This podcast is a recording of a press conference by Vice Admiral Robert Murrett, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at the GEOINT Symposium 2009 on October 21, 2009 in San Antonio. Murrett discusses the new NGA charter, the situation with aiding and supporting both domestic and military missions and other issues related to the agency’s work.
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by Joe Francica on 10/23 at 02:16 PM |
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John Hafnor is a GIS guy: He was director of sales/marketing for GIS World, GeoEurope and Business Geographics magazines for 12 years and well known in our community.
His new book, Strange But True America offers tales revealing weird and eerie historical trivia. Further, it’s reached Award Finalist status in the “U.S. History” category of The National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.Oh, and there’s a map of the story locations, too.
- press release
- book website
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/23 at 08:09 AM |
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San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit will offer up free tickets for those who “check in” in various locations. “From November onward, the transit authority will award $25 promotional tickets to random users who check-in at one of 34 BART stations.”
- ReadWriteWeb
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/23 at 07:59 AM |
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“It’s like a big swap meet.”
David Lanegran, chair of the Macalester geography department and the coordinator of the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education (MAGE) on GEOFEST to be held at Macalester on Saturday. The “conference is to bring together geography teachers, pre-service teachers and students planning on going into teaching, to exchange ideas and learn new techniques, strategies, and applications for teaching geography.”
- The MAC Weekly
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/23 at 07:51 AM |
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I’ve run into several discussions of late that basically ask the question: What is authoritative spatial data?
Google’s had to address that quite a bit when country’s “complain” that its maps don’t have a dispute area’s boundaries “right.” The latest issue is in Arunachal Pradesh, a region under dispute by China and India.
The solution: “The Chinese version of Google Maps shows parts of Arunachal Pradesh as inside China’s borders. In contrast, the Indian version of Google Maps depicts the state as part of India. But both of those depictions differ from the global version of Google Maps, which shows Arunachal Pradesh as disputed territory within broken lines on the map.”
Clearly, the answer for different organizations involved in mapping will be different and likely, complex. And, some concerns will clearly be political rather than simply over accurate measurement.
- PC World
by Adena Schutzberg on 10/23 at 07:22 AM |
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