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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Avenza Releases Geographic Imager 4.0 for Adobe Photoshop

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and PDF Maps for Apple iOS, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager version 4.0 for Adobe Photoshop. This release provides long-awaited support for the latest Adobe Photoshop release, CS6, as well as a number of new and exciting product enhancements.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Trimble Acquires GEOTrac to Extend PeopleNet’s Transportation and Logistics Solutions

Trimble announced today that it has acquired privately-held GEOTrac Systems Inc. of Calgary, a leading provider of wireless fleet management and worker safety solutions for the oil and gas industry. The addition of GEOTrac is expected to extend PeopleNet’s industry-leading transportation solutions to address the North American oil and gas industry. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Monday, June 11th, 2012

ArcGIS 10.1 Simplifies Sharing of Geographic Information

ArcGIS 10.1, the highly anticipated update to ArcGIS, is now available. The new release puts mapping and geospatial analytics into the hands of more people than ever—even those with no geographic information system (GIS) expertise. ArcGIS is a complete system for designing and managing solutions with geographic knowledge.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

GeoEye Completes Critical Milestone for the EnhancedView Program

GeoEye, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial information and insight, announced that it has successfully passed a major milestone for the development of the GeoEye-2 satellite under the EnhancedView program. GeoEye’s completion of this milestone triggers the $111 million cost-share payment from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This critical milestone demonstrates the company’s capabilities to

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Prestigious Award Highlights Intergraph Customers at Hexagon 2012

Intergraph SG&I announced the winners of the 2012 Icon Awards today during keynote presentations at Hexagon 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Icon Awards are Intergraph SG&I’s most prestigious honor for innovative organizations utilizing Intergraph’s solutions.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Intergraph® Announces OEM Agreement with MapText, Inc.

Intergraph announces it has signed an OEM agreement with MapText, Inc., the leading label-placement solutions provider for local, state and national government mapping agencies worldwide. Through the agreement, MapText’s GeoLabel Pro product will be fully embedded into the Intergraph GeoMedia Desktop product line, enhancing the overall labeling capabilities within the product suite. As such, users

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

Intergraph Highlights Advanced Point Cloud Capabilities at Hexagon 2012

At the Hexagon 2012 conference, Intergraph is demonstrating a new technology that enables you to fully leverage the wealth of information in point cloud data. The centerpiece of the new functionality is the augmented viewing capability embedded in ERDAS IMAGINE, which allows users to simultaneously view LiDAR spatially linked in 2D, 3D and as a

Monday, June 4th, 2012

Russia Significantly Expands Use of DigitalGlobe Imagery to Help Protect Country’s Vast Forests

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced it will significantly expand delivery of high-resolution imagery to Roslesinforg, a division of the Federal Forestry Agency of Russia.

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Intergraph Appoints T-Kartor as Channel Partner in Sweden

Intergraph announces the appointment of T-Kartor as a channel partner in Sweden. As a long-term distributor of ERDAS products, T-Kartor’s role is being expanded in the region to provide sales and customer support for the full Intergraph Geospatial portfolio. “Since Intergraph became a part of Hexagon, we have been focusing on integrating ERDAS products into the

Friday, June 1st, 2012

OGC Seeks Comments on NetCDF Enhanced Data Model Extension Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership seeks comments on an OGC candidate standard, the Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) NetCDF Enhanced Data Model Extension Encoding Standard. This document specifies an extension to the existing OGC Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) Core Encoding Standard version 1.0.