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May 15, 2008 The Map Room
National Geographic Award in Mapping
Both the first- and second-prize winners of this year’s National Geographic Award in Mapping are graduate students from the University of Wisconsin, Madison....

May 5, 2009 Off The Map
Data Set of the Day: Swine flu vs the regular flu
As the media was going hog wild for the last couple of weeks over the Swine flu story, the principal actor behind this Swine flu, the A/H1N1 virus....

April 29, 2009 The Fiducial Mark
The Role of Seams in High Resolution Image Mosaic
When discussing true orthophoto generation I made reference to the image mosaicking process. I thought I would touch on that more today, with an emphasis on high resolution imagery. One of the main challenges in mosaic production is ensuring the mosaic is seamless.....

April 24th, 2009 In The Scan
Intensity
One term that I could not find discussed in much detail was intensity, so I checked with my ASTM E57.04 colleague Kevin Ackley from Course Six, Inc. he provided me with the following insights: The term intensity, I think, is frequently misused....

April 22, 2009 GIS News
LiDAR data reveals historic landslides
The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) has released two maps showing historic and pre-historic landslides...

April 20, 2009 GISCafe Weekly
Intermap Completes Collection for NEXTMap USA 3D Mapping Program
Not to be dissuaded by those who said it couldn’t be done, Intermap has just announced it has completed the data collection of its NEXTMap USA 3D mapping program....