[GIS GPS] GIS Applications Support AnalystRIGZONE Career Center - leading oil and gas careers web siteFrom: http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/postings/138943/GIS_Applications_Support_Analyst.asp[GIS GPS] GIS SupervisorRIGZONE Career Center - leading oil and gas careers web siteFrom: http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/postings/143535/GIS_Supervisor.asp[GIS GPS] Taking Dengue Fever GIS Statewide and other Health GIS NewsAppreciating the Geographic Information System (GIS) of urban unit of Planning and Development Department for collecting data regarding dengue and other necessary information, he [Chief Minister Punjab, Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif ] directed the Chief Secretary that the scope of this... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/taking-dengue-fever-gis-statewide-and-other-health-gis-news/212228[GIS GPS] How well do you know your geography?Before Waldo and Carmen Sandiego showed up to make it fun, Britannica and National Geographic specials were our eyes on the world.From: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20111110/NJLIFE02/311100018/How-well-do-you-know-your-geography-?odyssey=nav%7chead[GIS GPS] Finding Your Library in Suffolk County and other Government GIS NewsIn Suffolk County, NY, library budget allocations are tied to library card registrations, so it is important that residents (a) register and (b) do it in the right library. However, in Suffolk County, point |b| is not always so straightforward, because a librarys service area is... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/finding-your-library-in-suffolk-county-and-other-government-gis-news/212023[GIS GPS] GIs provide solutions to battlefield problemsIf a car is speeding toward a vehicle-bound soldier’s checkpoint, the soldier used to have just two choices: Shoot, or don’t shoot.From: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/11/army-soldiers-inventions-provide-solutions-110611w/[GIS GPS] GIS Technology Helps Health Care Industry Save LivesThe health care industry is using GIS to save lives and American Sentinel University has identified four ways GIS is improving the health care industry and why the need for GIS professionals will be even greater as organizations harness the data integration and spatial visualization power of GIS. Learn more about American Sentinel University’s GIS degrees at http://www.americansentinel.edu ...From: http://news.yahoo.com/gis-technology-helps-health-care-industry-save-lives-080334571.html[GIS GPS] Crowdsourced Lunch Map and other Health GIS NewsRedlands dietician Amanda Frye has created a Web map and poll that can answer those questions and provide critical nutritional information at the same time. ? Just last week Frye and the Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim Fund for International Exchange in Nutrition, Dietetics and... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/crowdsourced-lunch-map-and-other-health-gis-news/211728[GIS GPS] GIS SupervisorRIGZONE Career Center - leading oil and gas careers web siteFrom: http://www.rigzone.com/jobs/postings/138946/GIS_Supervisor.asp[GIS GPS] Attitudes Toward Vaccination Measured by Twitter and other Health GIS NewsA Penn State professor turned to Twitter to gather information about attitudes toward vaccinations to compare them to actual local rates. A unique and innovative analysis of how social media can affect the spread of a disease has been designed and implemented by a scientist at Penn... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/attitudes-toward-vaccination-measured-by-twitter-and-other-health-gis-/207257[GIS GPS] Image Analysis Software generates GIS-ready information.Designed to extract information from geospatial data, including images, point clouds, and Geographic Information System vectors, eCognition v8.7 enables users to analyze earth observation and remote sensing data to generate GIS-ready information. Selective 3D feature combines 2D raster and vector data with statistical attributes derived from 3D point clouds. With Classification and Regression ...From: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Image-Analysis-Software-generates-GIS-ready-information-602852[GIS GPS] Liberia’s Forest Dwellers Map Illegal Logging and other International GIS NewsLiberia The Liberian press reports on the countys Forestry Development Authority (FDA) effort to curb illegal loggnig. Green Advocates International is leading the project with funding from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Green Advocates International would mobilize... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/liberias-forest-dwellers-map-illegal-logging-and-other-international-g/203232[GIS GPS] Another Woman Uses GIS to Explore Marine World and other Education GIS NewsIn the Gulf of Thailand, where [SFSU] Associate Professor of Geography Ellen Hines conducts her field work, fishermen, scientists and policymakers know very little about the vulnerable marine life that lives locally. But she does in part because of the use of GPS and GIS. - SFSU... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/another-woman-uses-gis-to-explore-marine-world-and-other-education-gis/202977[GIS GPS] Mapping Structures Near Monuments in India and other International GIS NewsIndia Starting next week, the Delhi government-appointed competent authority will start a field survey of all monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the capital. The survey will map all existing structures within a 500m radius of every ASI... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/mapping-structures-near-monuments-in-india-and-other-international-gis/210480[GIS GPS] How they tracked Dzongu after quakeGangtok, Oct. 14: It would have meant endless sorties and waste of fuel for choppers but for the combined technology of GIS and GPS used by the forest department to map wildlife areas that gave the pilots the much-needed coordinates to carry out relief operations in the almost inaccessible Dzongu.From: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111015/jsp/siliguri/story_14625494.jsp[GIS GPS] Vaccine-Preventable Disease Map and other Health GIS NewsThe?Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington, DC-based think tank,?announced today?the launch of an interactive map tracking outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The map,?available here, presents data about the location and size of outbreaks, the disease(s) involved, and... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/vaccine-preventable-disease-map-and-other-health-gis-news/210980[GIS GPS] Data Collection Software captures GIS data in field.Operating on Android(TM)-based mobile devices, GeoRover? Mobile enables collection of GIS data in field, with or without network connectivity. Program integrates GPS and Wi-Fi(TM) networks to provide current location data. Users can create waypoints, and track logs and routes when connected to internal/external GPS, including Bluetooth?, to obtain real-time connection. Using Map-Pack process ...From: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Data-Collection-Software-captures-GIS-data-in-field-603682[GIS GPS] NexTraq Integrates GIS Mapping With GPS Fleet Tracking for the Oil and Gas IndustryATLANTA - Fleet managers in the oil and gas industry can protect and leverage assets remotely with real-time data and reporting.From: http://www.automotive-fleet.com/News/Story/2011/10/NexTraq-Integrates-GIS-Mapping-With-GPS-Fleet-Tracking-for-the-Oil-and-Gas-Industry.aspx[GIS GPS] NGO Brings Geospatial Tech to Indian Teachers and other Education GIS NewsLIGHTS, an NGO based in Delhi, along with the department of science and technology, Government of India, has been organizing similar seminars [teaching teachers about GIS, GPS and RS] all over the country to sensitise teachers about technologies like GIS and enabling them to make use... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/ngo-bring-geospatial-tech-to-indian-teachers-and-other-education-gis-n/209619[GIS GPS] Predicting Dengue Fever and other Health GIS NewsThe Phillippines With the country in the grips of dengue fever, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the state weather bureau have launched a study that will enable?health?authorities to predict dengue outbreaks in the future. The idea is to look back and see if... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/predicting-dengue-fever-and-other-health-gis-news/196401[GIS GPS] Taipei’s Integrated Crime Management Solution and other International GIS NewsPolice in Taipei have started using a combination of Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System and security cameras and satellite images to boost their anticrime efforts. Itll cost NT$2 billion (US$68.94 million) and?can |integrate information provided by GPS, GIS... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/taipeis-integrated-crime-management-solution-and-other-international-g/196382[GIS GPS] NYC’s Belt-mounted GPS-enabled Radiation Detectors and other Government GIS NewsThe New York Police Department is launching a mobile radiation detection system equipped with location-tracking GPS technology that it says could help avert a so-called |dirty| bomb attack. Two hundred ten officers stationed around the World Trade Center will wear the belt-mounted... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/nycs-beltmounted-gps-enabled-radtion-detectors-and-other-government-gi/192838[GIS GPS] Magellan Announces Trade-in Offer for GIS eXplorist Pro 10Magellan GPS has announced a promotion that allows customers in the U.S. and Canada to trade in any GIS data collection device in exchange for $75 off a new Magellan GIS eXplorist Pro 10 device — a rugged, waterproof, handheld GPS device that runs Windows Mobile 6.5 for high-accuracy GIS data collection.From: http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/gis-and-mapping/news/magellan-announces-trade-offer-gis-explorist-pro-10-12003[GIS GPS] GPS devices to help grow ESRI revenue 50%ESRI expects to book total revenue this year of about Bt2 billion, for growth of about 50 per cent.From: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/08/13/business/GPS-devices-to-help-grow-ESRI-revenue-50-30162643.html[GIS GPS] Turkmenistan Tackles Census with GIS and other International GIS NewsTurkmenistan Turkmenistan is prepping for a census in late 2012, using GIS. In particular, Turkmenistan’s State Statistics Committee will use international GIS technology (Geographic Information System) to ensure working with cartographic material in an electronic format, and... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/turkmenistan-tackles-census-with-gis-and-other-international-gis-news/193530[GIS GPS] Taipei cps launch $68.9M GPS-enabled surveillancePolice in Taipei have started using a combination of Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System and security cameras and satellite images to boost their anticrime efforts. The New Taipei Police activated these technologies Wednesday in their cutting-edge Intelligence Integrated Center (IIC), Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. New Taipei Deputy Mayor Hou Yu-ih estimated the ...From: http://ph.news.yahoo.com/taipei-cps-launch-68-9m-gps-enabled-surveillance-101609489.html[GIS GPS] Trimble Adds Functionality to GIS Data Collection SoftwareTrimble announced the release of its next generation of Trimble TerraSync software.From: http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/gis-and-mapping/news/trimble-adds-functionality-gis-data-collection-software-12007[GIS GPS] Mass Geography Teaching Workshop and other GIS Education NewsFramingham State University (Massachusetts) is among those offering K-12 teachers geography education insights. With a roughly $20,000 appropriation from the state, the school offers a weeklong summer institute for about 25 grade-school teachers from around Massachusetts. |The... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/mass-geography-teaching-workshop-and-other-gis-education-news/194981[GIS GPS] Renaming Tripoli’s Square on Google Maps and other International GIS NewsLibya Green Square| is now |Martyrs Square| on the online [Google]?map?for Tripoli, reflecting what rebels are now calling it.? - AP UK In Manchester UK, officials are looking at ways to cut costs. One idea: put GPS tracking devices on elders/disabled peoples scooters. I... Continue readingFrom: http://apb.directionsmag.com/entry/renaming-trpolis-square-on-google-maps-and-other-international-gis-new/195936[GIS GPS] Two Ohio Firms Team Up to Inventory DuPont Imprelis DamageMapping and GPS technology allows landscape contractors to inventory damaged trees to provide both clients and insurance companies with fast and accurate information.Cincinnati, Ohio (PRWEB) August 26, 2011 With damaged trees across the United States, landscape contractors are left with identifying damaged and dead trees for both their clients and insurance claims. Environmental Management, a ...From: http://news.yahoo.com/two-ohio-firms-team-inventory-dupont-imprelis-damage-071147286.htmlPage 1 of 3 1 2 3
