Friday, November 4th, 2011
Astrium, the European space industry leader, is prime contractor for all six satellites to be launched in mid-December by the 2nd Soyuz launcher to lift off from Kourou. The six satellites: Pléiades 1 is the first of two very high-resolution satellites manufactured by Astrium Satellites in Toulouse for CNES (the French Space Agency). It will
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Part of human fascination with space is the chance to look back at our own planet from afar. The unique vantage from the International Space Station affords a vista both breathtaking and scientifically illuminating. Here on Earth, both scientists and spectators rely on the station’s crew to record and transmit images and videos of what
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) announces they have acquired Global Mapper LLC of Parker, CO. Blue Marble and Global Mapper share the same common goal of offering powerful user friendly GIS software to all types of users. This merger promises to bring new and exciting tools to Blue Marble and Global Mapper users in the
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Nova Scotia Power is the province’s main electricity provider, serving 490,000 residential and business customers. To deliver better service, the utility built OneGIS, a Web portal that leverages ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. The solution, which centralizes all of the utility’s spatial asset data and makes it accessible throughout the organization, allows them to better
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) latest foray into space on behalf of the Canadian military involves work on earth with the construction of two mobile satellite receiving stations that will download imagery for use in tactical mapping and civilian disaster relief. The stations go by the technical description of unclassified remote-sensing situational awareness systems, and Richmond-based
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
From wildfires to floods, hurricanes to tornadoes—and even earthquakes and tsunamis—the events of 2011 have served as stark reminders that disasters can strike anywhere. A new software tool is now available to help individuals, families and neighborhoods prepare for these risks more effectively. DepictionPrep preparedness mapping software is a powerful, engaging and even fun new way
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced today that it has appointed General Michael P. C. Carns (retired USAF) to serve on its board of directors. He joins nine other board members. General Carns has been appointed as the board representative of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. GeoEye partnered with Cerberus, which
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies announced that Municipality of Recanati in Italy purchased SuperGIS Desktop 3 to assist in the service planning and development of land and buildings. The procurement is contributed by Helix S.r.l., the exclusive distributor of SuperGeo in Italy.
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
SuperWebGIS is the map server software being able to publish dynamic maps and GIS data to the Internet. SuperWebGIS provides the scalable framework, highly supports geodatabases, and offers complete GIS objects and various website templates. Therefore, SuperWebGIS can meet the demands of publishing and displaying the spatial data to efficiently achieve the goal of data
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
There were reports in the press this week that Polish citizens could see the price of water rocket sky high over the coming four years. According to an article in TVN24’s business section, if tens of billions of zlotys are not spent on upgrading the country’s sewage system and sewage treatment plants, then Poland may find
