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Monday, October 21st, 2013

Maricopa County, Arizona Selects Esri Canada’s Assessment Analyst Solution to Improve Property Assessment

Esri Canada today announced that Maricopa County in Arizona will be implementing the company’s Assessment Analyst solution. The geographic information system (GIS) desktop software fully integrates with Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) systems, resulting in a powerful Geographic-Assisted Mass Appraisal (GAMA) solution that provides tools for data collection, audits, maintenance, updates and spatial analysis. It allows assessors

Monday, October 21st, 2013

Esri Teams with MarkLogic for Big Data Analysis and Management

Esri announces the integration of its ArcGIS Platform with MarkLogic’s Enterprise NoSQL database platform to provide real-time access to highly diverse data sources for the defense and intelligence communities.

Monday, October 21st, 2013

GOCE Runs Out of Fuel, Completing Its Mission

After nearly tripling its planned lifetime, the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer – GOCE – has completed its mission and will soon reenter our atmosphere.

Monday, October 21st, 2013

Bluesky Completes National Tree Map for England and Wales

Aerial mapping company Bluesky has completed the first ever detailed digital map of tree canopy cover across England and Wales. The National Tree Map has been created from the most up to date, high resolution aerial photography, colour infrared data and detailed height models. It includes three individual map layers, detailing more than 280 million

Saturday, October 19th, 2013

NASA Invites Students to Sign Up to Control International Space Station Camera

Students and teachers will once again have the opportunity to control a camera aboard the International Space Station and peer down on the planet below. The Sally Ride EarthKAM will run from Oct. 22 – 25, and students and teachers are encouraged to register for the mission.

Saturday, October 19th, 2013

United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Shapes Partnership with DigitalGlobe Foundation

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has expanded its partnership with USGIF Strategic Partner DigitalGlobe, corresponding with the launch of The DigitalGlobe Foundation October 11.

Saturday, October 19th, 2013

Spicer Group Expands Service Capabilities with the Leica Pegasus:One Mobile Mapping Solution

Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Spicer Group Inc., based in Saginaw, Mich., is the first professional engineering, land surveying and planning services firm in North America to purchase the Pegasus:One mobile mapping solution. One of the largest surveying firms in Michigan, Spicer Group handles contracts for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) as well

Friday, October 18th, 2013

ZEB1 Mobile Mapper Launched in Brazil

CPE Technology, a Brazilian geotechnology company, has purchased the regions first ZEB1 mobile mapping system. The world’s first truly mobile, hand held rapid laser mapping system the ZEB1 system will be presented to potential users active in the fields of underground mining, construction and government agencies with responsibility for national heritage.

Friday, October 18th, 2013

SmartNet North America Launches SmartConnect Cellular Data Services

  SmartNet North America, the high-precision, high-availability network RTK correction service, has launched a new integrated cellular data service package called SmartConnect. Designed to simplify Internet connectivity with GNSS equipment, SmartConnect is a bundled service that allows SmartNet customers to access the SmartNet RTK correction services as well as other related online services requiring the

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Astrium Services Releases WorldDEM Sample Data

  Astrium, world’s second-ranking space company, has released the first WorldDEM™ sample data sets for evaluation purposes, enabling potential customers to begin testing data for varied applications including line-of-sight analysis, 3D visualisation or orthorectfication of satellite imagery.