December 2011
GeoPDF Maps Accelerate Japan Disaster Damage Assessment
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 16:26
On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake followed by a tsunami, leaving 15,000 people dead and nearly 8,000 people missing. Hitachi Solutions, the TerraGo distributor in Japan and East Asia and a joint development partner, as part of its effort to assist in the reconstruction following the earthquake and tsunami, utilized TerraGo GeoPDF pre- and post-March 11 maps and imagery to dramatically simplify residential damage assessment and the clerical work of issuing disaster damage certificates.
October 2011
TerraGo's Role in Visionary Response
Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 08:55
TerraGo CEO Rick Cobb's interview in the Oct. 2011 GEOINT issue of Geospatial Intelligence Forum article "Visionary Response" explores how the company is extending geospatial information to the field and improving workflow.
"Our goal is to apply geospatial and GIS to common information technology including Adobe, Microsoft, the web and Google. We bring those worlds together for those who don't want complexity," said Cobb.
Tony Frazier of GeoEye and TerraGo CEO Rick Cobb Interview: GeoEye and TerraGo Team Up to Offer Spatial Imagery on the Go
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 10:36
GeoEye Sr. VP of Marketing Tony Frazier and TerraGo CEO Rick Cobb were recently interviewed by GIS Cafe Editor Susan Smith for her column.
Said Frazier, “We noted that many users in the community need to be able to take that content on the go and also collaborate through lightweight mobile tools.
TerraGo is really a market leader in that space. We licensed technology from TerraGo to enable users to download our imagery in a GeoPDF format.”
September 2011
Rick Cobb Interview: Finding Balance in the World of Mission Critical Geospatial Intelligence
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 14:21
TerraGo CEO Rick Cobb was recently interviewed by Mark Hausman for his GovWin blog. Following is Mr. Hausman's introduction to the written interview:
"Rick Cobb is accustomed to a hectic life. While in college at the Naval Academy, he balanced responsibilities as a student, officer in training and competitive wrestler.
"Today, the CEO of TerraGo Technologies strikes a similar accord when it comes to running a fast- growth geospatial collaboration software company and helping to parent six children.
Tony Frazier of GeoEye and TerraGo's Rick Cobb Discuss Newly Announced Innovation Partnership [Podcast]
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 14:37
Intel: Improving Warfighter Access to Geospatial Intelligence
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 08:44
An article written by Michael Bufkin, TerraGo founder and chief solutions architect, has been published in the Sept. 2011 edition of MILSAT Magazine:
USGS Historical Map Collection Now Online
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 08:38
Nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online. The Historical Topographic Map Collection includes published U.S. maps of all scales and editions, and are offered as a georeferenced digital download or as a scanned print from the USGS Store.
August 2011
Online GeoPDF Map Deliverable from USDA-NRCS Enables Easy Sharing of Complex Land Data
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 11:34
This article written by Kent Peña, GIS Coordinator and National SSURGO Coordinator for USDA-NRCS, for the September issue of Geoinformatics magazine describes how the organization was able to produce an online map deliverable that enables farmers, ranchers, agronomists and others working or studying the land to easily see soil properties and nutrient spreading restrictions.
Hurricane Irene USNG GeoPDF Download Flex Viewer
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 08:18
Maps created by the Delta State University student interns at the GIT Center. This application was developed by customizing the Esri ArcGIS viewer for Flex provided to Delta State by Esri.
Click the link below to access the application.
U.S. Army Geospatial Center Partners With USGS To Build GeoPDF State Coverage DVDs
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 10:39
Directions Magazine has published an article about a recent collaboration between the U.S. AGC and USGS.
