Salt Lake City, Jan. 30, 2013—Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is a partner in the $20 million National Information, Security, and Geospatial Technology Consortium. Funded by a U.S. Department of Labor grant, this partnership will help the College train people for...
Cumberland Chapter of URISA Established
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 1, 2013—A group of 15 GIS Professionals met on Monday, January 28th, at the offices of Connected Nation, in Bowling Green, Kentucky and officially established the Cumberland Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association...
Woolpert Partners with Parsons on $1.5 Billion FAA Contract
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2013—Woolpert, a national geospatial, design and infrastructure management firm, announced today it was named a key teammate on the Parsons Government Services Inc. team to provide design, construction and geospatial support services on...
JLENS-Mounted Sensor Observes Role Players Planting Mock IED
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 14, 2013—A recent demonstration proved that operators can observe surface moving targets -- including a terrorist role-player planting an improvised explosive device -- in real time using a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) MTS-B Multi-Spectral...
When Disaster Strikes, Cloud GIS Helps Save Lives
AURORA, Colo., Jan. 22, 2013—People worried about getting caught in an earthquake will be relieved to know there’s an app for that. The iPhone app, Earthquake Buddy, which was recently featured at an IEEE conference, sends a warning email to those in 5.0 and...
Congressman Joe Garcia to Keynote MAPPS Winter Conference
Reston, Va., Jan. 17, 2013—Congressman Joe Garcia, a Democrat from Florida's 26th District, will be the keynote speaker for the MAPPS Winter Conference, to be held January 27-31 at the Trump International Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, FL, MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the...
Merrick Announces New MAPA Team Member
Aurora, Colo., Jan. 24, 2013—Merrick & Company (www.merrick.com) announces that Rocco A.L. Rabilotta Pisters has joined the firm’s subsidiary, Merrick Advanced Photogrammetry of the Americas (MAPA), in Mexico City and serves the geospatial solutions (GSS) team...
Merrick's Bethel to Present at LiDAR Mapping Conference
Denver, Jan. 17, 2013—Merrick’s Matt Bethel, GISP, Director of Technology, will present at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF)13 Conference held 2/11 – 2/13 in Denver, Colorado.  Bethel’s presentation on “Automated LiDAR Quality Control†will be...
2013-2014 URISA Vanguard Cabinet Members Announced
Des Plaines, Ill., Jan. 18, 2013—URISA is pleased to announce the new members of its Vanguard Cabinet. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a URISA initiative to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization, and better understand the concerns...
Astrium Reviews 2012 Success
Paris, January 28, 2013—In making his New Year media presentation, Astrium CEO François Auque announced that Europe’s leading space industry company had generated an estimated revenue of 5.8 billion euros in 2012, an increase of 7% on a constant perimeter basis...
