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Monitoring Polar Changes: Scientists Deploy Many Tools to Measure Sea Ice Thickness
December 29, 2014

The extent of the polar ice caps is shrinking. This simple fact has been common knowledge since the late 1970s thanks to the added...


Imagery Options for Esri Users. Esri’s ArcGIS Marketplace
December 29, 2014

IS users increasingly expect content to come with their platform, rather than be an add-on. To help meet this expectation,...


Satellite Signals Steer Farmers Straight
December 29, 2014

Precision agriculture combines GPS, remote sensing, and GIS to capture large amounts of georeferenced data on spatial variations...


Survey. Dredge. Repeat. Keeping the Columbia River Navigable
December 29, 2014

As the skipper of Galileo 3, a 30-foot sailboat on the Columbia River, I tell my crew that I am comfortable with 15 feet...


Tethered Aerostats Provide Another Option in the Sky
October 31, 2014

Geospatial professionals are able to choose from an increasingly wide array of platforms on which to deploy ever more accurate...


From Shore to Floor
October 16, 2014

More than 90% of the world’s trade is carried by sea, according to the International Maritime Organization. Therefore,...


Mobile System Alerts Dubai Drivers of Approaching Sandstorms
October 16, 2014

Periodically, large sandstorms and low-visibility conditions wreak havoc in the Middle East, with potentially deadly consequences...


New Markets for Satellite Imagery
October 15, 2014

In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce, granting a request by DigitalGlobe, gave the company permission to sell its imagery...


From Traditional Photogrammetry to UAS
October 15, 2014

Photogrammetry has changed substantially in the past three decades. When Jeff Yates began in the business 32 years ago,...


Mapping People: Human Landscape
August 12, 2014

The executive director of an international nonprofit organization needs to map all the hospitals, clinics, and first aid facilities...