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How GIS Users Keep Up with the Industry: Results of Our Readers Survey

The Directions Magazine 2012 Readers Survey provides insights into how the GIS community keeps up with technology and each other. Our editors share the data and try to tease out the subtle messages within them....


2012 Reader Survey:  Social Media, Local User Conferences Reflect Preferences

We recently completed our 2012 Directions Magazine Reader Survey and we wanted to share some of the results. Many attend local user conferences while most don't yet utilize social media to stay in touch with the industry....


GEOINT - Day 1 Crib Notes #geoint2012

Did you miss day #1 of GEOINT's "pre-conference" sessions? Perhaps you were just arriving, missed your flight or out on the golf course. Here's a recap of the day's activities (and even more pithy...


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News Update

DigitalGlobe Launches Cloud Service Called “MyDigitalGlobe”

Today, DigitalGlobe announced a new cloud called "My DigitalGlobe" to enable data to be more discoverable. The new interface is a thin client that conforms to OGC Web Services (OWS) specifications. The objective is to allow users to...


AAG Gets NSF Grant to Study K-12 Geography and other Education GIS News

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant to the Association of American Geographers to conduct collaborative transatlantic research initially by geography educators in the United States, the United Kingdom, and...


ArcGIS Online Credit Estimator Now Online

As I noted last month, Esri expected to launch a tool to better estimate credti use in ArcGIS Online in September. The ArcGIS Online Credit Estimator launched today. The website provides a chart for starters:   ...


Close to Live Current Map of Great Lakes

A new map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes it possible to visualize the speed and direction of the Great Lakes' currents right from your computer. The swirling animation was created by the Great...


Visualize Cyberinfrastrure and other GIS Contest News

I just learned of: A Dynamic Web Map Design Competition sponsored by AAG Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group. Hosted by San Diego State University and the AAG Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (CISG). It's open to students...




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Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications: Studies: GIS Good for Utilities, AEC Firms Want to Fix Infrastructure, Apple Maps Uses Less Data

There seems to be lots of money available to do studies. Here are three studies related to geospatial that made the news this week. In a recent Esri study of electric utility professionals, nearly half reported a more than 10 percent...


Health: Non-walkable Cities Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes and other Health GIS News

A new study out of Toronto published online in the journal Diabetes Care inversely links walkable cities and diabetes. Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences examined data from more...




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Press Releases

Optech announces new gyro-stabilized survey solution


DigitalGlobe Unveils Integrated Cloud Services Platform for Government and Commercial Customers


Snowflake Software launches GO Loader 1.7 with in-built support for OpenStreetMap


GeoEye Delivers Additional Web Hosting Service Networks to U.S. Government


Neptune Technology Group Partners with Esri® and 3-GIS to Provide New GIS Mapping Tools in N_SIGHT™


Trimble Delivers Land Mobile Mapping and Survey Data Analysis Powered by eCognition


Maponics Releases New Location Database To Transform Mobile Advertising


Getmapping Opens Kenya Office


Overwatch’s GeoCatalog Workgroup Software Enables Teams to Rapidly Stand up Shared Geospatial Data Repositories


GIS System for Cycling Team Management




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