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USGS topographic data now available on mobile devices

USGS TNM Topographic Data viewed on a mobile device

Users of Android and iPhone mobile devices can now access USGS digital topographic maps on the go. Using GPS, they can zoom in on their precise location allowing for precise navigation.

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Publishing Date: 
Fri, 10/05/2013 - 07:24
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38.9502
longitude: 
-77.3672
Processed on May 10th 2013

NOAA launches bi-annual newsletter "The Downlink"

First edition of NOAA's newsletter "The Downlink"

The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched a newsletter "The Downlink".

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Mon, 06/05/2013 - 11:11
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38.9934
longitude: 
-77.0316
Processed on May 6th 2013

NASA satellites capture California wildfires

The red lines indicate areas where MODIS detected fires.

In early May 20103, dry Santa Ana winds started several wildfires in Southern California, USA.

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Mon, 06/05/2013 - 10:56
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34.0522
longitude: 
-118.244
Processed on May 6th 2013

OGC: Best Practices Document for Earth Observation Product, Service and Sensor

An official OGC Best Practice document entitled, "OGC EO Product Collection, Service and Sensor Discovery using the CS-WebRIM Catalogue" was adopted by the Open Geospatial Consortium.

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Mon, 25/03/2013 - 11:37
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OGC
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42.3625
longitude: 
-71.3619
Processed on Mar 25th 2013

Open data: New York makes available public datasets online

On 7 March 2013, hundreds of new datasets were made available on NYC Open Data, a portal containing all of the New York's online data.

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Wed, 13/03/2013 - 09:40
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The New York World
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40.7144
longitude: 
-74.006
Processed on Mar 13th 2013

NASA launches new Landsat satellite

On 4 February 2013 NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) lifted off into space aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Tue, 12/02/2013 - 11:27
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34.7398
longitude: 
-120.55
Processed on Feb 12th 2013

GPS Community to launch new Association

The GPS industry is forming a new trade association called the GPS Innovation Alliance, as InsideGNSS reported.

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Sun, 10/02/2013 - 10:55
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Inside GNSS
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38.8951
longitude: 
-77.0364
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DigitalGlobe and GeoEye complete Combination

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) ("DigitalGlobe") and GeoEye, Inc.

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Fri, 01/02/2013 - 11:46
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Digital Globe
latitude: 
40.1389
longitude: 
-105.137
Processed on Feb 1st 2013

Earthquakes: California could establish Early Warning System

The state of California could establish an $80 million early warning system for earthquakes.

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Thu, 31/01/2013 - 10:01
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Press release
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34.1414
longitude: 
-118.125
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NASA: Measuring Ocean-Surface Winds from Space

In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA's QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure

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Thu, 31/01/2013 - 09:44
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38.8829
longitude: 
-77.0163
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