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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Wiltshire Police Selects Cadcorp to Provide Corporate GIS

Cadcorp, the UK based developer and supplier of GIS and web mapping software, has been selected by Wiltshire Police to deliver location-based information to many applications across the Force. Cadcorp technology will play a key role in the police force’s ICT infrastructure. Learn More

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Summerschool for Secondary School Students: The Dutch Delta in 2050

The Faculty of Geosciences organizes a summerschool ‘The Dutch Delta in 2050’ from the 27th of June till the 1st of July. In this summerschool secondary school students will try to answer the questions: How do we respond to challenges like flood-risk and climate change? How will we make sure people can still joyfully live

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Bluesky Maps Cheshire from the Air

Bluesky has supplied a package of ultra high-resolution aerial maps to Councils in Cheshire, England. The package includes countywide coverage of 12.5cm resolution, full colour, digital aerial photography together with the Councils’ first ever Colour Infra Red survey and a highly accurate height model (Digital Terrain Model or DTM). The aerial map data will be

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

GIS Field-Researched Maps for the Demanding Greece Traveler

Terrain, an Athens-based cartographic company, is publishing the first highly detailed, large-scale maps (1:10,000 to 1:100,000) of Greece using GIS data exclusively acquired by mobile teams of cartographers. By foot, bike, auto and boat, Terrain surveyor teams, traveling with Ashtech MobileMapper 100 handheld smart GNSS receivers loaded with ArcPad, are mapping Greece in unprecedented rich

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Developing Web GIS Applications Gets Easier: Geomajas 1.8

Geospar today announced the new release and immediate availability of its GIS software framework to build web-based, high performance, secure and scalable GIS solutions: Geomajas 1.8.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Bentley Interoperability Report Card

Bentley recognizes that software interoperability is crucial to the successful, cost-effective design, delivery, and operation of infrastructure. Bentley is continually working to achieve the highest level of interoperability within our solutions and with other vendors’ software. We are also actively involved in many key industry organizations to foster the development and propagation of interoperability standards worldwide. Read More

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Bentley iWare Apps for Interoperability

Bentley recognizes that software interoperability is crucial to the successful, cost-effective design, delivery, and operation of infrastructure. That’s why Bentley is offering the following free iWare Apps for enhanced interoperability leading to streamlined workflows. Read More

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

HP Boosts Enterprise Wireless to 450Mbit/s

HP is claiming to be the first vendor with 802.11n Wi-Fi access points that support 450Mbit/s radios, offering 50 per cent greater performance and doubling the number of simultaneous users, according to the firm. Available immediately, HP’s E-Series Multi Service Mobility 460 and 466 access points form part of the company’s Mobile Access Solution, and

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Altus Positioning System Receives Large Order For GNSS Survey Receives in Germany

Altus Positioning Systems has been selected to supply 100 APS-3 GNSS survey receivers for the state government of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Josef Attenberger GmbH, Altus’ sales representative in Germany, won the tender from the Baden-Württemberg Geo Information and Land Development office (LGL) in a competitive bid. The APS-3 systems will initially  be used as control for

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

MapShark Bites Again…

CloverPoint and NEPTUNE CANADA have teamed up to create an emergency response system using the Free Flex MapShark framework. NEPTUNE had a variety of ArcGIS services set up for responding to fishermen calls when gear got stuck. The purpose of the tool was to provide decision support for snagged nets and lines. It is the