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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN -- Forget banking and the automotive industry. Earth is the one system that is truly “too big to fail.” For centuries humans have used up the planet’s resources, saddled it with our waste and simply moved on when a wellspring dried up or the back forty became polluted. But now we’ve exhausted that strategy. Scientists, social thinkers and the global public are realizing that humankind has transformed the natural planet into an industrialized one, and we must transition again to a sustainable planet if we are to survive. Read More

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What do sensors add to a decision support system?

Written byMatt Ball
on May 22, 2012

An often-quoted Business Week article from 1999 stated that, “In the next century, planet Earth will don an electric skin…”...

Is it time for focused publications that aim to make sense of change at both the global and local scales?

Written byMatt Ball
on May 15, 2012

Change is a constant that is inevitable, but what isn't inevitable are disruptive impacts. The more we know about our...

GeoEye Proposes to Purchase DigitalGlobe

Written byMatt Ball
on May 04, 2012

The mergers and acquisitions within the geospatial technology space are white hot right now, with news Friday that GeoEye approached...

Why did Trimble buy SketchUp, and why did Google sell?

Written byMatt Ball
on April 29, 2012

It’s funny, my first reaction to the Trimble buys SketchUp news was that it was some kind of spoof, and...

If Enhanced View cuts come, why not remove resolution restrictions?

Written byMatt Ball
on April 22, 2012

A feature in the New York Times outlines the battle that is brewing in Congress to defend the use of...

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