ESRI Canada has published a case study about the use of ArcGIS.com by Canadian students to learn about their environment. By learning spatial skills, the students were able to study and map out a local environmental issue, the erosion of the Scarborough Bluffs. Recently, the school leveraged the geographic information system […]
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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 new workbook from Esri Press. The European Space Agency has a writeup about the use of satellite data in maritime surveillance. Industry announcements have also […]
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GIS News: Map of the Month from GfK GeoMarketing, ESRI Canada's Flex Tools for MASAS
The OGC has announced its new board of directors in today’s geospatial news roundup. GfK GeoMarketing has a new map of the month detailing retail spending as a share of private spending, SuperGeo has released SuperGIS Mobile Tour 3.0 for Android, and ESRI Canada has released ESRI Flex Tools for MASAS, and […]
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GIS News: Online Native Plant Center, Esri Appoints New Chief Scientist, Image of the Week
The latest geospatial news includes an announcement from Esri on its new Chief Scientist, the launching of an online Native Plant Center by Image Matters, and press releases from Topcon, ESRI Canada, Merrick, and Cityworks. Lastly, ESA’s image of the week is from Alaska’s Yukon Delta. Esri Ocean scientist, geographer, and geographic […]
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GIS News: URISA, ESRI Canada, Agency9, SuperGeo, RapidEye
The latest news from the geospatial industry has several software announcements: SuperGIS Server now supports KML, FME 2011 allows for faster data retrieval, and Agency9 has released CityPlanner 2.0. ESRI Canada has announced a new Award of Excellence and URISA is accepting applications for its Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards […]
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GIS News: Esri, GfK Geomarketing, Bentley
The latest geospatial industry news includes administrative and political geographic data from GfK Geomarketing, a new enterprise licensing program from Esri, the launch of AECOsim from Bentley, list of awardees from Cityworks. Esri has launched a new enterprise licensing program targeted towards smaller public agencies. The announcement from Esri explains: The […]