The G-Econ research project is devoted to developing a geophysically based data set on economic activity for the world. The current data set (GEcon 3.3) is now publicly available and covers "gross cell product" for all regions for 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005 and includes 27,500 terrestrial observations. The basic metric is the regional equivalent of gross domestic product.
The GeoMAPP effort aims to address the preservation of “at risk” and temporally significant digital geospatial content. Geospatial data layers containing information about land parcels, zoning, roads, and jurisdictional boundaries change regularly. Existing copies of these data are often at risk of being overwritten when updates or changes are made and these superseded snapshots of data are then lost for future use and analysis.
free geographical database of over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.3 million unique features available for download and accessible through a number of webservices
geopy makes it easy for developers to locate the coordinates of addresses, cities, countries, and landmarks across the globe using third-party geocoders and other sources of data, such as wikis.
a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS "Simple Features for SQL" spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific JTS topology
Project Detail - Digital Preservation (Library of Congress). The GeoMAPP project is exploring ways to expand the capabilities of state governments to provide long-term access to geospatial data. The project is bringing together geospatial and archival staff in multiple states to identify, preserve, and make available temporal and superseded digital geospatial data with ongoing value. A key approach will include testing a geographically dispersed content-exchange network for the replication of state and local geospatial data among several states to promote preservation and access.
Slashdot: "Giant Insect Invades Germany" hehe... Slashdot: "microsoft europe strenuously denied it was a bug from their code, 'ours are a few metres smaller.'"
S. Göbel, M. Heidemann, U. Jasnoch, and G. Stumme. Hypermedia im Umweltschutz. 3. Workshop in Ulm 2000, Umwelt-Informatik aktuell, Bd. 24, page 169-179. Marburg, (2000)
S. Göbel, M. Heidemann, U. Jasnoch, and G. Stumme. Hypermedia im Umweltschutz. 3. Workshop in Ulm 2000, Umwelt-Informatik aktuell, Bd. 24, page 169-179. Marburg, (2000)