Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) organized recently a technical workshop entitled ‘Using Satellite Imagery in Geospatial Data Systems’ which was well-attended by representatives of the Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme (AD-SDI) member entities and industry experts. Read More
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Surrey Heath Borough Council is using interactive maps for the public consultation stage of a major development, the Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan. The maps built into Council’s website enable citizens to go online, view maps, aerial photography, download details of the proposed development and leave comments. This facility is enabled through Astun Technology’s
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Nokia today announced that its Location & Commerce unit’s Enterprise reseller, WebMaps, is providing NAVTEQ® Maps for ANERPV’s new real-time vehicle tracking system. With this advanced technology solution, the NAVTEQ Map is used to provide geographical coordinates and enable satellite positioning of vehicles reported as stolen. The most important feature of the Webmaps solution is
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies announced that the SMKN 4 Palangkaraya Senior High school, Indonesia, purchased SuperGIS serial products. The educators attempt to utilize the GIS technology to improve the education quality and innovation in geography. The development of technology facilitates the rapid exchange of information. Hence, how to make geographic knowledge easier and accessible to students is crucial
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
SuperGeo announces that SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3 is officially released worldwide. The latest extension contains a number of spatial modeling and analysis algorithms and provides friendly user interface to help user effectively complete complicated spatial analysis tasks. The latest version of SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3.0 supports to import point, line, polygon, and raster data for some
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
IGN France International and the French IGN (National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information), in close cooperation with the Geographic Institute of Burkina Faso (IGB), the Economic Commission for Africa and Esri, are organising a regional seminar entitled: “National Spatial Data Infrastructures: which benefits for African emerging countries?” that will be held on April 3rd
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Earth-observing satellites can map natural phenomena such as floods and earthquakes, track hurricanes and monitor land subsidence across the globe. This information can be valuable to insurance companies for risk and damage assessment. Information obtained by satellite observations can save money and make the insurance industry more efficient.As the insurance industry confronts new challenges – like
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Esri Canada congratulates APOS Systems for receiving the Esri Partner Award for Best Enterprise Integration Application at the 2012 Esri Partner Conference in California. The company was recognized for its APOS Location Intelligence Solution (LIS), which integrates Esri’s industry-leading geographic information system (GIS) technology with SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence software. The solution helps organizations improve business
Monday, March 26th, 2012
GeoCue Corporation, parent company of QCoherent Software LLC, is pleased to announce that PASCO Philippines Corporation has selected LP360 for ArcGIS as their standard LIDAR production tool. PASCO Philippines has deployed over 40 seats of LP360 for ArcGIS®. Mr. Rico Pajaganas, Chief Technology Officer for PASCO Philippines, stated “After an exhaustive evaluation of LIDAR tools for
Monday, March 26th, 2012
The Geo-Wiki Project is a global network of volunteers who wish to help improve the quality of global land cover maps. Since large differences occur between existing global land cover maps, current ecosystem and land-use science lacks crucial accurate data (e.g. to determine the potential of additional agricultural land available to grow crops in Africa). Volunteers are asked to
