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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

WhiteStar Data Layer Products Now Available at MapMart

MapMart, the most extensive online source of mapping and image data sets, today announced the availability of the WhiteStar Wells, WhiteStar Grid and WhiteStar Culture data layer products as a new addition to the MapMart Energy Data offering. This addition greatly expands upon the amount of data available to the energy and oil & gas

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Siemens Secures Istanbul Airport’s “New Gateway to the World”

Siemens has successfully installed security and building automation systems in Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Turkey. Voted the “World’s Best Airport” and the recipient of several other prestigious awards, Sabiha Gökçen serves 11 million passengers annually, and is considered to be the largest ‘earthquake-proof’ building in the world. Read More

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Spatial Roundtable Addresses Modernizing Mapmaking

New technology is changing the face of mapping organizations around the world. Are national mapping agencies and traditional mapmakers able to keep up? The question is posed at the Spatial Roundtable by Mark Cygan, Esri’s map, chart, data production, and spatial data infrastructure (SDI) industry manager. Cygan and other industry leaders discuss which strategies and

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

LMI Technologies – New Distributors and Gocator to New Markets in USA and Europe

LMI Technologies, a global industry leader in 3D laser measurement and control sensor technology today announced the signing of distribution agreements with Braas Company (USA), FLW of PA (USA), Inc., and DVC machinevision BV (Netherlands/Belgium/ Luxembourg). This expansion of distribution brings the all-in-one Gocator 3D smart sensor to a market of factory automation customers looking

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Esri Hurricane & Cyclone Tracking App Combines Social and Official Data

The insurance industry, and those of us attached to it, are tracking Hurricane Irene with special interest and with special capabilities. A new map created by GIS software provider ESRI (Redlands, Calif.) combines extremely detailed street and topographical mapping with storm tracking features and, perhaps most interestingly, with volunteered insight provided by individuals using popular

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Autodesk Acquires Numenus’ Ray Tracing Technology For Undisclosed Sum

Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK) announced that it has acquired certain technology related assets from Numenus GmbH, a software provider of high-end visualization technology used to efficiently render and review 3D datasets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  The transaction is expected to have no impact on Autodesk’s guidance issued on August 18, 2011. Numenus’ founders are

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Altair Engineering Announces HyperWorks 11.0 Workshop Series

Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services, has announced its HyperWorks 11.0 Americas Rollout Series, a series of one-day workshops aimed at educating customers and partners on the features and updates in HyperWorks 11.0, the latest version of Altair’s computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite.

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

EON Reality Announces the EON Mobile Ifloat

EON Reality, the world’s leading interactive 3D software provider, today announced the release of the EON Mobile Ifloat, a PC based 2- channel immersive environment in which participants are completely immersed in virtual imagery and sound. Objects float in front of the participant and can be interacted with and manipulated by users in real-time.

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

USGS Preparation and Data Collection Activity for Hurricane Irene

USGS scientists, engineers, and technicians are and will be working along the eastern U.S. coast in response to Hurricane Irene. USGS crews have been deploying stage sensors and rapid deployment real-time streamgages and flying oblique aerial photography of the coastline in anticipation of Hurricane Irene’s arrival. Read More

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

LizardTech Exhibits at GIS in the Rockies Conference

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, will be exhibiting at next week’s 24th annual GIS in the Rockies Conference in Denver, Colo., in booth number 105. In conjunction with the conference, on Monday, Aug. 29th, LizardTech is hosting three free 90-minute workshops covering LizardTech’s new MrSID Generation 4 (MG4™) format