7 Awesome Things To do at ESRIUC 2013 - There's no shortage of things to do at ESRIUC, that's a fact! This year will mark my 15th UC and like most years, hammering down exactly what I'll do all week is a challenge - there's simply so many things to select from. I've started loading my calendar and have been setting up meetings and taking notes of must attend events

Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map - Have you ever wanted to contribute to the National Map? Well, now that the USGS has embraced the crowd there's an opportunity for you to do just that! If you have access to the Internet and are willing to dedicate some time editing map data we hope you will consider participating! 

Volunteers Receive Recognition in National Map Gamification Effort
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GCS "Geospatial Big Data" Webinar Series

• Supergeo Reaches Platinum Reseller Agreement with RASA Surveying in the Philippines
• GeoConnections webinar on Volunteered Geographic Information and the CGDI
• Shipments of NFC-enabled handsets grew 300 percent in 2012
• PCI Geomatics Appoints Arnold Hougham as Vice President, Sales and Marketing
• Register Today for USGIF Denver Technical Workshop
• Advanced FME Training from Spatial Business Systems (SBS), Colorado
• Trimble Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft System for Photogrammetric Aerial Mapping
• Esri Press Announces Enabling Comprehensive Situational Awareness
• Video - Geospatial Big Data Webinar 1, Building, Deploying, & Managing a Geospatial App in the Cloud
• Learn to Build and Deploy Mapping Apps on Android Devices
• GeoSage Rapidly Making Colorful Landsat-8 Imagery Composite
• exactEarth Announces the Availability of New Online Data Galleries
• Feature - LiDAR Supports Post Tornado Response in Mississippi
• RMSI Opens a New State of the Art Development Center at Hyderabad, India
• ITT Exelis Selected by Aireon for Data Processing Component of Space-Based Air Traffic Surveillance
• Autodesk Inks Agreement with Turkey’s Ministry of Education
• LibanPost Adopts Global Postal Code System
• Call for Volunteers to Update the FGDC United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data
• Navigating the New Mobile Worl
• Revolutionary 3D printing project to bring museum sculptures to public
• 5 Things on Friday #12 - GeoGeek Edition!
• GISi Releases Black Forest Fire Consolidated Public Information Map
• INRIX Traffic Maps Show Colorado Wildfire Backups Stretch 10 Miles
• Blom acquires flood imagery of Norway
• EPAM Systems Wins Duke's Choice Award at JavaOne Russia 2013
• EPAM Expands Open-Source Digital Services with Zend and Acquia
• App User Base Is Growing 15 Times Faster Than Stationary Internet User Base
• Colorado wildfires map: Black Forest fire, Royal Gorge, Big Meadows in ArcGIS.com
• Graebert Partners with Esri and Releases new Graebert Online Maps
• International Esri User Conference Tips - 7 Awesome Things To do at ESRIUC 2013
• Valtus Imagery Services Engages petroWEB as New Distribution Partner for Canada and United States
• MAPPS President Testifies Before Congress on Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Reauthorization
• Mars One, SpaceX and Spaceport Sweden to participate in the International Space Commerce 2013 Summit
• Cemetery Management Information System Developed with TatukGIS SDK
• Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity
• The European Very High-Res Imagery Challenge
• Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map
• Geographic Education for Canadians: Vision, Engagement and Action—A National Summit
• F4Tech Releases SilvAssist Version 3.0.1
• CSR launches SiRFstarV 5e GNSS location solution for best navigation experience

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The 2013 OpenStreetMap (OSM) Report - over 1 million contributors! - Some stunning and interactive data visualizations that show how active the OpenStreetMap community is, how fast it continues to grow, and how competitive the open data community is becoming. 

Waze Joins Google for shared vision of a global mapping service  - Well, it's official and we all knew this one was coming... myself, I'm just glad it was Google that won out in the end and not that other social media company that was bidding up Waze!

Landsat 8 Set to Extend Long Run of Observing Earth - NASA launched the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite on February 11. Since then, NASA mission engineers and scientists, with USGS collaboration, have been putting the satellite through its paces

Hot Products, Innovation, Business Integration and more at HxGNLive - A number of themes and crucial take-aways are worthy a quick mention when recapping this record-setting event. Like many tech conferences, common themes and hot buzz topics that emerged included: The Cloud, the crowd, mobile, big data, and sensors.

A GIS Laboratory, Indeed - A Look at Arizona State's GIS master's program - A good place to get a sense of where the geographic information system (GIS) field is headed is Lattie F. Coor Hall at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. That's the home of the 30-credit-hour Masters of Advanced Study in GIS (MAS-GIS) Program 

National Map Corps Volunteers Receive Recognition in National Map Gamification Effort - Levels of recognition are displayed in the form of icons or badges of antique catalog drawings of  sophisticated pieces of surveying equipment.

Top 10 Features in The New Google Maps -  Google has reinforced that Maps are all about exploring and discovering, especially on mobile. The experience will only get better, for the developer and end user. 

AEC Firms Lose an Average 100K a Year - Architectural, engineering and environmental firms she works for easily lose $100,000 each year through inefficient and ineffective practices

Canada Post Suing Over the use of Postal Code - An interesting issue is unfolding in Canada and quite frankly its darned amazing! Imagine this, you have a website and offer some kind of product or service. 

President Obama Issues Executive Order and a new Open Data Policy - Another bold move from the Obama Administration, this time via an executive order and a newly released open data policy.

Location, Location! 10 Map Services Your Business MUST Be Listed in - You have a business... perhaps a bar, a coffee shop, or maybe a consulting firm. Regardless of the business type, if you have a brick and mortar presence then you need to get your business listed in some of the popular online, location-based resources and search tools. 

Editing OpenStreetMap (OSM) Just Got Easy, Really Easy!  I'm sure that many (if not most) of you have often wanted to mess around with OSM and add/edit some features but were a little lazy - I'm guilty! But now we have no excuse thanks to the new OpenStreetMap in-browser map editing tools available from the iD Editor

Creative Cartography Meets Music in The Song Map - Oh yes, I love art. I also love music too, heck, who doesn't right? Well, I know you GeoGeeks and music lovers will really dig this one as we stumble onto yet another amazing cartographic product that quite simply will make you say WOW 

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.

Mobile Market Trends show Apple users most loyal - Results from a recent survey indicate that Mobile Market Trends reveal Apple users are most loyal, T-Mobile customers most likely to bail - are you still confident that your clients are loyal to your brand?

10 Must Have Gadgets and Technology for the Remote Office - Chances are good that if you happen to work in technology or you're a consultant, that you may be working remotely or from a home-based office at some time soon - or perhaps you already do

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• 2013 Esri International User Conference - San Diego Convention Center - July 8-12, 2013
• GIS for Government 2013 taking place June 24-26, 2013 in the Washington, DC Metro Area  Click here for more information
• To register for the first GCS Geospatial Big Data webinar, visit the new GCS website at www.YourDataSmarter.com. The one-hour free webinar will be broadcast live at 3 pm EDT Wed, June 12, 2013
• The 2013 Blue Marble User Conference will be held in conjunction with GITA's Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference & Exhibition on Wednesday October 30th

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