(The following material is from the article “Earth’s gravity revealed in unprecedented detail” on the European Space Agency’s web site, dated 31 March 2011.) After just two years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Explorer (GOCE) satellite has gathered enough data to map Earth’s gravity with unrivaled precision. Scientists now have access to the most accurate...
Read MoreAlumnus Sean O’Connor graduated with honors (BS 2005) that included Outstanding Achievement as a Geography Major, Distinction in the Major, and being awarded the Jack and Laura Dangermond Undergraduate Fellowship. To top that, he also landed a National Geographic Internship which he followed up with full time employment at Bridges.org, “an international organization with a mission to promote the effective use of...
Read MoreGIS Development organized the recent Geospatial World Forum 2011, a major biannual conference and exhibition on geospatial information technology and applications. The conference, held in Hyderabad, India, January 18-21, brought together 2,200 delegates from 81 countries representing leaders, policy makers, scientists, academicians, and other stakeholders in the geospatial industry. The stated aim of the conference was to raise the...
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