UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

18 Jun

Shree Kamdhenu Electronics: Enhancing the Dairy Collection System in India

Shree Kamdhenu Electronics is an Indian company that produces products for people who sell dairy. They have a line of products from milk analyzers to accounting software that help the businessperson the whole way. Shree Kamdhenus strives to serve underprivileged...
Read more »

17 Jun

Map of the Week: Ramadan Begins- The Global Muslim Population

Tonight, June 17 is the beginning of Ramadan, a month of fasting observed by Muslims around the world to commemorate the Islamic belief in the first revelation of the holy Qur’an to the Prophet Mohammed. Ramadan occurs in the ninth...
Read more »

17 Jun

TerraGo: Making Enhanced GPS technology Maps Easy to Share

TerraGo is a mobile and web technology company that provides mobile apps with high precision GPS to enhance mapping and data collection. The technology allows users to create detailed maps through GPS and mobile data surveys, create lightweight GIS...
Read more »

17 Jun

Rainforest Connection: “If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, you still can”

Remote sensing is being used more and more to monitor illegal activities. For example satellite imagery is being used to catch illegal poaching of animals in Africa. Many of these projects are remotely sensing through satellite imagery. Rainforest Connections has...
Read more »

17 Jun

Vestra: One of the first GIS Consulting Services Continues to Provide Crucial Environmental Analysis

Vestra is a GIS, environmental solutions, and engineering consulting service based in California that provides its client with in-depth knowledge and expertise on how to deal with environmental and social issues and achieve success. The company was started in 1988...
Read more »

17 Jun

Green Energy Africa: Empowering Communities Through Renewable Energy

Green Energy Africa is a company that provides renewable energy to communities. Based out of Nairobi, Kenya, GEA offers wind turbines, solar-run refrigerators, and all of the electronics to run electricity through a house. Their mission is “empowering communities through...
Read more »

16 Jun

AGS Summer Scholar Intern In HQ: Christopher Ewell

My name is Christopher Ewell, I’m going to be a senior at New York University next year, and I’m an International Relations and Environmental Studies double major. I chose to intern at the American Geographical Society because I wanted to work...
Read more »

16 Jun

One Earth Designs: Making Sustainable Living Fun, Convenient, and Shareable with Friends

Solar energy can be used in both an active and passive form. Active solar, such as solar panels, takes the solar radiation and converts them into another form of energy, or transforms them. Passive solar is a method of using...
Read more »

16 Jun

SpaceX: Space Exploration with the Aim of Enabling Life on Other Planets

SpaceX is a rocket and spacecraft company started in 2002 with the aim of revolutionizing space technology. Their ultimate goal is “enabling people to live on other planets.” They are the only private company that successfully landed a spacecraft safely...
Read more »

16 Jun

GoFar: Be the Smartest Car on the Street

Are you gas conscious when you drive? Or do you not know what gets you good versus bad gas mileage? GoFar is a computer that once plugged into the onboard diagnostics port, calculates how much gas you are using. This...
Read more »