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11th NSPS Student Competition points to bright future for surveying profession
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An impressive project submitted by a team from Troy University in Troy, Ala., on the theme "Surveying Applications in Geographic Information Systems" won first place in the 11th Annual NSPS Student Competition. The award presentation was held in conjunction with the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon conference in Portland, Ore., on March 13.
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Wall-to-wall map of carbon storage in forests
ACSM Bulletin
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A study published in Nature Climate Change claimed that tropical vegetation contains 21 percent more carbon than previous studies had suggested. Using a combination of remote sensing and field data, scientists from Woods Hole Research Center, Boston University and the University of Maryland were able to produce the first "wall-to-wall" map (500m x 500m spatial resolution) of carbon storage in forests, shrublands and savannas in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America.
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Reach Our Orbit campaign
Abraham Lincoln National Museum of Surveying
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Participate in the Abraham Lincoln National Museum of Surveying's new campaign.
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Coalition to Save Our GPS Clips
Coalition to Save Our GPS
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Rethink Wireless reports that with LightSquared on hold and Dish waiting for approval, Clearwire is poised to position itself as the most viable alternative to the two big wireless carriers, even though its new network will not be operational until next year. The article, as well as one in Wireless Week, quotes Clearwire CFO Hope Cochran on the company's plans: "People are looking for that capacity, and there's not that many places to go," Cochran said at the Goldman Sachs TMT Leveraged Finance conference in New York City.
2010 U.S. Census datasets are now available
ArcGIS Online
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We are pleased to announce that the new 2010 U.S. Census datasets with their new geometry and attributes are now available as layer packages on ArcGIS.com. Block Group, Tract, County, and State are all represented as polygons with over 40 attribute fields containing population totals by age and race, along with family and household information. Census Blocks are represented as points with total population and household information.
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Ordnance Survey launches new professional accreditation program
Ordnance Survey
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The Ordnance Survey's new professional accreditation program aims to create a specialist network of geographic information experts who will work with the U.K. national mapping agency in supporting and providing technical advice to government, commercial and international customers. This move recognizes that the global use of GI and the important role that accurate mapping data can play in supporting economies, governments, commercial organizations and individuals are at an all time high. The OS data is being used extensively across the private and public sector to drive efficiencies and underpin decision making. In addition, GI is being used by new audiences, and the challenge for OS and the industry is how best to foster new collaboration between "non-traditional" partners to drive the geospatial innovation agenda forward.
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5 small business contracting bills closer to enactment
House Committee on Small Business
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The House Committee on Small Business continued its work last week to help level the playing field for small business contracting opportunities. The Committee passed five contracting bills that are now ready to be considered by the full House.
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Congressman introduces 'Map It Once, Use it Many Times Act'
Directions Magazine (blog)
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Congressman Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., has introduced a bill that would streamline federal bureaucracy dealing with map making. H.R 4233, "Map it Once, Use it Many Times Act," would reform, consolidate and reorganize federal geospatial activities.
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First acquisition and tracking of IOV Galileo signals
Inside GNSS
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Europe's GNSS program — Galileo — launched two in-orbit validation satellites in October, the first elements of the system's fully operational constellation. In this article, a team of Italian researchers present the initial results of their analysis of the Galileo signals.
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Small Oregon city makes huge GIS strides
The American Surveyor
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As the benefits of a comprehensive GIS effort have become more and more apparent, larger cities and municipal utilities have been steadily getting on board with the technology, citing it as something of a "no-brainer" in terms of better asset availability, increased accuracy, ease of access to information and so on. Smaller towns and cities, however, have been reluctant to make the same move, often citing it as both too daunting and cost-prohibitive.
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Top 10 reasons you need to know about GeoTech Center
Directions Magazine
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The National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence is a National Science Foundation-funded program to develop educational tools for two-year colleges. Dr. Phillip Davis, the Center's director, provides his top 10 reasons why you need to look closely at how the GeoTech Center is performing its mission.
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4th reunion of Geodetic Survey Squadron/Geodetic Survey Group
Geodetic Survey Squadron/Geodetic Survey Group
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Calling all military and civilian veterans of the Geodetic Survey Squadron/Geodetic Survey Group for its fourth reunion on Aug. 3-5, 2012, at the Cheyenne Holiday Inn, Cheyenne, Wyo. For more information, contact Garrett R. Moore at garrettmoore@verizon.net or go to http://www.1381st-gss.freeservers.com/.
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