Successful Launch for Kentucky Space Balloon-1

Yesterday, Kentucky Space successfully launched a space balloon, nearly into space, in Bowling Green, KY. The balloon brought back amazing pictures of the earth’s surface that look very similar to something you would see from a space shuttle. Congratulations to the Kentucky Space team for this accomplishment. Pictures of the Launch can be seen by [...]

Using Satellite Imagery as Evidence

from the MSNBC website http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24306434

These two satellite images made available by DigitalGlobe show a site in Syria that the U.S. claims was a nuclear plant before and after a Sept. 6 Israeli airstrike. The left image is from Aug. 5, and the image at right is from Oct. 24. U.S. intelligence officials [...]

Knoxville gets SmartFIX40 next week

Approximately two miles of Interstate 40 in Knoxville will be closed to all traffic for 14 months as TDOT’s SmartFIX40 program gets going. SmartFIX is TDOT’s accelerated repair program which requires a portion of a highway or interstate to be fully closed. This provides a faster turnaround time by maximizing the construction window [...]

SERUG Underway

SERUG is well underway here in Jacksonville. Wakeup temps are cooler than normal for this part of the country. Ate lunch in the Landing yesterday. About 650 people are here. Had a great opening social here in the conference exhibit area last night. Today is packed with sessions of all [...]

USDA Grant will provide wireless to the rural masses

USDA Rural Development is providing a massive loan to a Colorado based firm to provide wireless services across 17 states and 518 rural communities. The service won’t be free. Prices are going to be comparable with other providers in urban/suburban areas.
Not sure of the impact, if any, this will have on TN. [...]

Nashville gets Google Street View

Nashville just got hooked up with Street View imagery on Google Maps. Zoom in to Nashville, click on the Street View link. Imagery is available for any street with blue highlights. Move the little stick figure guy around and then click to view street level imagery of the area. The image [...]

TNGIC Update - its next week?

So where does the time go that it’s almost TNGIC time again? It’s going to be a great event this year with some folks you are familiar with organizing it again - and doing a great job I might add. GEO-Jobe is heading up the Geo-cache event and Cliff is out capturing a [...]

McMinn County GEOpowered Kickoff Huge Success

McMinn County did this one right. Planning in advance with GEO-Jobe, the McMinn Co Assessors Office distributed invitations, got the local paper involved, and setup a open forum in the commission chambers for the unveiling of the new county GEOpowered website. Eighty people from various county and city agencies as well as local [...]

McMinn County, TN Launches Interactive Mapping Site

McMinn County, TN has joined the list of GEOpowered mapping sites in TN today. Spearheaded by Assessor of Property Don Cowart and GIS Manager Jeremy Brack, McMinn is providing an essential service to its County employees and also to the public within and around the County. The McMinn interactive GEOpowered mapping site will be introduced [...]

TNGIC Releases Draft of 2008 Conference Agenda

On Tuesday, the Tennessee Geographic Information Council (TNGIC)Conference Committee released a draft of the upcoming 2008 TNGIC Conference to be held in Chattanooga, TN. The conference is only 5 weeks away, so check out the (draft) agenda and start making your reservations today. Early bird registration ends on March 1st so to receive the savings [...]