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Monday, October 19th, 2015

Eye on Earth Summit Calls for Practical Actions to Support Informed Decision-Making and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Abu Dhabi, October 19, 2015 — The second Eye on Earth Summit, held last week, has concluded with a commitment by delegates to implement a number of mechanisms, recommendations and practical actions around the supply, demand and enabling conditions of data considered essential to support informed decision-making and the 2030 sustainable development agenda.

Monday, October 19th, 2015

Exclusive Keynote Presentation at the Capturing Reality Forum in November

October 19, 2015 — The The Capturing Reality Forum, which takes place at the Salzburg Congress in Salzburg, Austria, from 23-25 November 2015, is pleased to announce its prestigious keynote speaker, Professor Luc Van Gool, founder and head of the Computer Vision Laboratory at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland.

Monday, October 19th, 2015

1Spatial Wins IRLOGI Award with Ordnance Survey Ireland

Cambridge, UK, October 19, 2015— (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial, the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data, has won the IRLOGI Space and Place award for Most Innovative use of Technical Infrastructure in a GI Solution. The prestigious award was given for 1Spatial’s work on Ordnance Survey Ireland’s (OSi) Geospatial Management System for Prime2.

Friday, October 9th, 2015

LizardTech Publishes Industry Survey Results on Raster Imagery and LiDAR Data Challenges

SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 9, 2015 — LizardTech®, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has published the results of a survey into the preferences and challenges of raster and LiDAR data users. Analyses of the results are available in a free survey report that can be downloaded from the

Friday, October 9th, 2015

Sanborn Technology Benefits Government Appraisers

Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 9, 2015 — The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) offers a complete solution for government appraisers to decidedly streamline the process of property valuation. Using this process, some counties have reported adjusting the values of thousands of properties upward by millions of dollars, adding several hundred thousand dollars to annual tax

Friday, October 9th, 2015

The GeoInformation Group Supports St Helena’s Multi-Million Pound Development

October 9 2015 — The UKMap team within The GeoInformation Group has been commissioned by St Helena Government to create a cartographic database for the island’s new 1:25,000 and 1:10,000 scale mapping.

Friday, October 9th, 2015

NOAA Online Map Update Offers Improved Coastal Observations and Forecasts

October 9, 2015 — NOAA has upgraded nowCOAST, a GIS-based online map service providing more frequently updated ocean observations along with coastal and marine weather forecasts. The new version, which went live on September 21, also offers a visual point-and-click access to 60 NOAA data products and services. Users can reach the site at nowcoast.noaa.gov.

Friday, October 9th, 2015

Paragon Encourages Transport Planners to Get Smarter with Smarter Maps

Dorking, UK, October 9, 2015 — Paragon is encouraging planners to get more out of their plan with a suite of smarter mapping products designed to add greater precision to transport plans.  Paragon’s Street Level Mapping, Average Road Speed Data and Truck Attribute Data all provide planners with a highly detailed picture of the road network, allowing

Friday, October 9th, 2015

Submit Papers to the XXIII ISPRS Congress, Prague 2016

October 9, 2015 — After Peking 2008 and Melbourne 2012, the Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensingreturns to Europe to its geographical centre, the city of Prague.

Thursday, October 8th, 2015

Parks Canada Receives Award for Enterprise Approach to Data Management

OTTAWA, Esri Canada User Conference, October 8, 2015 — Parks Canada fosters public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of Canada’s natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations. The Agency manages national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas across the country. Recognizing that everything the Agency does is related to location, it began