GISCafe Voice Posts Tagged ‘GIS’Marissa Mayer joins Yahoo as CEOTuesday, July 17th, 2012Yahoo has had a bumpy ride during the past year as far as keeping executives at the helm and boosting revenues. Just last September former Autodesk CEO, Carol Bartz, was ousted from her position as CEO of Yahoo, followed by Scott Thompason who was forced out in May for padding his resume. The interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn, was thought to be next in line for the job.
Google Map Maker for South Africa and Egypt added to Google MapsTuesday, July 3rd, 2012Google Maps has made available Google Map Maker for South Africa and Egypt. Flood modeling data with Intermap Digital Elevation Models and HydrologyTuesday, July 3rd, 2012In a webcast presented by Carahsoft, Intermap representatives talked about the fact that they have “the world’s largest 3D terrain database with the one meter LE 90 accuracy and consistency.” LE 90 is a linear air of 90 percent, and is commonly used for quoting and validating DEMs. LE 90 value represents the linear vertical distance of 90 percent of control points, and the respective twin matching counterparts acquired in an independent geodetic survey should be found from each other. For the U.S., which most on this call is interested in, Intermap has mapped the entire lower 48 plus some of Alaska.
Geofeedia offers geo search of social mediaTuesday, July 3rd, 2012
The young company Geofeedia offers aggregating capabilities of a new kind – assembling data from various social media sources such as Instagram, Twitter, Picassa and others – representing that data on a nice visual map with pins. Each source has a specific pin so that users can see the source and location of the data.  Geofeedia aggregates data from various social media sources such as Instagram, Twitter, Picassa and others - representing that data on a nice visual map with pins. Each source has a specific pin so that users can see the source and location of the data. The Vast Reach of the European Environment Agency (Reprint)Wednesday, June 27th, 2012Since Eye on Earth just won an award at the Rio+20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero, it seemed fitting to reprint this article about the EEA and the role of Eye on Earth. Article Reprinted from GISWeekly, June 20, 2011 The Vast Reach of the European Environment Agency  European Environment Agency main building, Copenhagen Magellan and Effigis partnership punch up the eXplorist GIS Pro 10Tuesday, June 26th, 2012Magellan announced its partnership with Effigis to enhance customers’ ability to collect and post-process geo-localized data. The product that will take advantage of this partnership is Magellan’s eXplorist GIS Pro 10 — a rugged, lightweight, waterproof and bluetooth-enabled handheld GPS device designed for GPS/GIS data collection.
New GIS system to help locate storm victimsThursday, June 21st, 2012Knowing where a person storm shelter is located is critical to being able to locate victims trapped in them after a tornado like the one that tore through Franklin County, Alabama on April 27th, 2011. A new GIS mapping system will help locate victims trapped in personal storm shelters. |
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