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Remote Sensing Technology to Prevent Outbreak of Diseases

Feb. 16, 2015 – Satellites can help scientists follow parasites and viruses, and in some cases predict months ahead of time an outbreak of dengue fever or malaria, researchers said

Business Software

DAT/EM Summit Evolution Compatible with Blue Marble’s Global Mapper

The new Global Mapper Extension from DAT/EM Systems International connects Global Mapper from Blue Marble Geographics® with any edition (Professional, Feature Collection or Lite) of DAT/EM’s famous Summit Evolution™ stereoplotter.

Research Papers

Regional Equivalent Water Thickness Modeling from Remote Sensing across a Tree Cover/ LAI Gradient in Mediterranean Forests of Northern Tunisia

Regional Equivalent Water Thickness Modeling from Remote Sensing across a Tree Cover/LAI Gradient in Mediterranean Forests of Northern Tunisia – Hedia Chakroun, Florent Mouillot and Abdelaziz Hamdi  Abstract: The performance of

Remote Sensing

Copernicus: A Tool for Monitoring Europe’s Ecologically Sensitive River Banks

Riparian zones are fragile, yet environmentally important areas, and carry out a range of “ecosystem services”, such as filtering water, supporting wildlife and stabilising river banks. Within the Copernicus programme,

Webinars

Global Mapper Webinar: What’s New in Global Mapper v. 16.1

What’s New in Global Mapper v. 16.1 February 19, 2015 at 2:00 pm (EST) The Global Mapper webinar for the month of February introduces the latest enhancements and improvements to

Courses

Salisbury University Offering Master’s in GIS Management

Salisbury University is a premier comprehensive Maryland public university with four privately endowed schools, offering excellent, affordable education in undergraduate liberal arts, sciences, business, nursing, education and social work and

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Automatic Disaster Analysis and Mapping System Speed Up Earthquake Aid Response

The Automatic Disaster Analysis and Mapping system (ADAM) pulls information from the U.S. Geological Survey, World Bank and World Food Programme databases, getting aid workers vital facts from earthquake zones

Business Software

Esri India Launches Smart Planning Tools for Smart Cities

Mumbai, India – Esri India (a joint venture between NIIT Technologies Limited, and Esri Inc.), country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) Software & Solutions provider, shared details of its offerings

E-books GIS

New Book from Esri Shows How GIS Supports Weather, Climate Research

Redlands, California—Weather mapping goes beyond what’s broadcast on the evening news. The new book Mapping and Modeling Weather and Climate with GIS, from Esri Press, describes how geographic information system

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New US Topo Maps for Nevada Include Trails

Newly released US Topo maps for Nevada now feature selected trails. The data for the trails is provided to the USGS through a nation-wide “crowdsourcing” project managed by the International Mountain Biking