CLIMATE CHANGE: Bringing the Rainforest to Copenhagen December 12, 2009
Posted by bahadirkhan in English, Haber (News).Tags: GIS digital mapping systems, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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As delegates deliberate over the extent carbon emissions will be curbed in the closing days of the U.N. summit here, the environmental ramifications of that agreement are likely to be felt in places far removed from the negotiating table, particularly among indigenous people on the front lines of climate change.
In order to showcase the issues facing native people, the Indigenous Voices on Climate Change film festival is focusing a critical lens on global warming, with the assistance of some of the world’s most vulnerable people struggling to maintain traditional ways of life.
Indigenous Voices premiered at the Danish National Museum on Dec. 9 to a small audience, largely composed of delegates and NGO workers, who mingled with filmmakers and native storytellers.
Human beings have adapted to climate change since the dawn of time, crossing frozen land bridges and African grasslands in search of game.
But instead of temperatures rising slowly over the course of millennia, the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere is now expected to rise rapidly 1.4 to 6.0 degrees C. by the end of the 21st century.
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Navteq to supply Microsoft with 3D map data December 8, 2009
Posted by bahadirkhan in Calismalar (Studies), English, Haber (News).Tags: 3D imagery into Bing Maps, 3D map data, mapping online services, Street View
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Navteq announced a partnership Monday under which it will supply 3D map data for Microsoft’s newly expanded mapping online services.
Last week, Microsoft took its first steps building 3D imagery into Bing Maps with data from about 100 cities to start with in the Streetside feature that gives a driver’s-eye view of the world. But slogging down innumerable streets the world over is an arduous process–Google has been doing it for years with Street View and still has a ways to go to add its first data, not to mention the challenge of keeping views up to date.
Navteq, which already has a sizeable data-collection operation and supplies mapping data to Microsoft and others, now is upgrading its technology in cooperation with Microsoft. The 3D data will be available to other customers, too, though.
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Microsoft launches redesigned map search with apps December 4, 2009
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Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new “apps” that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.
The new version of Bing Maps, released Wednesday in a “beta” test mode, offers slicker technology so users can zoom in more smoothly from the high-up graphical map to the close-up views showing actual streets from a pedestrian or driver’s viewpoint.
With this version of Bing Maps, Microsoft matches Google Inc. in sending cars with cameras down streets to capture images of every block. Microsoft is offering that in 56 U.S. cities for now, while Google has hit all 50 states and expanded the feature overseas.
Microsoft also used lasers to scan the buildings and constructed a three-dimensional map of those cities.
That makes it possible to add on collections of images built with Microsoft’s Photosynth tool, which stitches and layers together multiple photos of the same location to build a virtual model.
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BNGIS Students Make Connections with Geography November 29, 2009
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Students competing in the 2009 BNGIS Competition learned about building global relationships and connections, by using geographic software.
They showed their talent in the field at the Geographic Information System (GIS) Day Celebration, held at the Paul Farquharson Conference Centre, Police Headquarters, November 18.
“The big picture is that we are obligated as a government, and as citizens, to invest in our youth and equip them in 21st century technology that may be used in the school system around The Bahamas,” said the Hon. Phenton Neymour, Minister of State for the Environment.
“An important requirement for building vibrant, safe, and sustainable communities is to have a smart society that has the necessary knowledge and skills to understand our environment and better manage our resources.”
BNGIS encouraged participants to make a positive contribution and be a savvy student population that solves problems and competes in a technologically driven world with new skills.
“The Bahamas National Geographic Information Systems Centre has been very serious about its commitment to promoting GIS in the school system and to improving GIS literacy among teachers and students alike,” said Mr Neymour.
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Geographic Information System – GIS – In North America – New Report Published November 26, 2009
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A Geographic Information System/Spatial Information Management (GIS) is a collection of software and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. Despite the impact of the economic downturn, growing applications and widening usage of GIS software in new avenues such as land management, homeland security, route planning, social networking, Web-based advertising etc., has resulted in an increased interest in GIS software in North America. Given these developments, a major share of this increasing interest is expected to arise from the consumer segments as enterprises have begun limiting GIS usage to areas such as supply chain, enterprise security, logistics, improving customer service and retention etc., where location intelligence is a crucial requirement. Increased use of free Web-based GIS software among enterprises, growing interest among consumer verticals for location-based and navigation services are expected to lead the GIS software market in the North America.
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SuperGIS showcased at 2nd GIS Congress in Izmir, Turkey November 23, 2009
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KOKLU, SuperGeo’s reseller in Turkey, showcased SuperGIS series software and GIS Learning CD at 2nd GIS Congress (http://www.hkmo.org.tr/etkinlikler/cbs/). Held in Izmir, the third most populous city and the second largest port in Turley, 2nd GIS Congress is an important GIS event for the local users. More than 100 scientific papers were presented and over 20 geospatial-related companies exhibited their latest products.
During the Congress, KOKLU attracted numerous visitors who have also showed high interests in SuperGIS products. ‘SuperGeo has been promoting its global image, which greatly helps us market SuperGIS products. We are also very honoured.’ says KOKLU. ‘More and more GIS users are asking for the emerging GIS products in Turkey.’
Having been selling SuperGIS software and other related geospatial products in Turkey, KOKLU has gained a large customer base in the market. In 2010, INTERGEO EAST will be held in Turkey and SuperGeo will also be joining in the significant event with its local partners, to better serve the interested visitors.
SuperGeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software. Since the establishment, SuperGeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to promote sustainable development for the environment.
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AOL also likely to eye sale of MapQuest–Is Microsoft a possible buyer? November 20, 2009
Posted by bahadirkhan in Duyuru (Announcements), English, Turkce.Tags: MapQuest online map service
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It has been rumoured that AOL is going to sell some of its peripheral properties. As part of this effort, it is planning to sell different units including ICQ instant-messaging unit and MapQuest online map service.
According to the owner Time Warner, this step has been taken to offload some assets and become a more focused company.
It is expected that, some of the mapping giants like Microsoft may be an ideal candidate to own that service. It is obvious because of the same service it has currently.
AOL bought the MapQuest online map service in 1999.
Earlier, Time Warner had indicated that it would spin off its AOL service to make a separate entity. So it is evident that the company is going for a transformation this time.
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Mobile Advertising in Navigation Driver’s Seat November 18, 2009
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After turning the navigation application world upside down, Google created more drama with the pending purchase of AdMob; rumors persist about a worldwide iPhone to be offered by Verizon; Microsoft is dumping MSN Direct; in a crossover, Dell will introduce a smartphone, while AT&T will offer a smart book.
Life won’t be the same for application providers now that Google announced a free, richly featured, turn-by-turn navigation service, available first on Verizon’s new Droid phone. Google has turned current business models on their heads, hastening the decline of fee-based mobile applications, particularly for navigation and other location-based services. Companies will have to follow Google’s lead and find ways to obtain adequate advertising revenue. Mobile advertising has wind in its sails, but app providers need deep pockets while they find their way to revenue.
In part two of its one-two jab, Google is buying mobile advertising network AdMob to shore up its advertising capability for Google Maps Navigation. Google makes most of its ad revenue on text-based advertising connected to search results and hasn’t had the means for display ads, the graphic ads you often see on websites. AdMob specializes in delivering these ads, which are often used by big spending brands. E Marketer Inc. estimates the U.S. mobile advertising market at $416 million this year, climbing to $16 billion by 2013. Other mobile advertising network companies in this space include Quattro Wireless, JumpTap, and Millennial.
A key to enabling the shift to ad-supported navigation was Google’s break last month from Tele Atlas (owned by TomTom) for U.S. mapping data. Mapping companies charge their application partners with a per-user fee that would have made a free navigation application prohibitively expensive. Google has been collecting its own mapping data for the last several years. For other navigation providers, the per-user cost of mapping data will make it hard to duplicate Google’s offering. It will be interesting to see how mapping companies Tele Atlas and Navteq react. (more…)
ESRI’s technology used to track H1N1 November 15, 2009
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ESRI software is being used to track swine flu data.
National and local health departments, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have used the Redlands-based company’s geographic information systems technology to gauge concentrations of the H1N1 virus, which the CDC estimated Thursday has quadrupled in number of cases.
“The mapping (tool) is very important to the general public and to professionals and researchers because this epidemic definitely has a geographic component and has spread, has concentrations,” said James Pick, a professor in the University of Redlands School of Business who teaches GIS and has studied mortality and disease in geographic regions.
Bill Davenhall, global marketing manager for Health and Human Service Solutions at ESRI, said mapping epidemics like the swine flu shows how important location is to health.
“Where you live affects your health,” he said.
Not all data on maps is current because the CDC in July asked health agencies to stop reporting the number of cases, according to Edward Carl, executive director of Cincinnati-based HealthLandscape. There are now more than 22 million cases nationwide, Davenhall said.
“It was growing so fast, so they took the data and used it for forecasting. They didn’t actually count people with swine flu,” said Carl, whose nonprofit tweaks ESRI’s ArcGIS software so it is easier for health care professionals to use.
Davenhall said maps like those created by HealthLandscape are a “good representation of what people can do with our technology,” even though data is not current.
“It’s not representative of where all the flu is because nobody knows,” said Davenhall, who said numbers become fuzzier on the local level.
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Loudoun Launches Online Contest to Promote Geography Awareness November 13, 2009
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While today’s youth may be too young to remember the criminal mastermind Carmen San Diego popping up in locations around the globe wearing her red trench coat, today Loudoun residents can play a more local version of the game with the Loudoun County Teddy Bear.
To celebrate Geography Awareness Week, Loudoun County launches its third annual online contest, “Where’s Teddy in Loudoun County?”
The contest will let community members explore the geography of the county and learn more about the community. From Saturday, Nov. 14, through Tuesday, Dec. 1, there will be a number of photos posted at www.loudoun.gov/gis of a Loudoun County teddy bear pictured at various locations throughout the county. Guess as many of the locations as you can, being as specific as possible about each location, and e-mail your answers to mapping@loudoun.gov by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1. The winners will be notified by e-mail the week of Dec. 1.
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