pursue Successful Career in GIS


SuperGIS Toolkit to Be Supported in SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a for Data Processing and Analysis


Esri ELA Aligns with Ecopetrol Vision


NASA World Wind Server to Leverage MapServer Open Source Engine


Telvent Selected by Entegrus to Provide Integrated Smart Grid Data Services


NexTraq Continues Unprecedented Growth as Sales and Business Development Teams Expand


Snowflake Software Scoops SESAR SWIM Master Class Top Award




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