Free GIS Course: Skills for the Digital Earth

Skills for the Digital Earth
The Use of Location Technologies for All

Elmhurst College’s Skills for the Digital Earth MOOC (massive open online course) is a 4-week, online course designed to introduce how location technologies are used in society. The Digital Earth MOOC is being offered through Desire2Learn (D2L) Open Courses.

Run Dates: March 30 - April 26, 2014 (4 weeks)
Registration Opens: March 3, 2014
Cost per student: Free

Webinar: What's New in ERDAS IMAGINE 2013.

Join us for a free webinar, What's New in ERDAS IMAGINE 2013.

Webinar: Maximizing the Power of Your Point Clouds

Are you looking to leverage the wealth of information contained in point clouds, but need to know which tools will help you do the most with your data in the least amount of time? In the upcoming software release, Intergraph will release new photogrammetry, remote sensing, and server products that enable you to unlock the power of point clouds.

Webinar: DIY Transportation Planning with Intergraph's Remote Sensing and Data Management Tools

Register now: April 11, 2012 | 10:00 AM (GMT -4)


 

Please join us for our webinar, DIY Transportation Planning with Intergraph's Remote Sensing and Data Management Tools.
 

Webinar: Raster-accelerate Your GIS Server

 

You're invited to attend Raster-accelerate Your GIS Server

Register now: February 28, 2012 | 10 AM (GMT -5)

Webinar: Using GeoMedia to Enhance ERDAS IMAGINE Workflows

Register now: January 26, 2012 | 11:00 AM EST

METI and NASA Release Version 2 ASTER Global DEM

The version 2 collection of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) was released jointly October 17, 2011 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) of Japan and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). As with Version 1, METI and NASA are contributing the ASTER GDEM to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). Consequently, the ASTER GDEM is available at no charge to users worldwide via electronic download from the Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC) of Japan and from NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC).

ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΡΘΩΣΗ ΔΟΡΥΦΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΙΚΟΝΩΝ, ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΒΑΣΗΣ ΔΕΔΟΜΕΝΩΝ, ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΛΟΓΙΣΜΙΚΟΥ ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟΥ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ ΧΡΗΣΗΣ

Η παρούσα τεχνική έκθεση αφορά το έργο «ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΟΡΘΩΣΗ ΔΟΡΥΦΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΙΚΟΝΩΝ, ΔΗΜΙΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΒΑΣΗΣ ΔΕΔΟΜΕΝΩΝ, ΠΡΟΜΗΘΕΙΑ ΛΟΓΙΣΜΙΚΟΥ ΑΝΟΙΚΤΟΥ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ ΧΡΗΣΗΣ». Συντάσσεται με σκοπό να παρουσιαστούν όλα τα απαραίτητα στοιχεία που αφορούν την παραγγελία και διόρθωση των δορυφορικών εικόνων, τη δημιουργία ενιαίας βάσης δεδομένων (ΒΔ) για τα αγροτεμάχια, την προμήθεια λογισμικού ανοικτού κώδικά αλλά και χρήσης όλων των παραπάνω ώστε να δημιουργηθεί η απαραίτητη γεωγραφική πληροφορία (χωρική και περιγραφική πληροφορία).

Impervious Surface Mapping (Webinar)

Please join us for this one hour webinar and learn how ENVI can be used to map and analyze impervious surfaces for federal, state, and local government applications. Impervious surfaces, which include roofs, sidewalks, driveways, and parking lots, are directly affected by water runoff quantities. Runoff can lead to changes in flood modeling, vegetation cover, and taxation assessments. Additionally, by mapping these impervious surfaces, changes in urban sprawl and building development can be detected.

Live Link: Uniting ERDAS IMAGINE & GeoMedia to Enrich Your Workflows (Webinar)

Continual, accurate and timely updates to GIS and CAD databases are critical, enabling decision-makers to access current and relevant information. Accurately-processed raster imagery and terrain data provide a solid reference source for vector and attribute updates.

Webinar: Getting Data Under Control: Managing & Exploiting Your Imagery & Point Clouds

 

Do you need to manage LIDAR and raster data, but have concerns about handling massive amounts of image files and LIDAR point cloud data?

During this webinar, you will see how LIDAR data and imagery management combines with analysis tools in an enterprise, dramatically increasing productivity. We will highlight how ERDAS APOLLO enables you to efficiently centralize, manage and deliver volumes of geospatial data to a large audience. In addition, we will showcase advanced LIDAR data exploitation tools within GeoMedia Grid. For more information, watch our latest ERDAS TV Webisode, Getting Data Under Control.
 

Webinar: Fast Access to Imagery for Rapidly Changing Global Events - Case Studies from the Field

Learn how customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, national security, utilities and media organizations like the Associated Press (AP) use GeoEye’s new EyeQ platform to quickly access massive volumes of imagery for crisis response, national security and environmental monitoring applications.

The GeoEye EyeQ platform is a secure, online geospatial data discovery and dissemination service that enables users to stream and download high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to gain precise, real-time insight into our changing world. This year alone, GeoEye’s partners have used their imagery to respond to global crises: the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan; deadly tornado outbreaks in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri; and devastating flooding along the Mississippi River.

Webinar: Strengthen Your ArcMap GIS with ERDAS IMAGINE

06 July 2011

The reliability of any GIS depends on the caliber of its supporting imagery and basemap data. ERDAS IMAGINE, the world’s leading geospatial data authoring system, complements ArcMap by taking data quality to the next level.

 

 

 

ERDAS Webinar: Getting Started with ERDAS IMAGINE

June 15, 2011

Register now | 11 AM (GMT-4)

 

Geospatial Revolution Project (Episode 4)

Το τέταρτο και τελευταίο επεισόδιο της σειράς κυκλοφόρησε και θα το βρείτε εδώ. 

 

Το επεισόδιο αφορά τη χρήση των Γεωγραφικών Συστημάτων Πληροφοριών (GIS) σχετικά με την παρακολούθηση της παγκόσμιας αλλαγής του κλίματος, την πρόληψη της πείνας, την παρακολούθηση των ασθενειών και τη χαρτογράφηση κοινοτήτων.
 

Πηγή: Αθανάσιος Δημ. Σαπανίδης,
http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/
 

Using Near-Infrared Aerial Imagery to Inventory Oak Trees

The first ordinance passed by the California city of Santa Clarita after it was incorporated was the Oak Tree Ordinance. Thousands of oak trees cover the Santa Clarita Valley and the presence of the trees is an important part of the city’s landscape (the city logo prominently displays an oak tree). The ordinance covers oak trees of the Quercus species native to the area which includes Valley Oak, California Live Oak, Canyon Oak, Interior Live Oak, and Scrub Oak. As well as regulating the pruning, encroachment and removal of oak trees, the city sought to protect “heritage oaks” under the ordinance. Heritage oaks are the largest and oldest oaks in the city and are defined as oaks measuring at least 108 inches in circumference for a single trunk, or 72 inches in diameter for multiple trunks, at 4 1/2 feet above the ground.

Webinar: Viewing Earth Hyperspectrally: What's the World Made of? - Part 2

April 12, 2011

Register Now - 8 AM (EST) or 1 PM (EST)

 

 

Making Maps in the Dark

Aerial surveying company Bluesky International is using next generation thermal survey equipment to capture highly accurate measurements of relative heat loss from building and other structures across the UK at night. The resulting thermal maps provide municipal authorities and other organisations with intelligence with which to address fuel poverty, reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency. Thermal imagery has even been used by the Police to identify properties used as cannabis factories where high temperatures are used to encourage growth.

Rachel Tidmarsh, Managing Director of Bluesky International, explores the technology that has made this possible and how this and other types of night time mapping are providing benefit.

Webinar: Provide the Fastest Compression Available with ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK

March 22, 2011

Register Now - 11 AM (EST)

 

 

Are you a software developer producing geospatial software? With the ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK, you can create applications that dramatically reduce the time, money, and effort required to handle massive geospatial imagery.

Geospatial Revolution Project (Episode 3)

Το πανεπιστήμιο The Pennsylvania State University, παρουσίασε το project Geospatial Revolution. Πρόκειται για ένα ντοκιμαντέρ που θα ολοκληρωθεί σε 4 επεισόδια. Τα δύο πρώτα επεισόδια κυκλοφορούν ήδη και εδώ θα βρείτε το 3ο επεισόδιο που μόλις κυκλοφόρησε! Σκοπός του project είναι η δημόσια προβολή της δύναμης που κατέχει η χωρική πληροφορία. H Penn State Public Broadcasting είναι υπεύθυνη για την υλοποίηση του project.