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Geospatial Industry News
EIGS in the News
Geospatial Industry News
USGS Budget Highlights
Imaging, Monitoring
Projects
Geoplace.com
U.S. President
George W. Bush proposed
a $968.5 million budget
for the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) in
fiscal-year 2009, a
figure that includes
plans for a new
land-imaging program.
The request represents a
$38 million decrease
from the 2008 funding
level.
Army Appoints Service's
First Geospatial
Information Officer
(GIO)
GISuser.com (press
release) - Frederick, MD
"Geospatial data
is the foundation for a
common operational
picture, and the lack of
policy and standards in
this area prevents a
unified COP today," said
...
National Archives,
Library of Congress
Highlight Mapping
Geoplace.com
Select National
Archives holdings now
are searchable from the
Geospatial One-Stop (GOS)
Historical Collections
Channel, which the
National Archives and
the Library of Congress
jointly manage.
US military blocks
Google from mapping
bases
Yahoo News
The US Defense
Department said Thursday
it is forbidding
Google from
filming and depicting in
detail its military
bases, after officials
found precise imagery of
a Texas base on the
Google Maps
website.
Robert Burtch named new
ASPRS national workshop
coordinator
GISuser.com (press
release) - Frederick, MD
... have
successfully provided
in-depth educational
opportunities to
thousands of
professionals in the
field of photogrammetry
and remote sensing...
ESRI Releases ArcGIS 9.3
Beta
DirectionsMag.com (press
release)
In this way, all the
power of geospatial
analysis can be made
available to any
employee within the
organization, or outside
the organization if
needed. ...
Nominations Being
Accepted for Education
Awards
Space Ref (press
release) - USA
The awards will be given
to students in grades
9-12 who demonstrate the
best use of geospatial
technologies or data to
study Earth. ...
3rd Annual Geospatial
Competition to Showcase
Best Geospatial Students
in the Nation
SpatialNews.com
Digital Quest, Inc. and
SkillsUSA are pleased to
announce the 3rd Annual
Geospatial Technology
Competition. This
contest was created to
provide post secondary
students an opportunity
to showcase their skills
on a national level
Interior to integrate
geospatial
resources
GCN.com - Washington, DC
DOI has recently
established a formal
governance structure
that will coordinate
geospatial activities
across all its bureaus,
Cason said.
2008 ASPRS Fellow Award
Winners
DirectionsMag.com (press
release) - Glencoe, IL
During this time, he was
at the University of
Guelph in Canada and
served on the Canadian
Advisory Committee on
Remote Sensing and
chaired its Geography
...
New data impacts climate
change models
University at Buffalo
Reporter - Buffalo, NY
These included field
mapping, remote sensing,
satellite imaging and
the application of
digital techniques in
order to glean “hidden”
data from historic ...
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EIGS in the News
Diamond Data Systems Supports
South Mississippi Special
Olympics
New Orleans, LA--Diamond
Data Systems has been abuzz
lately about the Olympics. No,
not the one being held in
Beijing, China this summer, but
rather, the South Mississippi
Special Olympics being held on
Saturday, March 29th, 2008; an
annual event at NASA’s John C.
Stennis Space Center, near Bay
St. Louis.
NVision Solutions Publishes
White Paper on Leica TITAN
GeoHub
- Topix
Norcross, Georgia, USA --
Leica Geosystems Geospatial
Imaging announces NVision
Solutions' publication of an
Emergency Response Data-Sharing
white paper...
Public, private support touted
to develop UTC’s SimCenter into
...
Chattanooga Times Free Press -
Chattanooga, TN
Already, two defense
contractors — Applied Hydro
Acoustics Research Inc. and
Radiance Technologies — have
opened offices in Chattanooga to
be near the ...
Goddard and Northrop Grumman to
Sign Agreement on Joint
Development of Advanced Remote
Sensing Systems
The
Sun Herald - Biloxi, MS
NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center and Northrop Grumman
Corporation's Electronic Systems
sector, two of Maryland's
largest employers, signed a
Space Act Agreement on Thursday,
Feb. 21 creating a framework for
the two organizations to work
together to develop advanced
remote sensing systems that will
enable key space and earth
science measurements.
Developing the Geospatial
Workforce
by Dr.
Cyndi Gaudet and Dr. Heather
Annulis
GIS Development, March 2008
The knowledge, skills and
abilities that are identified,
along with the level of
expertise required for each
competency, provide a framework
for geospatial technology
curricula- academic courses and
programs, as well as training
programs. In addition to being
used as a research framework for
training providers and academic
institutions to use for creating
the most effective and efficient
training and education
opportunities for the geospatial
industry, the GTCM developed at
The University of Southern
Mississippi is a useful human
resource tool. The GTCM provides
research-based competencies for
hiring organizations to use to
make better recruitment and
selection decisions and to help
better manage their existing
workforce by using the model as
a competency-based performance
management system.
Board hears proposals for county
road projects
Picayune Item - Picayune,MS,USA
County engineer Les Dungan of
Dungan Engineering discussed
completed state aid road
projects and proposed possible
road...
3001 Awarded US Army Corps of
Engineers Surveying and Mapping
Contract
DirectionsMag.com (press
release) - Glencoe, IL
”We have assembled a team of
proven leaders in the geospatial
industry and look forward to
assisting the Corps with this
contract”.
How to Stop Terrorism? Begin in
School
ABC
News
Eddie Hanebuth, from the
Department of Labor's National
Standard Geospatial
Apprenticeship Program, helped
develop the curriculum.
"Students learn that location
matters in several areas," he
said. "When faced with limited
resources, how do we respond and
from which direction? [Students]
will cover risk assessment,
mitigation, preparedness,
response and recovery. In each
area they learn from a
demonstration project, then they
apply their skills and knowledge
to their own community."
DigitalGlobe's satellite ready
to sell photos
MSN Money - USA
It began taking test pictures
Oct. 15 and started supplying
images to the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
on Nov. 26. With those tasks
complete...
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Upcoming
Activities
May 12-14, 2008
Where 2.0
San Francisco, CA
May 21-23, 2008
2008
Alabama-Mississippi Hurricane Conference
Mobile, AL
May 28-29, 2008
1st International GIS Cluster Conference
Gavle, Sweden
July 21-25, 2008
GeoWeb 2008
Vancouver, BC, Canada
August 12-15, 2008
2008 Society for Conservation GIS Annual Conference
Monterey, CA
Legislative
Corner
The 2008 legislative session
ended earlier than expected this year, concluding on Friday, April 18th.
Bills moving forward to the Governor’s desk in the final days will reform
ethics rules, increase the costs of car tags and other fees to pay for
trauma care and allow utility companies to seek rate hikes before building
additional plants. One bill, already signed by the Governor, has garnered
the attention of many business owners throughout the state, will require
employers to check the immigration status of new employees. Lawmakers will
have to return to the State’s Capitol for a special session which is
projected to take place prior to June 30th to deal with Medicaid funding.
Item of Interest
Call for presentations
The
Rocket City Geospatial Conference 2008 will join with the
Alabama GIS Symposium in 2008 and we are now calling for
presentations for the event. We invite you to participate by
submitting an abstract on a broad spectrum of topics related to
GIS applications in Alabama and the Southeast. Please submit
your abstract anytime between now and August 31. For more
information,
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