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GIS and the “Google Phenomenon” – from Directions Magazine
A recent editorial by Joe Francica at Directions Magazine discusses the impact of the “Google Phenomenon” on the geospatial software industry, and offers some interesting perspectives on how Google Maps […]
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Landscape Epidemiology and geospatial technologies
Understanding how diseases spread is not a new discipline of study, but with increased concerns about the effects of our global world on the spread of dangerous viruses like SARS, […]
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Abstracts for URISA’s Annual Conference in 2006
Online abstract submission for URISA’s 2006 Annual Meeting in Vancouver is now up and running, with abstract submissions due by January 6, 2006. You can submit your abstract at the […]
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Beyond Einstein Live Webcast
Although it’s not strictly geography, this is still pretty cool. A 12-hour live global webcast will be going on today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s theory of relativity, […]
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Landsat 5 in trouble
On November 26th, Landsat 5 began experiencing problems with its back-up solar array drive, which maintains the proper pointing angle between the array and the sun to charge the batteries. […]
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MapServer Foundation
Monday marked the launch of the MapServer Foundation, a “nonprofit legal entity established to support the needs of the open source web mapping community.” Included among the 11 people who […]
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Microsoft selects 15-meter imagery for Windows Live Local
Harris Corporation announced on Monday that Microsoft will be using their 15-meter Global Dataset imagery for their Windows Live Local Powered by Virtual Earth. I couldn’t find a definite release […]
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Digital Rights Management for Geographic Information
A Geoplace feature article by John Herring, who works at Oracle and is editor of GeoInformatica, briefly discusses the issue of DRM (Digital Rights Management) in the geospatial community). An […]
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New Demos for Boston HyperMap Atlas
StrataVarious, the company that has developed the Boston HyperMap Atlas, has just released 2 new demos, one using MSN Virtual Earth and one using Yahoo Maps. They have also prepared […]
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Our GIS Day podcast is a Success Story!
the VerySpatial Podcast GIS Day 2005 episode is highlighted on the GISDay.com Success Stories webpage! Thanks again to Frank and to Rick Lawson of ESRI for joining us on the […]
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