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unusual facts about geospatial



Envi

ENVI (software), a geospatial imagery analysis and processing application marketed by Exelis Visual Information Solutions.

Kim Rossmo

After serving as director of research at the Police Foundation in Washington, DC, from 2001 to 2003, he moved to Texas State University-San Marcos where he currently holds the Endowed Chair in Criminology and is director of the Center for Geospatial Intelligence and Investigation.

Markus Neteler

In September 2006, he was honored with the Sol Katz award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) for his commitment to the GRASS project coordination.

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.

Oracle Spatial and Graph

The geospatial feature of Oracle Spatial and Graph provides a SQL schema and functions that facilitate the storage, retrieval, update, and query of collections of spatial features in an Oracle database.

Sol Katz

2006 - Markus Neteler - GRASS GIS developer since 1998 and founding-member of Open Source Geospatial Foundation ( OSGeo )

Sol Katz (August 3, 1947 – April 23, 1999) was an American software developer who pioneered geospatial computer software (a sub-category of GIS) and left behind a large body of work in the form of computer applications and format specifications while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

TerraGo

TerraGo is a private company based in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Manhattan Beach, California, and Arlington, Virginia that develops location intelligence, geospatial collaboration and field data collection software and solutions.


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