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Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

TerraGo Helps Partnership for a Connected Illinois (PCI) Bring Broadband to Citizens of Illinois

Partnership for a Connected Illinois, Inc. (PCI), a nonprofit organization that collects and publishes broadband data usage to ensure that all citizens in Illinois have access to the Internet, is using TerraGo geospatial collaboration software and GeoPDF maps and imagery to produce maps of broadband coverage for the state. In addition, it is using TerraGo

Monday, June 10th, 2013

RapidEye Delivers Images of Floods in Germany

Many regions of Germany, and other parts of Central Europe, have been hit severely by flooding in early June in the wake of unusually heavy rain. RapidEye was able to deliver first images of affected areas in Eastern Germany on June 5.

Monday, June 10th, 2013

Bluesky Aerial Photos Bring Mining History to Life

Aerial photographs are being used to promote and preserve South Derbyshire’s mining heritage. The images, donated by aerial mapping company Bluesky, illustrate the changes in environment in what was once England’s mining heartland. On display at CONKERS, the award winning attraction at the heart of the National Forest, the images form an integral part of

Friday, June 7th, 2013

Intergraph CTO to Lead Roundtable Discussions at Award-winning Government Conference

Intergraph CTO Mark Doherty and senior government IT leaders from across Asia, Europe, Australia and Canada are gathering next week in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, for the FutureGov Forum to discuss challenges and solutions in the government sector. FutureGov enables participants to network with national and international peers and partake in industry discussions within three key

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

PCI Geomatics Software Supports ZY-3 Sensor

PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it now supports ZY-3 imagery within its software suite. Zi Yuan-3, or ZY-3, is China’s first civilian high resolution stereo mapping earth observation satellite. Launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on January 9, 2012, it was declared operational

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Exprodat Exhibits with Esri At EAGE London ’13 Conference

Exprodat, the oil and gas services, software and training supplier will be sharing a stand with Esri Inc. at the forthcoming EAGE London ’13 conference to exhibit their GIS-based oil & gas solutions.

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Manual of Photogrammetry, Sixth Edition Now Available

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announces the Manual of Photogrammetry, Sixth Edition is now available for purchase through the ASPRS Bookstore.

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Top-Level Executive Joins Intergraph Government Solutions

Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation serving the U.S. Federal market, announces the addition of an incoming Senior Vice President of Geospatial Solutions. Brad Ward joins IGS as Senior Vice President of Geospatial Solutions, a key leadership role within the company that includes responsibility for sales and business development, services project

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

SmartAgriculture Software Enables Usina Açucareira Guaíra to Automate Line Generation for Crop Rows

Usina Açucareira Guaíra, one of the largest sugar mills in Brazil, recently implemented a SmartAgriculture system for automatic generation of lines for crop rows. SmartAgriculture provides better security and reliability for planting, pulverization and harvesting, and increases the number of planting lines for crop rows per hectare when compared to the conventional method. By using the

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

MDA Receives DARPA XDATA Contract/Funding to Research New Big Data Technologies

MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA-IS) today announced receiving research funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a scalable, extensible, open source platform for data processing, archiving and dissemination. This contract is part of DARPA’s XDATA program, a 4-year research effort that seeks to develop new computational techniques and open source software