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New Free GIS and Geography Teaching Resources

It’s “back to school” time once again! K-12 and higher education faculty and those who lead informal programs are preparing for this year’s geography and GIS students. Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg found several resources geared more toward...

Retail Real Estate Company, EDENS, Goes Mobile with Spatial Data iPad Application “FOReM”

EDENS, a shopping center development company, is working to deliver a new way for its employees to visualize and access spatial data. The company has a new mobile application that not only allows users to access and display spatial data in the...

Try Directions Magazine's New GeoWebMaps: The free cloud based mapping service enables you to easily create custom maps from your Excel, dBase, and CSV files.

Upcoming Webinars Extend the Reach of GIS with Esri Location Analytics Thursday, September 6 Sponsored by: Esri Today’s Geospatial Job Market Thursday, September 13 Sponsored by: Directions Media Learn About TomTom Geospatial for Oracle: Use Cases and Experiences Thursday, September 20 Sponsored by: TomTom

News Update

Quote of the Week -9/6/12

Perhaps a contributing factor is the low level of appreciation or support for mapping projects from policy makers and the lack of “geo literacy” in the country. A few years ago, people did not realise the power of location....

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...

US Government: Citizens Have No Expectation of Privacy with Cell Phone Location Data

  The Obama administration told a federal court Tuesday that the public has no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in cellphone location data, and hence the authorities may obtain documents detailing a person’s movements from...

Medical Insurance Map and other Health GIS News

The U.S. Census Bureau has a new interactive online program that shows health insurance coverage as of 2010 for the nation's 3,140 counties. In general, an interactive map on the site, ...

New Geo APIs - 9/05/12

ikiMap API: IkiMap is a web service that allows users to create, organize, classify and ultimately share personal and public georeference information over the the web. The ikiMap is a set of several maps that visualize all the...

Channels

Open Source: Luxembourg’s Cadastre Solution and other Open Source GIS News

The cadastre administration in Luxembourg uses open source software solutions where possible. This type of software was used, for example, to build its latest online service, a wizard that makes it easy to order cadastral extracts...

Remote Sensing: Microsoft Completes Global Ortho Project for US/Western Europe (30 cm/aka 1ft imagery)

Microsoft wants you to know: Today, the Bing Maps team announces the completion of its ambitious mapping effort, Global Ortho Project, for the United States. In two years, the Bing Maps Imagery team has collected every square inch of...

State and Local Government: Quote of the Week -9/6/12

Perhaps a contributing factor is the low level of appreciation or support for mapping projects from policy makers and the lack of “geo literacy” in the country. A few years ago, people did not realise the power of location. That...

Webinars on Demand

Watch Instantly: Honolulu in 3D - How to Create Smart 3D City Models with Existing 2D Data Using Esri CityEngine

Watch Instantly: Google’s Geospatial Solutions: Case Studies in Government and Non-profits

Watch Instantly: Case Study: VDOT and TomTom’s Historical Traffic Data

Press Releases

Social media and cyber security risk visualization enhance Visual Command Center

USGIF President Appointed to NOAA Advisory Committee

Wanted: Best Cloud-Computing Applications for Earth Observation Data

Emergency Response and Disaster Prevention Project Wins Asia Geospatial Excellence Award

FTC Publishes Guide to Help Mobile App Developers Observe Truth-in-Advertising, Privacy Principles

Azavea and Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Announce Hacks for Democracy, a Hackathon for Elections and Politics

Blue Marble Releases Desktop 2.5 with Helmert Time Dependent Shifts and 3 &7 Parameter Datum Tool

Missouri Fishing Enthusiasts Get Hooked with Find MO Fish Mobile Application

BroadMap® Enriches Executive Team with New Appointment

Esri Canada Fall User Conferences Kick Off on September 18

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