The NEEA (National Enhanced Elevation Assessment) webpage with its associated fact sheets are now live at http://nationalmap.gov/3DEP/neea.html

The National Enhanced Elevation Assessment was conducted to (1) document national-level requirements for improved elevation data, (2) estimate the benefits and costs of meeting those requirements, and (3) evaluate multiple national-level program-implementation scenarios. While at the site check out the NEEA Final Report; it's well written and contain lots of great information!

Also, you may not have heard of 3DEP yet. Well the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) initiative is in response to a growing need for high-quality topographic data and a wide range of other three-dimensional representations of the Nation’s natural and constructed features. Read all about it at the link above!

Check out Esri’s new U.S. Wildfires Map here:


http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/wildlandfire/latest-news-map.html

TomTom Offers Free Daily Map Changes on All Devices


CONCORD, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 28, 2012 — Starting today, TomTom is enabling all of its 60 million portable navigation devices to receive free daily map changes via the TomTom Map Share community. Map Share enables drivers to keep their maps up-to-date by making immediate changes on their device and to receive similar updates from the Map Share community around the world. Map Share was previously only available on a limited number of TomTom devices.

Map Share technology enables drivers to keep the TomTom map on their device up-to-date with immediate changes in their area. Dynamic road changes, such as changed speed limits, new street names, blocked roads and new traffic directions can be updated directly on the device. Drivers then have the choice to share those road changes with TomTom and the broader Map Share community. All TomTom customers can now download daily Map Share changes for free.

“Roads change all the time. Overnight, roads can close or traffic can be diverted, having a big impact on people’s journey times,” says Corinne Vigreux, Managing Director from TomTom. “With Map Share, drivers can update their own map themselves right away. Plus, we have an active community of drivers who share around 250,000 road changes with TomTom and each other every month. We are pleased to expand our community, because the more people who use Map Share the greater the navigation experience for all our customers.”

Map Share enables people to quickly and easily report and share the most frequent road changes. More structural, long-term changes such as the addition of roads or roundabouts are validated and updated within TomTom’s maps and made available on a quarterly basis. TomTom applies a hybrid approach to map-making that includes the combination of authoritative sources, such as field collection, government data or satellite imagery, with community input to ensure its maps accurately reflect reality.

Availability

Map Share is already available for many TomTom customers. Starting today, all TomTom Start, VIA and GO customers will be able to receive free daily map changes form the TomTom Map Share Community via a simple, free software update.

A video providing an overview of TomTom’s Map Share can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6O23csHkMk.

Notes for editors

Daily map changes include the more dynamic, frequent changes that drivers are likely to encounter such as:

•Changed speed limits
•New street names
•Blocked roads
•New traffic directions
•Altered turn restrictions

Drivers have control over which daily map changes they load onto their device. They can choose to accept changes submitted by some or many other Map Share users, or only those verified by TomTom.

Quarterly map updates are still be available for all TomTom devices, either for a fee or free with devices eligible for lifetime map updates.

About TomTom

Founded in 1991, TomTom (AEX:TOM2) is the world’s leading supplier of in-car location and navigation products and services focused on providing all drivers with the world’s best navigation experience. Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has over 3,500 employees and sells its products in over 40 countries. Our products include portable navigation devices, in-dash infotainment systems, fleet management solutions, maps and real-time services, including the award winning TomTom HD Traffic.

For the world’s most up-to-date route planner, including live traffic information go to www.tomtom.com/livetraffic.

For further information, please visit www.tomtom.com.
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165TB of New Imagery Added to Bing Maps


Bing Maps Blog 6/25/2012 9:00 AM

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Today we’re thrilled to announce the publication of our largest satellite release to date. In fact, this release is larger than all of our past Aerial releases combined!



The latest Aerial release includes new Satellite imagery as well as Global Ortho photography. Both releases total 165 terabytes of new data live on Bing Maps. Prior to this, our existing Aerial footprint was 129 terabytes total.



AERIAL: HIGH-RESOLUTION NADIR OR "STRAIGHT DOWN" ORTHOPHOTOS TAKEN BY AIRCRAFT OR SATELLITE



SATELLITE



Total coverage of new satellite imagery currently live on Bing Maps! Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage.



This release features imagery over North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe and Asia. The total area covered in this data release is nearly 38 million square kilometers.



Oropeza Mountains

Chuquisaca, Bolivia

Durrat Al Bahrain

Kingdom of Bahrain









Hagia Sophia

Istanbul, Turkey

Tongass National Forest

Glacier Bay N.P. and Preserve, Alaska









Samples of New Satellite Imagery from Around the World!



Mountains near Aganzhen

Lanzhou, China







Burj Khalifa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates







Fortaleza de Santa Cruz

Jurujuba, Brazil







Moroccan Mountains

Assa, Morocco







Sarychevo Peak Volcano

Sarychevo, Russia







ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Taipei, Taiwan

Santiago, Chile

Mexico City, Mexico

St. Petersburg, Russia

Giza, Egypt

Jaipur, India

Namib Desert, Namibia





GLOBAL ORTHO



Shaded areas indicate 30cm Aerial imagery; yellow coverage highlights the May, 2012 release.

Visit Bing Maps World Tour App to view full coverage. To view the June Global Ortho release in the World Tour App, click on the "Select Releases" tab and choose the "Aerial - GlobalOrtho Jun. 2012 release.



As of today the Global Ortho project is 85% acquired and published. Just this month, Bing Imagery Technologies hit a significant milestone by completing 100% of aerial photography over the United States. The photography in Europe is slated to be finished by this fall and all updated imagery should be published by the end of 2012.



Tiger Ridge Lake

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Fields near San Agustin

Andalusia, Spain









Parque Natural Posets-Maladeta

Aragón, Spain

Fields of Toledo

Castile-La Mancha, Spain









Extraterrestrial Highway

Nye County, Nevada

Fields near Maldà

Catalonia, Spain









The Aerial Global Ortho release of June, 2012 is a total of 160 Areas of Interest (AOI), and spans 1.03 million square kilometers. To date, Bing Maps has a total of 1,266 AOIs that stretch across 9.54 million square kilometers!



Space Park Promenade

Bremen, Germany

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Faro, Portugal









Schloss Moritzburg

Moritzburg, Germany

Mendenhall Glacier

Juneau, Alaska

SCAUG Mixer in San Diego

If you are attending the Esri User Conference in San Diego this summer, plan to join us at the SCAUG Mixer on Tuesday, July 24th at 5:30pm to 7:00pm.  The event will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in room 6F.  Always a good time, and an opportunity to meet the new and catch up with the old.

What is SCAUG?

What is SCAUG?

Is it an organization that hosts conferences?
Is it an organization that hosts User Group Meetings?
Is it an organization that hosts training?
It definitely is all that but it is a lot more than that if you show us what you need...

It is an organization created out of necessity. The need for there to be a cohesive group of GIS professionals in the region. That necessity was noticed 22+ years ago & is more applicable today than it was in its inception. As time & technology change who is better suited to steer the direction of SCAUG than the members? SCAUG can & does bring training, presentations, technical sessions, & resources to areas across our region. But... only if we know what you need. If we can see the need then we can work towards filling it.  We are currently hosting several ArcGIS Basics I & II classes in Oklahoma which are always full. SCAUG is having Sub-chapters hosted events around the region. OKSCAUG is hosting its 15th annual conference this year. With all this growth we need your input.

Click here for a current listing of events within the SCAUG region
http://www.scaug.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1175551

And...

Click here to submit suggestions for more events or functionality you would like to see from SCAUG.
scaug@scaug.org

We hope to see you at an event in the future or better yet hear a suggestion for another resource we can provide across the region.

Later,
CEB III

15th Annual OKSCAUG Conference Registration Now Open!

The OKSCAUG chapter of SCAUG has been alive and growing for over 15 years. Take this opportunity to help us build OUR 15th conference together. This year the focus is on GIS in Public Safety.  We are in the process of  acquiring presentations, calling for posters, and determining which ESRI technical sessions will be offered based on the user input we receive. Here is your chance to custom build your conference to suit your needs. We will try and accommodate as many as possible so don't hesitate to ask for conference content. Please take a moment to look at the training & workshops that we are offering as well. We try our best to bring relevant economically feasible training to our local users so take advantage of this offer.

Register at www.scaug.org