A data reminder for those in need of aerial photography. 2006 NAIP county mosaics are now available on the GIS Hub file server. This is 2-meter data in MrSID format. To see the data simply jump to http://www.nd.gov/gis/mapsdata/download/ and then click on the ‘NAIP Aerial Photography’ link in the 1:12,000 section to access this data.
Archives for April 3, 2007
The National Earth-Information Initiative
An interesting initiative has been brought up by a group led by William B. Gail, director of strategic development within Virtual Earth, Microsoft Corp. Billed as The National Earth-Information Initiative – it builds on the NRC’s Earth science decadal survey , recently published to guide the nation’s Earth observing satellite program. From the article, the initiative would encompass well-defined and measurable outcomes. It would:
– examine the entire flow of Earth information from collection through use and offer means for improving the structures and processes associated with this flow;
– propose modifications to governmental structure, ideally identifying a single organization or entity responsible for coordinating multiple civil Earth information agencies and activities;
– define the scope of this leadership role and the evolved roles of the affected agencies;
– establish processes for performing the contributing functions, a reporting scheme for reviewing them and advisory processes for more effectively integrating the knowledge of the academic and private-sector communities;
– identify breakthrough opportunities for deriving scientific and societal benefits from observations, based on emerging technologies that facilitate more rapid decision-making and widespread sharing of information, and propose means for integrating these into Earth information processes.
Details covered in this article over at SpaceNews – http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive07/MacauleyGailLaneoped_0402.html
– examine the entire flow of Earth information from collection through use and offer means for improving the structures and processes associated with this flow;
– propose modifications to governmental structure, ideally identifying a single organization or entity responsible for coordinating multiple civil Earth information agencies and activities;
– define the scope of this leadership role and the evolved roles of the affected agencies;
– establish processes for performing the contributing functions, a reporting scheme for reviewing them and advisory processes for more effectively integrating the knowledge of the academic and private-sector communities;
– identify breakthrough opportunities for deriving scientific and societal benefits from observations, based on emerging technologies that facilitate more rapid decision-making and widespread sharing of information, and propose means for integrating these into Earth information processes.
Details covered in this article over at SpaceNews – http://www.space.com/spacenews/archive07/MacauleyGailLaneoped_0402.html
Openwave misses the boat on LBS spotlight
Maybe I missed something but last week at the Navteq LBS Challenge I noted that there were several apps powered by solutions from Openwave (www.openwave.com) including the PocketCaster GPS app that was selected as the grand prize winner. What was a little off though was that all the major sponsors (ESRI, deCarta, Autodesk, Nokia, and Openwave) appeared to have reps in attendance and even had literature strategically placed on tables.. makes sense. However, on one table with an Openwave logo there was a holder with no brochures, no nothing. Perhaps there was an openwave rep in the room but if there was he/she was hard to locate… pretty strange, particularly since their solutions powered several apps. Perhaps a press announcement will hit their website soon although as of today there was nothing.. talk about missing the boat!
NuPower ViDEO+ rechargeable battery Pack for the iPod Video – 80 hours of music!
Something of interest for you iPod “power” users… The NewerTech slim NuPower ViDEO+ rechargeable battery Pack for the iPod Video is available for review. It has the lowest priced/longest battery life on the market for only $49.99 and extends iPod run-time for a whopping 80 hours of music listening or 16 hours of video viewing – or over 5 three-hour movies on just one charge! See http://www.newertech.com