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Newsletter for Wednesday, May 30th, 2012


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Today's Stories
From the death nell of Lightsquared to the explosion of exploration activity in the Marcellus Shale, geospatial technology has been at work to solve some of the most crucial issues related to energy and telecommunication policy. These resources provide a review of the hot topics from the first part of 2012.
Over the past few months, we have introduced you to some of your colleagues in GIS. This week, we meet Alistair Miller, senior product manager at GeoEye.
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This summer, K-State (Kansas) Research and Extension Cowley County, in conjunction with 4-H, is coordinating technology opportunities for youth. The Gear-TECH 21 camp features robotics, GPS (Global Positioning Systems) and GIS (Geographic Information Systems). The program is ... Continue reading
The FCC said "no" to LightSquared's plan for wireless service in February. It then planned to cut 330 employees. In May it declared bankruptcy. But, at least some of its at one time 14 lobbying organizations are still working for the company. Lobbying was clearly important: The ... Continue reading
Franklin County, MO has nailed down one part of its addressing scheme, the one related to "road name suffixes, descriptions and abbreviations. On the list are: alleys, avenues, boulevards, branches, circles, courts, coves, crossings, drives, forks, lanes, loops, paths, places, ... Continue reading
The Wisconsin Land Information Association (WLIA) Foundation, Inc. recently announced they are now accepting applications for their 2012 Damon Anderson Memorial Scholarship Awards.   They will be awarding several $1,000 scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic school year, along ... Continue reading
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
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Not Your Father’s Trade Area ... Beyond Block Group and Census Tract
Unlike your father’s vintage Chevrolet, the half century old polygon based trade area does not appreciate with age. Sure, there is something that can be said about a “time-tested” model, but retail... Continue reading
Singapore Land Authority’s OneMap Offers Gov and NGOs Crowdsourcing Tools
In the U.S. we are still waiting to see how we might use Geoplatform.gov, but in Singapore the Land Authority (SLA) not only has its own OneMap, but now it has beta tools for government departments... 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...
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...
Now is the time to invest in mobile workforce scheduling and optimization solutions! With the ever-increasing cost of deploying a mobile workforce and industry analysts predicting gas prices to exceed $4/gallon this year, more companies than ever are seeking mobile...
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