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March 20, 2016
A Crowning Achievement
For decades, the high-mountain regions of Nepal have been caught in a perpetual catch-22. The small populations of these…
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March 20, 2016
Bring It All Down to Earth with DGGS
HUMANITY’S ABILITY TO MEASURE, MONITOR, AND COMMUNICATE over the vastness of the entire Earth is unprecedented. Satellites swarm the…
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March 18, 2016
Data Management & Visualization: Married or Separated?
Large users of geospatial data are searching for alternatives to Google Earth Enterprise (GEE), which Google will discontinue in...
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March 17, 2016
Discovering Invisible Data
REMOTE SENSING, AERIAL IMAGING, LIDAR and other technologies allow us to map almost every inch of the Earth with…
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March 17, 2016
GEO Moves Forward
The Mexico City Declaration adopted at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit in November 2015 promises a…
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March 17, 2016
OGC Provides New Standard for “Digital Earth”
Dear Remote Sensing and Location Professional,
In this issue, we are excited to announce that the OGC has a new… -
December 12, 2015
OGC Simplifies Standards Documents
By Scott Simmons / Executive Director / Standards Programs Open Geospatial Consortium / www.opengeospatial.org The problem with standards is...
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December 12, 2015
Disaster Response Strategy for SatCom Companies
Some disasters disappear from headlines before they ever have a chance to be noticed. Others can survive at least…
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December 10, 2015
The Demise of Google Earth Enterprise
Google is ending a 10-year run of Google Earth Enterprise (GEE), which contributed greatly to the market for geospatial…
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December 4, 2015
Safeguarding Our Life Support System
In earlier columns, I made reference to a new definition for sustainable development: a development that meets our needs…