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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Trimble Expanded Capabilities for Business Center Software and Access Services

Trimble introduced today version 2.50 of Trimble Business Center software for surveying offices and a new Data Processing Service, a component of the Trimble Access Services. “For many surveyors, Trimble Business Center software is already an indispensable resource,” said Anders Rhodin director of Trimble’s Survey Business. “It allows survey data managers to combine GNSS and

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Industry Leader Joins Esri as New Public Works Manager

David Totman, former asset manager at Colorado Springs Utilities, joins Esri as the new industry solutions manager for public works. Totman replaces Chuck Cmeyla, who is retiring.Employed in a variety of positions using GIS to solve analytic problems during the past 24 years, Totman brings a wealth of private- and public-sector experience to his new

Monday, June 20th, 2011

ESRI Canada Enhances National Emergency Management with Free Web GIS Tools

ESRI Canada today announced increased support for Canada’s emergency management community with the release of the ESRI Flex Tools for MASAS.  Leveraging ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology and the Adobe Flex framework, the tools interface with Canada’s Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System (MASAS).  The tools and associated code are provided free to emergency management and public

Monday, June 20th, 2011

New GeoNode

GeoNode is an open source Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. Read More

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Infotech Receives Award from Indo-German Chamber of Commerce

Infotech Enterprises received a high honor at the annual meeting of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce on 9 June 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Martin Trostel, President Engineering Services Europe at Infotech, accepted the prize for “Exceptional Contribution to the Development of German-Indian Business Relations” before an audience of over 400 international guests. Read More

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

New MapleSim 5

MapleSim 5 provides many enhancements to help you manage the complexity of your models. With its broader application scope, streamlined modeling environment, and ability to efficiently simulate even more systems, MapleSim 5 makes it easier to tackle large projects and get results quickly. Read More

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Landsat 5 Satellite Sees Mississippi River Floodwaters Lingering

On May 19, 2011, the Mississippi River reached a historic crest at Vicksburg. According to the Advanced Hydrological Prediction Service (AHPS) of the U.S. National Weather Service, the river reached 57.10 feet (17.40 meters) that day. By early June, flooding had receded considerably around Vicksburg, but water remained high. On June 14, the AHPS reported

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Ordnance Survey Celebrates 220 Years of Mapping the Nation

From military beginnings, mapping the south east coast of Britain for fear of invasion by Napoleon, through to the modern digital age, Ordnance Survey has played a constant and vital role for charting the changing face of the nation for over two centuries.

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Cont-Trak – Container Tracking Via Satellite

Whether at sea, on rail, stacked or stored, shipping containers can now be tracked worldwide via satellite with Cont-Trak, developed through ESA’s telecommunications programme. Field trials have been carried out at a container depot in Halifax, Canada to test different stacking situations, and during shipping from Europe to North America. Containers were fitted with Cont-Trak terminals,

Friday, June 17th, 2011

GMES Operations Another Step Closer

Today, the European Commission has signed an agreement confirming the transfer of funds to ESA for the initial operations of the space component for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme. The agreement, which secures €104 million, was signed at ESA Headquarters in Paris by Heinz Zourek, Director General of the European Commission’s DG Enterprise