This is my tentative to catch up the geonews since my mid-August holidays. Here they are!
On the open source / open data front:
- UDig 1.3.2 has been released with several new features and supports Axios spatial editing tools again
- Since the USGS provides the Landsat archive, but this entry mentions that a substantial part of the Landsat archive is available on the fast and reliable public Google Earth Engine cloud storage
On the Esri front:
- The free plugin ArcGIS for AutoCAD version 300 is now available
- There's now an ArcGIS Runtime for iOS for ArcGIS WebMaps
On the Google front:
- Google made a few Google Maps announcements, including voice guided directions in India, Map Maker in New Zealand and new Street View in 150 university campuses
- In another entry, Google offers a roundup of their August Google Maps related news, most news we already shared with our users
- Nothing surprising, new imagery released on September 1
On the Microsoft front:
- Microsoft shares an entry on overlaying Esri shapefiles in BIng Maps
- Microsoft's Global Ortho Project is complete for the United States, meaning there's high resolution 30cm imagery everywhere in the country
- There's a new Bing Get Me There App for iOS for London, UK
- An entry on Bing Maps V7 AJAX Highlights
In the everything else category:
- James shares a must-read short entry named '80% of Data Is Not Spatial So Stop Claiming It Is', read the comments for insights
- Here's a pertinent entry related to a UN paper, Criticism - Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management: The Five to Ten Year Vision
- Here's an update on the OGC standards and the semantic web (aka Linked Data)
- APB informs us that 22 companies formed the In-Location Alliance to Enhance Indoor Positioning
- O'Reilly links to an article on Yelp Checkins to Measure Geopositioning Accuracy Across Phones
- Slashdot discuss the Location Privacy Act Approved By California Legislature
- Other stories at Slashdot, The Rapid Rise of License Plate Readers and UK License Plate Cameras Have "Gaps In Coverage"
- Big numbers, APB indicates that the GIS market will soon reach between 3.7 - 10.6 Billions, depending on who you ask
In the maps category:
- On APoD, there's a pretty interesting map of hurricane and tropical storms paths (screenshot below)
- An interesting map of the Global Decline in Religiosity
- Some London Olympics maps: The politics of London Olympic medal counts
