In February, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) responded to concern about increased El Nino flood risk by releasing new data on National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies, which showed an increase in more than 27,000 new NFIP policies written in California during the month of December 2015.
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New National Flood Insurance Program Data Released by FEMA
Monday, March 21st, 2016
FedGIS 2016 Summit: Earth Science as it is Today
Thursday, March 10th, 2016At Esri Federal GIS two weeks ago, there were a number of three-hour presentations called “Summits” that focused on particular areas of expertise and featured many federal agency experts.
FedGIS Day 2 Plenary: From National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to Greener Infrastructure
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016At Esri FedGIS held in Washington D.C. last week, the second day opened with inspiring plenary speaker, Susan Gordon, deputy director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA).
Esri Federal User Conference 2016 Kicks Off
Thursday, February 25th, 2016It would seem from the presentations at the Esri Federal User Conference 2016 held in Washington D. C. this week, that the federal government is becoming more “open” on the subject of data, while at the same time protecting the nation’s security perhaps more fiercely than ever.
GISCafe Attends Esri Federal User Conference in Washington, D.C.
Friday, February 19th, 2016This coming week, February 24-25, join more than 3,500 federal professionals to explore ground-breaking ways government uses geospatial technology to solve the world’s greatest challenges. GIS provides a platform like no other to integrate data, perform dynamic analysis, and then take action.
Visibility Mapping from CartoConsult Illustrates Proposed Quarry Extension
Friday, February 5th, 2016CartoConsult created a “before and after” photomontage to help to secure planning permission for a quarry extension in Kent. Working with DB Landscape Consultancy (DBLC) on behalf of site owners Ferns, CartoConsult prepared the high resolution photomontage to show the potential visibility for a sensitive site of the proposed extension to the existing Wrotham Quarry.
Calling all Participants: February Topic – the Cloud and Collaboration
Friday, February 5th, 2016
ArcGIS Earth Launched
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016ArcGIS Earth from Esri, a free, desktop-based interactive globe that can be used to explore the world, was launched last week. The globe works with various 3D and 2D map data formats including KML, Google’s data format. Among its capabilities are the ability for users to display data on the globe, sketch place marks, measure distances and areas, and add annotations for easy understanding of spatial information.
OpenGeo Suite 4.8 Offers New Vector Tile Support and Much More
Thursday, January 21st, 2016GISCafe Voice spoke with Sean Brady, chief marketing officer of Boundless, a spatial IT solutions provider, about the new release of OpenGeo Suite 4.8that offers the ability to serve Mapbox vector tiles from GeoServer directly.
Avenza’s PDF Maps and Affiliate Program for Digital Natives
Friday, January 15th, 2016In a world that is rapidly becoming less paper based and more dependent upon digital products, the introduction of a map app that copies the model of iTunes and Kindle is an appealing commodity. Avenza’s PDF Maps does just this: makes PDF maps downloadable on mobile devices to be available anywhere – while abroad, in remote areas and in the back country.
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