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PR: Global Mapper SDK v16.1 Released with Faster Display of Online Data Sources

Hallowell, Maine – March 24, 2015 – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) version 16.1. This release features

Business GIS

Get Geared Up! Dynamically Render Your Map Using New JavaScript APIs

Supergeo has been improving JavaScript APIs since the first release of SuperGIS Server 3.2 to let developers customize their web applications more flexibly. For example, they can customize info window

Surveying

The 5most viewedTotal Stations on Geo-matching.com

The Geo-matching.com website features a selection of the most important geomatics equipment, including Total Stations. At www.geo-matching.com you can compare product specifications and read users’ reviews before you buy. Geo-matching.com

Remote Sensing

Malaysia is Using LiDAR to Detect and Predict Natural Disasters

In recent news by BERNAMA (Malaysian National News Agency), Malaysia is currently using a sophisticated system called ‘Light Detection and Ranging’ (LiDAR) to detect and predict natural disasters for managing disasters more efficiently

Research Papers

High-Precision Land-Cover-Land-Use GIS Mapping and Land Availability and Suitability Analysis for Grass Biomass Production in the Aroostook River Valley, Maine, USA

High-Precision Land-Cover-Land-Use GIS Mapping and Land Availability and Suitability Analysis for Grass Biomass Production in the Aroostook River Valley, Maine, USA – Chunzeng Wang , Jason Johnston, David Vail, Jared Dickinson and

GIS

Download Free Landsat 8 Imagery from the Amazon Web Services Cloud

Amazon has announced the availability of Landsat on Amazon Web Services. Under this program, Amazon will host 1 petabyte of Landsat imagery from USGS on the Amazon Web Services Cloud. You

GIS

Citizen-Monitoring, Crowdsourcing New-Age Alert Tools (Tech Feature)

Crowdsourcing information can aid in early warning, says an American researcher who is working to scale up a satellite-based map of hydropower projects in the Himalayas into a mobile-phone based

GIS

Haryana Government Sanctioned Rs 1.93 Crore Innovation Fund

In recent news, the Haryana government has sanctioned innovation funds of over Rs 1.93 crore to four districts namely Faridabad, Gurgaon, Karnal and Kurukshetra. Sumita Misra,  principal secretary, science and

GIS

MAPAZONIA – A Crowdsourced Project to Map the Amazon

The Amazon rainforest also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This region includes territory belonging to nine countries: Brazil, Bolivia, peru, Ecuadoe, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and

Research Papers

Estimation and Validation of Land Surface Temperatures from Chinese Second-Generation Polar-Orbit FY-3A VIRR Data

Estimation and Validation of Land Surface Temperatures from Chinese Second-Generation Polar-Orbit FY-3A VIRR Data – Bo-Hui Tang, Kun Shao , Zhao-Liang Li, Hua Wu, Françoise Nerry  and Guoqing Zhou Abstract: This work estimated and validated