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I 've always hated moving. Actually, it's not the moving, it's the unpacking. I continue to unpack this blog at its new locatio...

T he on again, off again global navigation system Galileo took a big step forward with the announcement by the European Commission (EC) and...

Environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites have been successfully completed Boeing announced tod...

W ith the beginning of a new month comes a move for GeoCarta . This blog has finally gotten a place of its own. It's not totally fixed u...

S earch engine giant Google has signed an agreement with Tele Atlas that gives Google access to the firm's maps it was announced today...

N ot every new application for GIS gets posted here. However, this one was so different from the norm it was worth a mention. KUSA-TV in De...

P ersonal Navigation Device (PND) maker Garmin has signed a multi-year deal with GyPSii , an Amsterdam-based provider of geo-location and m...

I f you're wondering what cartographers jobs are like The Times has a couple of answers for you. Today's Career & Jobs section ...

A group with the ambitious goal of creating a global 'open source' map that anyone can contribute to and use will hold its second a...

T he West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state's Public Service Commission (PSC) acted properly when it approved a plan to b...

T he controversial map exhibit Imaginary Coordinates at Chicago's Spertus Museum was abruptly closed on Friday the Chicago Tribune re...

P aper maps. Who needs 'em? Well apparently as physical maps are increasingly replaced by digital versions the old ones are becoming mor...

A self-described "tornado chaser" has launched a web site that shows where tornadoes hit the United States each day. The Google ...

N avteq CEO Judson Green says he has seen the future of mapping and that future is on the cell phone. In a recent article in the Chicago Tri...

T he Asia-Pacific Winners of NAVTEQ's Global LBS Challenge were announced today. The Grand Prize goes to Joikusoft for its JoikuSpot. ...

R egistration for AutoCarto 2008 is now open. Produced by the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) the symposium will be ...

"I s Google Making Us Stoopid?" -- When Atlantic Monthly posed that question on its cover recently it set off a whole anti-techno...

L ots of teenagers get part-time jobs, many even get jobs working for their dads. Instead, Molly Parsons has her dad working for her as the ...

T he U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) have reached an agreement to ensure the pre...

T he National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to Del Mar College (DMC) and project partners through the NSF Advanced Tech...