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The Land Registry has produced the 43rd edition of the Index of Streets, House Numbers and Lots in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon (Street Index) and the 12th edition of the New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (CRT) on compact disc for convenient retrieval.

The Street Index and the CRT are designed to facilitate land searches of properties by correlating available property addresses and building names with lot numbers. The new editions will go on sale next Monday (June 27). Each costs $250 per compact disc.

Since the 42nd edition of the Street Index, 536 amendments have been made and seven new streets and 58 new lots/sections/subsections have been added. In the CRT, 2,923 amendments have been made and 27 new streets and 1,465 new lots/sections/subsections have been added since the 11th edition.

Licences for the use of the 43rd edition of the Street Index and the 12th edition of the CRT on computer networks are also available for sale. Licence fees are $2,000 for computer networks linked to less than 50 terminals and $4,000 if linked to 50 terminals or more.

Purchasers of compact discs or the licences should complete an order form, which is available at the information counter of the Land Registry's Customer Centre at 19/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, the New Territories Search Offices, the Land Registry's homepage (www.landreg.gov.hk), or by fax through calling the Customer Services Hotline (Tel: 3105 0000).

To further enhance support to users of the search services provided by the Land Registry, an online version of the new Street Index and the CRT will be available for free browsing on the Land Registry's homepage (www.landreg.gov.hk) or through the hyperlink on the IRIS Online Services (www.iris.gov.hk) from June 27.

For enquiries, please call the Street Index and CRT Help Desk or the Customer Service Manager at 3105 0000.

The MODIS Rapid Response Team released the recent MODIS images of the flooding along the Missouri River. The satellite images show the advance of flood waters on the Missouri River between May 30, 2011 and June 27, 2011.

No significant flooding appears along this stretch of the Missouri on May 30. On June 1, flooding had begun to occur near the North Dakota town of Williston, upstream from Lake Sakakawea.

Download for free the May 30, 2011 MODIS image (large image, 4 MB, JPEG).

Download for free the June 27, 2011 MODIS image (large image, 4 MB, JPEG).

Here is our featured university GIS program: Masters in GIS at the University of Washington.

A GIS and Sustainability Graduate Degree
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is more than just map displays and data acquisition. It can be an integral part of a design process to develop sustainable solutions, which balance economic, social and environmental considerations, for the world's most challenging problems.

The Professional Master's Program in Geographic Information Systems (PMPGIS) teaches you how to design a sustainable world with GIS. Learn how to model complex land, transportation and resource problems using geospatial technologies and sustainability management workflows.

This unique program teaches you advanced spatial thinking skills and GIS techniques, and is the only program of its kind to offer a concentration in sustainability management.

Learn Online
Designed for the working professional, PMPGIS offers most of its courses online. Part-time students complete their degree in two years (nine quarters). In summer courses, you will spend a short week of intensive study in Washington state's Puget Sound region developing project ideas and presentations.

Because this program is primarily taught online by University of Washington faculty with a minimal on-campus requirement, international students and part-time students throughout the U.S. have an opportunity to study in a cutting-edge program at a top-ranked university.

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Applications are now being accepted. The application deadline is July 15.

Are you an American Geophysical Union (AGU) member? Please read the letter below from the Executive Director/CEO of AGU and let us all support the future of the Earth and space sciences.

Dear AGU member,

Your help is needed to support the future of the Earth and space sciences. The Obama Administration and congressional leadership have been in federal budget negotiations for weeks, and are reported to be negotiating for up to $4 trillion in reduced federal expenditures. As part of this agreement, it now appears that at least $1.1 trillion in cuts will be made in annual appropriations over the next ten years, starting in Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12).

While it is not yet clear how these cuts would be applied to scientific research and development, now is the time for the scientific community to reach out to policymakers and ensure that the critical research you do—and the benefits it provides to the public and our economy—is preserved. It is highly likely that FY12 funding levels for federal investment in scientific research and development will be below FY11 levels, and this trend may continue for a number of years. While the need to reduce the national debt is real, budget cuts cannot come at the cost of programs that keep Americans safe and build a foundation on which our economy thrives.

AGU has been active in communicating with Congress and the Administration about the importance of science funding and the potential consequences of cuts to research programs. However, your voice—as a scientist, constituent, and AGU member—is the most important one. Negotiations on the budget and debt ceiling will only continue for a few more weeks at the most. You can make a difference during that time by visiting your legislators over the next few weeks when they are at home for their district work period.

This is an opportunity to discuss how federal investments in scientific research and development are paying off, particularly in your district. This personal connection is important because it shows them what the local impact will be from the decisions they make in Washington, and that their constituents are dedicated to supporting these programs and investments. Here’s what you can do to help:

- A meeting is the most impactful way to work with your legislators, and the best time to do so is when they are home for a district work period. For the Senate, that will be 5-9 July, and for the House of Representatives, 16-24 July. Find the contact information for your legislators’ offices on the AGU Visit Your Legislator webpage, and call the offices to schedule meetings with each one. Detailed information on scheduling a visit and talking points are available on the AGU website.

- Only have five minutes? Simply call the office and let them know how important you think funding for Earth and space science research and development is. You can use the talking points listed on our website.

- After you have made contact, please send us a short email to let us know with whom you met or spoke, what you said, and their response. This information is vital to help AGU focus our resources where they are needed as negotiations continue.

- If you are a Federal employee, you may visit your legislators and discuss the importance of Earth and space science, but you may not discuss specific funding levels. More detailed information is available on our website.

- Please contact us at sciencepolicy@agu.org with any questions.

Here are other opportunities for you to make a difference:

- The Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America (ASTRA) has written a petition to support predictable and sustained funding for scientific and engineering research and development and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education funding for America’s future. If you would like to sign the petition, it is available on ASTRA’s website.

- You can also consider writing a letter to the editor to your local newspaper or other media outlet in support of funding for scientific research and development. To help you with this effort, AGU has drafted a template from which you can draft your letter, as well as tips for submitting it. Congressional offices often review letters to the editor from local media outlets, especially if the Member of Congress is mentioned in the letter.

- As this fast-moving story continues to develop, AGU Science Policy Alerts keep you updated on legislative developments that affect the Earth and space science community. If you would like to sign up for Science Policy Alerts, you may do so on AGU’s website.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to speak up for the Earth and space sciences. Your efforts truly make a difference.

Sincerely,

Christine W. McEntee
Executive Director/CEO

In response to the ever present need to secure sensitive geospatial data, eMap International and Par Government are pleased to announce the release of VectorLock, the first security system for shapefiles. VectorLock is an ArcGIS 9.3 or 10 extension that enables organizations to protect geospatial data by controlling access across internal and external user communities and data sharing environments.

VectorLock employs a flexible, multi-tiered strategy to assure the highest level of security possible. Shapefile data is secured and distributed on a per user basis through a proprietary encrypted format that looks and feels like a normal shapefile when loaded inside ArcGIS. While the ability to create VectorLock files is available on a per seat basis for an annual fee, organizations that wish to secure their data can do it at no additional cost to their users, as the ArcGIS Toolbar is provided free of charge from eMap.

The VectorLock software suite consists of three integrated programs. The first is the License Server Administration Tool which manages an organization’s identity and regulates its VectorLock software licenses. The second is the Data Administrator Tool, a stand-alone program that creates VectorLock files and manages access with customized licenses for a specific length of time. The third and final program is the ArcMap Toolbar, which lies at the heart of VectorLock by allowing users to view, edit and work with VectorLock files using traditional GIS workflows.

General availability for VectorLock starts on June 13, 2011. Prospective customers can get more information at the VectorLock website.

Geosparc, the company professionally supporting the open source GIS development software Geomajas, today announced that it will be present at Foss4G, the international conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, in Denver (US) from 12 till 16 September 2011.

At Foss4G the Company will demonstrate numerous GIS applications built with Geomajas whilst key members of its development team have been selected to give a workshop and no less than 3 technology sessions at the conference.

Workshop: Introduction to Geomajas

As the field of web GIS software gets saturated, it becomes increasingly difficult to select the right technology to solve your needs. This workshop will show how to set up an elegantly designed, user friendly yet powerful and secure web GIS application capable of working with thousands of vector objects on the map. The goal of this workshop is two-fold: to demonstrate the easiness of creating your first Geomajas application and to show how to handle very large data sets without having to turn to WMS to keep the performance at an acceptable level. The main technology used in this workshop is the client-server framework, called Geomajas. The focus of Geomajas is to provide a platform for a cloud server-side integration of geospatial data, allowing multiple users to control and manage the data from within their own browsers.

Technology session 1: Mobile GIS through Geomajas

With the increasing popularity of tablets and smartphones we have entered a new world where mobile devices reign supreme. It is obvious that the open source GIS community has to follow this trend. The question is how? The current generation of web GIS products have had to overcome a wide variety of browsers to support, and so too must the next generation of GIS solutions support an equally wide variety of mobile platforms. By leveraging the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Geomajas has entered the mobile world successfully. This presentation will start with the current situation of the Geomajas project with regards to mobile and discuss the technical challenges that lie ahead of us.

Technology session 2: Geomajas, a GIS framework for the web

Geomajas, the GIS framework for the web, focuses’ on efficient data delivery, security and performance. The mantra is "integrate, transform and secure GIS data". It is cloud-ready and modular, has advanced caching and security. The framework can talk to many types of data sources and present them in several ways using our "faces".

Technology session 3: Securing GIS data

This session will focus on the implementation and architecture of security on GIS data as implemented in Geomajas. Details are given about possible use-cases, the choices that were made (including why). It also includes an explanation of how credential leakage is prevented and how this can be integrated with industry standard solutions.

For more information go to www.geosparc.com.

NASA has selected Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT) in Greenbelt, Md, to provide geophysics, geodynamics, and space geodesy support. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite- quantity contract will be $45 million. The effective ordering period is from July 1 through Aug. 31, 2015.

Under this contract, SGT will support a wide array of geodynamic, geomagnetic, geophysical, and atmospheric investigations of the Earth. Among the requirements for these investigations are instrument development; software development and maintenance; and data collection, archiving and dissemination. Contract work also includes scientific data analysis, modeling and interpretation; reports and presentations of scientific results; public outreach and education; and associated technical and administrative work.

SGT will provide support to investigators associated with current programs such as Interdisciplinary Studies in Earth Science; projects such as GRACE, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, and ICESat; and future missions defined in the National Academy of Science Decadal Survey, such as ICESat-2 and SWOT.

The work will be performed at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and at the SGT facility in Greenbelt.

WebMapSolutions have just released to the Blackberry App World an ArcGIS mobile application. Based on the ESRI Flex viewer, this is a free app. It is a first version of a more complete application, to be released later in the Summer.

The application is called ArcGIS Viewer and can be downloaded directly from App World.

Registration for the Geogathering Conference 2011 is now open. This year Geogathering will be held at the Interlocken Omni Hotel and Resorts in Broomfield, Colorado and will be taking place on August 31st through September 1st. This premier location is conveniently located to Denver, Colorado and only 30 minutes from the Denver International Airport.

The GeoGathering conference provides a solid venue for oil & gas gathering system and production line operators to share their experiences in applying GIS (Geospatial Information System) technology towards data collection, data maintenance and integrity management initiatives. The goal of GeoGathering is to provide valuable insight into geospatial topics and challenges that operators currently face. Sessions focus on real-world experiences ranging from integrity management, regulatory requirements to data capture and GIS-based data analysis. Conference attendees will have an opportunity to interact with others in the industry and participate in open forums.

The keynote speaker, Joe Monroe will present “How Regulatory and Business Drivers are Reshaping North America’s Pipeline Infrastructure” and will include how business leaders are balancing increased regulation with the growing demand for pipeline infrastructure to the nation’s energy needs. Joe holds a B. S. Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State, a M. S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkley, and a M.B.A from the University of Southern California.
Who should attend?
Anyone involved with the management or operations of the organizations GIS, such as:

- Senior Management
- Integrity Management Specialists
- GIS Professionals
- Field Operations Coordinators
- Engineers
- Project Managers
- Regulatory Compliance Personnel

To Register or For More Information, visit the Geogathering website at http://www.Geogathering.com to register for the event.

The city of Melbourne announced that the city will soon be seen in 3D. A three dimensional (3D) model of Melbourne is being developed to help city planners better assess and communicate their planning decisions.

Future Melbourne Committee (Planning) Chair, Cr Peter Clarke said a picture paints a thousand words and for planning it is no different.

“The potential of this technology to help planners to visualise proposed buildings in a virtual cityscape of Melbourne before they are built is very exciting and has the potential to improve both communication and understanding of planning developments,” Cr Clarke said.

“I support the development of any technology that will bring more certainty to planning, improves the community’s understanding of applications and helps planners make the best decisions for Melbourne.”

Last year City of Melbourne planners assessed 1029 applications and over the last decade have assessed more than 13,000 applications.

Cr Peter Clarke said demands on our city’s planners and the complexities that they must work around has never been greater.

“Growth in and demand for office and residential space in the City of Melbourne has reached unprecedented heights,” Cr Clarke said.

“In 2000 we had around 620,000 people using the municipality every day. In 2010 this has reached around 790,000 and in 2030 we expect over 1 million.

“By many accounts, within the next five years the central Melbourne office market is likely to surpass that of central Sydney and at the same time, more and more people are choosing to make the city their home, both within the central city – in the Hoddle Grid, Docklands and Southbank - and in inner city locations like North
Melbourne and Kensington.”

Cr Peter Clarke said the emerging technology will give planners the ability to plot the built form of a proposed development in a 3D simulation of Melbourne.

“The model can actually not just plot a proposed building design but can also be used to assess shadowing on neighbouring properties, amenity impacts at the street level, relationships with surrounding buildings and how the building fits into the current built form of Melbourne,” Cr Clarke said.

Cr Clarke said the 3D model has potential to also speed up the planning decision making process by improving communication between planners, applicants, objectors and community.

“This technology has the potential to revolutionalise communication between planners, industry and the community as people will be able to gain a real sense of how the development will fit in with the cityscape,” Cr Clarke said.

“Improved understanding will certainly result in quicker assessments and better planning outcomes.”

The technology will be used formally for the first time at a Future Melbourne Committee meeting in November 2011.

Following Bruker's acquisition of Sigma ElectroOptics GmbH in December 2010, Bruker is now launching its expanded product line for the remote infrared detection of gases in industrial, environmental and homeland security applications.

The new Bruker Hyperspectral Imaging System HI 90 is an imaging remote chemical sensing system based on the combination of a Michelson interferometer with a focal plane array detector. Each pixel of the array records an interferogram from the corresponding field of view. A spectrum at each pixel is obtained by Fourier transformation and contains the infrared signature of the image at each point. The HI 90 system allows fast identification, quantification and visualization of potentially hazardous gases remotely from long distances. Due to its array detector, the HI 90 hyperspectral imager can measure all pixels simultaneously up to 1000 times faster than traditional scanning systems which record the spectra at each pixel sequentially. The new HI 90 represents a new high spatial resolution, ultrafast hyperspectral imaging system in Bruker's broad remote sensing product line, which also consists of the Scanning Infrared Gas Imaging System SIGIS 2 for homeland security and scientific applications, the mil-spec 360 degree scanning stand-off detector RAPID, as well as the ultra-high spectral resolution FTIR spectrometer IFS 125 for scientific applications in atmospheric research.

The new Hyperspectral Imaging system HI 90 has been developed for a wide range of applications. The method of infrared remote sensing allows the detection, identification, and quantification of a wide range of important organic molecules in the atmosphere. Applications of the HI 90 range from atmospheric research, environmental research and volcanology, to industrial safety and QC applications, to public safety and security applications.

A major field of applications of the HI 90 system is homeland security. If hazardous compounds are released into the atmosphere, e.g. in a potential terrorist attack or during a chemical accident, then emergency response teams require rapid and precise information about the identification and location of released compounds in order to take appropriate measures to protect workers, residents and the environment. The HI 90 system allows very quick identification and visualization of such hazardous clouds from long distances of several kilometers. The image of a chemical gas cloud allows an assessment of the dimensions, dispersion and direction of travel of the released chemicals. In addition, the source of a cloud can be located in many cases.

These HI 90 gas cloud imaging capabilities also lead to new possibilities in industrial safety and leak detection applications. The system identifies the released gas and the image allows to pinpoint the location of the leak, allowing accelerated repair, saving money and stopping the potential impact on the environment. In industrial safety applications, several HI 90 systems can be the basis for a network of surveillance systems, increasing safety at industrial sites with early warnings about released chemicals in case of an accident.

About Bruker Corporation:
Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) is a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. For more information, please visit www.bruker.com.

For more information on the HI 90 system, please visit: www.bruker.com/hi90

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Iran receives first images from home-made Rasad satellite. Read the report:

Iran announced on Sunday that it has received the first images and data sent by the country's second domestically-made satellite, 'Rasad' (Observation) which was sent into orbit Wednesday evening.

"We have received the first satellite images and telemetric data from Rasad this morning," President of Malek Ashtar University affiliated to Iran's defense ministry Reza Mozaffarinia said on Sunday, Fars news agency reported.

Mozaffarinia also expressed pleasure that the data received from the satellite indicate that all systems of Rasad are working even better than what has been predicted before.

Rasad which weighs 15.3 kilograms and was designed to be launched into the 260 kilometer orbit of the earth rotates around the earth 15 times in 24 hours.

Check out the latest greenhouse gas data updated monthly from one of the cleanest air sources in the world.

Air samples are analyzed at the Cape Grim station to determine concentrations of greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases, other air pollutants, including aerosols and reactive gases, and radon.

Also measured are weather and climate indicators like wind speed and direction, rainfall, temperature, humidity and solar radiation.

Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station
Cape Grim, on Tasmania’s west coast, is one of the three premier Baseline Air Pollution Stations in the World Meteorological Organization-Global Atmosphere Watch (WMO-GAW) network. Baseline stations are defined by the WMO to meet a specific set of criteria for measuring greenhouse and ozone depleting gases and aerosols in clean air environments.

These baseline stations are crucial points of reference for the larger global network of atmospheric gas observing stations.

The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station monitors Southern Hemispheric air. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has been continuously monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950s.

The Cape Grim station is positioned just south of the isolated north-west tip (Woolnorth Point) of Tasmania. It is in an important site, as the air sampled arrives at Cape Grim after long trajectories over the Southern Ocean, under conditions described as ‘baseline’. This baseline air is representative of a large area of the Southern Hemisphere, unaffected by regional pollution sources (there are no nearby cities or industry that would contaminate the air quality).

Poster competitions are an excellent means of illustrating and testing how well students are able to demonstrate both research skills and communication skills. Many geography and GIS degree and certificate programs sponsor student poster competitions, particularly as part of their GIS Day events. GIS Day 2011 is Wednesday, November 16, 2011 and URISA is pleased to announce its support of GIS Day student poster competitions.

Recognition of GIS Day achievements is important to URISA. We look forward to receiving two types of contributions to support GIS Day Student Poster Competitions. First, we welcome receipt of GIS Day poster competition guidelines. There will no doubt be similarities and differences among the guidelines, and we look forward to presenting an informative and comprehensive display of the kinds of criteria which professors use to give directions to students, and to the judges who are evaluating the posters. We also welcome receipt of the posters that are selected as winning entries to promote the accomplishments of both the students and institutions.

It is expected that URISA’s GIS Day Student Poster Competition page will quickly become a very valuable GIS teaching and research resource, and we look forward to assisting professors, students, and competition judges as they plan their GIS Day activities. For further details, please visit the site.

In further recognition of the winning posters, URISA is pleased to provide one-year student memberships for the best poster in each category.

The 2011 Education and Public Outreach Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific is on July 30 - Aug. 3 in Baltimore.

June 30th is the last day to register at the advance rate and to reserve an exhibit booth.

Here are just some of the interesting sessions that will be offered at the meeting:

· Mobile Apps for Education: A Round-table Discussion
· From Mercury to the Asteroid Belt: Views of Diverse Worlds
· Climate Change Misconceptions and Messages
· How-to Workshop on Evaluation of Informal Science Education and Outreach Projects
· Sources of EPO Funding, Techniques for Getting Funded
· After-school Programs: Your Next Partners in STEM Learning
· Data in the Classroom: Using Real Space-Science Data in K-12 Education
· Using the Planetarium to Talk about Climate Change
· The New NRC Framework for K-12 Education Standards:
What’s In the Framework and What It Means
· Examining Large Public EPO Events (Special Days, Years, Nights)
· Best Practices for School and Community Star Parties
· Unscientific America: What’s the Problem? What’s the Solution?
· Engaging Girls in Science Education
· Citizen Science in the Classroom and at Home
· The Pluto Debate: Learning through Role-playing Games
· Tales from the Twitterverse
· The 2012 Transit of Venus: How to Facilitate Group Viewing
· Marketing 101 for Scientists
· Incorporating Performing Arts into Science Learning for Teenagers
· The Greatest Scientific Achievements of the Hubble Space Telescope
· Why Just Counting Attendees Won't Cut It for Evaluation in the 21st Century.

For more information on the program, lodgings, and registration, go here.

Participants include scientists and educators working in or with schools, colleges, museums, parks, community groups, government agencies, observatories, and the web.

There will also be professional development workshops for teachers in grades 3 - 12 offered from July 30 through Aug. 3.

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announces the release of the MS Series of high-precision robotic total stations in North and South America. “The MS ‘measuring station’ opens a new era in ultra-precision measurements,” said Denny Welch, senior vice president of the TPS Survey Business Unit.

The series includes the MS05AX with the industry’s highest 0.5” angle accuracy and the MS1AX for 1” angle accuracy.

“The MS05AX provides ultra-precision while the MS1AX provides long-range and versatility,” Welch said.

The series can be used for large-scale 3D measurement applications and also has a 2D monitoring function for real-time two-dimensional projects.

“The MS series ensures enhanced precision and productivity in a wide-range of applications,” Welch said. “Department of Transportations (DOTS), high-end civil engineering firms, high-accuracy land surveying firms, universities, anyone with monitoring, tunneling and 3D industrial measurement needs will realize benefits from the MS Series.”

The series can be used with a prism, reflective sheets or reflectorless, creating options and efficiencies for even the largest monitoring fields. With a pre-scan search function used to ‘teach’ the instrument where the targets are in the monitoring field, the accuracies and range of the series is “impressive by any standards,” Welch said.

“High speed is one of the key advantages for long distance measurement and tracking,” Welch said. With the MS series robotics, an operator has up to 1000m (3280ft) auto pointing range and up to a 400m (1312ft) non-prism range.

“This tracking can be achieved with fast turning speed and the incredible accuracy of the series which adds up to make the system ideal for the most precise topographic survey work such as high-precision control establishment or super accurate stakeout or as-built construction tasks,” Welch said.

This is what happens when reading MODIS Level 1 data. I took this solution from the ENVI help and inforest.gr forum.

* MODIS: Reads MODISModerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; a NASA EOS sensor aboard the Aqua and Terra satellites. Level 1B, 2, 3, or 4 files (MODIS products MOD02-MOD44 and MYD02-MYD44). The gainIn ENVI, a value that is multiplied by the pixel value to scale it into physically meaningful units of radiance: radiance = DN * gain + offset and offsetIn the context of remote sensing: A correction value added
to or subtracted from every pixel in an image, typically by using image arithmetic (Band Math in ENVI). A variable added to the gain in a regression equation for sensor calibration. The number of bytes of embedded header information present in the file (ENVI skips these bytes when reading the file).

Values are also extracted from the HDF metadata. These values are automatically applied when ENVI converts the 16-bit data in the input file to calibrated floating-point data. The resulting emissive and reflectance data are unitless. The units of the radiance data are W/m2/m/sr. You can disable applying gains and offsets information with the Auto-Correct ASTER/MODIS preference.

Note: For EOS MODIS Level 1B files, values greater than 32767 (which indicate invalid data) are replaced by -1 when applying the gains and offsets. The data ignore value in the ENVI header is also set to -1.

To open MODIS products M*D08*, M*D27HV, M*D27W, M*D43B1, M*D43B1C, M*D43B2, M*D43B2C, M*D43B3, M*D43B3C, M*D43C2, M*DATML2, use File > Open External File > Generic Formats > HDF.

Attend SPIE Remote Sensing 2011, the premier European meeting focused on recent breakthroughs in atmospheric and earth surface sensing, next-generation satellites, SAR image analysis and techniques, image and signal processing, and more.

Attend and hear latest research and technology in:

• Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology
• Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, Coastal Waters, and Large Water Regions
• Sensors, Systems, and Next-generation Satellites
• Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere
• Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems
• SAR Image Analysis, Modeling, and Techniques
• Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing
• Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology
• Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing
• Addressing Natural Disasters and Sustainable Resources Using Satellite Data
• High-Performance Computing in Remote Sensing
• Special Joint Session on Airborne Remote Sensing

Details:

19 - 22 September 2011
Clarion Congress Hotel Prague
Prague, Czech Republic

To register, please go to the secure online registration form.

Decision makers now have the opportunity to better understand how GIS influences full Lifecycle Management solutions. This is a complementary service intended to educate the community about a new workflow development. Participants will benefit by receiving application ready data sets for their facility and the opportunity to study their value for building operations and maintenance.

The AEC+O community is witnessing a tremendous surge in facility management capabilities through the introduction of GIS into the building and asset management workflow. Cyril Verley, President of CDV Systems comments, “Folks have been interested in seeing these new workflows in action, we've decided to provide actual prototypes by using relevant data sets submitted by each facility".

Integrating GIS data with existing facilities applications and applying new solutions has become a topic of much discussion and theory. We invite the AEC+O and GIS communities to have a first hand look at a BIM and CAD to GIS integration/workflow.

For inquiry of any kind, please contact us:

Phone: +1 401 293 0550
info@cdvsystems.com

Please follow this link to the Complementary Prototype Program.

Watch the promo video below for more info:

India on Wednesday released A National Wetland Atlas and State Wetland Atlases to form the basis of a comprehensive wetland conservation strategy Wetlands, whether natural or man-made, coastal or inland, are of great ecological and economic significance in different states.

They play a critical role in the water cycle, and are highly productive ecosystems that provide a wide range of ecosystem services, in addition to supporting significant recreational, social and cultural activities.

However, wetlands today are under severe threat. A National Wetland Atlas and State Wetland Atlases, prepared by the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ahmedabad, were released on 8th June 2011 by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment and Forests.

Mr. Jairam Ramesh said: “Wetlands are seriously threatened from various sources. Despite the ecological services wetlands provide, and regulatory mechanisms consistent with the Ramsar Convention, we have so far lacked a detailed mapping and inventory of wetlands.This comprehensive mapping will help us prioritize wetlands for protection.”

This is the first time such atlases have been prepared on the basis of satellite imagery, in a systematic manner. The maps categorize wetlands into 19 different classes, and are being made available at a 1:50,000 scale resolution.

Excluding rivers, wetlands cover some 10 million hectares, or a little over 3% of the country’s geographical area. Of this 10 million hectares, reservoirs account for about 2.5 million hectares, inter-tidal mud flats for 2.4 million hectares, tanks for 1.3 million hectares, lakes/ponds for 0.7 million hectares, mangroves for some 0.47 million hectares and corals for about 0.14 million hectares. Yet, only 25 wetland sites in India are protected as Ramsar sites, under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (to which India is a signatory).

These Atlases will now be used by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to designate critical wetlands to be protected under the Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules, notified in December 2010.
[source: ABC Live]

OnTerra Systems, a technology leader in Web mapping, fleet optimization, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integration solutions and services, announced that Global Dispatch has subscribed to OnTerra's RouteSavvy Web Service, and achieved significant improvements to company operations and cost reductions as a result. RouteSavvy is an affordable, Web-based route optimization tool. Global Dispatch is using Route Savvy to optimize routes traveled by its fleet of trucks that deliver missing or lost suitcases to travelers using LaGuardia and JFK Airports. In the process, RouteSavvy has helped Global Dispatch dramatically improve its productivity, as well as reducing fuel costs and the distance and/or time traveled by its fleets.

RouteSavvy is based upon advanced, proprietary algorithms that are available online. Users simply sign up for the service online, and then access RouteSavvy either with programming language or with the handy user interface to optimize the activities of its fleet. RouteSavvy is available for subscription at the following Web address: http://register.routesavvy.com.

OnTerra's RouteSavvy™ MapApp Route Optimizer optimizes routes for up to 100 stops at a time. Users may input their destinations in three ways: 1) Uploading a spread sheet with addresses, 2) Clicking on locations in the displayed map which defaults to a user's home or business area, or 3) Manually entering addresses in an input box in the RouteSavvy Web map applications. Once addresses are entered, users also can choose whether they need a round-trip, or one-way route.

In addition, users can specify whether the route should be optimized for distance, time, or time adjusted for traffic. (The "traffic" mode will access the Bing Maps' traffic information to help optimize the route and time it.) When users generate their optimal route, the "results" tab will provide the total distance, expected driving time, and directions to each waypoint.

RouteSavvy is ideal for companies with fleets and individuals that make multiple stops per day, including:

* Couriers
* Delivery Companies (Florists, Fuel Delivery, Groceries, Medical Supplies, Newspaper Deliveries, etc.)
* Service Companies (Electricians, Plumbers, Landscaping, Process Servers, Utilities, Transportation, Waste & Recycling Management, etc.)
* Schools (pupil transportation)
* Professionals who travel during their day (Real Estate Agents, Sales People), and more.

RouteSavvy is available both as a Web service and with a handy browser interface. Global Dispatch has integrated RouteSavvy into its own technology platform, which has resulted in great improvements to the business. "Since we started using RouteSavvy, we have had a productivity increase of between 200-300 percent because the route optimization lets us deliver more bags per day now. We used to deliver between 2,000 and 3,000 bags a year using a fleet of five trucks. Now that we have RouteSavvy, we're on target to be able to deliver 10,000 bags this year," said Amr Abdelwahab, Principal Software Engineer for Global Dispatch. "RouteSavvy also saves on fuel, and our drivers now can get their jobs done in a 7- to 8-hour day, instead of working so much over time."

Mr. Abdelwahab added that RouteSavvy optimizes routes in milliseconds, and is used several times a day. "In our line of work, we have to deliver bags the same day, and in some cases, we must deliver a bag to a traveler on a 'rush' basis within 4 hours. When we get a rush order, we have to re-optimize the route, and RouteSavvy lets us do this in milliseconds."

"Given the rising costs of fuel, owners of small business fleets, and individuals traveling routes with multiple destinations are well-served to turn to affordable, easy-to-use tools like RouteSavvy to save time and fuel costs," said Steve Milroy, OnTerra Systems President.

Check out the new listing of available graduate assistantship and faculty positions at geoscienceposition.com.

- Graduate Student Assistantship on Aquatic Biogeochemistry and Microbial Ecology

- Wanted: Assistant Professor Geosciences – Spatial Hydrology

- Job Position: Professor Geohydrology & Senior Lecturer Petrology-Geochemistry

- Research Associate Position – University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

- Two Post-doctoral Research Positions in Geochronology

Visit geoscienceposition.com for details.

Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology together with the specialists of the ScanEx Research & Development Center.

Analysis of radar images enabled to detect the connection between the oil seeps, visible on the sea surface and the process of formation and migration of hydrocarbons in sedimentary complex of the south-eastern part of the Black Sea. Based on the analysis of spots, detected on 16 multi-temporal radar images, acquired over the 1993 to 2011 period, the GeoMixer web-mapping application helped defining the location of the source on the sea bottom. The coordinated of the source are 41є58'59''N and 41є07'30''E at the depth of 1050 meters and it erupts once in 0.3-5 hours. First reliable monitoring of this spring from space using radar was made in December 1993.

- Such a natural infiltration of oil is one of the typical phenomena in this part of the Black Sea. Oil seepage volumes assessments can be made by measuring the acreage of oil slicks on radar images and based on simple physical considerations, connecting the thickness of oil slick with its color that varies from iridescent on the place of emergence to silver-grey on the spot edges, - explained Senior Researcher of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Andrei Ivanov.

According to estimates of the institute specialists the oil-in-place relief in south-eastern part of the Black Sea only from this source (if recurrent discharge trend remains) may constitute on average from 1 to 8 tons of oil per day or 400 to 3000 tons per year. The maximum possible estimates of volumes of natural oils seepage in this place according to space radar data may reach 7000 tons of oil per year.

Detailed biometric data showed that the bottom in this location has a positive topographic form – the mountain of Pechori that, apparently, is the source of these oil blowouts. Data of independent geophysical studies, carried out by IFM-GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany) together with Russian specialists, confirm that too. In addition, radar images of this area detected a number of smaller oil slicks associated with secondary level phenomena that indicate the presence of a number of other natural oil sources. They are also of some interest and require further investigation.

The use of multi-temporal radar images enables to considerably increase the probability of natural oil sources detection at seas. For analysis and research of natural oil seeps, detected using radar images, the method developed at the Institute of Oceanology was applied. In particular, the geoinformation approach was used. Such an approach was also used to study and event to detect natural oil sources in the Caspian Sea, on the north-eastern shelf of the Sakhalin Island and in Lake Baikal.

— Radar images can be applied for operational monitoring of different objects on the sea bottom, periodically emitting oil or oil derivatives, for example damaged or broken oil pipelines, sunken ships, mothballed wells, etc. – notes ScanEx Deputy General Director Alexei Kucheiko.

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ScanEx RDC offers services on satellite-based monitoring of natural oil sources on the Russian seas’ continental shelves and looks forward to working with all interested organizations. Contact person: Natalya Yevtushenko, tel:+7(495)739-73-85, e-mail: sar@scanex.ru.

Geospatial World Forum
23 - 27 April, 2012
RAI Convention Centre
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.geospatialworldforum.org


GIS Development is pleased to announce the fourth edition of Geospatial World Forum on 23 – 27 April 2012 at RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Geospatial World Forum is a medium of convergence of various stakeholders of global geospatial community and its integration with end users of geospatial information. Geospatial World will be a combination of activities in the form of seminars, workshops and panel discussions covering technology to policy to user oriented themes at global level. It is an exclusive forum for geospatial industry, users, academia, entrepreneurs and government leaders to meet, invest, influence and to shape the business, technological and policy landscapes of today and tomorrow. Geospatial World aims to bring together about 2500 participants from representing different stakeholders under one roof and exchange ideas and experiences towards making innovative usage of geospatial information and technology for addressing global issues.

Theme of Geospatial World Forum shall be ‘Geospatial Industry and World Economy’, which is aimed at promoting and projecting the utility and relevance of geospatial industry and connecting the same with major economic driving industries including energy, mining, infrastructure, agriculture on the one hand and issues like environmental management, climate change, health, education, and social development on the other hand. It will serve as a platform to exchange experiences, knowledge and know-how. It aims at encouraging professionals representing different stakeholders of geospatial community to come together on a common platform and share their knowledge & experience through paper and poster presentations.

To draw maximum benefit out of this opportunity, we invite you to participate actively in this conference and submit abstracts for the following themes: Environmental Management, Surveying and Mapping, Spatial Law, Mining and Exploration, 3D Modeling & Photogrammetry, Intellectual Property Right, Construction & Engineering, Remote Sensing & LiDAR, Standards & Interoperability, Utility, Web & Enterprise GIS, Spatially Enabled Government, Energy, GNSS, Spatial Data Infrastructure, and more.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date for Abstract Submission - 28th October, 2011

Abstract Acceptance/Non Acceptance Notification - 30th November, 2011 .

Speaker Registration - 30th December, 2011

Full Paper Submission - 30th January, 2012

Abstract Submission at: papers@geospatialworldforum.org

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world has been selected by Fujifilm to support the introduction of their new GPS-enabled digital cameras with map data and POI content. NAVTEQ is now supplying map and POI (points of interest) data for Fujifilm's FinePix F550EXR and FinePix XP30. The FinePix F550EXR comes with a built-in GPS functionality, while the FinePix XP30 is a water, shock, dust and freeze proof model featuring built-in GPS functionality.

NAVTEQ map coverage spans across 85 countries in six continents. The NAVTEQ map features points of interests in over 50 categories including restaurants, tourist attractions, shops and hotels. Thanks to the half a million plus list of locations included within the NAVTEQ map, both FinePix models will recognize your location and display it, either as longitude and latitude, or by place name. A tag is then placed on the image which, when using place names, can easily be searched for, enabling users to quickly find shots of a specific location or point of interest. Once images are found using the search function, it's simple for users to create a photobook using the Photobook Assist function.

Characteristic functionality is also provided by the Photo Navigation function in the FinePix F550EXR and FinePix XP30, where a user can find their way back to the place where a photo was taken. For example, if a user takes a photo at a restaurant that they would like to return to, one can easily search the location using the location data embedded with the image. Additionally, the location data can provide the user with the distance and directions needed to travel from their existing location to the destination.

"We are thrilled to be working with Fujifilm to take their imaging experience to the next level, beyond the traditional point and shoot functionality. They understood the importance of location from early on and recognized how this can help differentiate their product," said Rich Shuman, senior vice president, Asia Pacific, NAVTEQ Sales. "It is rewarding to see that the significant investment that NAVTEQ has made in the development of unique content enables valued customers such as Fujifilm to deliver more exciting experiences to their consumers".

With Hexagon 2011 under way, ERDAS and Intergraph are detailing their plans to leverage their combined strengths in raster and vector processing through a new spatial modeling framework. At the Hexagon 2011 Conference, this technology is being showcased in the TechExpo Hall, as well as through various breakout sessions and keynotes. The new spatial modeling framework catapults each organization's existing geospatial strengths, providing a model for future integrated technological developments.

The new spatial modeling framework is based on the strong raster analysis capabilities of ERDAS IMAGINE® and the powerful vector analysis capabilities of Intergraph® GeoMedia®. Integrated within a new graphical user interface and extensible through third-party scripting environments, the next-generation spatial modeling solution will support desktop and on-demand enterprise geo-processing. This technology will also enable users in a broad variety of disciplines, such as agriculture management, disaster recovery, civil engineering, property assessment, and others, to create spatial analysis and processing programs within a command-line environment, simultaneously leveraging GeoMedia's powerful vector handling capabilities and ERDAS IMAGINE's raster prowess.

"The synergies between Intergraph and ERDAS will allow us to evolve a completely integrated and interoperable set of geospatial products," said David Glenn, Executive Product Manager, Intergraph Corporation. "This will enable unprecedented workflow efficiency at every stage of the geospatial value chain."

ERDAS IMAGINE incorporates geospatial image processing, analysis and remote sensing into a convenient package. The spatial modeling in ERDAS IMAGINE enables users to graphically model raster image processing workflows to create an automated process that can be executed by those with less domain knowledge. Integrating this technology with Intergraph's vector modeling capabilities in GeoMedia enables users to create their own custom, workflows that are extensible and interoperable with other geospatial software systems.

"With this new spatial modeling framework, organizations can combine the best of both raster and vector worlds to offer customers a complete spatial modeling framework for building custom solutions either graphically or programmatically," said Mladen Stojic, SVP Product Management & Marketing, ERDAS.

The new solution building framework offers the option of creating models graphically using drag and drop components or through widely-used Python scripting. A third option provides users the flexibility of combining these two capabilities.

At the conference, recorded breakout sessions highlighting this technology include ERDAS & Intergraph SG&I's Product Integration Plans: Today and Tomorrow and Solution Builder to Spatial Modeling.

The next generation spatial modeling framework is a valuable emerging technology within the processing component of Hexagon's Dynamic GIS, an integrated geospatial system capable of translating change, on the fly, into actionable information. The Dynamic GIS supports the complete geospatial information lifecycle: capturing geospatial imagery using sensor technology; processing vector, raster and terrain data into actionable information; managing, fusing, and sharing geospatial data across departments and regions; and finally, rapidly and securely delivering integrated information products, ensuring the right individuals can make timely decisions.

The fifth annual Rocket City Geospatial Conference has issued a call for presentations inviting geospatial professionals and students to share their efforts illustrating how geographic information system (GIS) technology is being used in their industry or research. The event will also host the Alabama GIS conference. It will attract local and state government professionals and businesses that utilize digital mapping technology and GIS for applications such as environmental protection, economic development, urban planning and critical infrastructure management.

The conference will be held November 15 and 16, 2011 in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This conference will feature an array of user case studies, technical sessions and vendor presentations through a series of organized tracks.

Because of certain events that have impacted both local and international communities we will have a particular focus on these topics:

- Emergency Response to the Tornado Outbreak in Northern Alabama
- Location and Security of the Nation's Nuclear Power Plants
- Cybersecurity and Geospatial Technology

We are also looking for presentations in these main topic areas:

- Census 2010 and redistricting
- Defense and intelligence applications (GEOINT)
- Next generation E-911
- Crisis Mapping – Health and human safety during natural and terrorist disasters
- Remote Sensing – Satellite image analysis and processing
- Cloud Computing – Geoprocessing in new platform and software as a service environments
- Pervasiveness of new applications in citizen engagement and authoritative data sources
- Public safety and law enforcement
- Transportation
- Postal addressing

All presentation abstracts should be submitted before September 30.

Conference registration and information
The conference organizers encourage early registration, which will cost only $195. The cost for students is $75. More information about the conference can be found at the conference website Www.RocketCityGeospatial.com.

Esri just released the Esri File Geodatabase API. This API allows developers to work with file geodatabases outside ArcObjects (the library of software components that make up the foundation of ArcGIS). With this API, developers can now create independent applications to view or modify data stored in a file geodatabase. Geodatabases comprise the native structure for ArcGIS to store, manage, and use geospatial data. With the Esri File Geodatabase API, developers can now create independent applications to view or modify data stored in a file geodatabase without having to rely on ArcObjects.

The File Geodatabase API is a collection of C++ libraries (.dll) for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux platforms that allows direct access to data stored in a file geodatabase. The API allows developers to

Create new file geodatabases.
Read file geodatabase schema.
Create schemas for simple features.
Read, edit, and delete data in the file geodatabase.
Perform attribute and spatial queries.

The File Geodatabase API does not replace ArcObjects as the recommended approach to interacting with the geodatabase.

For more information and to download the API, go to esri.com/filegdbAPI.

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the PDF Maps app for iOS and geospatial plugins for Adobe Creative Suite, including Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher 8.5 for Adobe Illustrator that has the ability to import geospatial PDF documents. This is the first time spatially-aware PDF documents can be opened in the Adobe Illustrator environment and have all of its contents be assigned to MAPublisher layers.

"We've done a lot of research, development and testing of spatial PDF technology to see what is capable and compatible with MAPublisher. We're able to provide geospatial PDF and GeoPDF import to Adobe Illustrator for our users and I believe they will be pleased that it will introduce a new range of uses and applications,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza. “Not only will our users be able to take existing spatial PDF documents and work with them, but they will also be able to customize their own PDF maps and share them with their own customers and clients,” he added.

The import process opens a geospatial PDF or GeoPDF document at which time the user can assign content to MAPublisher layers and MAP Views while maintaining georeferencing and attributes. This process can be simplified by using the auto-assign option which scans the contents of the PDF document and assigns it to the appropriate MAPublisher layer. Alternatively, content can be manually assigned to MAPublisher layers.

Geospatial PDF import also works with geospatial PDF and GeoPDF files generated by third-party vendors including Esri ArcGIS, FME and TerraGo.

Visit www.avenza.com for more details.

Russia's navigation system GLONASS is more accurate than American GPS, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Deputy Director Anatoly Shilov has claimed.

"Today the accuracy of GLONASS is 6 metres, and that of GPS is 7 metres," Shilov said at the 5th international forum on satellite navigation yesterday, June 1.He said the accuracy of the Russian navigation system would have to be improved to 2-3 metres in the years to come.In his opinion, this can be done only if the system operates at full capacity with 24 satellites.

Russia plans to launch another GLONASS-M satellite in August and another three in September-October from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.GLONASS system will become fully operational by the end of 2011.The previous satellite, launched in late February 26, is designed to operate longer - ten years - and provide more accurate coordinates of down to 1.5 metres.

The next launch from Baikonur is scheduled for this summer. "At any rate, the system will become fully operational by the end of 2011, with 24 satellites covering the whole planet," First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said earlier.

Event Title - Public Health Geographic Information Systems Online Certificate Webinar
Location - Online
Event Date - Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Event Time - 12 to 1 p.m. central time
Website link.

Contact - phgis@uic.edu | 312-355-0423

Webinar Description
Learn more about how an online certificate program can fit into your busy schedule and move your career forward.

During the webinar, prospective Public Health GIS students will:

* Meet program faculty and staff who will assist you throughout the admission process
* Explore the unique advantages of the program and learning objectives
* Learn how to make the most of the online learning environment and what it takes to succeed as an online student

The webinar will consist of an interactive presentation led by the certificate program director followed by an opportunity for questions and answers.

Over the years, many has witnessed the expanding scope of geographical information science from only geomatics and GIS into more integrated segments such as information technology, engineering, design, imaging and so on. The term ‘geospatial’ is now regularly being used to provide a complete definition to this ever growing industry and its associated disciplines.

Map Asia as a conference, too, has matured and is now widely recognized as one of the most important geospatial industry event in Asia Pacific. Undertaking the mandate to serve the need of geospatial community, GIS Development is resolute to take Map Asia to a privileged level in order to have its recognition as one of the largest Asian Geospatial Industry Event. On the grand occasion of its 10th anniversary, Map Asia is now rebranded as Asia Geospatial Forum.

The inaugural Asia Geospatial Forum is scheduled on 17- 19 October 2011 in Hotel Mulia Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia with Indonesian Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL) as Host Organizer.

Don’t miss out on this grand event!

Call for Papers
Asian Geospatial Forum 2011 will host Symposiums, Seminars and Technical Sessions on varied themes. Authors are invited to take this opportunity to present their latest applications, innovations, policy issues and technological developments to the decision makers and users alike. The interested authors are requested to submit their original draft abstract in not more than 250 words.

For information on paper submission, please contact: Sarah Hisham at papers@asiangeospatialforum.org

U.S. Geological Survey: Twitter Earthquake Detector (TED). The U.S. Geological Survey is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support a student who’s investigating social Internet technologies as a way to quickly gather information about recent earthquakes.

In this exploratory effort, the USGS is developing a system that gathers real-time, earthquake-related messages from the social networking site Twitter and applies place, time, and key word filtering to gather geo-located accounts of shaking. This approach provides rapid first-impression narratives and, potentially, photos from people at the hazard’s location. The potential for earthquake detection in populated but sparsely seismicly-instrumented regions is also being investigated.

Social Internet technologies are providing the general public with anecdotal earthquake hazard information before scientific information has been published from authoritative sources. People local to an event are able to publish information via these technologies within seconds of their occurrence. In contrast, depending on the location of the earthquake, scientific alerts can take between 2 to 20 minutes. By adopting and embracing these new technologies, the USGS potentially can augment its earthquake response products and the delivery of hazard information.

For more information on this project, please e-mail USGSted@usgs.gov or follow @USGSted on Twitter.