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Newsletter for Tuesday, May 29th, 2012


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A report from the National Research Council suggests that NASA is not putting up satellites fast enough to support the needed basic science related to weather, climate and other challenges facing the U.S. and the rest of the world. The report warns that the U.S. constellation may drop to just one quarter its size in just a few years. What does this mean for geospatial technologists and how can we help fellow citizens to understand the value of this in-orbit infrastructure?
In what seems to be a May 2012 newsletter, TomTom pens an article highlighting the limitations of "open source mapping" While the article does not name any by specific maps, nor define what open source maps are, the discussion is clearly about OpenStreetMap.
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VSolvit is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company's project, Geospatial Optimization Tool, is based on GIS. VSolvit's project, the Geospatial Optimization Tool (GOT), is an interactive mapping ... Continue reading
GigaOm offers and artilce highlighting startups looking at developers, not end-users, as customers. The "new" startups use the API as their stock in trade. The final part of the article is a chart (noted as incomplete) that lists incumbents and disruptors in a variety of areas from ... Continue reading
"We have a GIS system, we have a waste water system, our water system, we have it also for solid waste. So it's just various things that just happens within public works on a day-to-day basis." - Lewiston, Idaho Public Works Director Chris Davies explaining how the city runs for ... Continue reading
Building on the existing strategic partnership between Microsoft and Nokia, today we’re announcing that Bing Maps is now using Nokia backend services for Traffic and Geocoding. With the goal of helping get places faster and get more done, here are the key things Nokia services ... Continue reading
Students from Indian Hills Community College [Iowa] Geo-spatial Technology class worked with the Army Corps of Engineers at Red Rock. The group made six maps utilizing data from the Corps of Engineers, Mahaska County GIS Coordinator Brian Knudtson, along with data from the Iowa ... Continue reading
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Presentations Can Make Great Sessions, But so Can Good Questions! #LI12
I've been moderating sessions today at the Location Intelligence Conference. I'm very pleased all my speakers have stayed within their time; it makes my life so much easier. It also means we have... Continue reading
Gates Foundation Grant to VSolvit and other Health GIS News
VSolvit is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company's project, Geospatial Optimization Tool, is based on GIS. VSolvit's... Continue reading
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