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Friday, December 17th, 2010

Linked Open Data and Spatial Data Infrastructures

For the first time, in countries that are opening up governmental data resources, geography experts have a common ground when talking standards with experts in statistics, health, transport and have something in common – i.e. linked data. Read More

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

MIS Active Partners with Cadcorp to Meet the Mapping Needs of the Social Housing Sector

GIS and web mapping software developer Cadcorp has been selected by MIS Active Management Systems to provide mapping and geographic information processing capabilities for its modular housing management solution – ActiveH. The partnership which was announced last month at the IT in Housing Exhibition, Olympia, London, brings together two British software suppliers with a common

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

France’s National Mapping Agency Licenses NEXTMap France Map Data from Intermap Technologies

Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced a USD $804,518 contract with the national mapping agency of France, the Institut Géographique National (IGN). The Company will supply IGN with digital terrain models (DTMs), generated as part of its completed NEXTMap Europe countrywide mapping program, for portions of southeastern France

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

DigitalGlobe Announces Winners of Inaugural 8-Band Research Challenge

DigitalGlobe today announced the winners of the inaugural 8-Band Research Challenge. The five winning papers demonstrated scientific excellence in terms of sound reasoning, problem definition, methodology and presentation. In addition to the five winners, the judges identified 10 additional high-quality papers that presented compelling research into how 8-Band Imagery adds substantial value in a wide

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Getmapping ‘WMS’ Service Underpins Zubed Crime Mapping for Milton Keynes

A new community safety map for Milton Keynes, delivered by location intelligence specialists Zubed, is underpinned by a WMS (Web Mapping Service) feed of Ordnance Survey maps from Getmapping.

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Bentley Selected to Join Consortium for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center on Building Energy Efficiency

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) focused on building energy efficiency.

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

All-New Lidar Rectification Software for ALTM Owners

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar survey instruments, is pleased to announce the full release of their new software package, Optech Lidar Mapping Suite version 2.0, for their Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper clients. Optech LMS offers ALTM clients an all-new workflow designed specifically for the production environment. Incorporating a fully-automated batch-mode capability,

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

OpenGeo Announces the Release of GeoNode 1.0

OpenGeo, a leader in open source geospatial software development and support, yesterday announced the 1.0 release of GeoNode, a new platform designed to promote the development of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) worldwide. The GeoNode platform is comprised of powerful open source software components including GeoServer, GeoNetwork, Django, and GeoExt.   This stack enables users to publish,

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

New Matrox Extio F2408 KVM Extender

The Matrox Extio F2408 point-to-point KVM extender separates up to 4 displays plus keyboard, mouse, and other USB devices from the rest of the computer via fiber-optic cable. Raw, uncompressed data travels between the remote host system and the user-side Extio F2408 appliance, resulting in unmatched HD resolution support and uncompromised workstation performance. Read More

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Richard Mohr Returns to Intermap Technologies as Chief Financial Officer

Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced Richard Mohr will rejoin the organization as chief financial officer and senior vice president effective January 1, 2011. Richard had previously worked for Intermap from 2003 until 2010 and served as the Company’s chief financial officer during that period. Learn More