- October 1, 2017
Open Source GEOSPATIAL SOFTWARE
Read moreOpen source geospatial software—spatial data management, GIS, and related developer tools and end-user applications delivered with an open source license—has co-existed with proprietary geospatial software for decades. Software developers and users often mix and match the two. The Open…
8 - October 1, 2017
A Killer App for Sats
Read moreUrsa Space Systems Inc. (Ursa) is a satellite imagery analytics company whose focus is on commodities and the financial markets. Ursa aggregates and analyzes satellite-based radar to build proprietary data layers resulting in unbiased, consistent, all-weather location-based services and measurements….
- September 30, 2017
Extreme Weather’s Tie to Climate
Read moreFlows in the Earth’s Life-Support System (ELSS) were the subject of my last column. This column is about language and how flows and systems are represented in our language. We often use metaphors that are almost right, but then…
- September 30, 2017
Aeospatial Developments in Open Source, GPS, and Data Downlink Capabilities
Read moreAs I Look Back on the half of this year, I am struck with the increasing speed of exciting changes in the Earth observation community. I see new systems, new analytic software and new ways of approaching the distinct…
- June 10, 2017
THE INSIDE STORY: Google Earth Enterprise Goes Open Source
Read moreOn March 20, 2015, Google deprecated Google Earth Enterprise (GEE), which had contributed greatly to the market for geospatial “Digital Earth” products for large organizations, and announced that it would stop supporting it on March 22, 2017. The company…