Monday, February 4th, 2013
Holly A. Bamford, Ph.D., has been named the new assistant NOAA administrator for the agency’s National Ocean Service, succeeding David M. Kennedy who was named the new NOAA deputy under secretary for operations. Prior to her appointment, Bamford served as deputy assistant administrator for NOS.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) (“DigitalGlobe”) today announced that its previously planned satellite construction program related to its third WorldView-class satellite remains on track. DigitalGlobe can now confirm that it plans to complete WorldView-3 on its original schedule to be ready for launch in mid-2014 in order to meet the requirements of its EnhancedView contract with the U.S. government.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is seeking nominations for its GIS Hall of Fame. URISA established the GIS Hall of Fame to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. URISA Hall of Fame inductees are individuals or organizations whose pioneering work has moved the geospatial industry in a
Friday, February 1st, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2013 Student Competition. URISA hosts an annual Student Competition to encourage students in a variety of academic settings and disciplines to write and publish papers and posters to share with the URISA membership and others in the geospatial technologies industry. The submission
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) (“DigitalGlobe”) and GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) (“GeoEye”), today announced the completion of their combination, creating a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis. The combined company will trade on the NYSE stock exchange as DigitalGlobe under the symbol DGI. Based on the closing price of DigitalGlobe stock on January 30,
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Exprodat has added to its widely used Team-GIS software suite with the release of Discovery; an add-on for Esri’s ArcGIS for Server that enables users to deploy powerful web-mapping applications without needing expensive bespoke development.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced a Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC MilOps Geospatial Interoperability Experiment (MOGIE). Command and Control (C2) Core has been an emerging data exchange capability within Department of Defense over the past three years. DoD CIO is now moving toward adopting the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). C2 Core, which is
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Ordnance Survey is running a graduate recruitment scheme for the second year, looking for a new generation to lead the way on developing innovative technologies for digital data.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
The release of new US Topo maps covering Kansas and Oklahoma usher in the second round of quadrangle revisions, updates and product improvement. Last September the U.S. Geological Survey marked the important milestone of completing the initial round of US Topo map production for the 48 contiguous states. The agency is continuing to improve the US
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Intermap (TSX: IMP), (OTCBB: ITMSF), a leading provider of geospatial solutions on-demand created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth’s surface, today announced that the Company has completed the final contracting requirements relating to the US $14.5 million Letter of Award previously announced on January 15, 2013. Under the terms of the contract, Intermap will
