Susan SmithSusan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ weekly newsletters. She writes on a number of topics, including but not limited to geospatial, architecture, engineering and construction. As many technologies evolve and occasionally merge, Susan finds herself uniquely situated to be able to cover diverse topics with facility. « Less
Susan SmithSusan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More »
March 8th, 2010 by Susan Smith
Forest Fire Detection March 1, 2010, P-GIS.com
David Fletcher, CTO, Utah Andy Opsahl, March 1, 2010 Government Technology
Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase Stephanie Rosenbloom, February 26, 2010, The New York Times (registration required)
Video: Bloom Energy unveils the Bloom Energy Server CNET News.com
Olympics notebook: Mapping the Vancouver Games by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Satellite Images and GIS Aid in Disease Mapping and Surveillance Satellite Imaging Corporation
Indiana Launches Innovative Site Selection Website StateIN.ZoomProspector.com March 1, 2010, PRWeb
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March 8th, 2010 by Susan Smith
Today Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) division Senior Vice President Jack Pellicci was appointed to serve on the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), a Federal Advisory Committee sponsored by the Department of the Interior.
On February 8, 2010, The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced in a press release that three key GITA leaders have been appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC).
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar appointed a total of 14 individuals to serve as members of the NGAC on Thursday, Feb. 4. The NGAC provides advice and recommendations on federal geospatial policy and management issues as well as a forum to convey views representative of partners in the geospatial community. The members of the NGAC report to the chair of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), which is the Federal interagency executive group responsible for providing leadership and direction in federal geospatial programs. The FGDC is chaired by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary’s designee.
The appointed individuals include GITA’s 2010 President, Cindi Salas, Director, Land & Field Services, CenterPoint Energy; 2010 President-elect Dr. Robert F. Austin, Enterprise Application Integration Manager, City of Tampa; and Research Committee Chair and Past President David DiSera, Vice President & CTO, EMA, Inc. Past GITA Board and Executive Committee Member Xavier Lopez, Director, Location Based Services, Oracle Corporation, was also appointed.”
Tags: NGAC appointments
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March 3rd, 2010 by Susan Smith
This is what I have so far and will add to it as more information emerges:
Websites:
Google Crisis Response Map of the Chile Earthquake
Google Mapmaker
chile.ushahidi.com
According to a blog at OpenStreetMap, Rapideye has made available to OpenStreetMap satellite images of areas of Chile affected by the earthquake. The images are copyrighted but can be used to add data to OSM.
For information on how to include these images into JOSM and Potlatch see
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake/Imagery_and_data_sou…
The MapRoom
Crisis Commons nothing posted here yet.
USGS
Podcast: Lessons From Chile
Articles:
Quake Finds Tsunami Forecasts Still Limited Kenneth Chang, March 2, 2010, The New York Times (registration required)
Satellite Images and GIS Aid in Tsunami and Earthquake Disaster Recovery Satellite Imaging Corporation
Tags: Chilean tsunami, geospatial
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March 3rd, 2010 by Susan Smith
“With mail-out of the 2010 Census forms less than one month away, the U. S. Census Bureau unveiled a new online mapping tool that allows communities nationwide to prepare for the 2010 Census by seeing how well they did mailing back their 2000 Census forms.
Visitors to the new Google-based map will be able to find the 2000 Census mail participation rates for states, counties and cities, as well as smaller areas called “census tracts.” After the 2010 Census forms are mailed out in mid-March, the online map will be updated to include a tracking tool with daily updates of the 2010 Census mail participation rates for local areas across the nation. Users will be able to compare their 2010 Census progress using their 2000 Census rates as a benchmark..”
–from the press release March 3, 2010
Tags: Google, mapping tool, U.S. Census 2010
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March 1st, 2010 by Susan Smith
The market is ripe for Yellowfin Business Intelligence which offers new location intelligence, allowing inbound call data from customers to be analyzed as easily as their web data. The integrated Business Intelligence and Location Intelligence solution makes greater use of spatial data and targets customers like Jet Interactive, Australia’s leading inbound number provider. This company has integrated Yellowfin BI and LI to its Call Tracker solution. The system uses GIS to facilitate the visualization of customers’ call data and regional statistical and demographic data in conjunction with standard tabular data.
Tags: location intelligence, Yellowfin
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February 25th, 2010 by Susan Smith
On Wednesday Autodesk stock fell 2% after the company’s announcements of profitability on Tuesday:
Tech Stocks Head South, Wall Street Journal, Thursday, February 25, 2010
News stories on Autodesk’s Q4 announcement:
Autodesk Posts Sequential Revenue, Profitability and Cash Flow Growth, AECCafe News
Autodesk, Inc. Q4 2010 Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha
Autodesk (ADSK) Reports Strong Q4 Results, Shares Jump StreetInsider.com, February 23, 2010
Tags: Autodesk, Q4 earnings
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February 25th, 2010 by Susan Smith
It would seem that Google and Microsoft have been vying for mapping airtime during the Olympics in Vancouver. According to a CNET article, “Google has been featuring Olympic-themed doodles on its home page, while Bing is featuring Olympic-themed photos as its background, with the images rotating several times a day. Microsoft can also tap the fact it is helping power NBC’s Olympics Web site through MSN, giving it access to quite a bit of content from the Games….
Bing Maps has a special Olympics page that lets visitors see medal charts and click on a country to see how its athletes are faring. Meanwhile, Microsoft has also updated Vancouver with new street-side imagery and made it one of three cities (along with Seattle and San Francisco) in which it is trying out new features, such as Flickr integration”
For its part, Google features an interactive schedule, with links to medal results, news, and the venues. To get additional imagery for its maps program, Google augmented its usual fleet of cars with Street View photos captured by snowmobile.
Vancouver Sun reporter Jeff Lee has been covering the preparation for the Games since 2003.
His Vancouver map, created on top of Google Maps, has pin points for everything from the venues, to public events, national pavilions, and public transit stops and road closures.”
Olympics notebook: Mapping the Vancouver Games by Ina Fried, CNET News.com
Tags: Google, Microsoft, Olympics, Vancouver
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February 19th, 2010 by Susan Smith
Some new features desired in mobile phones include - mobile video conferencing, biometric sensors, common awareness between devices and green battery power. February 19, 2010
The New York Times, Bits by Nick Bilton
GISWORX 2010 to provide rich content to all Enterprise and GIS clients, February 17, 2010, Arabian Business
Ohio University Geographers to use GIS to Study Climate Change Adaptation in East Africa February 16, 2010, GIS and Science
Expanded GIS Services Available at the University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection February 17, 2010, Ball State University Libraries’ News
Weather Forecast: Why GIS is the Future of Weather Tracking TechWonder blogspot
OSI Geospatial to Report 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results February 16, 2010, IT.TMC.net
Tags: bits, bytes
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February 18th, 2010 by Susan Smith
Skape is a geospatial 3D city mapping service product from Infoterra that offers advanced imagery of 3D heighted buildings of the UK’s major cities. 99% of the data collected for this product is Infoterra-owned, and the company uses its own dedicated fleet of aircraft to capture fully textured imagery. The new product is designed for environmentalists, architects, planners, local authorities and surveyors. Skape enables users to manipulate urban landscapes online by combining high resolution 3D textured city models with 2D mapping and terrain data.
Tags: 3D city mapping, Infoterra, Skape
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February 16th, 2010 by Susan Smith
Land Surveyor Research and Resource Center Website Launched in California
www.tiepoints.com was launched to serve as a research and resource center for California Land Surveyors interesting in obtaining copies of recorded Subdivision maps, Record of Survey Maps, Corner Records and other land survey related records.
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/7056/
Tags: California, land surveying, portal
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