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Monday, June 25th, 2012

Sancor Insurance Signs Esri Enterprise License Agreement

Sancor Insurance, based in Sunchales, Argentina, recently signed an Esri enterprise license agreement (ELA) to implement GIS technology in services that include risk research, impact assessment of the newly insured, and planning and risk management. Sancor Insurance, a general insurance company with extensive experience in agricultural insurance, serves customers in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Google Maps Coordinate Helps Organize Mobile Teams

Google Maps Coordinate is a new tool designed to improve communication between businesses and their employees in the field.  As the number of mobile employees continues to grow, so does the need for a location sharing solution that works in real-time.  Research firm IDC estimates that there will be over 1.3 billion mobile workers by

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

GeoEye Expands Presence in Europe to Meet Increased Demand

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced it has expanded its office in the Amsterdam World Trade Center to meet rapidly growing demand in western and eastern Europe for the world’s highest resolution commercial satellite imagery. The expansion comes just five months after GeoEye successfully established its European sales

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

MAPPS Announces Formation of State Chapter in Maryland, Election of Board of Directors

MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the only national association of private geospatial firms, has announced the formation of its fourth state chapter with the establishment of MD-MAPPS in Maryland. The initial Board of Directors will be President Richard Crouse (Richard Course & Associates, Frederick, MD); Vice President Justin Lehman (Axis Geospatial, Easton, MD); Secretary Tim Stagg (AeroMetric, Inc., Easton,

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Dotka Data Selects ERDAS APOLLO to Manage Data for New e-Commerce Site

Intergraph proudly announces that Dotka Data in the Netherlands has selected ERDAS APOLLO to manage its data in conjunction with an exciting new e-commerce project. Dotka Data maintains a large and growing collection of historical aerial photography and maps, reflecting more than 200 years of history in the Netherlands. The collection includes topographic maps from

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Eye on Earth Recognized at Rio+20 as a Top Sustainable Solution

Last night, Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, sustainability legend Gro Harlem Brundtland, IPCC Chair Rajendra K. Pachauri, EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard and 150 VIP guests celebrated the first concrete outcome at Rio+20: The launch of Sustainia100. Esri is proud to announce that Eye on Earth has been chosen for this prestigious

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Esri Canada Partner PCI Geomatics Wins YTA Technology Leadership Award

Esri Canada congratulates PCI Geomatics for being named Company of the Year at the recent York Technology Association (YTA) Leadership Awards event. A longstanding Esri Business Partner, PCI designs and develops geographic image processing software and systems, including GeoImaging Tools for ArcGIS, a suite of tools for processing and analyzing imagery in Esri’s geographic information

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Bluesky Solar Maps Pass the Sunbright Test

Maps of solar potential, created by Bluesky, have been rigorously compared with more traditional site survey data. The field testing, undertaken by solar panel specialists Sunbright Solar in the UK, compared Bluesky’s solar mapping with site surveys on properties that had already had solar panels installed. The ground truth project concluded the Bluesky data provided

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

IUCN Urges Governments to do More for Nature

Policy-makers must rethink economic growth, promote social equity and ensure environmental protection, says IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). Among the key issues are the green economy and an institutional framework in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Government Plans to Renew DigitalGlobe EnhancedView Service Level Agreement for Option Year 3

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, has been informed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that it plans to exercise DigitalGlobe’s Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the EnhancedView contract for the entirety of option year three, which begins on September 1, 2012 and continues through August 31, 2013. This