Anyone who has gone to college is probably familiar with the idea of a capstone course. A final hurdle to clear in receiving a degree, students take such a course to demonstrate their practical knowledge by pulling together all of the main concepts taught throughout the program of study. There are capstone courses—and then there […]
Are Businesses Crossing Lines by Tracking Employees?
Expert Cites Benefits & Ways to Ease Privacy Concerns
A GIS Laboratory, Indeed – A Look at Arizona State’s GIS master’s program
Arizona State’s GIS master’s program thrusts students onto the leading edge of the field—and geospatial technologies
GISuser Expert Feature – Low-Tech Field? Think Again
Phoenix landscaping company conducts plant density study to optimize water consumption, tries mobile mapping to collect ‘Big Data’ quickly
USGS Tech Tip – Why is Landsat important and the Landsat Missions Timeline
Landsat has the optimal ground resolution and spectral bands to efficiently track land use and to document land change due to climate change, urbanization, drought, wildfire, biomass changes (carbon assessments), and a host of other natural and human-caused changes. Moreover, the continuous archive reaching back to 1972 provides essential land change data and trending information […]
Summaries From The Esri International Developer Summit #DevSummit
GISi was fortunate to send 10 our of employees to the Esri Interntaionl Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA this week and they produced a recap each day of the sessions and plenary they attended. Each recap is broken down from Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 with highlights and then a more in […]
Mobile World Congress 2013 Recap
“Welcome to Spain, Thank you for your business,” remarked the immigration officer and thus started my yearly pilgrimage to the grand slam of mobile – The Mobile World Congress 2013. It is truly a global event with participants from virtually all countries looking to do business, learn a thing or two, and ponder over what […]
Commentary – For Graduate Science Programs, It’s Time to Get Real
The relationship between the number of Ph.D.’s in the sciences and the academic jobs available to them is, to put it scientifically, inversely related. Money for science has stagnated over the last decade and will most likely continue to do so, leading to too many Ph.D.’s competing for too few teaching and research jobs in […]
New Department of Education Profile Viewer: Mapping Our Nation’s School District Demographics
Blue Raster and partner, Sanametrix, are pleased to present the Demographic Profile Viewer. This is the newest addition to the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) School District Demographics System (SDDS). It provides: Policymakers, education professionals, and the public a unique way to better understand patterns in our school systems. Visualization of key demographic data […]
