Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
PCI Geomatics has announced it delivered a GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) Aerial processing system to Société Topographie Informatique (STI), a leading Aerial Surveying firm based in Evry, France. The GXL Aerial system will allow STI to orthorectify and mosaic thousands of UltraCam images per day through the power of distributed processing that leverages Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Land and Property Services (LPS) recently awarded a contract through open tender to Esri Ireland to deliver the technical component of the Northern Ireland Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).The new system will incorporate a catalogue of Open Standards web services, a web based Geoportal and interactive map viewing facilities.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
e-on software, makers of the leading solutions for Digital Nature, today announced the immediate availability of the French and German versions of its product line for 3D Enthusiasts and 3D Artists: Vue 10 Pioneer & Theme Packs, Vue 3D Superhero, Vue 10 Frontier, Vue 10 Esprit, Vue 10 Studio and Vue 10 Complete. Read More
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) opens all of its topographic datasets on 1 May 2012 to be used freely and free of licence fee by companies and private citizens. A Decree on fees charged by the NLS was issued on 21 December 2011, and this is estimated to substantially increase the use of map data.
Monday, January 23rd, 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 3.4 for Adobe Photoshop. This release is fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS5.1, which is also known as Adobe Photoshop 12.1 in Adobe CS5.5, as well as Adobe Photoshop
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
TomTom announces the complete integration of U.S. Census 2010 boundary data, available today, in its latest suite of map products. By being the first to market with Census boundary data fully integrated in the map, TomTom equips GIS (geospatial information system) professionals with seamless access to rich Census information for applications such as geocoding, geo-marketing, site selection,
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
SX5 is a project conducted by a consortium of 6 partners. It is funded by the European Union within the 7th Framework Programme and supervised by the GNSS Supervisory Authority GSA. Its main topic is the scientific exploitation of the Galileo E5 signal. An E5 receiver and a scientific software application prototype will be developed and
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Mannai CorporationMannai Corporation, Software Division announced that it has been selected as a Mapping & GIS business partner in Qatar for U.S. based Trimble, a leading provider of advanced positioning solutions. Combining positioning, communications and software to equip the mobile workforce, Trimble’s Mapping & GIS products improve productivity in a broad range of industries by
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
ASPRS has released a second draft of the “Guidelines for Procurement of Commercial Geospatial Mapping Products.” The material is updated from the April 2011 version. The document is considered DRAFT FOR REVIEW and is being published at this time to encourage wide dissemination and comment.
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The German government, aiming to spark an international dialogue about sustainable technologies, sponsored a 12-city North American tour of Das Haus, a model home and pavilion that showcases cutting-edge solar energy and energy-efficient construction. Read More