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What Competencies Should GIS Managers Have?

URISA wants your input on its proposed Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM).  The model is a list of 74 essential competencies and 17 competency areas that geospatial managers should have. The GMCM builds upon U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration’s (DOLETA) Geospatial... More

GIS Intern | Southfield, MI

Our Company:  TerraYebo, Inc. Our Product:  My Inch of The EarthWho we are:  MyInch of The Earth(MITE) is the first global, geocentric social networking connecting real-world locations and social sharing of common place interests, while generating annuity based revenues for global non-profit organizations.... More

Share Your GIS or LBS Story To Win a Free Where Conference 2012 Registration

The EngagingCities site is raffling off a free registration to the Where Conference 2012 in exchange for you sharing your GIS or location-based services (LBS) story: Have you been involved with a project that utilized GIS or location-based services to engage citizens? We want to hear details about... More

Ten Things You Need to Know about Open Source Geospatial Software

How confident are you in your knowledge of open source geospatial software? How about a quick introduction or refresher? Executive Editor Adena Schutzberg offers 10 points that are important to understand about open source software.

More about: creative commons , database , gdal , google , gps ,... More

Meet Your Colleagues: Geoffrey Jacquez Ph.D.

Over the next few weeks, we'll be introducing you to some of your colleagues in GIS. This week, we introduce you to Geoffrey Jacquez, president of BioMedware, whose geohealth-focused scientific methods and software tools are used by public health departments around the globe.

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New Release of GRASS GIS

GRASS GIS 6.4.2 has been released by the GRASS development team.  GRASS GIS is an open source GIS software package.  Over 770 updates are included in this new stable release. What’s new with the release of GRASS GIS 6.4.2? The new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) has been updated with many... More

Fun with GIS 109: Godspeed

I was four years old when Sputnik flew over our house out in the country. I remember my parents leading my three older brothers and me outside to look for it in the twilight.

I was in third grade when our teacher said "This is a special day." We had begun the school year with a television set... More

Podcast: A Search for Geospatial Innovations

This week we go looking for geo innovation in recent product announcements. Do we find any? Yes!

More about: cartography , education , food security , health , indoor navigation , location based services , location intelligence and business geographics , personal safety , remote sensing , senors... More

British Library Launches Crowdsourcing Map Georeferencing Program

The British Library has launched a pilot project to engage the public’s help in geoferencing historical maps.  A  sample of 725 maps of England and Wales from the 18th and 19th century (from the Ordnance Survey Drawings, 1780-1840) along with with large-scale street plans of London from  1560... More

GIS Assistant | Vermillion, SD

Field assistant sought for a study of calcareous fen ecology on the Prairie Coteau and Missouri Coteau of eastern South Dakota. Duties include assisting in GIS work as well as sampling calcareous fen vegetation, rare butterflies, and soil and water chemistry. Candidates should be prepared to work in... More