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,...

New Blue Marble Image Captivates Millions

New Blue Marble Image Captivates Millions

People love images of the full disk of Earth as it would appear from space. NASA science colleague Norman Kuring recently took some fresh data from the agency’s newest Earth observation satellite, projected them onto a disk and voila—3 million people viewed the...

Spotlight on Sea-Level Rise

Spotlight on Sea-Level Rise

Scientists recently gathered in the Azores to share findings on how satellites have revealed changes in the height of the sea, ice, inland bodies of water and more. Of concern to all is the fact that global sea level has not only been rising steadily over the last 25 years, but recently it is rising at a much faster rate.

MDA Continues to Provide RADARSAT Information in India

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 12, 2014—MDA’s Information Systems group (MDA) today announced that it has signed a contract with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of India to continue to provide RADARSAT information until June 2015.  NRSC has...