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Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

1Spatial and LSI Partner Win US$ 1.3M U.S. Census Bureau Contract Extension

1Spatial , a spatial big data company which manages the world’s largest spatial data, and its LSI partner, have signed a contract extension with the U.S. Census Bureau. Following the success of the initial contract to supply 1Validate & 1Integrate licences, the contract extension will focus on the provision of software licences and services in

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Safe Software Expands Into iPaaS Market with New Cloud Service

  Safe Software today expands its proven data integration technology into the iPaaS (integration platform as a service) market with its new cloud-based service. The Canadian-based company and leader in spatial data transformation today announced the public beta offering of its new FME Cloud service.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

URISA’s GISCorps Involved with Super Typhoon Haiyan Response

Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) made landfall early on November 8 in Guiuan municipality, Eastern Samar province, Eastern Visayas region in the Philippines. The storm hit with 150mph winds and gusts up to 170mph. Communications and power lines are down in many areas. Roads have been impacted, limiting access to the most affected areas. The Digital

Monday, November 11th, 2013

GOCE Gives Into Gravity

Close to 01:00 CET on Monday 11 November, ESA’s GOCE satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere on a descending orbit pass that extended across Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and Antarctica. As expected, the satellite disintegrated in the high atmosphere and no damage to property has been reported.

Friday, November 8th, 2013

PCI Geomatics Delivers Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) System in Sabah, Malaysia

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces that it has successfully delivered to the Sabah Lands and Surveys Department (SLSD) a Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) system, a customized workflow developed by PCI Geomatics. Installation and training, which took place in September of this year, were included in the delivery

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Take URISA’s GIS Program Management Certified Workshop Virtually

URISA is pleased to announce the presentation of one of its most popular Certified Workshops, GIS Program Management, via instructor-led web based training. URISA’s GIS Program Management workshop is regularly presented at URISA conferences, chapter events, and at regional conferences (last month in both Illinois and Kentucky). Normally a full-day classroom session, the workshop has

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Swarm Satellites Packed Like Sardines

The complex task of placing all three Swarm satellites on their launch adapter is complete. This is another significant milestone in preparing ESA’s latest Earth observation mission for liftoff, which is now set for 22 November.

Friday, November 8th, 2013

Ordnance Survey Launches Active Lifestyle Innovation Challenge with £100k Fund

Ordnance Survey is seeking innovators and entrepreneurs to contribute ideas that could encourage more active lifestyles in Britain, with a £100,000 prize fund available to help develop four of the best entries. The GeoVation Challenge, run by the national mapping authority, is now on its seventh challenge and is calling for great geography, technology and

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

Online Portal Secures Sustainable Future for Western Australia

Environmental projects critical to the future of Western Australia’s Northern Agricultural Region are at the core of a new interactive public mapping portal, set to be unveiled today at the State’s leading geospatial event. NARvis – short for the Northern Agricultural Region vision – is being developed as an interactive mapping website and will eventually

Wednesday, November 6th, 2013

1Spatial Group Achieves Platinum Status By Safe Software

  1Spatial Group, the spatial big data company, has been awarded Platinum value added reseller (VAR) status by Safe Software Inc. 1Spatial provides full consulting services and training for Safe’s FME Desktop and FME Server products and provides workflow development services and support for the company’s latest product addition, FME Cloud.