Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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
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 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
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
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The Lockheed Martin team designing GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ahead of the planned schedule. The successful PDR completion validated the spacecraft’s design maturity, meeting or exceeding all GeoEye standards and program requirements. Read More
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced that Todd Oseth has joined the Company, effective December 6, 2010, as its president and chief executive officer. Mr. Oseth has been appointed to drive the monetization of Intermap’s valuable NEXTMap database and its associated products and services offerings, advancing Intermap’s transition
Monday, December 6th, 2010
First Minister Alex Salmond today announced an annual award, to be presented under the auspices of Scotland’s marine energy Saltire Prize, to recognise outstanding contributions to the development of wave and tidal power. The Saltire Prize, which has attracted more than 150 registrations of interest from 31 countries and already two confirmed applicants, will see £10
Monday, December 6th, 2010
ITT Corporation announced its agreement to purchase the business operations of EchoStorm Worldwide. The privately held EchoStorm delivers innovative video and data management technology for military, government, and commercial applications. EchoStorm, founded in 2003, provides a suite of secure, net-centric commercial products that enables users to capture, manage, and disseminate full-motion video in near real
Monday, December 6th, 2010
GNSS market forecasting is of great interest to private and public GNSS stakeholders, for business and strategic planning and policymaking. According to the new GSA report, the market for GNSS will grow significantly over the next decade, reaching in 2020 up to €244 billion for the overall GNSS enabled market (accounting for the full retail
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
The integrated surface gas monitoring solution provides consultants and landfill operators with an end-to-end solution. Field samples are recorded with GPS coordinates in real time during the field survey, which can then be transferred from the Trimble SiteFID monitor software on the handheld to back-office compliance applications for further analysis and reporting. The Trimble SiteFID meets
