An introduction to Good PGIS Practice from CTA: The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation EU-ACP (CTA). The organization was established in 1983 under the Lomé Convention between the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) Group of States and the European Union. CTA's tasks are to develop and provide services that improve access to information for agricultural and rural development, and to strengthen the capacity of ACP countries to produce, acquire, exchange and utilise information in this areas. Via @mikel/Thea Clay.

A quick guide on creating maps that tell stories with OpenHeatMap, aimed at reporters. By Pete Warden.

Hidden Sky is an augmented reality application for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 that allows you to find any of the more than one thousand satellites that orbit the Earth, the planets, and other objects in the sky. You can observe orbits, animate across the sky, find out when objects will rise and set, learn about the objects, and much more. You can even watch satellites dock, like we show in this video.

"There is an interesting time lapse video that shows the speed of the OpenStreetMap coverage evolution in Europe. It might explain why companies like Microsoft (Bing) and MapQuest have recently announced the integration of the OpenStreetMap data." - Anonymous on SlashGeo.org

General Sir Rupert Smith talks about the Defence Geospatial Intelligence(DGI), 2010

About DGI conference - Michael Powers, Technical Director, Geospatial Research and Engineering, US Army (Visitor)

Testimonial for DGi Conference by Mr. Lloyd Rowland, Deputy Director, NGA

Future applications for GeoCasting could range from athletic gaming (think intercontinental volleyball) to disaster response. Dr. Robert D. Hall, an AT&T Labs Research investigator, demonstrates work on a system in which mobile devices in a geographic area could communicate without a wireless network.

Produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting. This episode looks at how local governments and business use geospatial technology to deliver services and run efficiently, keeping a continuing eye on future developments and applications.

Letitia Long, the newly appointed director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), replacing Admiral Robert Murrett, spoke for the first time at the GEOINT conference today (read her prepared remarks from her keynote). Long has a lengthy resume in the intelligence community (IC) and was recommended by Jim Clapper, the director of national intelligence (DNI) for her new post. She articulated a vision for the agency based on needs she experienced while working as the second in command at the Defense Intelligence Agency.