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Imagery of Moore, Oklahoma before and after May 20 tornado

glenn — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:25 +0000

The Pléiades satellites, operated and built by Astrium have captured images of Moore, Oklahoma, which clearly shows the devastation caused by the massive tornado that swept through the region on May...

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The GCS Geospatial Big Data Webinar Series

glenn — Thu, 23 May 2013 02:25:40 +0000

GCS has announced a new webinar series focused on developing solutions to the challenges of Geospatial Big Data by leveraging the fusion of location analytics, mobile platforms and cloud...

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Caterpillar Announces Cat B15 Rugged, Android Smartphone

glenn — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:55:54 +0000

WOAH, this is just downright awesome! The annual CTIA wireless industry show is on this week in Vegas and as usual, there’s plenty of cool announcements coming out of the mobile ecosystem. One...

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The Nokia Lumia 925 #switch Launch Video

glenn — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:08:52 +0000

Nokia launched the Nokia 925 in an official PR launch event last week (May 14, 2013) in London, sadly the invite to yours truly @gletham seems to have gone missing ;0) but regardless, here’s a...

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Webinar – Rebuilding After Sandy: Surveying the Aftermath

glenn — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:45 +0000

Free Webinar! Rebuilding After Sandy: Surveying the Aftermath – Last October, the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. history put our mapping and forecasting systems to the test. As it turns...

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First Look – Exploring The New Google Maps

glenn — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:55:27 +0000

To my surprise the new Google maps is available already. Upon receipt of the email providing me with a special link I immediately launched maps from Chrome for a quick, first look. The first thing I...

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GeoTech Webinars and Professional Development

glenn — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:45:45 +0000

Another roundup of webinars of interest being delivered to your desktop in the near future… these are an awesome way to test drive a solution, hear directly from industry experts, and...

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Socrata Offers Developers and OpenData Enthusiasts Hackathon In A Box

glenn — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:40:04 +0000

The cool crew from Seattle-based Socrata are providing government users, opendata enthusiasts, developers, and others with a very cool OpenData resource in the form of a “hackathon in a...

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas

glenn — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:49:28 +0000

Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. Colorado Parks and Wildlife have...

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The Geography of Hate Maps Geotagged Hateful Tweets

glenn — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:31 +0000

A few days ago I sent out a tweet about some Interesting research from HSU (Humboldt State) on the geography of hate and the Hate Map of racist and homophobic tweets – interesting to see that...

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Like Photos? Like Instagram? Here’s 10 Awesome Instagram Add-Ons

glenn — Mon, 13 May 2013 03:53:41 +0000

If you have a smartphone then there’s no doubt that you love sharing photos. And if you dig sharing photos then I suspect that you really like Instagram! Instagram is cool but you can make it...

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Mobile Tip – Photos in the Cloud With Amazon Cloud Photos

glenn — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:18:45 +0000

An interesting mobile app to help with your mobile file storage issues, now supporting iOS – Amazon Cloud Photos. Release for iOS just today (May 9, 2013) the app syncs up with your cloud...

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