Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Intrepid Geomatics for the distribution of its Correlator3D™ product. Based in the United States, Intrepid is managed by Patrick McConnell who brings over twenty years of experience in innovative technologies for the geospatial industry.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Two of the world’s top technologies are consistently pairing up in what many believe is the evolution of information. Software companies are integrating geographic information systems (GIS) technology and social media to map people’s tweets and other social media platforms with geospatial data. GIS paired with social media has been used in every major disaster
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced that it will jointly develop a new crisis response imagery service with Esri, the leading global geographic information software provider. This service, expected to be released this spring, will augment Esri’s current disaster response capability with GeoEye’s ability to task its satellite to collect
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
AeroGRID has signed a data agreement with First Base Solutions, Canada’s leading provider of aerial photography and orthophoto mapping. The agreement will enable AeroGRID to resell 120,000km2 of central Canada plus all major cities with the data supplied via WMS.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Cambridge Wireless has been awarded an initial £50k funding for a multi-company research project under the government-backed Technology Strategy Board’s Internet of Things (IoT) Convergence initiative. Designed to move towards an IoT application and services marketplace, the work will explore how data collected from environments, buildings, vehicles, clothing, portable devices and other objects can be shared
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A public enquiry on the “Turin Lyon” project is running until the beginning of March in France. The environmental organisations FRAPNA and FNE demanded its delay after the “Autorité environnementale conseil général de l’ Environnement et du Développement durable” (AE) stated that the project dossier contained major flaws. FRAPNA and FNE had previously approved “Lyon-Turin”.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
TomTom today announces the availability of its MultiNet suite of map products in Esri’s file geodatabase format. As GIS datasets increase in size, TomTom is offering enterprise customers a data solution that improves versatility, optimizes performance and allows for customizable storage configuration. Large TomTom datasets may now be consumed directly by Esri applications in a file geodatabase
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
The Department of Space has raised concerns about the new telecom policy and wants spectrum in the S band kept aside for satellite-based services. In a communication to the Department of Telecom, the space department has said that the policy should promote satellite- based broadband services wherever terrestrial solutions are not feasible. Read More
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
IT solutions company Symantec urged small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the country to make disaster preparedness as one of their top priorities. Citing Symantec’s 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey in the Philippines, the study showed SMBs are not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster or data loss. Luichi Robles, senior country manager
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
SpatiaLABS from Esri Press are independent computer lab activities that introduce, enhance, and reinforce spatial reasoning and analytic skills that apply to a variety of disciplines. Students working with SpatiaLABS use mapping technology and visualization tools, including Esri’s ArcGIS software, to solve real-world problems.
