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Tuesday, December 22. 2009
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Podcast: Google's Slow Walk to its Vision for Geospatial Cloud Computing
Last week Google added some search tools to its Map Data API. The announcement made few waves in a holiday focused geospatial community, the announcement and its implications are worth considering as they lay out the small steps Google is making to draw developers to its vision for geospatial cloud computing.
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Wednesday, December 16. 2009
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Remote Sensing Tidbits
Yiqioa Wang, a University of Rhode Island professor, and research partners will use a $1.15 million, four-year grant from NASA to use satellite data to see what development pressures and climate change may be threatening the scenic trail in the future.
- Citizen Times
"The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego and Arizona State University have been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to operate an internet-based national data facility for high-resolution topographic data acquired with LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology. The facility will also provide online processing tools and act as a community repository for information, software and training materials."
- press release
Einar Bjorgo summarizes the UN’s use of satellite imagery in support to emergency response, in particular its use in humanitarian relief operations.
- ZDnet UK Tech for Change
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