[Sdi-northamerica] Esri Canada SDI News, February 2012

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SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS - VOL. 6 NO. 8; February 2012   
FEATURES 
 Building Safer Communities Through Integrated Risk Assessment
FrontLine Security magazine recently published an article by Pierre Bilodeau, public safety industry manager for Esri Canada. The article features Pathways, a framework that aims to link natural hazard risk assessment with community planning. Pathways is powered by an Esri-based risk assessment software program developed by Natural Resources Canada’s Earth Sciences Sector and several partners. 
>>Read more 
 
 Deloitte Includes Geospatial Visualization in Tech Trends for 2012 
Deloitte’s annual Technology Trends report examines technology put to practical business use, including analytics, mobility, social, cloud and cyber security. The 2012 list of business enablers includes Geospatial Visualization, which allows humans to comprehend complex concepts by linking data to geography using maps.
>>Read more 
 OCUL Wins the 2012 OLITA Award for Technical Innovation 
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) received an award from the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA) for its Scholars GeoPortal. Built on Esri technology, the portal offers Ontario university students and researchers with access to OCUL geospatial data collections to improve their research.
>>Read more 
DATA 
Proposed Amendment to European Directive on Re-use of Public Sector Information 
SDI Magazine reported on the European Commission’s proposed amendment to the 2003 European Union Directive on the re-use of public sector information. The amendment includes making re-use a legal obligation, not a suggested best practice.
>> Read more
German Satellite Systems Closer to Providing a 3D Map of the Earth
After a year in service, two German Earth observation satellites have completely mapped the Earth’s entire land surface for the first time. The data will create the world's first single-source, high-precision, 3D digital elevation model of the Earth.
>> Read more 
USGS & NGA Announce Enhanced Global Elevation Model
The US Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) collaborated in developing the Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010). The suite contains 7 new raster elevation products for various spatial resolutions and incorporates the current best available global elevation data.
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Culturally Closed Geodata - A Barrier to Development 
Asian Surveying and Mapping published an article that notes closed culture as another barrier in developing and innovating geospatial data. Other factors cited for for data being confined included data formats, policy, lack of resources and incompatibility.
>> Read more 

WEB WATCH 
New WMO Weather and Climate Information System Becomes Operational
The new World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Information System (WIS) will improve and expand the current exchange of weather, climate and water data – and cut the costs involved. The system will make it easier to find, use and share meteorological observations and products with various stakeholders, such as the research and disaster risk reduction communities.
>> Read more
Environment Canada Radar Image Service Now Available on ArcGIS Online
Updated every hour, this service uses a custom Python script to parse the published radar image files and then uses the Python Imaging Library (PIL) to process the radar images. Georeferenced image files of precipitation are served by ArcGIS for Server.
>>Read more

Finland to Open Digital Topographic Data 
On May 1, 2012, the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) will open its topographic datasets for the public to use free of charge. The NLS believes that making this data available will provide the Finnish society with significant economic benefits.
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2,000th Public Sector Organization Signs Up for Geographic Data Sharing
The UK Ordnance Survey has reached a milestone as Tatenhill Parish Council became the 2,000th member to join the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA). The agreement delivers improved planning and service delivery through the use of centrally funded digital geographic data.
>>Read more  

PRODUCTS 
Recorded Web Seminar: Creating Web Applications with ArcGIS.com 
This seminar explores the data, maps and applications hosted on ArcGIS Online. It shows how to use the built-in map viewer to create and share intelligent Web maps, and leverage ArcGIS Explorer Online to present maps efficiently.
>> Read more 
ASPRS Draft Guidelines for the Procurement of Commercial Geospatial Products 
ASPRS has released a second draft of the “Guidelines for Procurement of Commercial Geospatial Mapping Products” to encourage comment. The document intends to clarify what constitutes a commercial geospatial mapping product and how its procurement differs from procuring professional services.
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How to Publish Your Custom Applications via ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online is a free, quick and easy way to share your custom applications with no programming needed. Now, users can publish their maps directly from ArcGIS Online using the newly added configurable templates.
>> Read more 

NEWS 
INSPIRE SDIs in Europe: 2011 State of Play Reports Now Available
These reports describe, analyze and assess the status of national SDIs for 34 countries in Europe. The summary report includes an overview of indicators and change table, as well as a detailed survey aimed at collecting more quantitative and qualitative information on several aspects of INSPIRE & NSDI implementation. Feedback is welcome.
>> Read more 
WebGIS Performance Tests
GIM International featured the results of WebGIS performance tests conducted during the development of the Boston Water and Sewer WebGIS. The authors tested two models: centralized and distributed. 
>> Read more 
Sierra Leone Launches Portal for Interactive Transparency & Ideas Generation
The new Transparency-International portal is designed to capture the country's government projects in prose and still photographs/video. It includes an interactive Internet forum through which citizens can ask Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma and his cabinet questions and they can respond through a blog.
>> Read more  

EVENTS & TRAINING 
Esri & Esri Canada Become Platinum Sponsors of the 2012 GSDI Conference
Esri, a founding member of the Global SDI Association (GSDI), offers innovative solutions for SDI development to support better decision-making. Esri and Esri Canada are sponsoring the joint GSDI World Conference (GSDI 13), the 14th GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference, the 7th 3DGeoInfo Conference and the Canadian Geomatics Conference 2012, which will be held in Québec City on May 14-17.
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New Book: Why ‘Where’ Matters
This widely acclaimed book by Bob Ryerson and Stan Aronoff has now been sold in 28 countries in its first year in print. Called the “go-to reference book on geospatial technologies,” the book provides a solid overview of geo-technologies, the history of the field, as well as material on policies and applications. Esri Canada contributed some examples used in the book.
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Experts at DGI Conference Explore Ways to Utilize Yottabytes of Data 
Do you know that there are nearly 1.85 million close-circuit cameras in the UK today? And by 2015, the world is going to produce yottabytes (1024 bytes) of data? These and other astonishing facts came to light at DGI 2012, where experts discussed the challenges facing today’s geospatial community.
>> Read more 

BEGINNER'S CORNER 
What is scalability?
Scalability is often used to describe a performance aspect of a Web mapping site or other system, but it has nothing to do with map scales. It refers to a system’s ability to handle increased workloads or number of users without a noticeable decrease in performance. An algorithm, design, networking protocol, program or other system is said to scale, if it is suitably efficient and practical when applied to large situations (e.g., a large input dataset or a large number of participating nodes in the case of a distributed system).
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IN THIS ISSUE 
FEATURES 
	* Building Safer Communities Through Integrated Risk Assessment


	* Deloitte Includes Geospatial Visualization in Tech Trends for 2012 


	* OCUL Wins the 2012 OLITA Award for Technical Innovation 
 
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INTERESTING READS 
ArcGIS Online Now Available in 9 Additional Languages
Industry Outlook 2012: The Year of ‘The Cloud?’ (Or Did We Just Have It?)
V1 Magazine’s 10 Predictions for 2012 
Bing Maps to Get Nokia Branding on All Devices - including Rivals'
OGC Announces Candidate PUCK Specification for `Plug and Work` Sensor Networks 
Canadian Satellites Facing Increased Threats from Space Debris
USDA Releases New Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Building a Consolidated Community Global Cropland Map
The Shine Is Off Google Earth; What’s Next?
Canada, Mexico & USA Announce Grants to Address Environmental Challenges
 

UPCOMING EVENTS 
ASPRS - Imaging and Geospatial Technologies: Into the Future
March 19-23
Sacramento, California, USA
Esri Developer Summit
March 26–29
Palm Springs, California, USA 
IPY 2012 Conference - From Knowledge to Action 
April 22-27
Montréal, Québec
FIG Working Week 2012
May 6-10
Rome, Italy
Global Geospatial Conference 2012
May 14-17
Québec City, Québec
Canadian Hydrographic Conference
May 15-16
Niagara Falls, Ontario
 

 
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