Friday, July 1st, 2011
Trimble introduced today its new high-accuracy Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) compatible correction service. The Trimble CenterPoint correction service can offer 4 centimeter (1.5 inch) repeatable accuracy and will be available initially through Trimble’s Agriculture Division. CenterPoint RTX is a GPS and GLONASS enabled correction service that covers approximately a 1.8 billion acre swath of
Friday, July 1st, 2011
The 1:250 000 scanned geological maps available at the Geoscience Portal have been updated with 70 new scanned maps. They include maps of areas which previously had no coverage as well as some that replace out-of-date editions and some metallogenic maps which contain considerably more recently obtained geological data than previous editions. Areas for which paper maps
Friday, July 1st, 2011
Clients of a leading survey consultancy have been given a direct route into the UK’s widest portfolio of downloadable map data for feasibility and site work. Mapshop, an innovative online shop hosted by the geoportal emapsite, is now also available through the website of the geospatial survey firm Technics Group.
Friday, July 1st, 2011
ScanEx Research & Development Center specialists completed the development of the first version of new software system of automatic Earth remote sensing data processing for MS Windows OS. The system was named SCANEX Automatic Data Processing System (SCANEX ADPS). It enables to process satellite data from input “raw” data stream up to standard Level 1 and 2
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a £110m contract with satellite imaging provider DMC International Imaging (DMCii) to provide three SSTL-300S1 satellites, a new smallsat design which provides unparalleled 1 metre high resolution imagery with high speed downlink and 45 degrees off-pointing. The three satellites will form a new constellation, DMC3, with enormous imaging
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The GEO-Information division of Astrium Services (formerly Spot Image and Infoterra) today announced that it has expanded its investment in i-cubed LLC, a leading worldwide provider of value-added imagery and geospatial data management technologies based in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. i-cubed provides secure, proven, leading-edge solutions for imagery, geospatial content and distributed asset management hosted
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies is pleased to announce that SuperGIS Desktop 3, its powerful desktop GIS product, is selected by Mitr Phol Sugarcane Research Centre in Thailand.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is pushing forward in the post-FiReControl environment with a corporate gazetteer management system from Aligned Assets. The Symphony Bluelight system will see them building on the work they did during the FiReControl project in matching their existing address data to the NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer) in order to
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) – a global leader in customer data, analytics and communication software and services – has announced a collaboration with specialist risk and environmental management consultancy JBA Consulting, to enrich its location intelligence solutions with high quality flood risk data across a number of European countries.
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
In Norway, avalanches pose a risk to road users every year. Since much of the country is remote, knowing exactly where avalanches have blocked roads is a challenge for the authorities. However, ESA has recently shown that satellites could help. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) is responsible for the national road network. In the winter,
