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Monday, June 1st, 2015

Intergraph Unveils I/Map Editor for ArcGIS

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 1, 2015 — Intergraph Security, Government and Infrastructure (SG&I) unveiled I/Map Editor for ArcGIS, a new product that works directly with Esri’s ArcGIS Platform to migrate geospatial data into Intergraph’s Computer-Aided Dispatch software (I/CAD), creating greater efficiencies for users of both systems.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Generating More Maps from Spatial Big Data

June 1, 2015 — For centuries maps have been an effective way to display location information; how things relate to one another geographically. This information can be represented in many forms: geo-referenced coordinates, addresses, place names, relative position, etc.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

UN Outer Space Office New Chair of International Working Group on Satellite Based Emergency Mapping

BONN/VIENNA, June 1, 2015 — The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) took up the annually rotating position of official Chair of the International Working Group on Satellite based Emergency Mapping (IWG-SEM) at the Group’s meeting today in Bonn, Germany.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis, Korea Aerospace Research Institute Complete Review of New Satellite Imager that will Improve Weather Forecasting

​ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1, 2015 — The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has completed a multi-disciplinary design review of the Exelis-built (NYSE: XLS) Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI) and determined the team is ready to begin final production.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis Awarded Blanket Purchase Agreement by Department of Interior

BOULDER, Colo., June 1, 2015 — The Department of Interior (DOI) has awarded Exelis (NYSE: XLS) Visual Information Solutions (Exelis VIS) a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to acquire ENVI software and maintenance.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Exelis Monitors Illinois Site for Carbon Dioxide Emissions

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 1, 2015 — Exelis (NYSE: XLS) is monitoring a site in Illinois for possible carbon  dioxide (CO₂) emissions as part of a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy  seeking to improve greenhouse gas-monitoring technologies.  The project is administered through DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

MobileVue Sets VUEWorks Free!

June 1, 2015 — Data Transfer Solutions, LLC (DTS), the makers of VUEWorks®, announce the official release of MobileVue™. Freedom from the desk and into the field with VUEWorks® we go.

Monday, June 1st, 2015

Hexagon’s HxGN LIVE 2015 Opens Today with a Focus on Ingenuity and Innovation

June 1, 2015 — Today Hexagon kicks off HxGN LIVE Las Vegas, the first of two conferences for 2015. With more than 3,500 attendees participating, HxGN LIVE runs 1-4 June at the MGM Grand Hotel and is the world’s largest event that brings together and showcases the power of Hexagon technologies. 

Friday, May 29th, 2015

NASA Awards $5 Million to UTEP to Develop Next Generation Rocket Engines

EL PASO, Texas, May 29, 2015 — The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has been awarded a $5 million grant from NASA to develop the next generation of rocket engines using liquid methane.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

Seisland Surveys Wins Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

CALGARY, Esri Canada User Conference, May 29, 2015 — Rapid access to asset information is valuable to companies in nearly all industries, especially to those in oil and gas where there is constant risk of pipeline ruptures, oil spills and fires.