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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 Beta Released

SuperGeo Technologies announces that the latest desktop GIS product—SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 Beta is released. SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 is the latest desktop GIS software of SuperGIS 3 series products. Based on the brand new SuperGIS Engine 3, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 provides more various GIS tools and assists GIS professionals in efficiently displaying, editing, managing and analyzing spatial

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

North Korea Maps, GIS Data & Rare Atlas Materials

With the recent passing of longtime leader Kim Jong-il, the international community’s eyes are once again focused on North Korea. The succession of Kim Jong-un and military provocations over the past year with South Korea bring an uncertain status to the region’s stability. Now is the time for zealous study of this nuclear armed country.  East View

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Fastrax Decreases GPS Power Drain and Reduces Time to First Fix

Fastrax Ltd. today introduced the Fastrax IT530, an ultra-low power consuming and super-sensitive OEM GPS module in a tiny form factor. Advanced powersaving features ensure very fast time to first fix (TTFF) without sacrificing battery life − a critically important issue in location-aware, battery-powered consumer devices. Read More

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

New gvSIG Courses Available

The gvSIG-Training e-Learning platform opens its registration period for the first courses in 2012. These courses, that are included in the Certification Program of the gvSIG Association.  Restricted Registration, which registration period starts on January 30th: Read More

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

PCI Geomatics renews Gold-Tier Partnership with Esri Inc.

PCI Geomatics announced today that is has renewed its Gold-Tier Partnership with Esri Inc. for 2012 through the Esri Partner Network (EPN). An Esri partner since April 2009, PCI Geomatics provides leading-edge technology that integrates with Esri’s ArcGIS solution and allows users to automatically process and analyze satellite imagery from many different sensors. “Imagery can be

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

MDA Information Systems, Inc. Welcomes Principal Scientist of Human Geography

MDA Information Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce and welcome Dr. Denise D. Royle as Principal Scientist of Human Geography. Denise will be responsible for developing innovative and efficient geospatial solutions to address challenging defense and intelligence community issues. Denise joins MDA Information Systems, Inc. with nearly twenty years of expertise in analyzing and interpreting

Monday, January 30th, 2012

NAVTEQ Leads Collaboration To Provide Cutting-Edge Solutions To Praxair

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, today announced that in collaboration with Planifi-K they are providing cutting-edge solutions for fleet transportation and distribution to Praxair, the largest industrial gas firm in North America and the largest supplier of helium and

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Streaming 3D Point Clouds in the Web with HTML5-WebGL

With HTML5 & WebGL it is possible to render 3D content directly in the Web browser without the need for Plugins or Applets. A  demonstrator has been put online by the GIScience Research Group (http://giscience.uni-hd.de) at the University of Heidelberg, that shows how to stream large point clouds that have been derived from laser scanning

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Cadastral Map Will Give Costa Rica’s Property Owners and Buyers More Security

A new way to identify properties around the country through a cadastral map is the aim of the Registro Nacional (National Register) by implementing a real estate certificate, that includes a two dimensional aerial view of the land or property, detailed information of the area and location and legal information. The process of the cadastral map

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

U.S. Government Looking to Lower Landsat Costs

U.S. government agencies are working together to look for ways to reduce the cost of future Landsat missions as a result of congressional direction included in the 2012 budget passed in December.  “Although Congress has provided $2 million to the U.S. Geological Service for Landsat 9 program development, they have also requested that the Administration