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Calculation related to 26th dec. 2004 event using the fault epicenter as initial condition. The arrival time is correct at all locations.

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This calculation is referred to an event occurred on Aug. 21st 2003 offshore of the South island of New Zeland.

Longitude=141.76
Latitude =-2.85
Magnitude =8
Water Depth =-247
-> Calculation performed, case: 4

Pima County, Humane Borders mapping migrant deaths - TucsonSentinel.com
TucsonSentinel.com
The Arizona OpenGIS Initiative for Deceased Migrants will combine data from the counties of Southern Arizona, including law enforcement agencies and human rights groups, to build a searchable database based on geographic information. "I'm glad to be ...

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Uruguay, South Korea Agreed on Spatial Data Infrastructure
Prensa Latina
07 de mayo de 2013, 14:43Montevideo, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Experts from Uruguay and South Korea will boost the development of the Uruguayan spatial data infrastructure for capturing, storing, analyzing and displaying data on digital maps. According to ...

The Draft FOSS4G'13 Programme is released!
DirectionsMag.com
About FOSS4G (2013.foss4g.org): FOSS4G is the global conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, hosted by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and organised by a Local Organising Committee. FOSS4G will be held in the ...

Database may help ID dead migrants
Columbus Dispatch
The International OpenGIS Initiative for Missing and Deceased Migrants will feature a map documenting deaths as far back as 2001. Since 2001, officials have found 2,037 remains that are thought to belong to migrants. The vast majority of those who die ...

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Spatial Source
SSSC2013 wrap-up
Spatial Source
Defkalion Kalogridis's presentation on the INSPIRE initiative in Greece highlighted the importance on having an Open, Interoperable, OGC-compliant and web-based Spatial Data Infrastructure. The discussion moved to how the implementation of SDI in ...

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Border project seeks to identify migrants who die in Arizona
Los Angeles Times
The Arizona OpenGIS Initiative for Deceased Migrants will feature a map documenting deaths as far back to 2001. Any user can make inquiries online; the lists of the dead will be updated four times a year. An anonymous donor gave $175,000 to develop the ...
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New database expected to help identify undocumented immigrant remains
Tucson News Now
It's called The Arizona OpenGIS Initiative for Deceased Immigrants. GIS stands for Geographic Information System. It's a database of places where remains have been found in the southern Arizona desert since 2001. Humane Borders says that's when the ...

New database to help identify migrants who died in desert
Los Angeles Times
... through the identification of the deceased and the return of remains,” Humane Borders officials said in a prepared statement. The International OpenGIS Initiative for Missing and Deceased Migrants will feature a map documenting deaths as far back ...

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Intergeo Round Table Addresses Smart Responses to the Challenges Facing ...
Amerisurv
The Open Geospatial Consortium's Director for European Services Athina Trakas explained that the integration of data from a wide range of areas was of great interest to society, generating completely new information of social relevance. The experts see ...

The OGC Calls for Comments on the Open Modelling Interface Standard
Spatial News (press release)
2 May 2013 - The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and the OpenMI Association (OA) have announced a call for public comment on the Open Modelling Interface Version 2 (OpenMI) and its accompanying reference manual. This standard defines a ...

The OGC calls for comments on the Open Modelling Interface (OpenMI) standard
GISuser.com (press release)
2 May 2013 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and the OpenMI Association (OA) have announced a call for public comment on the Open Modelling Interface Version 2 (OpenMI) and its accompanying reference manual. This standard defines a ...

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ENC web service launched
Maritime Journal
Using an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant web map facility, the service is available as an online subscription hosted by either OceanWise or as a managed system in a secure environment on customer premises. Solutions are completely ...

Palo Alto project makes public a trove of data
Palo Alto Online
Open GIS is the latest step in Palo Alto's movement toward becoming what Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental calls a "digital city." "We're stepping up to our responsibility as the heart of Silicon Valley by not just being a model for open ...

Open Source Geospatial Laboratory established at the University of ...
DirectionsMag.com (press release)
The laboratory is one of the members of a worldwide network developed under the auspices of the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In 2011, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

Global Interoperability Consortium's Cloud Computing Project Detailed at NATO ...
Sacramento Bee
Information technology solutions provider NJVC is serving as team leader of the NGA project and participants include Boeing, The Aerospace Corporation and Open Geospatial Consortium. "NCOIC has assembled a team you would not normally see on a ...

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Global Interoperability Consortium's Cloud Computing Project Detailed at NATO ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Information technology solutions provider NJVC is serving as team leader of the NGA project and participants include Boeing, The Aerospace Corporation and Open Geospatial Consortium. "NCOIC has assembled a team you would not normally see on a ...

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