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Governments don't know how to buy Free Software
19 August 2010, 10:55am
For the last ten years, web-based communities have achieved significant advancement in productivity by using collaborative work practices, such as open source software, open standards, and organic data sharing. Open source offers a diverse range of applications which are robust, feature-rich and compliant with current standards. Indeed, the government has publicly recognised its benefits for years. For example, the 2005 release of the Guide to Open Source Software for Australian Government Agencies notes that “[Open Source] has the potential to lead to significant savings in Government.”
Earth from Space: Electric blue blooms
13 August 2010, 10:25am
Plankton, the most abundant type of life found in the ocean, are microscopic marine plants that drift on or near the surface of the sea. Plankton have been called 'the grass of the sea' because they are the basic food on which all other marine life depends.
A Fundamental Change in Science
10 August 2010, 9:02am
A Brief Interview with Prof. David Maidment, the Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair in Civil Engineering and the Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin. At the Friday morning closing session of the 2010 ESRI International User Conference, Esri's director of development, Scott Morehouse, invited Maidment on stage for a few minutes to share his impressions on the advancement of GIS technology.
Digital Earth Summit & Cartography & GIS Conferenc
09 August 2010, 11:34am
Two events took place in Nessebar, Bulgaria, organized by the Universit of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) under the patronage of Kristalina Georgieva, Member of the European Commission
Iceberg breaking off Petermann glacier in Greenlan
09 August 2010, 8:34am
Envisat has been observing a rare event in the Arctic since early August - a giant iceberg breaking off the Petermann glacier in North-West Greenland.
GAF starts Service Production in Western Madagasca
05 August 2010, 10:08pm
Munich, July 25, 2010 - GAF AG, an internationally active geo-information technology and consulting company, announces that it has been awarded by UND-IFAD and ESA with Service Produktion in Western Madagascar. For an area of about 14 000 km² in Western Madagascar, GAF will provide dedicated state of the art EO products which have been customised to meet the specific user requirements of UN-IFAD best possible. Project activities started in June 2010 and will be concluded in November 2010.
Scale matters: Economic aspects of secrecy
14 June 2010, 11:38am
On May 26 the “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” newspaper published the article “Scale Matters: Economic Aspects of the Space Eye’s Excessive Secrecy”. The authors - ScanEx RDC Deputy General Director Olga Gershenzon and Ph.D. (Economics) RF State Duma Deputy Valery Zubov – told about the specifics and problems of working in Russia with remote sensing data.
Software for Data Governance
11 June 2010, 12:02pm
Kalido, the leading independent provider of data governance solutions, announced today a new software product that will enable organizations to more effectively manage data governance programs and, as a result, dramatically improve data quality.
Experts gather as volcanic dust settles
28 May 2010, 6:53pm
Following the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajoekull volcano that spewed huge amounts of ash and grounded numerous flights, more than 50 experts from around the world gathered at a workshop organised by ESA and EUMETSAT to discuss what has been learned and identify future opportunities for volcanic ash monitoring.
Market quests for indoor and pedestrian navigation
25 May 2010, 4:25pm
In response to research carried out by TheWhereBusiness, this year's Navigation and Location Summit Europe will look closely at indoor positioning and pedestrian navigation. Helen Raff and Christopher Backeberg check in...
Baltic Sea Ice
22 March 2010, 7:20pm
An arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic Sea separates the Scandinavian Peninsula (left) from the rest of continental Europe. The sea is roughly 1610 km long, 190 km wide and has a surface area of about 377 000 sq km, making it the largest body of brackish water in the world.
SeaZone on Archaeological Potential for Shipwrecks
10 March 2010, 10:33am
The “AMAP2 - Characterising the Potential for Wrecks” project (AMAP2), commissioned in October 2009, is a collaborative project between SeaZone and the University of Southampton (UoS) which seeks to improve the management of the marine historic environment through the interoperability of reference and archaeological data for marine spatial planning.
Eduspace website offers clearer window on the worl
04 March 2010, 3:11pm
For the past 12 years, ESA’s Eduspace website has been a window on the world for secondary students and teachers. Now the website has been completely redesigned and updated, so that it provides an even more valuable introduction to Earth observation and its applications.
ESA highlights satellite data for EIB
25 February 2010, 5:20pm
The European Investment Bank has an annual lending portfolio of around 75 billion euros, operating globally in more than 130 countries. The Bank has been increasingly mainstreaming environmental considerations into its lending portfolio, boosting the need to monitor the impact of the projects it funds. As its environmental commitments have increased, so too has the demand for geospatial information.
Navigation systems and smart phones are here!
19 February 2010, 9:42pm
The web continues to evolve. First we had the static web, then the social web, and now we have already moved into the real-time web. This development has already shown signs of several repercussions on the travel industry.
OGC candidate 3D Standards
17 February 2010, 11:45am
OGC publishes a new set of candidate 3D standards: Web 3D Service (W3DS), WVS and 3D Symbology Encoding (3D SE).
Delivery of Predictive Regional Geological Mapping
09 February 2010, 12:10pm
Development of non-renewable resources in northern Canada represents one of the most important economic drivers to provide for the well-being of communities in the North and for the benefit of all Canadians. The project - "Operational Delivery of Predictive Regional Geological Mapping Products from Calibrated and Validated EO-derived Data Sources" - which ended in February 2009, investigated a science-based and structured integration of EO data into the corporate geological mapping practices. A measure of success will be the types of published EO-based geological map products.
First satellite map of Haiti earthquake
14 January 2010, 8:46pm
A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on 12 January, causing major casualties and damage. The quake was followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes over 5.0.
The Proven Benefits of OGC Standards
11 January 2010, 4:11pm
The population of end users who benefit from the use of OGC standards today is global - much to the credit of the growing complement of geospatial technology practitioners in organizations who have been advancing OGC standards as members. As our members envisioned, uptake of OGC standards is now sufficient to make further deployment inevitable. In one user domain after another, "it just makes sense" to extend standards-based Internet and Web resources with geospatial data and processing services. It's not hard. It just requires using software equipped with interfaces that implement OGC's open standards.
NAVTEQ Reveals Data On The State Of Navigation
07 January 2010, 4:00pm
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, is sharing insights gleaned over the course of the past year to provide a state of the industry perspective on consumer use of navigation. While 2009 was a year in which consumers were given an increasing number of choices regarding how they experience navigation and other location-based information, the aim of this analysis was to provide a quantifiable look at actual usage, as well as some related consumer wants and demands.
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Each month we select a hot topic and a leading figure in the industry to write about it.A suggested new aspect for the New Generation of Digital Earth - Human behaviour and decision making
Based on harmonised methodology, survey on decision making mechanisms and identification of decision nodal points, monitoring and analysis of the socio-economic and environmental impact of power, the influence of human interest groups from local to global should be also part of the aspects in the new generation Digital Earth.
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