Thursday, June 14th, 2012
SuperGeo has completed a geographic information system (GIS) for disaster prevention and planning. Located in Circum-Pacific seismic zone, Taiwan has high magnitude earthquakes frequently throughout the country. Thus, how to develop an effective urban planning system and disaster prevention plans becomes the most crucial issue to the government.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
1Spatial is proud to announce its participation in the forthcoming Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Technical Committee (TC) meeting in Exeter from 18th-21st June, followed by the OGC and Association for Geographic Information (AGI) co-hosted Interoperability Day on 22nd June.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced the expansion of its Tampa office to support the growing demand for its services across the U.S. military. This growing presence builds on the tremendous success GeoEye customers have had using its advanced analytic assessments to discover geospatial patterns that allow our warfighters and
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has completed a project to assess the potential for solar energy generation at over one hundred London Fire Brigade premises. The brigade commissioned the solar suitability reports in order to address spiralling energy costs and reduce carbon emissions. Using the latest aerial photography and 3D computer models Bluesky has assessed the
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
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 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, 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, 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
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 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
