Monday, February 21st, 2011
ProconGPS, Inc. announced today that it has partnered with Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, CA with more than $850 million of capital under management, to complete a recapitalization of the company and to fund continued growth. ProconGPS’s existing leadership team will remain completely in place and continue to direct the Company’s strategy and manage
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has launched its on-line public mapping system based on the Web Map Layers product from Cadcorp. Sharing geographic information with the general public marks the final stage of corporate deployment of GIS in this popular south coast tourist resort. Read More
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Pacific Geodata, a GIS mapping and analysis firm located in Yountville, California today announced a reseller agreement with OpenGeo, a global leader in open source geospatial solutions. Through this partnership, Pacific Geodata will be able to offer the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to its clients.
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
Many parts of the Navajo Indian reservation in the south-western U.S. are contaminated with radioactive debris leftover from Cold War uranium mining. There are over one thousand abandoned uranium mines in the reservation. Often water sources like wells and springs are contaminated as a result of this.
Friday, February 18th, 2011
con terra GmbH, specialist in the development and operation of spatial data infrastructures, and the 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH establish a new 52°North Open Source Project on metadata management, based on con terra`s smartEditor software. Metadata is an essential means for providing access to spatial data and spatial information services. Accordingly,
Friday, February 18th, 2011
On 31th January, a Leica SmartNet Greece partnership agreement between Leica Geosystems and its distribution partner Metrica, has been signed in Athens. Locally the network will maintain the name MetricaNet, as part of Leica SmartNet Europe, due to the long standing marketing of MetricaNet in Greece. The agreement forms a new partnership to establish a
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Greenstone is a specialist carbon solutions company. We work in partnership with major commercial and public sector organisations to enable them to measure, manage and mitigate their carbon emissions and obligations responsibly. Greenstone’s central proposition is to provide our clients with the necessary tools, skills and knowledge to measure and manage their carbon emissions on an
Friday, February 18th, 2011
Esri recently released Volume 3 in its popular Essays on Geography and GIS e-book series. In this collection of essays and articles, thought leaders in the fields of geography and geographic information system (GIS) technology provide insight into the power of spatial thinking. Essays on Geography and GIS, Volume 3, is available for download at no
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
RapidEye announced today that the second coverage of China for the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) in as many years has been delivered. The imagery campaign, which ran from August 1, 2010 through January 11, 2011 was intended to cover almost 5.8 Million square kilometers; 60% of the country. The project was successfully delivered
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
On 31th January, a Leica SmartNet Greece partnership agreement between Leica Geosystems and its distribution partner Metrica, has been signed in Athens. Locally the network will maintain the name MetricaNet, as part of Leica SmartNet Europe, due to the long standing marketing of MetricaNet in Greece. The agreement forms a new partnership to establish a
