Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and Plexus Controls Corporation of Ottawa, Canada announced today that they have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of solutions that leverage positioning technology, wireless supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) solutions and mobile field management tools to enhance productivity for consultants and professionals in the environmental industry. Under the
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Esri announces that the Catastrophe Services Department of the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) has released a mobile version of PLRB Map, a mapping service that provides real-time severe occurrence data and information to members of PLRB, an association of 900 property and casualty insurance companies. Esri Gold Tier partner GeoDecisions created this new service
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Wiser Company(Wiser) and TerraGo announced a strategic partnership that will allow for the coupling of TerraGo’s location intelligence and geospatial collaboration solutions and Wiser’s analysis and visualization platform in order to advance location intelligence and foster situational awareness across a broad range of industries, including defense and intelligence, oil and gas, public safety, and state
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Educators and students have realized the benefits of online education, but now American Sentinel University’s new innovative educational strategy offers a way for students to explore given geospatial topics in greater depth that go beyond a typical classroom environment.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
A bi-partisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to create a current, accurate Federal inventory or “cadastre” of all Federal real property has earned praise from MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms. The Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (“FLAIR)” Act, H.R. 916, was introduced on February 28 by Representatives
Monday, March 25th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced the establishment of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Forum during the 84th Technical and Planning Committee meetings held in March 2013 in Abu Dhabi last week, hosted by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of the Interior.
Monday, March 25th, 2013
Looking at data without location, most of the time seems like looking at just part of a story. Including location and geography in analysis reveals patterns and associations that otherwise are missed. As Big Data emerges as a new frontier for analysis, including location in Big Data is becoming significantly important.
Monday, March 25th, 2013
Esri has awarded grants to 4-H groups in 10 states in its 2013 GIS Grants for 4-H Program. For almost 10 years, 4-H youth clubs across the United States have participated in the program, using ArcGIS to explore and analyze problems in their local communities. The club’s involvement with GIS has increased so much that
Monday, March 25th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting at the ASPRS 2013 Annual Conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel this week in booth number 701.
Monday, March 25th, 2013
A recent hack event, supported by Ordnance Survey’s GeoVation team, generated a number of innovative demos showcasing how technology can support greener business, paving the way for other budding innovators and entrepreneurs to submit their ideas to the latest GeoVation Challenge.
