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The Cost of Bad Data? $1.4B in the Blink of an Eye
Spectacular footage of the B-2 Stealth bomber taking a dive on takeoff and crashing into billions of pieces (and greenbacks). Umibot is most interested in the underlying reasons for this catastrophe–the accident was preventable and not due to human error. … Continue reading
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How is Local Search Like Storm Tracking?
News from the National Weather Service that is sure to get (geo)data-wonks excited… From the National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Adminstration (parent agency of NWS), the current means of tracking severe weather events is done in the following manner: …The NWS … Continue reading
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Urban Mapping to Present at IDEA 2006
Ian White will present at the IDEA 2006 conference in Seattle, October 23-24. His presentation, The Design of Data, will address how spatial data has become relevant to everyone. Update: Link to the audio is here and PDF of slides … Continue reading
