NASA and the USGS have released the first images from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite.
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FOSS4G keynote speakers announced
The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference has announced four world-renowned members of the open source community as keynote presenters.
Latest Landsat successfully launched
The latest satellite in the Landsat series was launched into orbit last week.
Best of the Blogs 18 December 2012
The first images of the next Scottish Ten project have been released, showing unprecedented detail of the Eastern Qing Tombs – in use from 1666 to 1911 – which are the final resting place of some of China’s best known emperors. LiDAR News has the details, and a link to more images. Mashable […]
Best of the Blogs 11/12/12
IEEE Spectrum talk of highlights from a recent drone games competition, where competitors were invited to hack existing drones. The winner was a drone that infected other drones with a virus, which then spread to other drones they came across. Other notable drones included one that would “behave itself on the end of a leash, […]
Victoria Fellowship awarded to spatial data engineer
The number of people using online maps for navigation, emergency situations, tourism and public services is growing around the world. Many of these maps are created through Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and contain errors as contributors are often made by people untrained in cartographic methods. The implication of these errors can range from […]
Best of the Blogs 13 November 2012
The unofficial Google Earth Blog has all the details on the massive Google Mars update, made possible by new satellite imagery from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Go check it out: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2012/11/big_updates_to_google_mars.html GIS Lounge has a post outlining some of the ways that people can learn GIS for free. A great resource for anyone […]
Best of the Blogs 6 November 2012
Very Spatial has published a video made by NASA that explains why Hurricane Sandy behaved the way that it did. Speaking of Hurricane Sandy, Esri has created a map that charts how the hurricane has affected voter turn-out in the US election. I always find it interesting when natural disasters (something the candidates have […]
Best of the Blogs 16 October 2012
Engadget has a post talking of a “space harpoon” created by Astrium that will be used to spear space junk and drag it into the atmosphere, causing it to burn up. With more and more space junk orbiting the planet, the risk of it damaging space infrastructure is only increasing. The BBC have a […]
