Geospatial Data - Mapping. The Executive Order is the latest in a series of actions - started in 2009 - in support of increasing access to and transparency of government information. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) immediately followed with a Memorandum to the heads of all American executive departments and agencies requiring that they establish policies to promote the free and open availability of government data.
The Memorandum makes information resources accessible, discoverable and usable by the public, with the aim to help fuel entrepreneurship, innovation and scientific discovery. The US government compares the open data policy with the free availability of weather data and GPS to anyone. Since then, entrepreneurs and innovators have used these resources to create navigation systems, weather newscasts, location-based applications, precision farming tools and much more. Read more about: GPS spatial information There are no comments yet. Future-Directions-in-Spatial-Demography-Report.
ActiveNick's #Geospatial Dev News. Location-enabled Society: Mapping tweets using real-time big data technology and privacy. In a very appropriately titled session Taking Society's Pulse in Real-time at the Creating the Policy and Legal Framework for a Location-enabled Society conference in Boston, one item really got people's attention focussed on the issues that arise from combining location with personal data. TweetMap is a technology that visualizes a large number of tweets on a map of the world. This is not the first time I have seen tweets mapped.
But what really got people's attention is that a speaker showed how to drill down to your neighbourhood and see what the people next door are tweeting about. Of course you can do this without a map by simply following your neighbors on Twitter. To be tracked geospatially on Twitter requires that you explicitly agree to geolocation tr acking for Twitter on your iPhone or Android device.
MapD is a general purpose SQL database that can be used to provide real-time visualization and analysis of very large data sets. MaaS (Model as a Service) is the emerging solution to design, map, integrate and publish Open Data – Cloud Computing Best Practices. Unity SpatialNews. Navigating Through the Nebulous Arena of "The Cloud" Summary: After some years of hype about cloud computing in general, the geospatial technology sector is seeing the emergence of a variety of interesting cloud-based geospatial products and services.
Andes Consulting principal, Ignacio Guerrero, reviews the landscape of “the geospatial cloud” to provide a sense of the current state of the art. The title of this article was borrowed from a recent posting in Directions Magazine on Key Resources on Geospatial Cloud Computing. This phrase seems an appropriate title because, after some years of hype about cloud computing in general, we are seeing the emergence of a variety of very interesting cloud-based geospatial products and services. I will review the landscape of “the geospatial cloud” to provide you with a sense of the current state of the art. Let us begin by quickly reviewing the elements of cloud computing. National Institute of Standards and Technology. On-demand self service. Federal Programs Promo 2013.
Photo: The image of a GIS Analyst - #geospatial. The Google Maps of the Internet. The Internet Map is a Google Map of the 350,000 largest websites in the world. The map was created by Ruslan Enikeev and the Russian creative agency Positive Communications. The circles on the map represent individual websites. The size of the circle is determined by website traffic, the larger the amount of traffic, the bigger the circle. The location of websites on the map is determined by the links between sites. The more traffic generated from links between different websites then the closer the websites are displayed on the map. It is actually possible to search the map by country to find the most popular websites in individual countries.
The Web 2 Map is a metaphor of the internet, as seen by the organisers of the Web 2.0 Summit. The map also includes a data layer. For example, the Union of Social Networks includes a Facebook capital city. TeleGeography's Submarine Cable Map looks at the physical connections that make it possible for the internet's data to travel around the world. Socio-cultural information is critical: US Army | Geospatial Human Geography. Your Big Data is Big Enough - Information Management Blogs Article. I have been hearing from a few people who now think the term “big data” caught on a little too fast. Nobody is fighting it and can’t anyway; the term is embedded in the data lexicon and will stick in magazine, vendor and analyst headlines for a good long time. That’s partly because the topics around the term are entirely valid and timely. The problem is that “big” has become too confining a dimension for most of the discussion. Stories and reports are surfacing daily in all shapes and sizes and that’s mostly okay too.
Exciting trends in integration, processing, analytics, social, mobile and cloud are pushing the data discussion, marketing’s job is to run with what’s catchy and they know they are onto something. I’m sure they are testing mnemonics for B, I and G as we speak. What’s happening with big data applied to business technology sounds a lot like what happened to aspirin when applied to pain. The confusion arises when we literalists try to stay on topic. Educating Future Geospatial Analysts | ImagerySpeaks. Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby, great food, and this year's 2014 ASPRS annual conference.
Held at the Galt House hotel, this year's conference offered a great mix of all things remote sensing over a three-day agenda. It was also co-located with a Joint Agency for Commercial Imagery Evaluation(JACIE) conference, which created a nice atmosphere where some of the best and brightest minds from science and academia could meet. Eyes in the Skies One of the most apparent trends I noticed at this show was the amount of exhibitors that had something to do with Unmanned Aerial Systems,or UAS. With the pending approval for UAS to fly commercially, many folks are beginning to offer services surrounding these sensors. Several booths were showing off actual cameras, as well as the different ways to mount them onto aerial systems without disturbing the accuracy of the data collection.
ENVI User Group We also held our annual ENVI user group at the show. Off to the Races. Human Geography: An Evolving Discipline | Geospatial Human Geography. Build Dynamic Mapping Applications with ArcGIS Runtime | Geographic Information Technology. Sunfoundation: Heat Map Visualizes Your Daily. Wind Map. An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. We've done our best to make this as accurate as possible, but can't make any guarantees about the correctness of the data or our software.
Please do not use the map or its data to fly a plane, sail a boat, or fight wildfires :-) If the map is missing or seems slow, we recommend the latest Chrome browser. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind. Ten Things to Know about the Geospatial Technology Competency Model | Geographic Information Technology. SpatialDash. MineRP SpatialDash is all about making better and quicker business decisions by visually relating and analysing mining technical information from a variety of disciplines.
If the attractiveness of the much hyped SpatialDB platform lies in the way it supports enterprise-wide standardisation and spatial data unification, then its value is multiplied tenfold when you start putting that data onto a visual canvas, and transforming it into information. MineRP’s SpatialDash is available in either two or three dimensional versions and is the most powerful web-based mining information analysis tool the industry has ever seen.
SpatialDash is a browser-based application that allows users to perform in-depth analysis on spatial and relational data consolidated into one single two-dimensional, fully interactive view. GIS Technology Offers New Predictive Analysis to Business | Geographic Information Technology. Why every location tag on Facebook is big data in action | Geographic Information Technology. 'Eye in the Sky': the case file on NGA Director Letitia Long. By Suzanne Kelly and Pam Benson Editor's note: In the Security Clearance "Case File" series, CNN national security producers profile the key members of the intelligence community. As part of the series, Security Clearance is focusing on the roles women play in the U.S. intelligence community On May 1, 2011, Letitia 'Tish' Long was at Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, watching the greatest intelligence-special operations mission of the past decade, unfold.
"We were anxious. It was tense. There were periods of time when we didn't know exactly what was happening," Long told CNN. Long and others could do little but wait to see whether months of intelligence preparation would pay off as Navy SEALs raided the compound in Pakistan where they believed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was hiding out. She was one of only a few women in the room that day, and the only woman who headed a major intelligence agency. It is truly 'intelligence from above', and below - and the side.
More Geospatial Terminology Confusion | Geographic Information Technology. Geospatial Data, Geospatial Information or Geospatial Knowledge – Which Are You? | Geographic Information Technology. Counting Penguins from Space : Earth Imaging Journal | Geographic Information Technology. Sound Energy Policy Depends on Geospatial Standards | Energy Dimensions. By Lance McKee The “tragedy of the commons” has become a widely understood concept. Markets alone cannot keep that tragedy from playing out in countless ways as a human population of more than 7 billion demands resources for living. We therefore can’t escape the need for well informed, well-coordinated energy policies at all levels of government. The increasingly familiar energy policy drama involves politicians, judges, business leaders, consumer advocates and environmental watchdogs debating legislation, regulation and fiscal policy.
They can’t reach consensus without facts about the commons that have been established by good science. Geospatial observation, measurement and analysis tools are essential for establishing such facts. These tools are essential, too, for businesses, who use them to compete more effectively. Advancement in the Earth sciences and energy management depends significantly on geospatial standards from the OGC and partnering standards development organizations. Open Nuclear Iran. Severe Mammal Declines Coincide with Proliferation of Invasive Burmese Pythons in Everglades National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Published Online 30 January 2012 Michael E. Dorcas, John D. Willson, Robert N. Reed, Ray W. Snow, Michael R. “Invasive species represent a significant threat to global biodiversity and a substantial economic burden. Map of South Florida illustrating sampling locations in relation to python distribution.
“Road surveys also revealed that these species are more common in areas where pythons have been discovered only recently and are most abundant outside the python’s current introduced range. Read the paper Like this: Like Loading... What Is the Relationship of Cartography to the Map Today? | Geographic Information Technology. A Week of Geospatial Victory and Defeat | Geographic Information Technology. NoSQL databases for geospatial data » Blog for Geodelivery project | Geographic Information Technology. Opinion: ‘Big Data’ Equals ‘Big Hype’ – What Do We Collect and Why? | Geographic Information Technology.
Geospatial Centre for Biodiversity in the Works for Bolivia. A new Geospatial Centre for Biodiversity is being developed in Bolivia to “collect, assimilate, synthesize, distribute, and disseminate spatially explicit information and scientifically robust biodiversity knowledge to students, policy-makers, and the public to promote the sustainable management of Bolivia’s biodiversity as natural capital.” The new centre is being developed by Cranfield University alongside the Noel Kempff Mercado Museum of Natural History in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. With this information Bolivia hopes to protect their species diversity against the pressures of climate change and population. The project will mainly collect the wealth of information of plant and animal life, and digitize that into a Web-based platform open to Bolivia and the world.
Tagged as: biodiversity, bolivia, digitize, geospatial. 3D Takes Hold for Enhancing Geospatial Data Analysis for Urban Planning | Geographic Information Technology. Will A "Geo-Divide" Arise Between Nations In The Future? | Geographic Information Technology. How Do Geomatics and Geospatial Technologies Link to Bioenergy? | Geographic Information Technology.
Underground Naval Base at Qeshm Complete. Authorities turning to geospatial intelligence to fight crime « News by PTFS (Progressive Technology Federal Systems) Geospatial content management systems are quickly shedding their niche label and finding their way into the operations of organizations around the world. The next large-scale application of the technology may be among law enforcement agencies as specialized task forces leverage geospatial intelligence to predict and prevent crime. Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation placed an official request for information regarding tools that would help agents mine social media data to inform criminal investigations. One of the key capabilities sought by the agency was the ability to integrate and analyze location-based data from sites like Facebook and Twitter to track suspects and uncover potential trends.
The geospatial content management applications would ideally, according to NPR, provide on-demand access to maps, customized alerts and predictive analysis mapping. U.S. Army Selects TerraGo® Technologies Geospatial Collaboration Software to Support Warfighter Efforts. U.S. Army Selects TerraGo® Technologies Geospatial Collaboration Software to Support Warfighter Efforts The U.S. Army has purchased TerraGo® geospatial collaboration software to produce, access, update and share geospatial information and applications in support of warfighter efforts around the world. (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 -- As part of the Distributed Common Ground System – Army (DCGS-A), the U.S. Army has purchased TerraGo®geospatial collaboration software to produce, access, update and share geospatial information and applications in support of warfighter efforts around the world.
DCGS-A is the Army’s premier intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) enterprise for the tasking of sensors, analysis and processing of data, exploitation of data, and dissemination of intelligence (TPED). In addition, the contract provides Army personnel who use the TerraGo Toolbar with support, training and product updates as part of an enterprise distribution agreement. Big data – big hype or the next big thing? | Geographic Information Technology. Satellite Industry Growth To Continue Despite Challenging Environment | Geographic Information Technology.
Big Data Predictions for 2012 | Geographic Information Technology. Geographic Information Technology. Breaking Down “Data Silos” for More Effective Geospatial Collaboration « Intergraph CONNECT. This is the latest post on Mladen Stojic’s column Dynamic Panoramic on GIS Cafe. Mladen is the Vice President of Geospatial at Intergraph SG&I. Breaking Down “Data Silos” for More Effective Geospatial Collaboration Geospatial organizations need to use and distribute volumes of geospatial data.
Often, disparate legacy information systems hinder data sharing, collaboration and effective use of geo-information. When departments use different geospatial software and data formats, data silos emerge that form obstacles to effective collaboration within the enterprise. In order to break down these “data silos,” organizations need to implement tools and strategies that help with distributing geospatial data and functionality within the organization and beyond. Historically, the most significant data silos existed in the U.S.
Fortunately, there are industry solutions that make it possible to break down these silos, allowing for organizations to fully maximize geospatial data. Geospatial Technology as a Core Tool - US News and World Report | Geographic Information Technology. Is Geospatial Special? Timmons Group Selected by USCG to Support Enterprise Geospatial Architecture Development. What Could the Davos World Economic Forum Gain From Geospatial Understanding? | Vector One. LiDAR Supports Advanced Geospatial Analysis : Earth Imaging ... | Geographic Information Technology. SpaceNews.com | Civil Space, Military Space, Commercial Space, Satellite Communications. Spatial Analysis Key to Making Sense of Big Data | Geographic Information Technology. GeoEye Selects Cleversafe for Satellite Imagery Active Archive.
Defense Drawdown Provides Geospatial Opportunities | Geographic Information Technology. Overwatch Adds TerraGo® GeoPDF® Extension to its RemoteView Pro 3.2 Geospatial Analysis Tool. Google Earth Map Quiz w/ArcGIS | Geography Education. Understanding the Affect of City Desing on Human Activities. Pipeline corridor mapping using high-resolution digital aerial photogrammetry | From High Above.