Sam Bacharach

Web-based geospatial applications that anyone can use are making geospatial technology ubiquitous. The success of these applications, however, depends on a variety of Internet and Web standards, as well as those provided by geospatial standards development organizations and initiatives. Standards...more >>

On December 7 and 8, 2006, an invited group of civilian disaster managers and military geointelligence officials witnessed a demonstration of open geospatial standards prepared by members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC).

Open standards for sharing geospatial data are bringing the United States and Canada closer together in the task of securing each country's borders.

When seconds count, security depends on robust interoperability among all the systems that routinely provide information about the real world to bus drivers, electricians, and everyone else.

When seconds count, security depends on robust interoperability among all the systems that routinely provide information about the real world to bus drivers, electricians, and everyone else.

What will a global tsunami-warning system look like? It will be a Sensor Web, a collection of sensors on buoys in the world's ocean earthquake zones, wirelessly connected to a network. The sensors will continuously report their three-dimensional location as well as vertical motion and vibration....more >>

What will a global tsunami-warning system look like? It will be a Sensor Web, a collection of sensors on buoys in the world's ocean earthquake zones, wirelessly connected to a network. The sensors will continuously report their three-dimensional location as well as vertical motion and vibration....more >>