The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has picked Juliana P. Blackwell as director of the Office of National Geodetic Survey, making her the first woman to oversee the nation's spatial reference system.
AtlasCT has announced the release of AtlasWeb SDK 3.2, an application programming interface (API) for Internet-based maps and GIS applications development.
Web-based geospatial applications that anyone can use are making geospatial technology ubiquitous. The success of these applications, however, depends on a variety of Internet and Web standards, as well as those provided by geospatial standards development organizations and initiatives. Standards are key for technology diffusion between mass-market applications and traditional geospatial technology markets.
Public spatial data infrastructures (pSDIs) are great assets, but to secure the substantial resources required to fund them, managers must find a concrete way to express their value. A benefit model can quantify the pSDI's importance to both GIS professionals and the broader community.
