Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) $75 million to develop a revolutionary launch escape system that will enable the company’s Dragon spacecraft to carry astronauts. The Congressionally mandated award is part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) initiative that started in 2009 to help private companies mature concepts and technologies for human spaceflight.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Ashtech S.A.S., headquartered in Carquefou, France, and its affiliates. The acquisition is expected to expand Trimble’s Spectra Precision® portfolio of survey solutions and allow the company to better address emerging markets worldwide. Closing of the transaction, anticipated in the second
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
RapidEye announced today that Geoconsult International will be one of its distributors in Africa. The agreement between RapidEye and Lebanon-based Geoconsult allows the distribution of RapidEye products throughout the entire continent of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara. Learn More
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Aero-Photo (1961) Inc. has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft® company, to purchase an UltraCamLp digital aerial photogrammetric camera system. Aero-Photo (1961) Inc. will use the new UltraCamLp primarily for projects involving road and power lines corridors, forestry, and other smaller projects in the local area, while keeping its two UltraCamXp cameras available for larger
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
During the spring melt or extended rainfall, many municipalities in Europe struggle against flooding on a regular basis. Insufficient drainage systems, intervention in river landscapes, increasing urbanization, and the threat of climate change increase the risk of floods. Coastal countries and municipalities are reinforcing their protective walls by building higher and higher dikes, but the
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Spatial Information Solutions, Inc. (SIS) has released version 3 of Accuracy Analyst, the flagship product in Map Accuracy Tools. In releasing Accuracy Analyst 3.0 (AA 3.0), SIS President, Dr. Charles O’Hara, said “We listened to our customers, added the capabilities they requested, and delivered a product that meets their needs.”
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies announce that SuperGIS Server 3, its comprehensive enterprise Server GIS software, supports online editing function for efficient editing and updating large map data. SuperGIS Server 3 is a set of comprehensive enterprise GIS software which can efficiently manage and integrate various GIS data on server side and publish the data on the Internet as GIS services.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
ESRI Canada today presented the City of Greater Sudbury with an Award of Excellence for improving data management across its organization by deploying ESRI’s enterprise geographic information system (GIS) solution. This has provided the City’s various departments with access to consistent, up-to-date information needed to support daily operations and deliver enhanced municipal services. The City has
Monday, April 18th, 2011
DigitalGlobe announced today it has completed raising the orbit of its QuickBird satellite, a process that began in late March. QuickBird is now orbiting 482 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, raised from its previous 450 kilometer orbit. QuickBird has continued to deliver high resolution imagery and imagery-based products to customers throughout the process. The company
Monday, April 18th, 2011
3-GIS, an Alabama based software development and services company, has announced that Decatur Utilities deployed 3-GIS Express Solution, an Esri enabled full edit engineering GIS application, to manage their utility enterprise. Decatur Utilities, providing service to over 22,000 residential customers and more than 3000 businesses, has selected Decatur’s own 3-GIS’s Express Solution to realize the
