Federal projects and their funding often bring significant revenue to private geospatial companies. In the current economy, that's likely to change. Are companies that lose out on this funding prepared to "pivot" toward more...
At the BE Inspired Conference (#BeIn2012) this week in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Bentley Systems CEO Greg Bentley (pictured at right) opened the media day by blitzing analysts and editors with a...
If you have over 60 companies in the same geographic area offering solutions in geospatial technology, cybersecurity and energy management and you ask them to work together to prevent the next terrorist attack, could they do it? The GEO Huntsville...

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Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports the chief designer or Russia’s GLONASS GNSS, Yury Urlichich, was fired. It seems the firing relates to recent fraud allegation that came to light earlier this month of GLONASS officials...
Today we’re excited to announce MapQuest Discover. This early beta focuses on the inspiration piece of the trip-cycle by providing a photo-centric social and travel experience centered on places that people may want to explore,...
Waze launched a global advertising platform on Nov 8. The aim is to target its 30 million users based on their location.
- Waze Blog via Reuters
China Mobile has launched a new 12585 voice service hotline, which can provide...
I love the idea of Geography Awareness Week (GAWeek) and GIS Day. Over the years, the energy behind the two events has changed. I asked my lunch table mates at an event on Sunday for geography educators who was doing something...
Google announced updates to its Map Maker editing tools. Now editors can see all the changes in their area of interest in a single panel.
- Map Maker Forum Discussion via C|net
A new tool, WHODIDIT, tracks changes to...
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Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports the chief designer or Russia’s GLONASS GNSS, Yury Urlichich, was fired. It seems the firing relates to recent fraud allegation that came to light earlier this month of GLONASS officials stealing 6.5...
The bottom line from a Penn State nutrition study (that included GIS):
The combination of being less sensitive to a bitter-tasting compound and having limited access to healthy nutritious foods strongly influences a child's risk of...
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