February 2024 Archives
Preserving the World’s Cultural Heritage
Scanning the ruins of a castle in Romania will help preserve the country’s past and the literary myth of Dracula
GPS Finds Its Way into the Future
As the pioneering satnav program celebrates half a century of success, it must overcome setbacks to its modernization plans in order to pull off a new era of global PNT leadership
How Our Continent Drains
Robert Szucs is a digital cartographer turned artist who saw the potential to turn nature’s patterns into contemporary artwork. This ocean drainage map was a months-long project, that included “a ton of manual work,” including cleaning data, figuring out how to categorize millions of lines into a handful of ocean drainages, and then zooming in […]
Drones in School
STEM education is preparing the next generation of workers for exciting careers in technology-related fields.
With friends like these, who needs consumer reviews?
By Matt Kowalski Likely, everyone can agree that we prefer to make informed decisions when spending our hard-earned money. If it is a car, computer, or the pen that I used to write this you can find a consumer report about it. Don’t believe me? Search “pen consumer report.” You will not only find Consumer […]
The Mission of MAPPS
View from Above MAPPS president Kelly Francis talks about the exciting future of the trade association This article is the first in a series of four focusing on a trade association that recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and continues making meaningful impacts in the geospatial community. The first article is an interview with Kelly Francis, […]