MapBox has announced that it will be launching MapBox Satellite Live later this summer which aims to provide near real-time access to satellite imagery within six hours of any event anywhere in the world.
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The first GIS MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is set to start next week. Running for five weeks starting on July 17, 2013, the course is titled, "Maps and the Geospatial Revolution" and will be taught by Dr. Anthony Robinson.
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After a lengthy battle in the court system, California’s Supreme Court has finally ruled in favor of allowing public access to the government’s GIS data in Orange County. Back in 2007, the Sierra Club sued the county for the right to use its GIS data for environmental mapping projects. Orange County resisted, however, claiming that the digital maps did not fall under the Public Records Act.
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Mobile devices like the iPhone offer productivity benefits for GIS, especially in the field. We’ve summed up below five highly recommended GIS and mapping applications on the market for your iPhone.
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Geospatial Book Pick
Understanding GIS: An ArcGIS Project Workbook explains the methods, tools, and processes needed to apply full-scale GIS analysis to a spatially based problem. The tutorial is designed around a single, multifaceted problem: how to select a suitable location for a park near the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles, California.
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Free Trade Publication
GPS World: covers GPS/GNSS-related news to high-level corporate managers, project and engineering managers, product designers, researchers, and system developers.
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