Charged with launching the nation’s spy satellites, the NRO is now on the most aggressive launch campaign in 20 years according to Bruce Carlson, the director of the NRO. But he also cautioned that it’s a different business than it was back then. There are fewer people and less infrastructure to support the NRO’s mission.

Director of National Intelligence, Jim Clapper, provides her perspective on how geospatial information and intelligence can be integrated into the overall national security program.

Microsoft demonstrates augmented reality in Bing Maps at TED conference 2010

They want to harness the wind but something else is in the air.

Eric Frost and his staff at the San Diego State "Viz Lab" animate and geo-code imagery that has transformed the way agencies respond to emergencies.

A new location-based lottery game out of the UK

Oliver Kühn interviews ESRI founder and president Jack Dangermond on OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS for OpenStreetMap and the ESRI Community Maps Program at INTERGEO 2010 in Cologne.

Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves discusses the differences between the American Community Survey (ACS), Demographic Analysis, and the 2010 apportionment data releases. For more information, please visit http://blogs.census.gov/2010census/2010/09/a-data-filled-fall.html

Produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting. The first episode covers what is involved in the geospatial revolution, the origins of mapping and geospatial technology, and a look at the use of crisis mapping in Haitian earthquake relief efforts.

From the University of New South Wales, Australia, Dr Binghao Li talks with Dr Craig Roberts about his latest research to overcome the challenges of indoor positioning.