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• GEOINT iPhone App for the War Fighter

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  This just goes to show you that there is an iPhone app for virtually anything. Last week, USGIF member company Raytheon announced an iPhone application that tracks friends and foes, shows their positions on live, real time maps and provides secure communications. Called the One Force Tracker, the Raytheon iPhone ...
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• Podcast: Googles Slow Walk to its Vision for Geospatial Cloud Computing

  
  All Points Blog — Authority: 555
  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 d... Read more
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• Monday Morning News Kick Off: France Launches Spy Satellite; Chavez will Shoot Down U.S. Drones; and GSA Awards Geospatial Service Agreements

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  Once again, it is Monday morning and it’s time for the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? As we ease our way into the holiday — and dig out from the massive snow storm that hit the east coast — many of us are most likely counting the days until we can spend more down time with family. Or, ...
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• Friday’s Food for Thought: Norad Santa and “Charlie Don’t Surf”

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  Welcome to once again to our Friday’s Food for Thought post exclusively on got geoint? We hope that everyone is weathering the cold weather (like the pun), surviving the holiday party season , and has all of their holiday shopping done. We are officially seven days from X-mas. So, this means NORAD is kicking ...
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• Google Earth comes to the Audi A8’s in-dash navigation system

  
  GPS Obsessed — Authority: 128
  Google has teamed up with German car manufacturer Audi to bring Google Earth to the car dashboard. Today on the Google LatLong blog, the company announced that the new Audi A8’s in-dash navigation system will include access to Google Earth  with its 3D satellite imagery, terrain information, and even Layers ...
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• Unfamiliar Ground: United States and its Allies Still Lack the Data Necessary to Navigate Afghanistan’s Unforgiving Terrain

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  Journalists and commentators covering Afghanistan and Pakistan have addressed everything from geopolitics to tribal dynamics, reconstruction aid, and, of course, terrorism. Even the casual observer has probably read stories that have addressed U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance efforts, most notably ...
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• COP15: Measurement of Changing Climate with Geospatial Tools

  
  Vector One — Authority: 132
  COP15 talks in Copenhagen have gotten around to talking about measurement. This is a good sign and something this blog has been talking about for a long time (links below). GIS, GPS and remote sensing systems are all tools that can be used to determine changing landscape and marine conditions with a view to changing ...
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• Acquisition/Parntership Roundup

  
  All Points Blog — Authority: 555
  On4 Communications, Inc. wrapped up the acquisition of www.Pets911.com. Ten year old Pets911.com offers pet lost and found and adoption services with relationships with over 14,000 rescue organizations across the United States.- press release... Read more
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• USGIF Member Companies Carahsoft and ASRC Make Washington Technology “Fast 50″ List

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  Reinforcing the viability of the GEOINT sector, two USGIF member companies, Carahsoft Technology and ASRC Management Services, made the Washington Technology “Fast 50″ list for 2009. Washington Technology ranks the 50 fastest growing small businesses in the government market, and the rankings are based on ...
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• GEOINT to Play Major Role in Afghanistan Surge

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  As we highlighted in our post about President Obama’s decision to add 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan, GEOINT is going to play a major role in how we deal with such a decentralized enemy. In fact, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans on increasing geospatial intelligence for troops in Afghanistan ...
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• MIT Wins DARPA’s Red Balloon-Spotting Contest

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers took less than nine hours to find 10 red weather balloons that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) had placed randomly in public places around the United States as part of its “Network Challenge.” The winners from MIT used what is called an ...
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• Four short links: 15 December 2009

  
  O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — Authority: 616
  Opticks -- Opticks is an expandable remote sensing and imagery analysis software platform that is free and open source. Hugely extensible system. (via geowanking ) Best Buy, Samsung, And Westinghouse Named In SFLC Suit Today (Linux Weekly News) -- the Software Freedom Law Center is suing them for selling ...
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• MapQuest Adds Streetview-Level Imagery

  
  VizWorld.com — Authority: 449
  New York, NY test of MapQuest 360 View. While some images lack clarity, the orange proximity bubbles are useful. From the MapQuest blog : 360° View provides fantastic panoramic views (360° horizontally and 160° vertically) of any given image within the 360 View coverage area (initially 30 cities and 15 suburbs ...
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• FDO Toolbox 0.9.1 Available

  
  Between the Poles — Authority: 424
  Jackie Ng has released FDO Toolbox 0.9.1.
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• Sikkim holds exhibition to showcase environmental heritage

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Gangtok, Dec 13(ANI): The forest department of Sikkim organised an exhibition to showcase the environmental heritage of the state in Gangtok this week. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling inaugurated the daylong exhibition, which presented the rich biodiversity of the state, at Saramsa Garden on Wednesday. The ...
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• Geospatial Data: Biogeographic Regions of Europe

  
  Vector One — Authority: 132
  The European Environment Agency (EEA) has made available the biogeographical regions of Europe datasets. The data is for 2005 and includes methodology, shapefiles and 100m / 250m raster TIFF files. You can download it here.
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• MEST 2009: Spatial Data, Convergence, Intelligent Models, Collaboration, Open Source Geospatial, GeoWeb, and Fusion

  
  Between the Poles — Authority: 424
  One of the distinguishing characteristics of the MEST conferences, is the daily wrap up where one of the organizers briefly reviews and summarizes the days presentations.  I find the exercise very worthwhile because it gives you a chance to review and digest what youve heard during the days proceedings.  There is ...
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• Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Announces Updated Suite of Mapping and GIS Software with New Postprocessing Engine

  
  Eric D. Colburn, Professional Land Surveyor — Authority: 122
  Trimble Announces Updated Suite of Mapping and GIS Softwarewith New Postprocessing EngineSUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 7, 2009 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today significant updates to its entire portfolio of Mapping & GIS field and office software products. These enhancements focus on improved Global Navigation ...
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• US Air Force Confirms ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Drone

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 469
  This week, the US Air Force confirmed that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and, until now has been shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed “to provide reconnaissance and surveillance ...
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• Baby Jesus GPS from Brickhouse Security

  
  GPS Obsessed — Authority: 128
  Religious institutions that have outdoor holiday displays that are vandalized or stolen on an annual basis need to read this. Brickhouse Security is once again offering the use of GPS trackers for free this holiday season to religious institutions. While it’s not a new program, it is very successful, and this year ...
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