tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125647332009-10-17T03:06:45.352-05:00A blog with an emphasis on mapping and navigation.Roger Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12163856444688116094noreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564733.post-6838711901893225732008-07-17T17:06:00.003-05:002008-12-08T23:32:51.320-06:00

I've always hated moving. Actually, it's not the moving, it's the unpacking. I continue to unpack this blog at its new location.Here's an update of posts you'll find at the new place:Directions to Remain Most Popular LBS Application Says ResearcherGLONASS Will Match U.S. System by 2012 Says Russian DirectorTrimble Launches VRS Service in FloridaArtists Recycle Maps Into ArtGLONASS Falling Behind

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The on again, off again global navigation system Galileo took a big step forward with the announcement by the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that that procurement of the nuts and bolts of the system is going forward. The goal is to have the planned 30 satellites as well as the ground control facilities up and running by 2013.Doubt over the program's future arose over

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Environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites have been successfully completed Boeing announced today. The series of acoustic tests were designed duplicate the high noise levels the occur during the spacecraft's launch. The firm reports that the first satellite will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force later this year. The IIF group of GPS satellites are an

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With the beginning of a new month comes a move for GeoCarta. This blog has finally gotten a place of its own. It's not totally fixed up yet, but it is presentable enough for company to visit. So feel free to drop by.All of the old posts have been moved to the new/old blog that is run on Wordpress. Posts to this Blogger account will continue for a while, along with gentle reminders of the move but

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Search engine giant Google has signed an agreement with Tele Atlas that gives Google access to the firm's maps it was announced today. The five year license grants Google access to Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries around the world. Financial terms were not announced.The broad agreement will allow the internet behemoth to use Tele Atlas maps in all current and future

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Not every new application for GIS gets posted here. However, this one was so different from the norm it was worth a mention. KUSA-TV in Denver has a story on how Weld County Sheriff's Deputies are using GIS to help prevent DUI crashes:Several years back, law enforcement started working with the Weld County's GIS (Geographic Information System) department to create a map that would pinpoint the

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Personal Navigation Device (PND) maker Garmin has signed a multi-year deal with GyPSii, an Amsterdam-based provider of geo-location and mobile social networking services. The main purpose of the deal is assumed to be the inclusion of GyPSii's applications in Garmin's Nuvifone, the firms first consumer phone planned for later this year.GyPSii's technology currently includes a range of

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If you're wondering what cartographers jobs are like The Times has a couple of answers for you. Today's Career & Jobs section interviewed two British mapmakers.Jon Ford is a survey geologist with the British Geological Survey. He explained his work to The Times:“I create geological maps and models, which show the rock strata, fossil records and other features that underly the landscape. Much of

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A group with the ambitious goal of creating a global 'open source' map that anyone can contribute to and use will hold its second annual meeting in Limerick, Ireland. The State of the Map will meet July 12 and 13 at the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel. The event is sponsored by OpenStreetMap.org a project with about 40,000 volunteers. The group enlists people across the globe to go out onto streets and

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The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state's Public Service Commission (PSC) acted properly when it approved a plan to build 124 giant wind-power turbines in Greenbrier County. The court rejected arguments by the project's opponents that the map submitted to the PSC by Beech Ridge Energy LLC was inadequate.More of the court's opinion from the Charleston Gazette:Justices conceded

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The controversial map exhibit Imaginary Coordinates at Chicago's Spertus Museum was abruptly closed on Friday the Chicago Tribune reports. The exhibit had angered the city's Jewish community with at least one member of the museum's board threatening to resign if the exhibit stayed open. The Tribune quoted Rhoda Rosen, director of the museum, as saying that the exhibit was about mapping as a "

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Paper maps. Who needs 'em? Well apparently as physical maps are increasingly replaced by digital versions the old ones are becoming more collectible. Express India recently ran a story on the growing interest in antique maps among collectors in that country:It is the fun of tracing unknown routes that draws people towards this shop,” says [Kapil Dev] Aryan, who opened the shop in 2000 and has

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A self-described "tornado chaser" has launched a web site that shows where tornadoes hit the United States each day. The Google Earth mashup allows visitors to zoom in to see a city, or zoom out to see the entire country.Dr. Perry Samson, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, at the University of Michigan developed the site from National Oceanic and Atmospheric

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Navteq CEO Judson Green says he has seen the future of mapping and that future is on the cell phone. In a recent article in the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Green said that the firm's merger with Nokia will enable it to enlist cell phone users to supplement Navteq's 1,000 mapping analysts:Digital map-maker Navteq is preparing for a significant leap from portable GPS devices and automobile navigation

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The Asia-Pacific Winners of NAVTEQ's Global LBS Challenge were announced today. The Grand Prize goes to Joikusoft for its JoikuSpot. JoikuSpot is a free location-aware mobile software solution that turns Nokia Smartphones into hotspots. Once installed on a phone, laptop, or internet tablet, the software establishes a wireless internet connections making the device its own hotspot. In addition to

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Registration for AutoCarto 2008 is now open. Produced by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) the symposium will be held September 8-11 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The event focuses on Cartography and GIScience and features keynotes, workshops, and field trips.You can register at the CaGIS AutoCarto website.

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"Is Google Making Us Stoopid?" -- When Atlantic Monthly posed that question on its cover recently it set off a whole anti-technology backlash. Now Cloe Shasha at ABC News has joined the chorus, asking "Is GPS Making us Dumb?" and claiming that our reliance on GPS devices may result in the loss of our sense of direction:When we develop a crutch for technology, we lose the ability to do that which

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Lots of teenagers get part-time jobs, many even get jobs working for their dads. Instead, Molly Parsons has her dad working for her as the majority owner of Streamside Publications LLC.More from the Steamboat Pilot & Today:The company’s latest release is a map of public fishing spots on the Yampa downtown and in the Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area. The guide includes photos of the river and

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) have reached an agreement to ensure the preservation and access to the USGS's earth imagery and geospatial data resources. Under the agreement NARA will be the legal custodian of the data while the USGS will exercise day-to-day control according to preservation and access standards of NARA. The records

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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to Del Mar College (DMC) and project partners through the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program to establish the National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence (GeoTech Center) at DMC. The goal of the GeoTech Center is to increase the number and quality of educated geospatial technicians in the fields of GIS, GPS, remote

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"Greensward" the huge map by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux that became the plan for the development of New York City's famed Central Park has been put on display for only the third time in history the New York Times reported:It lays out the framework of the park as it exists today with a prescience that few master plans achieve. You could use it to navigate through many stretches of the

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Corporate behemoth General Electric (GE) is expanding its “Smart Grid” Capabilities for utilities, with the announcement that its GE Energy unit will acquire MapFrame. Dallas-based MapFrame produces applications that allow utility company employees access to real-time information through its mobile mapping system called "FieldSmart." Bob Gilligan, general manager of GE Energy’s transmission and

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Tele Atlas announced the release of a new digital map system today. Called MultiNav, the map platform has a smaller data footprint designed to to provide navigation application developers greater flexibility and reduce development time. The latest platform is compatible with the firm's existing digital map content with more localized content promised for later.Tele Atlas cites three big

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MetaCarta a provider of geographic search and referencing solutions announced that it has launched The MetaCarta Blog. The firm says the new blog will focus on how geography is adding a new dimension to the Internet to create the "geoweb."MetaCarta says it will allow industry experts and visitors to air their views on topics such as geography, location intelligence, and how digital maps have

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Manufacturers that pioneered the development of GPS chips for the civilian market face an uncertain future; one that may include merging or being bought by larger integrated circuit (IC) manufacturers according to a new report released today by ABI Research. "The market for GPS semiconductors has reached a plateau," according analyst Dominique Bonte. "All GPS chips offer similar performance. That

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