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GIS at its Finest: Storm Surge Analysis

March 31, 2010 - By

Earlier this week, First American Spatial Solutions (FASS) released a report detailing the risk of 13 coastal cities in the United States to storm surge. It’s a fantastic example of how GIS analysis can be used in a very practical way and on a very broad scale. Did you know that there is a difference (in the insurance company’s eyes)... read more

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Wide Awake Bridging the Gap

March 30, 2010 - By

I gave this talk at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, in a concluding session titled “Bridging the Gap: A Journalistic View on Progress and Problems of GNSS.” __________ Before telling you what I came here to say today, I should really attempt to answer the question posed by our moderator:Is the world ready for new GNSS applications and services? If... read more

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GPS Gaps Closing Up; West Coast Launches Aired

March 30, 2010 - By

The U.S. General Accountability Office is revising its April 2009 report that forecast future gaps in GPS constellation availability, now using a more optimistic model of satellite lifetimes that is borne out by recent performance. The undersecretary of the Air Force for space has reportedly said the service is looking at some future GPS launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the West Coast. read more

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On the Edge: Lost Graves, Trail of Tears

March 27, 2010 - By

During the winter of 1838–39, the great Native American Cherokee Nation trekked across southern Illinois, in a forced removal by the U.S. government from their ancestral homeland in Tennessee. Harried, unequipped, and unsupported by their captors, thousands died on the Trail of Tears. Burial records were not kept, and burial locations remain lost to this day. Local history suggests that some Illinois settlers allowed the Cherokee to bury their dead on small plots of land adjacent to their own family cemeteries. One such plot, the Campground Presbyterian Church cemetery near Anna, Illinois, may contain unmarked Cherokee graves. read more

Augmented Reality and Podcast Interview with Accela

March 24, 2010 - By

I recently viewed a TED presentation on augmented reality that was quite impressive. Honestly, I hadn’t heard much about augmented reality by name, I really have been thinking about it for some time. An example is when I’ve been in the field mapping existing features such as irrigation piping or drainage that is eventually filled in and covered by material... read more

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Letters to the Editor: The Other Shoe

March 23, 2010 - By

The Other Shoe, The Spy, The Other Spy read more

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LSAW Conference RTK Network Discussion Roundtable

March 18, 2010 - By

A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a roundtable discussion at the Land Surveyors Association of Washington (LSAW) annual conference on the subject of RTK networks (RTN). I always enjoy listening to heavy RTK users on their thoughts, their procedures, and how they arrived at them. We danced around a number of subjects with one being the “RTN’s biggest flaw.” My first thought was the communications link, but... read more

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The Consumerization of GIS: Golf Carts on a Roll

March 16, 2010 - By

I had an interesting experience last month that opened my eyes and had me thinking about how consumer electronics has transformed GIS over the last several years. Google Earth was cool when it first came out, but nothing earth-shattering. We’ve been doing the same thing (albeit on a smaller scale) for many years. Although you can debate how much technology... read more

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