ERDAS Inc. has unveiled ERDAS Apollo 2009, its system for integrating geospatial data formats with existing GIS environments and other business applications.
Fugro EarthData Inc. has received the Project of the Year award at the 2008 MAPPS Summer Conference July 22 for its project, "Mapping a Vital Marine Resource in Texas."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ASRC Management Services have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to further develop Crop Explorer, USDA's tool for delivering real-time crop information.
More than 60 percent of the primary forest of tropical ecosystems has already been lost, and government agencies are struggling to prevent further destruction. In Honduras, GIS techniques, lifestyle surveys, and satellite imagery of forested areas all helped to determine the variables that predict deforestation behavior among rural families.
How can a country that's almost 10 million square kilometers in area and has a large percentage of the world's freshwater — and disparate jurisdictions responsible for that water — integrate water data collected at myriad source points? Canada's ResEau initiative is attempting to do just that, as it prototypes a new way of accessing and managing water information across jurisdictions through the use of open geospatial standards.
Oil & Gas companies around the world are investing in innovative geospatial technologies to reduce errors, cut costs, and ultimately improve the management of our Earth's precious natural resources.
