2004 GeoDigest: Around the Net

 

 

August 25, 2004

USGS GeoSpatial Reorganization
Editorial by Joe Francica of Directions Magazine on the recent reorganization at the USGS and the creation of the National Geospatial Programs Office (NGPO).

 

July 12, 2004

Where's Fido?
Article from the International Herald Tribune on the services offered by GPS Tracks to enable pet owners to monitor the location of their dogs.

 

May 17, 2004

Necrogeography
Necrogeography is the geography of burial practices. Find resources and links to web sites relating to necrogeography including map server applications.

May 11, 2004

FSGeodata Clearinghouse
The FSGeodata Clearinghouse provides download access to selected geospatial information and metadata held by the Forest Service for National Forest System lands, including feature data such as roads and streams, map images, and fire mapping information. .

April 25, 2004

A GISuser Primer on the National Elevation Data Product (NED)  
A brief overview on what the National Elevation Data Product is, where to find it and how to use it.

April 18, 2004

CartoTalk
A public forum for cartography and design. Join the discussion and post questions, ideas, and tutorials.

April 17, 2004

Public Health Mapping
GIS tools, data and resources for public health mapping from the World Health Organization (WHO).

April 15, 2004

Plotting Your Jogging
How-to article from Engadget on how to use GPS technology to plot your jogging routes.

April 11, 2004

Asian Surveying and Mapping (ASM)
An Australian-based monthly online magazine that covers Asian geospatial news and events.

April 10, 2004

GeoMax
A list of various GIS resources available for Macintosh. Remote sensing software, GIS, and GPS solutions available on the Macintosh platform are listed there..

April 9, 2004

Christine GIS
Christine GIS system is free GIS software allows you viewing and spatial querying vector and raster data, creating and editing tabular data, connect DBMS by ODBC, creating applications by integrated script language.

March 26, 2004

Public Participation GIS
Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) - Participatory Avenues acts as a focal point for sharing information and technical progress on community-based mapping and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS). The website provides ample documentation on Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM), an efficient tool for merging indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information. P3DM applications include community-based natural resources management, collaborative research and planning, resource use, control and tenure, and related conflict management.

March 21, 2004

International Journal of Health Geographics
International Journal of Health Geographics, an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed and fully archived in PubMed Central and other archives around the globe.

March 21, 2004

Environmental Groups Sue Forest Service
The Lands Council and the Selkirk Conservation Alliance are suing the U.S. Forest Service Panhandle Forest Service under the Freedom of Information Act for GIS data.

March 14, 2004

Mapping Opportunities
Article by Virginia Gewan appearing in the January 22, 2004 volume of Nature on the growing job market for scientists in the field of GIS.

March 12, 2004

Great Wall Myth to be Removed from Textbooks
As a result of Sending its first astronaut into space, China will be amending their schoolbooks to reflect the fact that the Great Wall is not visible from space.

March 11, 2004

Manifold GIS 5.5
Manifold recently released version 5.5 of their GIS software package which runs on Windows OS platforms.

March 9, 2004

Intergraph Education Grants
Intergraph provides grants of cash and software to support initiatives in research and to support education in the GIS field.

March 8, 2004

Digital Map Helps Track Criminals
March 8 article from BBC News on the use of GIS and mapping technologies to help catch criminals.

March 5, 2004

GIS Based Livestock Inventory
Brief article posted March 5th from Pig Industry News on the development of a GIS-based inventory system by Angus Geosolutions to track agricultural livestock.

March 3, 2004

GISUser.com Launches
Developed and managed by popular GIS media analyst, Glenn Letham and published by Allen Cheves, co-founder of The American Surveyor Magazine (www.theamericansurveyor.com), GISuser.com is the next-generation online community resource for the geospatial technology user and manager. The target audience ranges from enterprise GIS architects, GIS managers, corporate CEOs, spatial application developers, to the casual desktop mapping enthusiast.

February 22, 2004

Computer Program Will Make the Geography Field Trip a Thing of the Past
February 22 article posted in the Telegraph News on the development of a virtual geography field trip software program at Cambridge University.

February 21, 2004

City Monitors Employees with GPS
February 21 article from ABC.com on the use of GPS tracking to monitor public employees with the City of Oakland.

February 14, 2004

GPS Satellite Tracks Badland Coyote Population
February 16, 2004 article in USA Today on the use of satellite technology to help track coyote populations in Badlands National Park located in South Dakota.

February 14, 2004

Ivan Getting Inducted into Hall of Fame
Ivan Getting was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame on February 14th for his role in conceiving Global Positioning Systems.

 

 

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