Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
OpenGeo, the company committed to bringing the best enterprise open source geospatial software and support to organizations and governments worldwide, will be an active participant in this year’s Geoinformatics Forum taking place in Salzburg, Austria from July 3-6, 2012 at the University of Salzburg. This international, English-language event will run concurrently with the highly regarded
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Over a dozen radio signals that have hindered data collection on ESA’s SMOS water mission have been switched off. The effort also benefits satellites such as NASA’s Aquarius mission, which measures ocean salinity at the same frequency.
Friday, June 29th, 2012
ESA and China have been cooperating through the Dragon Programme since 2004 to encourage the use of Earth observation in China. Building on the success of the past years, the programme is taking on more momentum as it enters its third phase.
Friday, June 29th, 2012
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced the receipt of a $111 million cost-share payment from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In early June, the company successfully passed a major milestone in their GeoEye-2 satellite’s development as part of the NGA’s EnhancedView program, triggering this cost-share payment.
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
I’ve been selfishly waiting to complete the launch of Eye on Earth Network before sharing more information about the status of Eye on Earth. Last September my team at Microsoft began working with Esri and the European Environment Agency to expand the capability of Eye on Earth – transforming it from a bespoke solution
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
American Sentinel University, a leading online university accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, today announced that Dr. Stephen McElroy has joined the university as geographic information systems (GIS) program chair effective June 18, 2012.
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the sale of an integrated airborne surveying and mapping system to Aerial Surveys International, LLC, of Watkins, CO. The system includes an Optech Orion M300 ALTM pre-configured for an Optech medium- format
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Carbon County, MT has produced a TerraGo GeoPDF digital atlas using TerraGo PublisherTM for ArcGIS software to improve emergency response times for non-GIS trained public safety personnel and first responders in support of an E-911 services implementation. When the large, rural county initially implemented a new addressing system, it was met by confusion among first
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
At the June meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(R)) in Exeter, England, David Wesloh received the OGC’s prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award. The Gardels Award, a gold medallion, is awarded each year to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to advance OGC’s vision of geospatial information fully integrated into the world’s information systems.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
SuperGeo is pleased to announce the updates for GPS Learning CD and GIS Learning CD. After collecting the user feedback and enhancing the text content, SuperGeo Press now re-issued the 2 learning CDs, facilitating users to learn GPS and GIS knowledge clearly with vivid flash animation.
