AGI latest news- AGI GeoCommunity '13: Major Stuart Batey and Colonel John Kedar will Form the First Plenary Session16th - 18th September 2013: East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham The AGI is extremely pleased to announce the first plenary speakers for AGI GeoCommunity '13. Major Stuart Batey and Colonel John Kedar, 135 Geographic Squadron 135 Geographic Squadron Royal Engineers (Volunteers) is the only Unit in the Territorial Army (TA) to provide geospatial s […]
- AGI GeoCommunity '13: Conference Programme Announced16th - 18th September 2013: East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham The AGI GeoCommunity '13 conference committee gathered for 2 days on the 25 and 26 April in order to agree and assemble this year's conference programme. We have ten streams running over the two days: BIM & 3D Business Innovation Cartography Case Studies Infrastructure Mana […]
- Key Deadlines are Approaching for FOSS4G’13It might feel like a long way off, but Maptember (the month formerly known as September: www.maptember.org) is fast approaching, and the key dates for ensuring your participation are perhaps nearer than you might think. As a community led event, the content for FOSS4G is driven by user submissions, which is then reviewed and voted on by the community! A trul […]
- AGI GeoCommunity '13: Major Stuart Batey and Colonel John Kedar will Form the First Plenary Session
MapAction latest news- MapAction follows MAHASENMyanmar, 16 May - MapAction has deployed a team of two volunteers in support of a UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination mission in Myanmar to assess the impact of a tropical storm due to make landfall early Friday morning. Tropical Storm Mahasen is moving across the Indian Ocean towards Bangladesh and Myanmar. The cyclone appears to have weakened during it […]
- Meet our volunteer...Hamish PritchardUK, 9 May - Hamish Pritchard has been a MapAction Volunteer since 2006.With a Master’s in ‘remote sensing’ Hamish works fulltime for the British Antarctic Survey undertaking seasons in Antarctica and working from Cambridge for the rest of the time. Hamish underwent a rigorous assessment process before being accepted as a MapAction volunteer. This was followe […]
- MapAction receives a £3,160 donation from CSRUK, 9 May - Last year, CSR’s UK employees voted MapAction their “Charity of the Year” for 2012. This year, despite not taking the majority of votes required to retain this title, CSR’s Social Responsibility committee decided to make a special donation to MapAction – an amount totalling £3,160 based on a “runner-up” donation of £2,500 plus £10 for each of the […]
- MapAction follows MAHASEN
London Mapping Festival latest news- 18 Month Festival Draws to a CloseFollowing a hugely successful 18 months the London Mapping Festival now draws to a close. The London Mapping Festival was the concept of Seppe Cassettari, CEO for The GeoInformation Group. It’s aim was to bring together the wider mapping community to promote greater awareness and understanding of maps and spatial technologies. The festival to all intents and […]
- Mapping Showcase Resounding SuccessLMF’s second Mapping Showcase event was heralded a success. Held on 6 December at Lord’s Cricket Ground, Mapping Showcase 2012 offered the 550 registered attendees a fantastic and rare opportunity to come face to face with 50 exhibitors demonstrating their latest mapping related technologies and services under one roof. [more] […]
- Showcase & GeoDATA London MergeWith lots of positive post-event feedback and in response to requests for further shows we are pleased to announce that the Mapping Showcase will remain a key fixture within the 2013 mapping calendar. Mapping Showcase will combine with the established London GeoDATA event hosted by The GeoInformation Group scheduled for 4 December 2013 [more] and will delive […]
- 18 Month Festival Draws to a Close
British Computer Society latest news- Obituary Jean Morgan FBCS, MBAJean Morgan, a previous IRMA Treasurer, died on 9 April 2013. […]
- Look no hands!If you couldn’t use your hands to make a call or send a text, what would you do? […]
- Message from Roger Marshall, BCS PresidentIt was my great honour to be appointed as BCS President at the AGM on 13 March. […]
- Obituary Jean Morgan FBCS, MBA
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GIS-UK mailing list- FW: [ica-opensource] Professor position in Geospatial Information System (GIS) at Laval University (Quebec, Canada)Might be of interest to some of you.Suchith-----Original Message-----From: ica-opensource-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:ica-opensource-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Thierry BadardSent: 15 May 2013 03:53To: ica-opensource@lists.nottingham.ac.ukSubject: [ica-opensource] Professor position in Geospatial Information System (GIS) at Laval […]
- Wine reception, report on quantitative methods teaching in geography and travel bursaries for the RGS-IBG conferenceDear all,You may be aware the the quantitative / GI Science sessions at this year's RGS-IBG annual conference largely run through the Thursday (August 29th) and Friday (30th).Midway through this - in the last session of the Thursday - the QMRG and GIScRG will be hosting a wine reception at which will be launched a report about the state of quantitative […]
- Open Data policyThe US Government's Open Data policy released yesterday (9 May 2013 ) is of interest as it will have implications for further accelerating open data policies in other countries globally.http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2013/m-13-13.pdfThis is a good development and will have tremendous impact in accelerating innovation, scient […]
- FW: [ica-opensource] Professor position in Geospatial Information System (GIS) at Laval University (Quebec, Canada)