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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

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Universal Address and GPS Enhanced Google Maps for iPhones

NAC Geographic Products Inc. announced the release of NACMaps for iPhones – a suite of three tools: NAC Locator, NAC Searcher and NAC Router. NACMaps is a feature enriched Universal Addresses and GPS enhanced Google Maps for all HTML5 enabled mobile web browsers to provide locating, searching and routing services supported with detail street maps,

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

MaxSea – Ultra Fast Cartographic Engine

MaxSea’s Time Zero software offers a new ultra fast cartographic engine with unparalleled seamlessness and speed of zooming. Nautical charts, 3D data, and aerial photos are combined to provide you with the best maritime information and a realism that has never before been achieved. Read More

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

IBGE Launches Collection of Thematic Maps Addressing Vegetation, Geology, Geomorphology and Soils of the Amazon

The IBGE launches a collection of thematic maps addressing Vegetation, Geology, Geomorphology and Soils of the Amazon. With scale representation of the state official (1:1.800.000, that every inch equals the 18 kms) and updated satellite images, fieldwork and data from previous studies, the material was prepared as part of the commitment of IBGE produce information about

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

First Draft of the Basic Geographic Nomenclature of Spain (NGBE) Available

This is a first version of provisionally (pending the publication of the first final version of NGBE v1.0), which have extracted all the place names of Numerical Cartographic Base 1:25.000 (BCN25) and have briefly subjected to purification consisting of partial removal of repeated place names and the total elimination of place names for foreign countries.

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

SuperGeo Announces Geoportal LLC A Reseller in Belarus

SuperGeo Technologies is excited to announce its new reseller in Belarus, where Geoportal LLC is authorized to distribute SuperGIS series software. Located in Minsk, Belarus, Geoportal LLC provides field survey PDA, Total Stations, GPS controllers, etc. for local users. Since the customers have strong requirements for full function mobile GIS software at a reasonable price, Geoportal

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

CompassData Archive Surpasses 15,000 Ground Control Points

The Control Freaks at CompassData recently passed an important milestone. We added our 15,000th GCP to our Online Archive. It is the largest online archive of photo-identifiable Ground Control Points. When you order any of our GCPs, you also receive supporting metadata including site photos, data precision reports and point sketches. There is no other archive like