Merrick & Company Wins Aerial LiDAR Mapping Project
Merrick will deliver six-inch pixel resolution color digital orthophotography that was simultaneously collected with 1-meter ground sample distance LiDAR, a digital terrain model (DTM), and two-foot contours for the entire County
Greenman-Pedersen, ACA Sign Agreement to Become Pictometry Sales Agents
Pictometry International Corp. announced today that Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (www.gpinet.com) and wholly-owned subsidiary, Aerial Cartographics of America (www.aca-net.com), have become Pictometry sales agents
GeoAnalytics Retained For Planning To Develop A GIS-Based Local Forecast Data Collection Application
GeoAnalytics® Inc. has been retained by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to provide professional services to develop a GIS-based Local Forecast Data Collection Application
GIS Supports Work of Woods Hole Research Center
How do we retrace our ecological footprints? Where will the footprints lead? Scientists with the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) are using GIS software from ESRI to track ecological footprints across the globe
URISA Leadership Academy Program Details Announced
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association is pleased to announce the course details for its second URISA Leadership Academy (ULA). The program will be held June 16-20, 2008 at the Ambassador East Hotel in Chicago, Illinois
U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million
The nation’s Hispanic population increased 1.4 million to reach 45.5 million on July 1, 2007, or 15.1 percent of the estimated total U.S. population of 301.6 million
Highest Flood Recorded on Lower Mississippi River Since 1973
The largest flood on the lower Mississippi River since 1973 was measured on April 22 in Vicksburg, Mississippi by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers