Armchair Geography
Geospatial technology has allowed users the ability to travel the world without ever leaving home. Users can explore the world, inside and out. Last October, … Read more
Geospatial Redux: Envisat End of Mission Declared, GIS for Geocaching, Tunneling the Earth
With communication broken with the earth monitoring satellite since April 8, 2012, the European Space Agency (ESA) has declared an end of mission for Envisat. … Read more
Envisat Satellite Malfunctioning
Envisat, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) earth observation satellite, has stopped functioning properly. Communication with the satellite was lost on April 8th when data was … Read more
Best of GIS: Notable 2011 Geospatial Happenings
It’s been a very long time since I’ve done a “best of GIS” year end review. Listed below are some of what I have … Read more
Landsat Satellite Imagery
450 terrabytes of Landsat imagery from the European Space Agency’s archives has been opened up to the public for free. The agency’s archives covers 30 … Read more
Understanding the Earth’s Gravity with ESA’s Swarm Satellites
The European Space Agency will be launching three satellites next year with the objective of studying the earth’s gravity.
Detecting Surface Change and Avalanche Mapping
Due to the precise measurements take can be taking from InSAR, changes in land movements can be detected as small as a few millimeters.
GIS News: CityEngine, Image of the Week, CalGIS Call for Abstracts
News from the geospatial industry includes an announcement from Esri about a CityEngine course its staff will teach at SIGGRAPH 2011, the Image of the … Read more
GIS News: Horn of Africa Drought, Image of the Week, OpenDataPhilly
The European Space Agency has released Horn of Africa drought imagery and its image of the week showing Patagonia. The OGC is seeking input … Read more
GIS News: FME Webinar, Maritime Surveillance, Esri Workbook
The latest roundup of GIS related news includes a free webinar on FME, final call for papers for the European LiDAR Mapping forum, and a … Read more
GIS News: Esri releases, Image of the Week from ESA
The roundup of geospatial news over the past week includes several software and data announcements from Esri, an image of the week from ESA covering the volcanic island of Guadalupe, and the winners of the 2011 Thacher Environmental Research Contest. SuperGeo, Topcon, TC Technology, OGC, Bluesky, eSpatial, IDV Solutions, gvSIG, and Safe Software also have released announcements.