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BSB Import (exe): BSB Import is a Photoshop plug-in, which allows you to read NOAA marine charts. NOAA marine charts are the standard raster charts and have the file extension of .bsb and .kap. Once a chart is imported into Photoshop you can print the chart, paste charts together to cover a larger...; Tags: noaa, chart, bsb import; Software downloads 2008-07-16
Arctic nations agree to talk, not fight, over new shipping lanes: Courtesy USGS and NOAA. Global warming is opening the once mythical Northwest Passage and ships are expected to be able to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific by going past Greenland,Canada and Alaska. Five nations direclty affected by this sea-change are agreeing to abide...; Tags: greenland, noaa, nation, network technology, networking, harry fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-28
What a gas! CO2 anniversary party: That's the Muana Loa atmospheric observatory, courtesy NOAA. It's been fifty years since the U.S. Weather Bureau first sponsored a scientist to monitor of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere. Now many of the world's leading atmospheric scientists are gathering to commemorate that small start....; Tags: carbon dioxide, noaa, scientist, harry fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-28
When you're hot, you're hot: NOAA didn't say it quite that way, but that's what they meant. September in the U.S. was hotter than a normal September by more than two degrees F, and the drought in the southeast got worse. And NOAA earlier predicted a warmer than usual winter....; Tags: noaa, harry fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-18
Mean Dean and what's it mean?: Mean Dean and what's it mean?If it's linked to climate changeWhy was the biggest acually just lowest pressure in 1935? Why was last year, also predicted for a bumper crop, a mild one? In fact, it's the end of August of this year and Dean's the first with any...; Tags: dean, noaa; Discussion threads 2007-08-21

Photos: NASA prepares for moon mission--under water: A crew of aquanauts is spending 10 days in an undersea laboratory to simulate what life might be like on the lunar surface.Three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer are spending 10 days at the bottom of the ocean--simulating what life could be like at a moon base or...; Tags: photograph, aquarius underwater laboratory, aquanaut, shovel, nasa, university of north carolina, noaa, alien, coast, stay, ocean, aerospace; Image galleries 2007-08-14
For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock: For business uses, Second Life is a fad and a crock2nd Life HarbingerIt's not that 2nd Life can't sell these products, its that these manufacturers can't figure out what products to sell to the new Web 2.0 generation.Russ, you're speaking out of your arseNormally I appreciate your articles, but I...; Tags: noaa, autodesk inc., american apparel, virtual environments, second life, fad, crock, business use; Discussion threads 2007-07-15
NOAA Hurricane 2006 (widget): Downloads both static and loop images from the National Hurricane Center. NOAA Hurricane 2006 will also find and display the graphics for any currently active tropical storm. Regions supported include Atlantic, East Coast, East Pacific, Central Pacific, and Caribbean. Will view visible and infrared static and looped images as well...; Tags: noaa, hurricane; Software downloads 2007-06-20
U.S. government's NOAA site hacked by pill pushing spammers: U.S. government's NOAA site hacked by pill pushing spammersproves a pointSo you can't just slap on a non-MS OS and be safe? Who knew? ;)All hail the admins!This is what ZDNET runs1064824 about.com.com CNET Networks, Inc, 235 Second Street, San Francisco, 94105, United States August 2005 Apache/2 Linux18625 adlog.com.com CNET Networks, Inc, 235 Second Street,...; Tags: linux, open source, spam, unix, operating systems, servers, noaa, u.s. government, second street; Discussion threads 2007-03-05
U.S. government's NOAA site hacked by pill pushing spammers: The U.S. governments NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web site has been hijacked by spammers peddling prescription pills.The news section of NOAAs Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory has been rigged with about 70 spam pages touting Soma, a prescription-only muscle relaxer. The spam pages contain Russian-language banner ads, suggesting...; Tags: web site development, web technology, search, u.s. government, noaa, spam page; Blog posts 2007-03-05
Images: It's open season for hurricanes: The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?; Tags: noaa, federal emergency management agency; Image galleries 2006-06-01
Images: It's open season for hurricanes: The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?; Tags: noaa, federal emergency management agency; Image galleries 2006-06-01
Images: It's open season for hurricanes: The NOAA predicts four to six major hurricanes this year. What are the perils and how is FEMA getting ready?; Tags: noaa, federal emergency management agency; Image galleries 2006-06-01
Flying teachers team with NOAA for hurricane book: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Teacher at Sea” program has recently published its second children’s book. Called “Teacher in the Air,” the book is aimed at students who want to learn more abut hurricane safety and research. "We must inform our children about the...; Tags: noaa; Blog posts 2006-05-11
iWeather Pro (zip): iWeather Pro is a program for the Mac that shows current Radar and Satellite images. You can view current images from NOAA and Weather.com. You can see national, regional, and local radar maps as well as international satellite images. Select from 300 NOAA radar sites, with six views for each...; Tags: noaa, radar, image, rsh soft.com, iweather pro, aerospace & defense, manufacturing; Software downloads 2005-12-20
NOAA Web site traffic up 402%: Traffic to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Web site grew an astronomical 402% in a Monday-to-Monday daily traffic compariso. NOAA.gov, which posted updates and aerial photos of the outlying hurricane areas, attracted more than 3.2 mln unique visitors on Monday, August 29 compared to 640,000 unique site visitors a...; Tags: web site, noaa; Blog posts 2005-09-12
Google, NOAA join forces to make available aerial photos of the Gulf: People displaced by Hurrican Katrina are increasingly turning to Google Earth, Google's satellite imagery program, to find out what has happened to their homes and neighborhoods. The New York Times reports that Google has been working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to quickly update the images in Google...; Tags: google earth, noaa, google inc.; Blog posts 2005-09-06
NOAA backs off on info sharing: NOAA backs off on info sharingHuh?Does this mean that we get to pay for this service twice? Once when we pay our taxes and once when the private sector sells the information to us. Where do they get the information? Probably from the NOAA.; Tags: taxes, free trade, noaa; Discussion threads 2005-08-17
NOAA backs off on info sharing: The National Weather Service, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, plans to back off of operations that potentially compete with the private sector, Information Week reports. NWS has been offering such technological services as Flash-based weather forecasts to hotel services and downloads to wireless devices. NWS is also...; Tags: nws, noaa; Blog posts 2005-08-15
RADMan (exe): RADMan is a "front-end" for NOAA weather Radar images that are freely available on the World Wide Web. RADMan will check the NOAA Web site for new Radar images every sixty seconds user changeable and will automatically add it to the Map collection display when available. New images are available...; Tags: noaa, radar, radman, aerospace & defense, manufacturing; Software downloads 2005-07-18