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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Okaloosa Gas District Implements Autodesk Utility Solutions Software

Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, today announced that Okaloosa Gas, a private utility serving over 37,000 customers in four counties in northern Florida, has implemented Autodesk software to help them better plan, design, build and manage their natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure. With more complete and accurate

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

NAVTEQ Network for Developers Launches Virtual Developer Lab

NAVTEQ today announced the launch of the NAVTEQ Virtual Developer Lab, a remote testing service designed to dramatically reduce the time and resources required to develop, test, monitor and deploy mobile phone applications. The Virtual Developer Lab, powered by DeviceAnywhere, is designed to support the development and pre-commercial testing of location-aware apps that use NAVTEQ®

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

GeoEye, The Government’s Eye In The Sky

If you’re looking to zoom in for an up-close view of the market from an eagle-eyed perspective, you may want to take a gander at GeoEye. The company is widely recognized as a leader of the geospatial intelligence industry, providing high-resolution, highly accurate satellite and aerial images of virtually anything on earth. GeoEye has significant growth

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

SunPower Constructs 1MW Solar System in Masdar City

SunPower has constructed a 1MW solar power system on the roof of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology building in Masdar City, located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The system has been installed on a canopy structure that provides shade for the roof terrace as well as clean, renewable solar power for the

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Australian Online GPS Tracking Company EZY2C Expands into Africa

The company has opened offices in Zimbabwe and Botswana and has plans to open offices in the coming year in South East Asia and North America. A number of new sales, technical and support staff have been employed in all offices to meet the growing demand for GPS Tracking Services. 

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

2010 French Competition Geoportal: Winning Applications

IGN France – For its 2010 edition, the contest awards 13 projects Geoportal mapping application made from online services from IGN. The first prize in all categories returned to Raphael Velt Visicity for its application, game geolocalized to discover a city. Read More

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Future Directions for Mapping in Geoscience Australia

Geoscience Australia’s former National Mapping Information Group has undertaken a significant strategic review of its operations over the last year. The review covered many areas of operations with the focus on:

Monday, December 6th, 2010

NYC Public Schools to Expand Use of ArcGIS Software

The recent signing of a comprehensive geographic information system (GIS) site license agreement with Esri allows the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to expand its use of ArcGIS software to a number of mission-critical applications. With 135,000 employees and more than 1,600 facilities, a system that collects and analyzes data efficiently is invaluable to

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Rolta Teams Partners Augusta Systems to Enhance Security Solutions

Rolta has entered into partnership with Augusta Systems Inc., a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, which will enable it to incorporate Augusta EdgeFrontier middleware for use in security, defense and other geospatial applications where sensor integration and fusion are essential elements in providing situational awareness. EdgeFrontier is

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies – Erasmus Mundus

The three-semester Masters program targets holders of Bachelor degrees in application areas of Geographic Information (GI), e.g., environmental planning, regional planning, geography, logistics, transportation, marketing, energy provision, computer science. GI is a rapidly growing market, lacking qualified GI personnel and offering excellent career chances. Therefore, the Masters Program targets life-long learning for graduates and professionals