Measurements from the European Space Agency's CryoSat satellite show that the volume of Arctic sea ice measured this autumn is about 50 percent higher than last year.
Where Are the Best New Year's Eve Parties?
Courtesy of Esri, explore New Year's Eve celebrations around the world, ranging from concerts and pyrotechnic displays to historic traditions like plunges into bodies of water.
Industry Updates Nov/Dec
DigitalGlobe Launches Educational Foundation DigitalGlobe launched the DigitalGlobe Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on fostering the growth of the next generation of geospatial technology professionals. “The foundation was established on the belief that...
Earthquake Births New Island off Pakistan
On Sept. 24, 2013, a major earthquake rattled western Pakistan, killing at least 350 people and leaving more than 100,000 homeless. Amidst the destruction, a new island was created offshore in the Paddi Zirr (West Bay) near Gwadar, Pakistan. Likely a “mud...
Moving from Traditional GIS to Web GIS
By Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri (www.esri.com), Redlands, Calif. Today, our world is facing serious challenges on many fronts. It’s becoming clear we need to collectively work to create a better future. This means leveraging our best design talent,...
Striking a Passionate Chord for Nature
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not....
NGA Responds to Colorado Floods
By Tim Little, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Bethesda, Md. When floods devastated parts of Colorado in September 2013, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the lead federal agency for Colorado...
Moving from Pixels to Products
WorldView-3 promises to enhance automated information extraction and change detection in remotely sensed imagery. By Kumar Navulur, Bill Baugh, Greg Hammann and Vic Leonard, DigitalGlobe (www.digitalglobe.com), Longmont, Colo. After more than 40 years, the remote...
Exploring the Benefits of Active vs. Passive Spaceborne Systems
By Simon Hennig, application development manager, Astrium Services, GEO-Information (www.astrium-geo.com), Friedrichshafen, Germany. A growing number of commercial Earth observation satellite platforms can be divided into two classes: active sensors and passive...
Disaster Management: Staying Ahead of the Storm
Comprehensive geospatial data integration underpins effective disaster management. By Mladen Stojic, vice president, Geospatial, Intergraph (www.intergraph.com), Norcross, Ga. We live in a world where natural disasters increasingly impact massive populations. Natural...
