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Home | Submit Press ReleaseThe Exprodat Team-GIS software suite has been updated to support ArcGIS 10.1.
The widely used ArcGIS for Desktop extensions provide simple access to powerful petroleum workflows. All oil and gas companies on the ArcGIS 10.1 platform can now use Team-GIS software for data transfer, play based exploration, license ranking, reserve estimation and well pad pattern planning.
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DAP Technologies has introduced a new rugged Windows tablet. The DAP MT1010 lightweight tablet (www.daptech.com/products/mt1010) offers a Windows operating system that integrates into existing networks and a rugged...
True ‘augmented reality’ apps that reveal highly detailed property intelligence with just the scan of a smartphone are now within reach of the nation’s real estate sector, following the release of an incredible new data source. The concept of augmented reality involves users viewing a location – such as a house – through their smartphone or tablet to access enhanced data, graphics,...
Hallowell, Maine – January 15, 2013 - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) released the Geographic Calculator 2013 today, merging the various modules of the Blue Marble Desktop into one software application. Blue Marble's geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil and gas, mining, civil...
Alexandria, VA -- The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce that the theme of Earth Science Week 2013 will be "Mapping Our World." This year's event will promote awareness of the many exciting uses of maps and mapping technologies in the geosciences.
Earth Science Week 2013 materials and activities will engage young people and others in learning how...
- PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, has announced that it has signed a new exclusive distribution agreement with Beijing Space Eye Innovation Technology Co. Ltd (BSEI) of China. The new agreement acknowledges BSEI, as PCI’s exclusive reseller partner for both PCI’s Geomatica desktop software and PCI’s award winning...
New FME Version Simplifies Data Transformation by Introducing New Capabilities, Formats, and Tools
Vancouver, BC, January 15, 2013 - Safe Software, the leader in spatial data transformation technology, today announced the release of both FME 2013 Desktop and Server versions. This latest version of FME offers new ways to overcome interoperability challenges and also new possibilities...
January 15, 2013. Colorado. The GeoGathering 2013 conference (http://www.geogathering.com) will take place in beautiful Colorado Springs on August 21-22, 2013. The call for abstracts is now open.
This year’s theme focuses on how operators collect and share information about their assets to increase operational safety and improve pipeline decision making. The GeoGathering conference...
New York, NY; January 10, 2013: GfK is launching GfK’s Location Insights™, a cutting-edge service to help retailers understand the movements and demographics of crowds around and in specific stores. This uniquely powerful information will support timely, fact-based decision making for retailers as they seek to optimize store location, advertising, and marketing choices. Moreover,...
Built by Azavea in Collaboration With PlanPhilly, the 'License to Inspect' Application Enables the Public to Access Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) Data for Any Address in Philadelphia, Including Building Permits, Zoning Variances, Code Violations, and Housing Inspection Licenses
PHILADELPHIA, PA, January 15, 2013 - Azavea, PlanPhilly and the City of Philadelphia...
Optech's ILSC 2013 is an open forum for industry professionals to meet and...
Sewall and its long-term aerial subcontractor Richard Crouse & Associates, Inc. (RC&A), have entered into a teaming agreement to expand mutual capabilities, services and client base in aerial image and LiDAR data acquisition.
Under the terms of the agreement, RC&A will lease Sewall’s aircraft and associated aerial equipment, positioning the firm to provide faster mobilization across...
In order to address visitor demands and exhibitor expectations, the popular annual event will now be held on the 07 March 2013 at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton as well as from the 01-02 May at the Holiday Inn, London Elstree. While offering greater geographical diversity,...
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to introduce aerial triangulation (AT) as part of its Correlator3D™ photogrammetry suite. SimActive’s AT is an automated process based on unique algorithms for tie point extraction and advanced minimization techniques for bundle adjustment. Leveraging the GPU and multi-core CPUs, rapid AT is possible...
Journal News Removes Interactive Gun Permit Map
The Lower Hudson Journal News has been under fire for publishing a map of gun permit holders in two counties in New York State before Christma. (APB coverage 1, 2, podcast). On Friday January 18 the paper removed the interactive map. Why? Publisher Janet Hasson gave answers in a media statement and in a letter to readers.
In a statement in response to The Poynter Institute (a journalism school) she argued:
With the passage this week of the NYSAFE gun law, which allows permit holders to request their names and addresses be removed from the public record, we decided to remove the gun permit data from lohud.com at 5 pm today. While the new law does not require us to remove the data, we believe that doing so complies with its spirit. For the past four weeks, there has been vigorous debate over our publication of the permit data, which has been viewed nearly 1.2 million times by readers. One of our core missions as a newspaper is to empower our readers with as much information as possible on the critical issues they face, and guns have certainly become a top issue since the massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn. Sharing as much public information as possible provides our readers with the ability to contribute to the discussion, in any way they wish, on how to make their communities safer. We remain committed to our mission of providing the critical public service of championing free speech and open records.
In a letter to readers published on Friday she wrote:
So intense was the opposition to our publication of the names and addresses that legislation passed earlier this week in Albany included a provision allowing permit holders to request confidentiality and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the release of permit holder data.
She goes on to say that during the 27 days the map was online any one interested would have seen it and that the data would eventually be out of date. She also noted that the paper does not endorse the way the state chose to limit availability of the data.
The original map/article still includes a graphic - but it's a snapshot, a raster image, with no interactivity. Says Hasson in the letter to readers:
And we will keep a snapshot of our map — with all its red dots — on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget.
I continue to applaud the paper for requesting the data via a Freedom on Informat request, mapping it, keeping the map up despite threats and criticism and now responding to state law. I think the paper did a service to the state, to citizens and to journalism.
- via reader Jim and Poynter
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