Friday, March 1st, 2013
Conservation Planning: Shaping the Future details how working scientists develop conservation plans using the best available scientific methods, data, and technology for sustainable development, the preservation of natural resources, and the protection of wildlife. Each of the 15 chapters is written by a different team of conservation specialists. The book includes discussions on umbrella species,
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, will contribute to the development and demonstration of a service capable of measuring citywide emissions of greenhouse gases (methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide) as part of the CarboCountCitycontract signed with Climate-KIC, worth €4 million. The first measurements will be taken in Paris over a three-year period. The project
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Esri steps on the South by Southwest (SXSW) stage this year with the Esri Lavahouse, a clubhouse for hackers, entrepreneurs, developers, and executives. The Esri Lavahouse will be available as part of the annual music, film, and interactive conference and festival held in Austin, Texas, and will be open and free to the public from
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
MDA Information Systems LLC announced today that it has signed two contracts with DigitalGlobe Inc. Under the first contract, MDA will upgrade the WorldView Production Segment headquarter’s systems previously delivered by MDA to provide full support for the WorldView-3 satellite. WorldView-3, scheduled for launch in 2014, is expected to be the first multi-sensor, super-spectral, high
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Getting to Know ArcGIS for Desktop, Third Edition, from Esri Press, is a fundamental workbook for GIS beginners that introduces the underlying principles of GIS within the context of a structured ArcGIS lesson plan. Originally published in 2001, this best-selling textbook has been enhanced for ArcGIS 10.1 compatibility and offers many new graphics and discussions
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is pleased to announce that The SI Organization, Inc. (the SI) has raised its membership level from Technical Committee level to Principal level. The SI delivers integrated geospatial data, innovative products and mission solutions to global markets.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Esri Canada today announced that the company has joined the elite rank of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. The company was selected over hundreds of Canadian private companies that applied to this prestigious national award program sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, Queen’s School of Business and MacKay CEO Forums. Esri Canada has enjoyed steady year-over-year
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that its Freeview software has been downloaded for the 60,000th time! Freeview continues to be a very popular tool for viewing imagery and GIS data and offers a surprising amount of functionality for a broad spectrum of people interested in
Monday, February 25th, 2013
TerraGo announced today its new Location Intelligence Platform at the Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington, DC. The TerraGo platform is an enterprise-level software solution that combines open-source intelligence gathering with geospatial collaboration, enabling organizations to discover location intelligence from any source, integrate geospatial intelligence and deliver situational awareness to anyone, anywhere, in online and
Monday, February 25th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has adopted “Semantic annotations in OGC standards” as an OGC Best Practice.
