Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched a new solar power marketing service that pinpoints properties with the greatest potential for solar power generation. Pre-addressed postcards sent directly to home owners show their property from the air and include predicted power generation from solar panels. These customisable mailing campaigns can be produced by Bluesky for solar
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and reflects on how it all started with the introduction of MrSID two decades ago.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
GeoEye (NASDAQ: GEOY) released the following statement in response to the announcement by DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) that its Board of Directors has rejected GeoEye’s acquisition proposal. On May 4, 2012, GeoEye announced a proposal to acquire DigitalGlobe for $17.00 per share in total consideration, payable $8.50 per share in cash and $8.50 in GeoEye
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) (“DigitalGlobe” or the “Company”), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today commented on the unsolicited proposal announced by GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) (“GeoEye”) to acquire the Company for $17.00 per share in a combination of cash and stock. Consistent with its fiduciary duties and in consultation with its
Friday, May 4th, 2012
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced today results for its fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Thanks to citizen-scientists around the country, the USA National Phenology Network hit a major milestone this week by reaching its one millionth nature observation. The millionth observation was done by Lucille Tower, a citizen-scientist in Portland, Ore., who entered a record about seeing maple vines flowering. Her data, like all of the entries, came in
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the association of private geospatial firms, will testify before a Congressional oversight field hearing to advocate for greater coordination of the Federal government’s geospatial activities, a coordinated effort to inventory the land the government owns, and a reduction of government duplication of and competition with the private geospatial profession.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Brazilian firm FotoTerra has purchased multiple licenses of its Correlator3D™ product. The software will be used to generate orthophotos, create mosaics and perform editing as required.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Safe Software and Blue Marble Geographics announced today that they have teamed up to bring the best of both of their products together in one authoring environment to increase the possibilities of what can be achieved in the use and distribution of spatial data. With the release of the GeoCalc Extension for FME, in addition
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
A digital map of trees created by aerial mapping company Bluesky is helping to support a range of environmental projects in London. Using Bluesky’s tree map The Ecology Consultancy (TEC) and the Green Roof Consultancy (GRC) have undertaken a Green Infrastructure (GI) Audit on behalf of Hammersmith London Business Improvement District (BID) to assess the
