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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Bentley Acquires FormSys to Expand SACS Offerings for Floating Structures

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced the acquisition of FormSys, based in Perth, Australia. This software development company has a proven, twenty-year track record in 3D design, analysis, and construction software for structural engineering, offshore engineering, and naval architecture.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

OpenGeo Establishes Victoria Office

OpenGeo, the open source technology leader behind the OpenGeo Suite, has announced the official opening of it’s office in Victoria, Canada. This location accommodates a significant growth in OpenGeo staff and will serve as a hub to support West Coast and Canadian clients. Amongst others, the office will house geospatial veterans and winners of the

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Applications Now Being Accepted for URISA’s Vanguard Cabinet

URISA is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its Vanguard Cabinet through December 5, 2011. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a URISA initiative to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization, and better understand the concerns facing these future leaders of the GIS community.  The VC is an advisory

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Bentley Makes Point Clouds Valuable Across Full Infrastructure Lifecycle Through Acquisition of Pointools Ltd

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that it has acquired U.K.-based Pointools Ltd, the leading hardware-neutral provider of point cloud software technology, in order to integrate point cloud processing in innovative ways throughout its product portfolio. Point cloud inclusion supports Bentley’s commitment to advance

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Bentley Makes Point Clouds Valuable Across Full Infrastructure Lifecycle Through Acquisition of Pointools Ltd

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has acquired U.K.-based Pointools Ltd, the leading hardware-neutral provider of point cloud software technology, in order to integrate point cloud processing in innovative ways throughout its product portfolio. Point cloud inclusion supports Bentley’s commitment to advance information mobility with integrity across design and operational workflows. Point cloud scanning devices are fast

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Leica Cyclone v7.3.2 Features Support for New ASTM E57 Industry Standard

Leica Geosystems announces Leica Cyclone v7.3.2 that fully supports the recently released ASTM E57 standard for 3D Imaging data exchange, which includes 3D laser scanning systems. This capability facilitates direct import and export of laser scan “as-built” data and related digital imagery from different types of laser scanning systems into and between different types of

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

AVEVA showcases AVEVA Plant

 AVEVA  announced that it will participate in the inaugural International Erbil Oil & Gas Exhibition, 15-18 December 2011, in Iraq where it will showcase its object-centric systems for Integrated Engineering & Design solutions. AVEVA will demonstrate the full range of its AVEVA Plant Portfolio. AVEVA Plant is an integrated suite of software for plant engineering, design and design

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

1,000s of Pupils to Benefit from Mapping-on-demand Agreement

Children at state and independent schools across Britain have begun learning with the most highly detailed Ordnance Survey digital maps under a new ‘mapping on demand’ agreement. Local studies, field work and controlled assessments are all being supported by the move which widens an existing map subscription service to include all schools, academies and teacher training

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

OpenGeo Establishes Victoria Office

OpenGeo has announced the official opening of it’s office in Victoria, Canada. This location accommodates a significant growth in OpenGeo staff and will serve as a hub to support West Coast and Canadian clients. Amongst others, the office will house geospatial veterans and winners of the prestigious Sol Katz Award for achievement in open source geospatial software

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

NAVTEQ Named Ford Motor Company’s Exclusive Map Provider

NAVTEQ has been selected by Ford Motor Company to be their exclusive map supplier for the Sync MyFord Touch. The agreement positions NAVTEQ as the map data provider for the SYNC with MyFord Touch SD-card based navigation system in Europe, Russia, Middle East, North America and South America. NAVTEQ maps power over 24 million in-vehicle