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Newsletter for Tuesday, May 8th, 2012


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Today's Stories
GeoEye and DigitalGlobe have been communicating via letter and press release over the last few days. The topic: who might acquire whom. As we go to press neither company has said "yes" but our editors feel wedding bells are likely. The U.S. federal government is both holding the shotgun and hoping to catch the bouquet.
Carl Reed, OGC's chief technology officer, provides an overview of the W3C XLink 1.1 schema  that is now used in numerous OGC standards.
All Points Blog
The report by Peter Folger, Congressional Research Service Specialist in Energy and Natural Resources Policy, is titled Issues and Challenges for Federal Geospatial Information and dated April 27, 2012. (full report in PDF, via FAS since these reports are not automagically ... Continue reading
The National Center for Safe Routes to School and the League of American Bicyclists are behind the first-ever National Bike to School Day on May 9, 2012. There have been local and regional efforts in the past to celebrate a day of young people peddling to school, but this is the ... Continue reading
Esri's recent map story explores the strong link between obesity and diabetes in the U.S. Nearly a third of Americans are obese. - via Esri communications USA Today rounds up medical and safety tracking devices including those for tracking children and patients with ... Continue reading
Rand McNally and USA Today are taking votes in the Best of the Road Contest. Rand McNally and USA TODAY's second annual search for the Best Small Towns in America has begun! Voting ends May 15 so learn more to get started. You can also submit a video to be part of a team in ... Continue reading
Fearsquare takes your recent FourSquare check-ins and cross-references these with the UK Police Crime Statistics database. Showing you street level crime for each individual check-in. Or in detail: The FearSquare application takes a list of your ten most recent ... Continue reading
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Smart Pavement and other LBS News
I continue to be skeptical of solutions that start with "all you have to do is install our infrastructure..." That's an uphill battle! A Spanish company is hoping to put the word on the street... Continue reading
Wednesday is National Bike to School Day
The National Center for Safe Routes to School and the League of American Bicyclists are behind the first-ever National Bike to School Day on May 9, 2012. There have been local and regional efforts... Continue reading
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Businesses are clamoring for more data, better insights and actionable intelligence. And when they seek solutions to create better decision making, location intelligence provides a significant competitive advantage. But how many executives see beyond the map? It’s time for...
This webinar is targeted to geospatial data analysts who incorporate remotely sensed imagery into their workflows. Having separate GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing workflows only partially addresses the need for creating, maintaining, sharing and using geospatial...
OnStar is the largest telematics solution provider on the globe, with 6 million subscribers in North America and abroad. OnStar uses situational awareness and real-time analysis to deliver fast, accurate emergency services to its customers. At the core of this solution is...
Case studies from the City of Boston, Ordnance Survey and Others Is your geospatial data outdated or obsolete? Is your data unreliable or inaccurate? Is poor data quality impacting your business? If you answered yes to any of these questions, your data needs to be...
Press Releases
Trimble Navigation Ltd
Trimble Navigation Ltd
Trimble Navigation Ltd
MagellanGPS
DMTI Spatial Inc.
TomTom
TeleCommunications Systems (TCS)
University of California, Santa Barbara

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