Archived GIS Snippets
Published in 2008
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Seminar Series Shows Law Enforcement Professionals How GIS Supports Intelligence-Led Policing
ESRI invites law enforcement executives and decision makers to attend a free geographic information system (GIS) law enforcement seminar in their area. At each seminar offered throughout the United States, GIS technology will be explored from the law enforcement perspective, giving participants a chance to see the problem-solving capabilities of GIS in their line of work.
Professionals in fields ranging from law enforcement and community corrections to investigations and information technology are encouraged to join ESRI for this informative gathering. Attendees will see firsthand how GIS solutions can be integrated agency-wide, enhancing a department's operations with powerful tools and workflows as well as strategic and tactical approaches. The seminar is also an opportunity to pose questions to the experts and network with colleagues.
ESRI staff will also discuss how GIS is being used nationwide to.
- Provide a faster, safer, more informed response.
- Fuse disparate data to identify emerging problems or threats.
- Enhance decision making and situational awareness for proactive policing.
- Help allocate resources to place the right people in the right place at the right time.
- Identify critical areas to develop long-term prevention and mitigation plans.
first published week of: 04/25/2008
Spiegleman Joins GeoSpatial Experts Sales Force
GeoSpatial Experts is pleased to announce that Ralph Spiegleman, a 35-year veteran of the surveying and mapping industry, has been hired as the company’s new Customer Relationship Manager.
“Ralph is an excellent addition to our sales and customer support team because he has a wealth of experience in surveying and mapping,” said Rick Bobbitt, President of GeoSpatial Experts. “His unparalleled background includes expertise in both the technical and sales aspects of our industry.”
As customer relationship manager, Spiegleman will provide technical support by handling incoming queries from customers. In addition, he will assume many of the daily sales management activities aimed at increasing the market share of GeoSpatial Experts GPS-Photo Link photo mapping software. Spiegleman has also been tasked with supporting and expanding the company’s dealer network with a special emphasis on finding new vertical markets for the software.
first published week of: 04/07/2008
SPOT Image Names Rodney Cope Director of Federal and Civilian Services
Rodney Cope has been named Director of Federal and Civilian Services for SPOT Image Corp. He will be responsible for all federal and civilian accounts in the United States. Rodney comes to SPOT Image Corp. from MJ Harden, a GeoEye company, where he served the last three years as a Senior Account Manager, covering the federal and state markets.
“We are expanding our presence in the federal and civilian markets and Rodney’s experience and proven track record of success in this arena will be a tremendous asset in this effort,” explains Bruce Ogden, SPOT Image Corp. Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We are delighted to have Rodney on board.”
“SPOT has a solid reputation of delivering high quality, satellite imagery in numerous resolutions to federal, state and local customers. With the new high resolution Pleiades and SPOT 6 programs now under development, SPOT is positioned to have a significant role in the commercial remote sensing industry for years to come. I am happy to be a member of the SPOT team,” said Rodney Cope.
The SPOT constellation of three satellites offers the broadest range of image telemetry, including 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 meter resolutions. SPOT Image provides imagery, data, surveillance and mapping solutions within numerous markets including Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Land Management & Planning, Disaster Recovery, and Oil, Gas & Mining Exploration. The constellation is supplemented by the Taiwanese satellite Formosat-2 for which SPOT has exclusive commercial distribution rights. SPOT will also serve as exclusive commercial distributor for the upcoming very high resolution 2-satellite constellation, Pleiades, and the 2-meter SPOT 6 satellite.
first published week of: 01/07/2008
SPOT Image Partners with AmericaView
Students at colleges and universities across the United States will have web access to high-resolution satellite imagery for use in educational and research projects thanks to a new partnership between SPOT Image Corp. and the AmericaViewSM, Inc. Consortium. SPOT has agreed to make SPOT satellite imagery available via the web to AmericaView academic institutions for education and research purposes at discounted rates.
“The SPOT-AmericaView partnership will have a tremendous impact on students nationwide,” said Bruce Ogden, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SPOT Image. “This program will make high quality, high resolution satellite imagery available to colleges and universities, providing a higher level of practical training to the next generation of remote sensing data users.”
The AmericaView Consortium, administered through the U.S. Geological Survey, is comprised of university-led, state-based consortia working together to build a nationwide network of informed state and local users, and currently boasts a membership of over 150 universities in 31 states. www.americaview.org.
“Our agreement with SPOT Image will bring an exciting new suite of high-resolution imagery to bear on applied research as we focus on helping the university, secondary-education, and public sectors in each state to identify, develop, and distribute the kinds of remote sensing applications the state needs most.” said Rebecca L. Dodge, Interim Executive Director of AmericaView.
first published week of: 01/21/2008
SPOT Image Provides Digital Elevation Model Data to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for Global Foundation Database
SPOT Image Corporation has been providing its Reference3D® Digital Elevation Data (DEM) to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to supplement an important global foundation elevation data set that the Agency has been producing since 2002. The SPOT data is used to supplement data collected during the February 2000 Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) Space Shuttle mission. The NGA’s project involves the production of medium resolution and high accuracy DEM data for the entire Earth landmass from 60 degrees north latitude to 56 degrees south latitude. Over 14,277 geocells (one degree of latitude by one degree of longitude) of landmass coverage are included in this data set. Since the SRTM mission, the NGA and partner commercial companies have been processing and finishing the geocell data.
A part of the NGA’s finishing involves filling void areas in some geocells where SRTM data is either missing or known to be incorrect. For some of the most challenging mountainous and desert areas with very large voids and steep terrain the NGA is utilizing SPOT’s Reference3D DEM data to fill the voids. The SPOT data offers several advantages including an accuracy of 15 meters CE 90 horizontal absolute accuracy and 10 meters LE 90 vertical accuracy, and broad coverage at competitive price and licensing terms. Also, Reference3D is produced in the same Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTEDTM) format used by the NGA, and it is also at the same Level 2 elevation post spacing (a post approximately every 30 meters of latitude and longitude). Finally, Reference3D source data collection and DEM production is an ongoing program, planned to continue through 2013.
first published week of: 05/05/2008
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