GeoWeb & Digital Mapping News

GeoEye Inc. has publicised the launch of the world's highest resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite, due tomorrow (4th Sep) from Vanderberg Airforce Base, California. The ITT-built imaging system can distinguish objects on the Earth's surface the size of a regular laptop computer and map the location of an object to within about three metres of its true location. Coupled with GeoEye's IKONOS, the GeoEye-1 can collect almost one million square kilometres of imagery per day. The ability to revisit any location every three days makes it ideal for large scale mapping projects.

As Hurricane Gustav approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, a "Hurricane Gustav" folder has been added under the "Weather" folder in Google Earth.
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/ . Or: http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/

Mary Spence, president of the British Cartographic Society, critised the effects of Internet mapping on British Geography and History at the Institute of British Geographers conference in London last week. See more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7586789.stm