Podcast: LBS Algorithms Predict Where You Will Be Next

A new algorithm developed by UK researchers can predict, within 1000 meters, where you will be in 24 hours based only on past location information. Add in data on where your friends are and the resolution drops to just 20 meters....

Marissa Mayer, Former Google Exec, Takes Over at Yahoo

ZDNet reports that Marissa Mayer, Google's former vice president of Local, Maps & Location Services was appointed CEO of Yahoo. The ZDNet article goes on to say that even though she has been with...

Webinar: Spatial Analytics Vaults VF Corporation to Retail Leadership
Thursday, July 19
Sponsored by: Alteryx

Getting and Keeping Your GISP - Your Questions Answered
Wednesday, August 1
Sponsored by: Directions Magazine and GISCI

Directions OnPoint - Retail Location Intelligence: Predicting and positioning with location analytics
Tuesday, August 7
Sponsored by: Galigeo

Esri User Conference Q & A Posted

It's here. I make it a point to read it (even if on the plane) before the event.

Malta GIS Students Update OpenStreetMap and other Education GIS News

As part of the recently held fifth summer school in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the University’s Msida campus [Malta], a first ‘mapping party’ was organised during which the participants collected information about...

PayScale Salary Data for GISPs

Philip Davis, over at the GeoTech Center Blog writes: Many prospective GIS students and professionals ask me "What is the economic value of industry certification?". Now we have some hard employment data analysis from a...

NASA Goddard to Auction Off GPS-related patents

Foresight Science & Technology, a support contactor for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center released the following news today: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be auctioning off two GPS patents at the ICAP’s Summer 2012 IP...

DARPA Wants You to Solve its Big Data Geospatial Problem

Darpa, partnered with George Mason University, announced Tuesday that it is now accepting proposals for the Innovation House Study, a challenge that aims to attract top civilian geeks to attack the problem of efficiently wading...

In its 5th year, Geospatial Defence & Intelligence Asia-Pacific (GDI APAC) has become the definitive forum that gathers the leaders of the intelligence community in Asia-Pacific and beyond.

Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications: GITA Shares Details of its New Era

In a piece in GITA's News Hub, Bob Samborski, Executive Director, lays out the near future of the organization. The transition of GITA to an all volunteer organization officially begins at the close of business Friday, June 29, 2012....

Health: Mapping Boston Neighborhoods and other Crowdsourcing GIS News

The folks at Bostonography provide an update on their efforts to crowdsource the neighborhoods of Boston. They offer a nice analysis of different levels of agreement in the about 300 responses to freely draw polygons on their interactive...