Articles

Jason-1 – Measuring Ocean Topography From Space

Caitlin Dempsey

Jason-1 is a satellite to be jointly operated by NASA and CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales), the French space agency. ...

Learning Java – A GIS Perspective

Caitlin Dempsey

If you examine the GIS industry you will find a great diversity of applications of the technology, from business geographics ...

Using GPS to Monitor the Earth’s Movement

Caitlin Dempsey

A network of research stations located across Southern California and Baja California was created in 2011 in order to detect minute movements of the earth.

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Notes from the Conference – ESRI’s 21st Annual User Conference

Caitlin Dempsey

The 21st annual ESRI User Conference is being held this week in San Diego, California with over 11,000 GISers representing 110 countries in attendance.

Java Map Servers and GIS Toolkits – Reporting from JavaOne

Marco Morais

This article comments on some of the Internet map servers and GIS toolkits offered by GIS companies at JavaOne.