Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The GEO-Information division of Astrium Services (formerly Spot Image and Infoterra) today announced that it has expanded its investment in i-cubed LLC, a leading worldwide provider of value-added imagery and geospatial data management technologies based in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. i-cubed provides secure, proven, leading-edge solutions for imagery, geospatial content and distributed asset management hosted
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies is pleased to announce that SuperGIS Desktop 3, its powerful desktop GIS product, is selected by Mitr Phol Sugarcane Research Centre in Thailand.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is pushing forward in the post-FiReControl environment with a corporate gazetteer management system from Aligned Assets. The Symphony Bluelight system will see them building on the work they did during the FiReControl project in matching their existing address data to the NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer) in order to
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) – a global leader in customer data, analytics and communication software and services – has announced a collaboration with specialist risk and environmental management consultancy JBA Consulting, to enrich its location intelligence solutions with high quality flood risk data across a number of European countries.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
In Norway, avalanches pose a risk to road users every year. Since much of the country is remote, knowing exactly where avalanches have blocked roads is a challenge for the authorities. However, ESA has recently shown that satellites could help. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) is responsible for the national road network. In the winter,
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Exprodat’s Team-GIS Directory was released today for the ArcGIS 10 platform, enhancing usability for ArcGIS Desktop users. Team-GIS Directory can make ArcMap much easier for novice users to operate, increasing the rate of user adoption during ArcGIS Desktop implementation projects. Team-GIS Directory is an ArcMap extension combining an easy-to-use data catalogue with powerful search, preview and
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. today announced that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), one of the largest Departments of Transportation in the United States, has selected AutoCAD Civil 3D for road and highway design projects statewide. The contract is over a five year period and includes access to Autodesk’s AutoCAD Civil 3D software, training and services. Civil
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Twenty-nine undergraduate and graduate students are participating in a six-week NASA Airborne Science Program field experience designed to immerse them in the agency’s Earth Science research. The students represent 28 colleges and universities from across the United States. NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduates and early graduate students majoring in
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The South African railway company, PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa), has commissioned Siemens with the delivery of signaling equipment and the construction of the “Gauteng Nerve Center” (GNC) operations control center. It is the largest contract for signaling equipment ever awarded in South Africa. The contract is worth approximately 90 million euros. It
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, today announced the release of GridPoint Energy Manager, a unified platform delivering the future of enterprise and utility energy management today. The software-based solution complements existing hardware and service offerings to manage the deployment and operation of energy endpoints, such as building management systems, solar arrays,
