OGC Video Provides Compelling Global Vision for Geospatial Value

February 2, 2012

The Open Geospatial Consortium has recently released a professionally-produced video that condenses the value of interconnected geospatial data (particularly through sensors) as well as the value of the consortium. The piece uses a multi-narrator approach, where different actors from different nationalities finish each other’s sentences. The result is a compelling global appeal for the value [...]

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Energy Use Data for all of New York City Released in Map Form

February 2, 2012

A detailed map of block-by-block energy use has been created by the Columbia University Engineering School with data from the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability. The interactive map demonstrates the energy used to heat and cool buildings, which accounts for two-thirds of the energy used in the city. The research built a statistical [...]

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Agile Swarms of Nano Quadrocopters Evoke Fiction

February 1, 2012

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab have developed a small quadrotor platform that can fly in formation. The buzzing swarm of 24 quadrocopters is a must-see for its almost chilling agility and efficiency, flying in formation and navigating a window opening. View the video [...]

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UN Launches a Weather, Climate and Water Information System

February 1, 2012

The United Nations has just launched an information system to improve the exchange of weather, climate and water data. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System simplifies the international exchange of this information, while reducing costs, and exploiting the latest communications technologies. This service is expected to aid disaster risk reduction, water management, food security, [...]

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WhereCon to be Postponed and Renamed

January 31, 2012

The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) have announced that the WhereCon 2012 will be renamed and rescheduled. I wondered about the naming after the Where 2.0 event had simplified their name to the Where Conference this year, and how the two names were too similar to the point of [...]

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New UN Sustainable Development Report Promotes Global Indicators

January 31, 2012

A high-level United Nations panel on global sustainability has just come out with a report outlining a far-reaching sustainable development strategy. Titled “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing“, the report is being described as “a new blueprint for sustainable development and low-carbon prosperity.” Central to the report is a call for a science [...]

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NREL Develops Online Renewable Energy Atlas

January 31, 2012

The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has released an online atlas that shows the potential for renewable energy across the country. The atlas allows users to display the types of resources that are of interest to them, including hydro, geothermal, biomass, concentrated solar power, solar photovoltaic, wind offshore, wind onshore, and wave power density. The [...]

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The FBI Wants a Geospatial Social Media Monitoring App

January 30, 2012

The FBI today released a public document that outlines a social media application that would harvest information from social networking sites and then map and analyze that information. The call is for a “geospatial alert and analysis mapping application” to search publicly available social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for national security threats. [...]

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The Islands Trust Launches Online Mapping System

January 30, 2012

The Islands Trust, which focuses on preserving island communities in British Columbia, have just launched MapIT as a means to explore island properties and ecosystems for better land-use planning and resource management. The Islands Trust Area covers the islands and waters between the British Columbia mainland and southern Vancouver Island, including Howe Sound and as [...]

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Farmers Embrace UAVs for Crops and Livestock

January 30, 2012

In a recent feature in Farm and Ranch Guide, the accessibility of unmanned aerial vehicles is promoted for both crop and livestock producers. The piece emphasizes the benefits, and the fact that in the very near future it will become commonplace for farmers to obtain a lot of data about their crops and livestock very [...]

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