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Scrap the tie and give dad something he really could useMonday, June 13, 2011 @ 4:21PMFather's Day is around the corner and finding a great gift can be daunting. What women hasn't heard, "Oh, honey, anything is fine." While that may be true, you still want to give him something he'll get excited about. This year, don't default to a tie. Try one of these hi-tech gifts that will fuel a man's creativity -- whether he's the family photographer, grillmaster or expedition leader. Nook ...

Local GIS TidbitsWednesday, December 1, 2010 @ 7:14AMwww.gettingaroundillinois.com the site for travelers in the state is updated every 10 minutes. In winter it gets 50,000 hits a month. (Not sure why people still quote hits instead of pageviews; this Internet thing has been around long enough to learn the difference, no?) Why is it in the news?

Digging for dataSunday, November 21, 2010 @ 4:31PMSitting in a café in Sydney awhile back, Danny Kennedy and Andrew Birch mused about all the valuable free data Microsoft and Google float out on the Internet.

New mapping system helps parents locate area schoolsSunday, November 21, 2010 @ 4:21PMNew mapping system helps parents locate area schools - CRESTVIEW - Parents now have an easy way to find o

Pitney Bowes Uses Cloud for Map CreationWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:00PMPitney Bowes Business Insight has made its latest version of MapInfo Professional available through a cloud-based portal to better share customer, resource and operations data across an enterprise.

DigitalGlobe Announces the Start of Imagery Collection for Its Advanced Ortho Aerial ProgramMonday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:17AMCollaboration With Microsoft Provides Aerial Imagery Exclusively Available Through Bing Maps and DigitalGlobe

DigitalGlobe Announces the Start of Imagery Collection for Its Advanced Ortho Aerial ProgramMonday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:00AMLONGMONT, CO and SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - 07/12/10) - DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI - News ), a leading global content provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced the collection of the first imagery from the company's Advanced Ortho Aerial Program. Through a special agreement with Microsoft announced in October 2009, the Advanced Ortho Aerial Program will provide wall-to ...

Interactive World Cup Map Hails First for New Internet TechnologyMonday, June 14, 2010 @ 6:15AMIn a pioneering online collaboration, two companies leading the world in the fields of High Definition (HD) aerial filming and web based mapping have combined two distinct technologies to create the world’s first cloud hosted interactive map that integrates HD aerial footage.

Bing Maps Gets Biggest Imagery Update to DateFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:26PMMicrosoft is rolling out the largest imagery update to Bing Maps to date, adding 6.7 million square kilometers of new imagery, a representative for Bing tells WebProNews. The update includes new aerial imagery for the Russian Federation, Australia, Mexico and most places in the US where there is existing black and white imagery. "There is also a notable addition of Bird’s Eye Imagery for Sweden ...