GEO World back issues from February 2008:
My turn to visit the limb.(POSITION)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2008; ... We always generate a lot of interest and feedback from GeoWorld's annual "Industry Outlook" feature, and the latest version was no exception. This year's feature was somewhat unusual--it asked the members of our Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) to predict what the geospatial industry's ...
Tele Atlas and Interchain collaborate in New Orleans.(NEWSLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... It's been more than two years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, and New Orleans still is rebuilding. To assist with those efforts, Amsterdam-based Tele Atlas NV deployed a team of employees to New Orleans in December 2007 to test a location-based emergency-management and ...
MMS modeling Alaskan coast.(NEWSLINK)(United States. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service)(Rutgers University)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Minerals Management Service (MMS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, contracted Rutgers University to help modify an ice-ocean circulation model for Alaska's Bristol Bay--a move that could improve the management of oil and gas leases in that region. The contract ...
icpd.dartmouth.edu/viewer.php.(RESOURCEOFTHEMONTH)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... GENTILLY PROJECT The Gentilly Project is a prototype mapping system designed to deploy after neighborhood devastation, follow the progress of relief and rebuilding, and pinpoint what aid is needed where. It was developed by Quintus Jett, a senior research fellow, and Xun Shi of ...
www.1spatial.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... 1SPATIAL 1Spatial's Data Quality Library will house a collection of material and links relating to spatial data quality ...
www.AccuWeather.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ACCUWEATHER.COM AccuWeather.com launched Forecast Snapshot, which integrates with Google Maps and provides ...
www.avencia.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... AVENCIA INC. Avencia's Cicero is a Web-based service to help citizens, local governments, unions, ...
www.caryandassociates.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... CARY AND ASSOCIATES Cary and Associates now offers a Web-based GeoStore, featuring individually ...
www.GoSee4Me.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... GOSEE4ME GoSee4Me is a service offered by a network of ...
code.google.com/p/gnizr.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... IMAGE MATTERS Image Matters released the source code of gnizr Community under the Mozilla Public License, ...
www.GeoStore.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... INFOTERRA LTD. Infoterra launched its GeoStore service to help property developers carry out initial site surveys ...
locationnation.com.(NETLINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... LOCATIONNATION The GeoSpatial Media Organizer is a free online service for managing and sharing personal GPS ...
Pitney Bowes moves 170 jobs to New York.(PEOPLELINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Stamford, Conn.-based Pitney Bowes Inc. is moving 170 jobs into the Pitney Bowes Software (formerly MapInfo) facility located at One Global View, Troy, N.Y. Approximately 120 of the jobs are relocating from a Pitney Bowes site in Colonie, N.Y., and the others are new positions. ...
Avencian.(PEOPLELINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Avencia added Carissa Brittain, Josh Marcus and Aaron Ogle as software ...
CARIS.(PEOPLELINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... CARIS appointed Mark Matthews ...
Nick Land joined ESRI's European operations as business-development manager for cadastre and national mapping agencies.(PEOPLELINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Nick Land joined ESRI's European operations as business-development manager for cadastre and ...
Geographic Technologies Group.(PEOPLELINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Geographic Technologies Group added Emily Jungblut-Swinarski and Summer Purcell as ...
Infotech.(PEOPLELINK)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tom Godish joined Infotech ...
Lightning and balloon projects take off.(GOVERNMENTCONNECTION)
Feb 01, 2008 ... NASA, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tapped Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems to build an instrument that will map lightning. The Geostationary Lightning Mapper project carries an estimated value of $96.7 million, if all contract ...
NGA says GO a Go for 2008.(GOVERNMENTCONNECTION)(National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)(GEOINT Online)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is preparing to launch a Web-based capability for finding, viewing, analyzing and sharing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). The new function, GEOINT Online (GO), is set to launch by the end of 2008, and it will integrate several ...
How to determine exactly "where is what".(BEYONDMAPPING)
Feb 01, 2008; ... Wikipedia defines accuracy as "the degree of veracity" (exactness) and precision as "the degree of reproducibility" (repeatable). It uses an archery target as an analogy to explain the difference between the two terms, where measurements are compared to arrows shot at the target (left side ...
GIS and homeland defense: are we ready yet?(EDGENODES)
Feb 01, 2008; ... Responding to terror and defending against it have been growth industries among the GIS community since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Terror may be induced artificially, or it may occur in the form of natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 or the California wildfires of ...
The tie that binds: can GIS rescue federal government collaboration?(Government GIS)
Feb 01, 2008; ... In the last five years or so, the federal government has worked to improve interagency communications to better respond to pressing issues, such as national security, and mobilize more quickly in the wake of natural disasters. GIS plays a strong role in these and many other areas of the ...
See storm use SWARM: a new context-sensitive situational-awareness tool helps with severe-weather preparedness, response and recovery efforts.(Emergency Management)(severe weather awareness, response and mitigation)
Feb 01, 2008; ... The Kansas City metropolitan area lies in "Tornado Alley," the central part of the United States where the most frequent and severe tornados occur. Since 1950, tornadic incidents have killed 46 people and injured 361 more, causing an average of more than $5 million in damages annually in ...
Flying enterprise: an International Airport integrates Oracle Spatial.(Infrastructure)
Feb 01, 2008; ... Toronto's Pearson International Airport is Canada's busiest airport, handling 31 million passengers in 2006. Established in 1939, Pearson Airport currently handles more than 1,200 arrivals and departures every day--more than 418,000 aircraft movements in 2006. By the year 2020, the number ...
Trimble.(PRODUCTNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Trimble introduced two Nomad rugged handheld computers: 800LC and 800LE. A Nomad Battery Module also is ...
ESRI.(DATA)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ESRI released ArcGIS Data Appliance, which gives ArcGIS Server users a new way ...
Facet Technology Corp.(DATA)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Facet Technology Corp. introduced its routable road network for the continental United States, Sight-Map, which is ...
NAVTEQ.(DATA)
Feb 01, 2008 ... NAVTEQ introduced an expanded version of NAVTEQ Transport with new coverage in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium and Luxembourg; new data types; and ...
1Spatial.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... 1Spatial released Radius Vision 4.2 and Radius Mobile 4.2, providing native ...
Aerials Express.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Aerials Express released ECEY View aerial-mapping software, ...
Autodesk Inc.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Autodesk Inc. announced Autodesk Topobase Electric software, a new infrastructure-management solution ...
Azteca Systems Inc.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Azteca Systems Inc. released Cityworks Metrics Web Service API, an extension toolkit that provides a supported ...
The Carbon Project.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Carbon Project updated CarbonArc PRO for ArcGIS 9.2, providing ...
ESRI (UK).(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ESRI (UK) launched Productivity Suite 1.1 and LocatorHub ...
GfK GeoMarketing.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... GfK GeoMarketing released RegioGraph 10 and DISTRICT 10 ...
IDV Solutions.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... IDV Solutions announced that its Federated Search Connector enables Microsoft Search Server 2008 to integrate with its visual-composite application ...
Interactive Data Visualization Inc.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Interactive Data Visualization Inc. introduced Eye-Sys, in which text files, 3-D models, ...
FORSight Resources.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FORSight Resources announced FORSim--Longleaf Pine Growth Simulator, which provides biometricians and ...
James W. Sewall Co.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... James W. Sewall Co. released ...
Manifold.net.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Manifold.net offers Manifold System 8, which runs at ...
mobilePeople.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... mobilePeople launched liquid MAPs for directory ...
Northrop Grumman Corp.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Northrop Grumman Corp. added the Commercial Joint Mapping Geospatial Appliance to its ...
Safe Software.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Safe Software introduced a free FME ...
Tensing.(SOFTWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tensing integrated its real-time mobile GIS solutions, Tensing Live Connect and Live Update, ...
GAO RFID.(HARDWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... GAO RFID released two new Blue-tooth-enabled RFID paddle readers, each providing a ...
Geospatial Systems Inc.(HARDWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Geospatial Systems Inc. developed a new Tactical Airborne Mapping and Surveillance ...
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging.(HARDWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging developed a new Tactical Airborne Mapping Surveillance system, featuring a ...
Panasonic Computer Solutions Co.(HARDWARE)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. introduced three new business-rugged notebook ...
ATP.(MISC.)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ATP introduced the ATP GPS Photo Finder, a portable photo ...
Avineon Inc.(MISC.)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Avineon Inc. released Avineonics, an information system that helps organizations automate the preparation, ...
Bentley Systems Inc.(MISC.)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Bentley Systems Inc. announced a trial program for generative design in architecture and engineering, including a no-charge 90-day subscription ...
ESRI Press.(MISC.)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ESRI Press published GIS for Homeland Security ...
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging.(MISC.)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging announced that a free, low-res ...
Traffic.com.(MISC.)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Traffic.com launched TrafficOne Mobile, delivering ...
BAE Systems.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BAE Sytems received a 30-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new ...
1Spatial.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... 1Spatial is part of a three-company team, led by Intergraph Corp., that will provide Ordnance Survey with a ...
3D Laser Mapping.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... 3D Laser Mapping signed an exclusive agreement with Australia's C. R. Kennedy & ...
Autodesk Inc.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Autodesk Inc. will provide Southern California Edison ...
Avatech Solutions Inc.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Avatech Solutions Inc. is a Gold Dealer of ...
Bentley Systems.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Bentley Systems announced that Nacap Telecom BV won a 2007 BE Award in the ...
BlueSky.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BlueSky planted 50 trees in the National Forest to help absorb carbon ...
CDR Group.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... CDR Group partnered with Australia's Portolan ...
DMTI Spatial.(BUSINESSNEWS)(Altus Group Inc.)(Brief article)
Feb 01, 2008 ... DMTI Spatial won a contract from Altus Group to provide geographical data to enhance its automated property-valuation models; was selected by DHL Express to provide mapping data; and commissioned an independent research study, ...
eSpatial.(BUSINESSNEWS)
Feb 01, 2008 ... eSpatial announced that Hull City Council won an Exemplar Award for an ...