Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Mapping the Nation: GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability, the latest offering from Esri Press, presents a dynamic collection of maps that graphically illustrate some of the many ways geographic information system (GIS) technology is currently being used throughout the federal government. The book is divided into seven strategic areas of government that use maps created
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Winners of the Inaugural DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge have formally presented their research findings, further demonstrating the benefits of high-resolution 8-Band Imagery from DigitalGlobe for remote sensing based analysis. The studies, presented at the recent Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India, also described how 8-Band Imagery will lead to practical applications in areas such as coral
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Esri has established a research and development (R&D) center in Beijing, China. The center will provide geographic information system (GIS) software development to support China’s many growing industries.
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, today announced that Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the nation’s largest electric utility companies, has implemented and deployed Autodesk utility solutions to its Transmission and Distribution Business Unit (TDBU). The solution–which includes Autodesk Utility Design software, Autodesk Subscription and professional
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft® company, has entered into an agreement with Jena Instrument to distribute its UltraCam line of photogrammetric digital aerial cameras in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Under the terms of the agreement, Jena Instrument, a leader in the Russian geospatial industry, will act as an authorized distributor of
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Scientists can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine exactly how Earth’s ice is changing. This information from ESA’s CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our understanding of the complex relationship between ice and climate. Read More
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
TerraGo Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, achieved its strongest performance to date in 2010 – a year marked by double-digit growth in sales and revenue, customer and partnership expansion, new product innovation, and increased global recognition as the provider of choice for software that takes geospatial intelligence to the edge
Monday, January 31st, 2011
3-GIS, an Alabama based software development and services company, has announced that Windwave Communications will install the 3-GIS Express Solution, a full edit engineering GIS suite, to manage their fiber network. Windwave selected the Express Solution because of its ability to merge GIS capabilities with a network management tool. The Express Solution consists of Network
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Omniscient is a suite of tools for metadata management, with three core components: 1) OMNISCIENT Harvester – scans, mines and extracts metadata across files, file systems and databases to produce an inventory of spatial and associated data that is the starting point for the establishment of best practice information management and in particular the creation of
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
OnAsset Intelligence Inc.announced its participation in the upcoming M2M Evolution event, taking place February 2-4, in the Miami Beach Convention Center as part of ITEXPO. Exhibiting in Booth 228, OnAsset will showcase its SENTRY™ family of wireless telemetry devices for GPS tracking, remote sensing, and the monitoring of fixed and mobile assets on the ground, in
