June 26, 2013
Forward-thinking organizations are embracing next-generation mobile solutions to empower geospatial workflows. By Mladen Stojic, vice president, Geospatial, Intergraph (www.intergraph.com), Norcross, Ga. Mobility has reached near ubiquity. This year, Gartner Group estimates that more people will access the Internet through mobile devices than through traditional desktop systems. Today’s organizations require mobile solutions with flexibility and depth
June 26, 2013
New job titles provide employment structure and related skills in this expanding sector of the geospatial industry. By John Johnson, GIS Workshop (www.gisws.com), Encinitas, Calif. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) formally recognized the remote sensing field. This came about with the department’s creation of two new standard occupational
June 26, 2013
By Michael E. Hutt, U.S. Geological Survey UAS Project Office (http://uas.usgs.gov), Denver. The Department of the Interior (DOI) manages more than 500 million acres of surface land, or about one-fifth of U.S. land. Within DOI, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides impartial information on ecosystems, natural hazards, water resources, energy, climate, land use change and
June 26, 2013
By Adam Keith, director, Space & Earth Observation, Euroconsult (www.euroconsult-na.com), Montreal. Ongoing global unrest continues to stimulate the defense and security communities’ appetite for satellite imagery. Geographically tense areas demand continuous monitoring by regional governments and/or independent observers. During the last decade, unrest in the Middle East, North Africa and the Korean Peninsula, among others
June 26, 2013
By Drew Esson, director, Information Partner Program, DigitalGlobe, Longmont, Colo., www.digitalglobe.com. Today’s imagery market largely comprises do-it-yourself users. Imagery providers capture an image that’s shipped to a user or reseller partner where it may be additionally processed. Finally, an end user integrates it into his or her workflow—a model that’s worked for years. But can
June 26, 2013
“I feel about the airplane much as I do in regard to fire. That is, I regret all the terrible damage caused by fire. But I think it is good for the human race that someone discovered how to start fires and that it is possible to put fire to thousands of important uses.” —
May 31, 2013
According to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), the four decades between 1970 and the end of 2011 yielded more than 104,000 worldwide acts of terror. It’s no surprise that politically unstable areas in the Middle East, North Africa, South America and South Asia accounted for more than
May 31, 2013
By George Demmy, chief technology officer, TerraGo (www.terragotech.com), Atlanta. We live in an era where a continuous stream of information emerges in real time from myriad locations and sources, including online news stories, blogs and social media. The availability of such information on the Web through standard interfaces means we have access to a wealth
May 31, 2013
By Tim Little, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Springfield, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is known for its critical support of military and anti-terror initiatives. Often under the radar, however, are the agency’s ongoing efforts to expand its disaster relief capabilities. For instance, when Hurricane Sandy struck the U.S. East Coast
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