Friday, November 1st, 2013
After working as a geographic information systems (GIS) analyst for 27 years, Joe Lettrick sought a bachelor’s degree program that would offer him a deeper education in enterprise GIS. After earning his associate degree in mechanical design and drafting, he gained experience as a GIS and computer-aided drafting (CAD) project manager and as a GIS
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Ordnance Survey International has announced the signing of a five-year Specialist Advisory Framework Agreement with the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The agreement provides an opportunity for both organisations to work together collaboratively on a number of projects, the first of which will be the development of a new
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that free licenses of SuperGIS Desktop is available for university, college, career school, and general high school students who have purchased SuperGIS Desktop laboratory license to use at home.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the winners of the 2013 Be Inspired Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world’s infrastructure. They were presented last night at a ceremony during The Year in Infrastructure 2013 Conference, held 29-31
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Exprodat, the petroleum GIS services, software and training specialist will be showcasing its Team-GIS suite of software at the forthcoming 2013 Esri European Petroleum Users Group (PUG) in London, including the new Team-GIS Exploration Analyst and Team-GIS Data Assistant extensions for ArcGIS Desktop.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Astrium, the world’s second ranking space company, announced that the GEO-Information activities of Astrium Services have entered into a partnership agreement with IHS, the leading global source of defence and security information, to deliver satellite imagery and services for intelligence analysis and reporting.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Esri announces that it will partner with Next Century, a decision support company based in Columbia, Maryland, to develop Esri map widgets for the Ozone Widget Framework (OWF). Next Century has been the prime developer of OWF since its beginning. OWF allows the rapid development of specialized web capabilities and was originally used in defense
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Astrium, world’s second ranking space company, has completed the radar instrument for the Sentinel-1A environmental satellite and will deliver it to Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Rome for installation on the satellite.
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Esri announces that its partner ClearTerra, of Hanover, Maryland, has updated its LocateXT software for use with ArcGIS Online. LocateXT transforms static documents and files with geocoordinates into shareable spatial data layers that can now be hosted in Esri’s cloud-based ArcGIS Online.
Sunday, October 27th, 2013
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of over a thousand nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters, today announced major changes ahead for mariners and others who use nautical charts. Starting April 13, the federal government will no longer print traditional lithographic (paper) nautical charts, but will continue to provide