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• INSIDE USGIF PODCAST: Dr. Max Baber, Director of Academic Programs, USGIF

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  In September, USGIF concluded a long and exhaustive search for its first academic director with the hiring of Dr. Max Baber, who joined the foundation as the director of academic programs. Dr. Baber joins USGIF from the University of Redlands, and he will be responsible for the USGIF Geospatial Intelligence ...
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• The Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and GEOINT

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  Jeff Thurston, co-founder and edi­tor of V1 Mag­a­zine who is based in Berlin, recently penned a highly compelling editorial on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of geospatial technologies. Written from the perspective of someone who has lived in Germany since 1994, and whose spouse ...
  23 hours ago

• Another Geospatial Integrator Goes to VCs

  
  Spatial Sustain — Authority: 474
  Northrop Grumman has agreed to sell its TASC government consulting business to the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and General Atlantic for $1.65 Billion. This follows the spin-off of CH2M Hill’s information technology group to Golden Gate Capital in October as a separate entity now called Critigen. The ...
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• Transit routing on iPhone maps is cool!

  
  geothought — Authority: 459
  I have been meaning to blog for some time about how useful I find the transit information in Google Maps on the iPhone. Its been around for a while, but I have been using it quite a lot recently and havent blogged about it before. For those who havent used it, when you calculate directions you can pick one of three ...
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• Monday Morning News Kick Off: Space War with China; Northrop to Sell TASC; Iran to Launch Spy Satellite

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  Here we are. It’s Monday morning and time to dust off the cob webs and kick it into high gear – professionally speaking of course. Today, we have a wide range of GEOINT-related news from the business side (latest on sale of TASC) to the disturbing (space warfare with China) to the entertaining (NKorea’s Kim ...
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• European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDIN) Report

  
  Vector One — Authority: 131
  The annual report of the European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDIN) participants is now available. The project stakeholders present what was accomplished during the year point-by-point. Included is a generic presentation of the work.
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• Podcast: A Hallway Conversation with Maarten Oldenhof

  
  All Points Blog — Authority: 559
  Adena Schutzberg interviewed Automotive Navigation Data (AND) CEO Maarten Odelhof about the state of commercial geodata, the licensing challenges and the role the community can play in keeping data up-to-date. This is the third in a series of intervi... Read more
  4 days ago

• Friday’s Food for Thought: It’s All About The Data and Thomas Dolby

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  Welcome to our Friday’s Food for Thought post on got geoint? In the GEOINT world, we tend to focus on the actual imagery provided — and less so the actual data. The data provides the context and knowledge required to make GEOINT situation actionable and effective. And, of course the combination of imagery and ...
  5 days ago

• The Berlin Wall 20 Years –Through Geospatial Eyes

  
  Vector One — Authority: 131
  In the ‘Perspectives’ column this week — “The Berlin Wall 20 Years –Through Geospatial Eyes”I thought I would try something a little different this week given that the fall of the Berlin Wall will be remembered November 9. The 20th Anniversary will give rise to festive occasions both within Berlin and ...
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• Promoting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft and building

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 125
  United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) 2007 Geospatial Achievement Award Presented at Hall of Fame Dinner on 24 OCT 07; largest IC conference of the year; over 3,000 attendees and 130 companies Dr. Swen Johnson was recognized with this prestigious geospatial academic research ...
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• GITA Ontario: Mobile Solutions for Road Asset Management

  
  Between the Poles — Authority: 128
  I was at GITA Ontario Fall Forum yesterday near Toronto, which is an event I look forward to every year. This year was no exception, there was some exceptionally good content especially in the electric power utility area. Every year I have a chance to catch up with some folks that are developing and deploying ...
  5 days ago

• ESRI, Google Enterprise, and Virtual Alabama

  
  VizWorld.com — Authority: 491
  I’m sure most people don’t think of Alabama being the pinnacle of geospatial research and imaging, but Google Enterprise is developing a GIS system for a “Virtual Alabama” and ESRI is building the “Virginia Interoperability Picture for Emergency Response”.  GCN’s Wyatt Kash sits down with Jack ...
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• Coming Soon! – Google Earth and ArcGIS Integration for Local Government Users

  
  GeoChalkboard — Authority: 110
  GeoSpatial Training Services will be releasing a new instructor guided, Internet based course in the near future. Google Earth and ArcGIS Integration for Local Government Users Most local government agencies have large collections of GIS data in various formats including shapefiles, geodatabases, grids, tins, ...
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• Was the Google Maps data change a big mistake?

  
  geothought — Authority: 459
  So the discussions about the great Google map data change in the US rage on, and we are seeing more and more reports of significant data quality issues. I wrote about how Central City Parkway was completely missing, and I reported this to Google to see how the change process would work. I posted later about how it had ...
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• USGIF Members Dominate the Washingtonian 50 Great Places to Work List

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  For a while now, we have been touting the merits of pursuing a career in GEOINT. You get to work with innovative technologies, solve national security issues and protect our great nation. Well, the well-respected Washingtonian Magazine further validated our belief that the GEOINT community offers the best career ...
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• NRD Lawsuit over USDA GIS data Access

  
  GeoData Policy — Authority: 112
  Central Platte NRD Sues USDA Over Information Access By Robert PorePublished: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:56 PM CDT …The NRD is trying to gain access to the USDA’s geographic information system, or GIS, data to help it provide guidance on irrigation practices, mapping of cropland and district decisions. … ...
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• Free Webinar: Introduction to Digital Elevation Models

  
  VizWorld.com — Authority: 491
  Intermap is offering a free 45-minute webinar next week to demonstrate how high-resolution 3D Digital Elevation Maps (DEMs) are enabling GIS and geospatial applications across several industries. As the fields of digital mapping and geospatial analysis continue to grow, the use of 3D data is becoming more ...
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• Ive joined the Advisory Board of FortiusOne

  
  geothought — Authority: 459
  Today it was announced that Ive joined the new Advisory Board of FortiusOne, together with Jeff Harris, who has a very distinguished background in the Intelligence world, and Michael Frankel and Wolf Ruzicka, who bring great expertise in Business Intelligence and enterprise software. We actually had the first Advisory ...
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• Space is Crowded: Pentagon Eyes 1,300 Potential Satellite Collisions

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  Our readers may recall back in February we did a post about how space is becoming an ever crowded place — based on the news that the Air Force tracks more than 18,000 objects in our orbit. In addition, around that time, an Iridium communications satellite collided with a Russian military satellite, underscoring ...
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• Acquisition/Parntership Roundup

  
  All Points Blog — Authority: 559
  TeleCommunications Systems, a developer of text messaging location-based software, has acquired Solvern Innovations, a Baltimore company specializing in cyber security. - press releaseMapmyIndia, one of India’s map and GPS navigation services... Read more
  6 days ago

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