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Sunday, February 19th, 2012

TomTom and AutoNavi First to Market With Premium Real-time Traffic

TomTom announced that together they will introduce HD Traffic, a premium real-time traffic solution, to drivers across China. Through the joint-venture TomTom and AutoNavi will enable their customers in automotive, wireless and enterprise markets to deliver solutions based on the most accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date traffic information.

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Kalypso Updated and Available for Modeling

Kalypso is an open source application for geospatial modelling and simulation. It is primarily developed to be a user friendly tool for GIS-based modelling and simulation of hydrological and hydraulic numerical models. Read More

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Ice Situation in Gulf of Finland

On February 13 the Moscow-based UniScan ground station of ScanEx RDC received the image of the Gulf of Finland, acquired by SPOT 4 satellite. The ice situation in the Gulf of Finland poses no threats to ships navigation. Current situation with ice-breaker escorting in Eastern part of the Gulf of Finland is considered by the

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Z/I Imaging announces release of its Z/I Software version 6.4

Z/I Imaging is pleased to announce the release of its Z/I Software version 6.4. Z/I Sensor Software includes a suite of products for the DMC and DMC II camera families for raw image data post processing, distributed processing, digital image enhancement, in-field data copy and real time image quality control.    Read More

Friday, February 17th, 2012

NT Spatial Excellence Awards – One week left to nominate

The inaugural NT Spatial Excellence Awards will be presented at the NT Spatial 2012 conference dinner on the 22nd March at the Darwin Convention Centre. The goal of the awards is to recognise and promote the achievements and excellence of those in the surveying and spatial sciences. There are a variety of categories for individual and project based

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

IMO Secretary-General pledges support for Philippines Maritime Development

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has pledged IMO’s support for the Philippines in all facets of the country’s maritime development. In wide-ranging talks in Manila with Philippines’ President Benigno S. Aquino III, as well as the country’s Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, Transport and Communication, and Labour and Employment, Mr Sekimizu expressed his appreciation for the efforts made

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

SSTL-OHB System Consortium . Building Eight Galileo FOC Satellites

European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani today announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation programme under the supervision of the European Space Agency. Read More

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Satellite Image: Russian Ships in Azov Sea Ice Trap

Dozens of ships are waiting on ice escort at the entrance to the Kerch Strait and at the Azov Sea. ScanEx RDC in behalf of the EMERECOM of Russia carries out a combination of optical and radar imagery used to both analyze the ice situation and to detect ships. For ships identification signals from the

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

ArcGIS Online Now Available in Nine Additional Languages

To better serve the global community, Esri has localized ArcGIS Online in nine additional languages. The translation of the ArcGIS Online website into languages other than English makes it easier for users around the world to create maps, share their organizations’ content, and collaborate with other users in their local language.

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

NASA Landsat’s Thermal Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital

A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz. There it will be integrated into the next Landsat satellite, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).