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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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/