The heat is on. We all know climate change is a very real and very dangerous fact of life, and many people are changing their lives in an attempt to stop it. But just how hot could things get?

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One of Washington's first grape-growing regions has received federal approval to become its 10th appellation or American Viticultural Area. Establishment of the Snipes Mountain AVA in Yakima County was published in the Federal Register last week and becomes official Feb. 20.

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GeoEye-1 Satellite Sensor Acquires First Color Image

World's Highest-Resolution Natural Color Satellite Image was collected by GeoEye from its new GeoEye-1 Satellite sensor over Kutztown University in Pennsylvania on October 7, 2008.

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The recent conflict in Georgia has raised some questions about how Google Maps has handled mapping in that part of the world.

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Consider Wilfred Mworia, a 22-year-old engineering student and freelance code writer in Nairobi, Kenya. In the four weeks leading up to Apple's much-anticipated release of a new iPhone on July 11, Mr.

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Portable GPS manufacturer Garmin has posted the source code for its Linux-based Nuvi 8xx and 5xxx series portable in-car GPS devices on its Web site.

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Google have launched MapMaker, a kind of faux OpenStreetMap where they own all the data and you're only allowed to map in certain Freedom Of Speech Zones.

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Wow, we're absolutely stunned, but we just won first place at the NetSquared Challenge! That means we have a check for $25,000 that we can spend on further development of the Ushahidi Engine (version 2).

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At the IEE/ION PLANS 2008 tradeshow in Monterey California last week, NovAtel announced the NovAtel SPAN-CPT, a powerful single enclosure, tightly-coupled GPS/INS receiver.

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Hot on the heels of Windows Live Maps' traffic-based directions, Google Maps unleashes its own traffic predictions. To use it, just click the Traffic button on the top of a map and then click the change link to switch between live traffic conditions and traffic predictions.

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Windows/Mac/Linux: Google Earth has updated and integrated Google Maps Street View, meaning that not only can you soar over the globe with Google Earth—you can also hit the streets and look around when you get tired of flying.

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A massive, commercial news-Google Maps mashup, indexing a truckload of sources. It's got a pretty slick interface, too.

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Magellan has introduced the latest addition to its MobileMapper GIS and mapping line of products – the MobileMapper 6. A rugged, waterproof, handheld GPS/GIS receiver, the MobileMapper 6 fulfills the requirements for low-cost, professional GIS field data collection.

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Magellan this month introduced the ProMark 500, a dual-frequency GNSS receiver that processes GPS, GLONASS and SBAS signals to offer land surveyors fast, real-time centimeter-level accurate surveying.

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Strix Systems, a worldwide leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced the introduction of the highest-powered, highest performance Mobile Wireless System (MWS) 100 to its award winning Access/One® product line.

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Putin on Monday listened to First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov as he briefed the cabinet on the development of GLONASS, the acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System.

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Google has been adding features to its maps at a fast and furious pace. Yesterday, it was terrain and wiki-style collaboration for its Web-based maps.

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BAGHDAD — The city blocks surrounding Combat Outpost Blackfoot in Baghdad's volatile East Rashid neighborhood look like a war zone ought to.

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Stereo IKONOS Satellite Image Data Utilized to Support 3D Terrain Visualization for Mt. Ararat Anomaly in Turkey

Satellite Imaging Corporation has created a 3D Terrain Model of the Mt. Ararat Anomaly from Stereo IKONOS Satellite Image Data, a mysterious 980 foot long feature located in remote northeastern Turkey, which some researchers believe could be the remains of Noah's Ark.

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Today Magellan launched a new version of it's MobileMapper product. MobileMapper CX is a highly flexible, accurate, affordable and rugged handheld GPS receiver for universal GIS use.

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Satellite Imaging Corporation has created a 3D Terrain Model of the Mt. Ararat anomaly from Stereo IKONOS Satellite Image data, a mysterious 980 foot long feature located in remote northeastern Turkey, which some researchers believe could be the remains of Noah's Ark.

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I see GIS having more and more applications. Especially with the mainstream releases of Google Maps and Google Earth.

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"I started the gCensus project for two reasons: First, the Census Department's interface for mapping its data was clunky and looked like something out of the mid-90's—hardly appropriate for a modern web service.

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Everyone knows the Monks, right? That anti-war group of American GIs who dressed up as clerics and changed rock history in 1966? No? Find out how the most important rock band you've never heard of are being rediscovered.

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Ricoh released the first GPS-ready digital camera the Ricoh 500SE. The device, featured with an high- resolution 8MP sensor, is very solid and it was developed for outdoor photography.

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