Following the Hurricane Katrina levee failures in New Orleans, California´s Department of Water Resources is building a statewide, GIS-based inventory of the state´s river-levee locations, compiling location, ownership, and maintenance records online. With nearly 14,000 miles of levees statewide, it´s a daunting effort.

Like all of the StateView programs, WyView is based around the philosophy that providing data, education, and research support can go a long way towards helping users benefit from the satellite imagery that taxpayers have invested in over many years.

From a recent experiment conducted at a clothing store in a mall, Michel Berthiaume, an associate researcher at the GeoBusiness Group, Universit? de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, discovered something surprising about teenagers. For better or for worse, approximately 80 percent of them are willing to surrender some of their privacy and allow someone to track their movements.

Partners in Achievement: The 2006 Applications Contest Readers Share Their Geospatial Applications Aug 1, 2006

For the seventh consecutive year, Geospatial Solutions has chosen to honor readers' innovative use of spatial technologies to meet a wide range of challenges in a variety of industries. What struck me most about this year's submissions was how they underscore the importance of partnerships. From cities to disaster relief organizations to utilities to commercial vendors, individuals worldwide are coming together to share their expertise and resources as they develop GIS solutions that help us to better understand — and manage — our world.

Annual Technology Showcase Aug 1, 2006

New products and services from vendors of software, hardware, services, and data.

Secure Tracking for Critical Applications Aug 1, 2006 By: Chris Wullems, Alessandro Pozzobon, Oscar Pozzobon

From the safety of workers to the protection of assets and the transportation of hazardous materials, GPS tracking has become an increasingly important safeguard against security threats. But users must be aware of the technology's vulnerabilities and of the tools needed to ensure protection.

The GITA/AAG study is moving us closer to building a true community . . . one in which professionals' roles and responsibilities are defined and whose required competencies are being identified and addressed.

Across the country, departments of transportation (DOTs) are loading up their geospatial data layers and taking them on the road to map the locations of every pavement segment, traffic sign, and guardrail for which they are responsible. Mobile GIS technology is enabling government officials to take their geospatial information out of the office to the places where it can best be applied — state highways and city streets.

MapPoint is all about displaying business data in a mapping context to help business folks identify potential new clients and opportunities. And since lots of business is still done face-to-face, getting your sales guys to the client is an essential-use case that MapPoint aims to address.