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President’s 2016 Budget Proposes $1.2 Billion for the USGS
Reflects robust Administration support for science-based decision-making in managing natural resources The President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey is $1.2 billion, an increase of nearly
Qatar is Using GIS to Map and Analyse Fishing Reserves
In recent news, Qatar is developing a geographical information system (GIS) to map and analyse its marine resources, mainly fishing reserves. The fisheries department is busy assessing the country’s fish reserves
Nagaland Doing Mapping on Ground Water Prospects
Nagaland Science and Technology Council (NASTEC) has prepared a map on ‘Ground water prospects of Nagaland’. NASTEC prepared the Hydro Geo-Morphological (HGM) Map under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission
Geospatial Innovation in Spotlight at Esri Conference in DC
NGA Director Robert Cardillo and Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to Keynote Redlands, California—Technology and government leaders will gather for the Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington, DC, February 9–10,
ArcGIS 10.3 and ArcGIS Pro Modernize GIS for Organizations and Enterprises
New Release Enables Users to Create, Share, and Explore Maps on Any Device Esri has announced (Jan 27, 2015) that ArcGIS 10.3 is now available with the release of ArcGIS Pro.
Trimble Unity — Next Generation Suite of Software Applications for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Utilities
Trimble Unity Replaces Trimble Connect for Water and Offers Unified Cloud-based and Mobile Collaboration Platform for Smart Water Mapping and Work Management Trimble has introduced its next generation suite of software applications
Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy, Select SuperGIS for Geospatial Applications
The Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy (aka, UNIVPM) selects SuperGIS Desktop to build a professional teaching laboratory of engineering, environment observation and agriculture, to train outstanding geographic information personnel. Ranking
Discover Top 10 GIS Features with Latest SuperGIS Desktop
To make GIS software friendlier and easier to access, Supergeo, the leading GIS software provider, collects GIS users’ ideas around the world, and votes the 10 most useful features of
More Global Topographic Data to Aid Climate Change Research
Enhanced elevation data for most of Asia and Oceania; third of four releases Improved global topographic (elevation) data are now publicly available for most of Asia (India, China, southern Siberia,
Ordnance Survey Set to Become a Government-Owned Company
Proposals for converting Ordnance Survey from a Trading Fund into a government-owned company have today moved a step closer 22 January 2015 – As announced this morning in a Written Ministerial
