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Thursday, March 14th, 2013

3D Laser Mapping and RIEGL Bring Laser Mapping Technology to Ocean Business 2013

Laser scanning specialist 3D Laser Mapping and laser scanning manufacturer RIEGL are attending Ocean Business, the hands on ocean technology exhibition, for the first time. Taking place from the 9-11 April 2013 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, Ocean Business will showcase more than 300 companies offering the latest global ocean technologies. The exhibition,

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gold Partner Exprodat Attends Esri Business Partner Conference 2013

Exprodat, the specialist oil and gas GIS services, software and training supplier will be attending both this year’s Esri Business Partner Conference and Esri International Developer Summit in Palm Springs.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

FEMA Receives Esri Making a Difference Award

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) efforts to assist after the destruction of Superstorm Sandy—including its first-of-its-kind mapping platform, the GeoPlatform—were recognized by Esri at its annual Federal GIS Conference held in Washington, DC, February 25–27. The company honored FEMA with its prestigious Making a Difference Award, which recognizes organizations doing exemplary work using geospatial

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Stout and Sensibility: Program Chair Uses GIS to Map Consumption

Just as remote sensors are used to detect climate change, taste buds serve to sense delectable libations. So what happens when the twain shall meet? American Sentinel University’s Dr. Stephen McElroy, GIS program chair, participated in Mountain Sun’s Stout Month to find out.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars

An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists identified sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon — some of the key chemical ingredients for life — in the powder Curiosity drilled out of a sedimentary rock near an ancient stream bed in Gale

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Europe’s Galileo Returns First Ground Position

Europe’s new age of satellite navigation has passed a historic milestone – the very first determination of a ground location using the four Galileo satellites currently in orbit together with their ground facilities. This fundamental step confirms the Galileo system works as planned.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Ordnance Survey and UK Location Programme Release Map-based Search Tool for data.gov.uk as Open Source

Over the last couple of years Ordnance Survey has been working on a collaborative project with UK Location Programme and Cabinet Office to implement map-based tools, making it easier for users to search and preview public location datasets available on data.gov.uk. The project was completed to further enable the publication of location datasets in support

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Intermap Technologies Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results

Intermap Technologies Corporation (“Intermap” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. A conference call will be held today, March 11th, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Moalajah Improves Project Decisions with SuperGIS e-Map Application

Supergeo helps Moalajah develop e-map application system to integrate, manage, and distribute a mass of spatial data and analysis for improving productivity and decision-making throughout the organization.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Chinese Firm GeoStar Purchases SimActive Software

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Chinese firm GeoStar has purchased its Correlator3D™ product. The software will be used to generate surface and terrain models, orthophotos and mosaics.  The transaction was brokered by Vexcel Spatial Information Technical Co. Ltd. (Vexcel-China), SimActive’s partner in China.