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Staten Island is losing the tourism game Sunday, June 6, 2010 @ 11:40PMBorough's push to attract visitors seems bedeviled by bugs and bordering on a boondoggle
County puts 200 years at your fingertips Sunday, June 6, 2010 @ 10:53PMWhat lies ahead for Wake County may be cloudy, but the past is getting clearer all the time.
Obama extends drilling moratorium: aide Thursday, May 27, 2010 @ 8:28AMPresident Barack Obama will announce a six month extension on a deepwater oil drilling moratorium on Thursday while a special commission studies the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico spill, a White House aide said.
Keith Greenaway was one of the world’s leading authorities on Arctic navigation Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 8:39PMRCAF navigator developed the Twilight Computer and an international reputation
New Duval flood maps redefine risk, insurance needs Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 1:44AMOwners of thousands of acres across Jacksonville may have to buy flood insurance as city officials redraw flood maps for the first time in decades. A preliminary version of the maps made from new laser-image aerial surveys describes 148,000 acres of Duval County - 231 square miles - as being located in floodplains. That's 6,000 acres larger than the floodplain the city identified in 1989, the ...
Computer simulation aimed at minimizing the effects of flooding Monday, March 29, 2010 @ 12:08PMResearchers have developed an application for generating digital elevation models (DEM) and classifying land that can be applied to minimize the effects of flooding. This tool is also useful for studying the best location for public works and residential areas and for controlling and managing water resources.
Bing Maps Rolls Out Its Largest Image Update Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:17PMBing Maps has rolled out what Microsoft is calling its “largest amount of new imagery ever in terms of square kilometers.” Apparently that represents 6.7 million square kilometers.
Guana researchers map Marching Mangroves Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:04PMAfter two severe freezes in 1983 and 1989, the black mangrove trees (Avicennia germinans), once prominent in the southern portion of St. Johns County, Florida, died.
``The surveyor: partner in national development`` Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 8:47AMBy:Edmund Agyeman, Media Consultant and Surveyor Emmanuel Martey. | Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010 Surveying is a mathematical science used to determine and outline the form, extent, and position of features on or beneath the surface of the earth including water bodies for control purposes—that is, for aligning land and construction boundaries and for providing checks of construction ...
Yell.com Unveils Microsites Powered by Daylife SmartSections Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 12:00PMUK’s leading local business platform launches 18 new sites using SmartSections intelligent content services from Daylife.
Dream Jobs 2010: Rick Armstrong Maps Rough Terrain Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 1:57PMMap Quest: Rick Armstrong gets ready for another day at the office. Rick Armstrong is snuggled up with a laptop in the cluttered space that was once the backseat of a six-passenger Cessna 206. Twenty-five hundred meters below, sun-splashed Portland, Ore., slowly dissolves into the Tolkienesque foothills of Mount Hood. It’s some beautiful scenery.
NASA Airborne Radar to Study Quake Faults in Haiti, Dominican Republic Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 11:32PMNASA Airborne Radar to Study Quake Faults in Haiti, Dominican Republic
Review of the decade | Culture Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 6:19PMTwitter, Daniel Barenboim, XBox, WG Sebald, Nicholas Hytner's National, Big Brother and The Wire... just some of the cultural highs of the noughties. From the rise of Dizzee Rascal to the emergence – at the age of 89 – of the dazzling Cuban painter Carmen Herrera, our critics pick the defining people and trends of the past 10 years TECHNOLOGY GOOGLE Larry Page and Sergey Brin began thinking ...
3D Building Maker Added to Google Earth Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 1:08PMGoogle is looking to create 3D renderings of buildings featured in Google Earth, but it needs your help. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of Google Building Maker, a feature that will let users create 3D models of buildings in select cities.
A new space race: Bing vs. Google Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 10:39AMLast year, Google sponsored the GeoEye-1 satellite launch. This year, it's Microsoft's turn with DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2.
Robo-copter can navigate inside your home Friday, August 14, 2009 @ 3:32PMSmall flying robot called the Pelican can navigate the interiors of buildings autonomously, proving it can outperform military technology.
TN GISers Praised for Helping FBI Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:02AMUpdate: We received this from James H. Butcher, G.G., GISP, GIS Manager, Town of Collierville on his experience. "I just read the blog entry concerning the article in the Commercial Appeal.
Researchers Search For A Pulse in Skies Above Earthquake Country Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @ 1:26PMWhen a swarm of hundreds of small to moderate earthquakes erupted beneath California's Salton Sea in March, sending spasms rumbling across the desert floor, it set off more than just seismometers. It also raised the eyebrows of quite a few concerned scientists.
Galleries Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @ 10:53AM"Small World and Autoportraits," featuring photography by Martin Parr. "The Way Out West," featuring works by Michelle Van Parys. "Home 2," featuring video by Olaf Breuning. "On Location," featuring drawings by Theresa Pollak.
iPod Touch: The iPod of War Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 8:51PMApple calls the iPod Touch the "funnest iPod ever," but now the popular device has a new moniker: the iPod of war. The U.S. military is doling out the iPod Touch to soldiers in war zones in the Middle East, according to a Newsweek report.
Review: 'Crips and Bloods' delivers unflinching look at L.A. gangs Thursday, February 19, 2009 @ 3:30AM"Crips and Bloods: Made in America" is a powerful documentary that spends a little too much time on the past and on information covered previously.
DigitalGlobe Announces New Multi-year Agreement with Nokia For Use of Imagery in Nokia Location Services Thursday, February 12, 2009 @ 1:23PMDigitalGlobe and Nokia have agreed to bring the real-world perspective of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to Nokia Maps, both on mobile devices and on Ovi, improving the global driving, hiking and walking navigation capabilities for consumers who use these applications. Through streamlined technology integration and development of a proprietary format for delivering imagery to ...
DigitalGlobe Announces New Multi-year Agreement with Nokia For Use of Imagery in Nokia Location Services Thursday, February 12, 2009 @ 1:07PMLONGMONT, Colo.----DigitalGlobe and Nokia have agreed to bring the real-world perspective of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to Nokia Maps, both on mobile devices and on Ovi, improving the global driving, hiking and walking navigation capabilities for consumers who use these applications.
New York City's Smaller Wetlands Remain Unprotected Monday, February 2, 2009 @ 5:11PM, February 2, 2009 (ENS) - It's hard to image standing in midtown Manhattan, but wetlands do exist within New York City, and they both protect the city and need protection themselves, according to a report released Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Nancy Franklin: Cable news captures the noise of the nation at Obama's Inauguration. Sunday, January 25, 2009 @ 11:04PMT he Inauguration of Barack Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States had much to interest those whose attention may not have been held by the historical and global import of the occasion. The trains, birthdays, weather, coincidences, glitches, music, dresses, hats, kids, magic screens, and fun . . .
Father of the Kamikaze Wednesday, January 21, 2009 @ 6:26AMFather of the Kamikaze AnimEigo 1974 / Color / 2:35 anamorphic widescreen / 191 min. / Aa Kessen Koukuutai / Street Date January 13, 2009 / 29.98 Starring Koji Tsuruta, Akira Kobayashi, Kiny Kitaoji, Tsunehiko Tatase, Bunta Sugawara.