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The Week's Most Interesting Geospatial News - January 4th-10th, 2013
 
 
 

How skobbler Uses OpenStreetMap to Advantage

There’s been lots of news from skobbler, a company that offers a mapping app built on OpenStreetMap, in recent months. Directions Magazine interviewed Marcus Thielking, co-founder of skobbler, about the company’s success....

 
 

LoHud Gun Map: To Publish or Not to Publish

Just before Christmas the Lower Hudson News published a map of gun permit holders in two New York counties. The map included names and addresses of permit holders and was published in response to the shootings in...

 
 
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DigitalGlobe Obtains Antitrust Clearance in Connection With GeoEye Combination

Jan 09, 2013-DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today...

 
 

Big Data Startup OneOcean Provides GIS Data Sharing for Science

How can scientists best share the gigabytes of data related to ocean research? OneOcean has the answer. OneOcean, a stealthy Seattle startup whose...

 
 

It’s so Hot in Australia…They had to add new Categories to the Temperature Map Legend

The Bureau of Meteorology's interactive weather forecasting chart has added new colours – deep purple and pink – to extend its previous temperature...

 
 
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Pictometry Merges with EagleView

Most readers know Pictometry, the company that provides oblique imagery with enough detail and tools to be used for measuerement. It did very well in the...

 
 

AND partners with LBS provider deCarta

Rotterdam, 9 January 2013 - AND has signed an agreement with US based deCarta to provide worldwide location-based services...

 
 

County Salary Increases and other Government GIS News

Another motion was made to increase the GIS director’s salary by $1,500. That vote passed 3-1 with all three commissioners voting in favor and Scotto...

 
 
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Tracking Pathogens on the Farm and other Health GIS News

Cornell researchers have created a method that uses geospatial algorithms, foodborne pathogen ecology and Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to...

 
 

Mapping A History Of The World, And Our Place In It - NPR

Author Simon Garfield loves maps. His home in London is full of them — that's where they're stocked, hanging on walls and piled on shelves. So when Garfield was looking for a new topic to write about, not surprisingly,...

 
 
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