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Saturday, September 10th, 2011

First Galileo Satellite Touches Down in French Guiana

The first Galileo navigation satellite has arrived in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ready to begin preparations for launch on 20 October. Packed within its protective, air-conditioned container, the satellite landed at Cayenne Rochambeau Airport aboard an Antonov aircraft at 06:45 local time on Wednesday 7 September, having departed from Thales Alenia Space Italy’s Rome facility,

Friday, September 9th, 2011

SAP to Acquire 3D Visualization Software Maker Right Hemisphere

 As part of its mission to help customers innovate the way they do business, SAP AG will acquire Right Hemisphere, a leading provider of visual enterprise solutions based in San Ramon, California, and Auckland, New Zealand. The 3-D model-based visualization and communications technologies from Right Hemisphere will enhance SAP software and enable visual navigation and interrogation of an entire product

Friday, September 9th, 2011

MapInfo Manager Updated, version 1.2

MapInfo Manager is part of the MapInfo suite for Enterprise Location Intelligence.  It is ideal for establishing a Single Point of Truth of spatial assets for spatial data custodians and GIS managers, through fast, efficient, intuitive metadata management. This is the third release of the product by Pitney Bowes Business Insight in a year, as

Friday, September 9th, 2011

NAVTEQ LocationPoint Ad Network Adds Millions

NAVTEQ has signed Appello as a publisher of the expanding NAVTEQ LocationPoint hyperlocal mobile ad network. The deal extends the reach of one of the fastest growing location-aware mobile ad networks in the world to millions of users of Appello’s Wisepilot mobile navigation service.

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

NOAA Sends Balloons Aloft to Collect Data for Renewable Wind Energy Project

NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) plans to launch weather balloons carrying small instruments that collect and transmit wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and relative humidity data Sept. 12-20 from the Duke Energy Ocotillo Wind Farm located near Forsan, Texas.

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

URISA Announces 2011 Exemplary Systems in Government Award Winners

URISA’s Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards recognize exceptional achievements in the application of information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services. URISA is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ESIG Awards.

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

NOAA, Three Oil Majors Agree to Share Arctic Data

NOAA, Shell Exploration & Production, ConocoPhillips and Statoil USA E&P Inc. in August signed an agreement to share scientific data sets on ocean, coastal and climate science for the Arctic. This agreement provides a framework among the signatories to share high-quality data, including weather and ocean observations, biological information, and sea ice and seafloor mapping

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join Webinar on Architecture, Engineering and Construction Business

Autodesk Inc. will host a webinar to discuss its Architecture, Engineering and Construction business segment. Jay Bhatt, senior vice president, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry Group at Autodesk will conduct a brief slide presentation followed by a question and answer session.

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

European Researchers Use GNSS Technologies in a Weather Forecasting

The EU-funded GalileoCast project brings together three small companies to develop innovative weather-related services that use satellite positioning technologies. ‘GalileoRoads’ is one such service being launched by this project, using hybrid methods that combine fixed and mobile meteorological observations to produce very-high-resolution road condition models and weather forecasts. Read More

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Esri UK Helps Students Improve Potential Employability

Esri UK announced that it has renewed an agreement to make GIS software available to colleges and universities in the UK and Ireland, at a substantially reduced price, through an Eduserv Chest agreement. The new three year agreement adds to Esri UK’s existing 19 year participation in Chest through which 80 per cent of UK