The USDA Forest Service and NASA Ames Research Center are seeking small unmanned aerial vehicles to support an upcoming wildfire mapping demonstration. The early 2006 event is a follow-on to UAV/wildfire monitoring research conducted this past summer. All needed materials and contact information for interested parties will be posted on the demonstration website: http://nirops.fs.fed.us/UASDemo
Archives for November 7, 2005
Govtech applauds Kentucky GIS mapsite
Commonwealth Office of Technology’s Division of Geographic Information created a custom Internet mapping site to showcase Kentucky’s outstanding state parks system. The site went online in early 2005 and was published to the growing KYGEONET GIS mapping system. A review of usage statistics through mid-2005 indicated that few people had found or were using the site. After a few simple changes, however, the use of the new maps has increased dramatically and the Kentucky State Parks GIS mapping site is breaking records – See http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/97163
GISuser mail – mologogo, podcasts
I was just sifting through the “gisuser” mailbag and came across a few interesting items I’d like to share. Users can share their location in real-time with others..see mologogo http://www.mologogo.com/ a free service that will track a friends GPS enabled cell phone from another phone or on the web… pretty nifty! Interested in hearing a podcast with Jack Dangermond and Tim Oreilly… see A Conversation with Tim O’Reilly at itconversations – http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail651.html
Google Local Goes Mobile Today
Google today has launched “Local for Mobile”, a downloadable application for viewing Google Local and Google Maps on your mobile phone. It combines the directions and business directory services of Google Local + maps with integrated search results from Google Search. You can even view the satellite views from Google Maps through this application. FYI, its not supported on devices provided by Verizon, Nextel, Alltel, U.S. Check out http://www.google.com/gml/