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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

UltraCamXp Purchased by the National Geographic Institute of Argentina

The National Geographic Institute of Argentina has purchased an UltraCamXp large-format camera system as part of a transaction with Vexcel Imaging reseller GeoToolBox Ibérica S.L. (GTBi) based in Madrid, Spain, brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The UltraCamXp will be utilized to finish collecting topographic data of Argentina for the national map and

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

LizardTech Offers Free Webinars: Special Focus is Aimed at Recently Launched GeoExpress 8

LizardTech is offering weekly informative webinars titled “Overview of LizardTech Express Suite & LiDAR Compressor.” The upcoming webinars will focus in particular on recently launched GeoExpress 8, which introduces the MrSID® Generation 4 (MG4™) format for compression of raster data, adding support for multispectral data, alpha channels and improved mosaicking. The free webinars are aimed at

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

GLONASS Antarctic Strategy of Russia

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin by his decree approved the development strategy of the Russian Federation in the Antarctic until 2020. and a more distant prospect. Reported by the press service of the Russian government. Under the decree, the objectives of the strategy are the realization of national interests of Russia in the Antarctic, in accordance with the norms

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Special Crest Software and Hardware Bundle

Motion F5v Rugged Tablet for field use now bundled with CRESTdata capture software Special CREST bundle* Crest is a powerful software solution for interactiveasset mapping, data capture & condition surveys. Designed to interface to a variety of asset management and corporate systems to take your office to the field.Crest is the ideal software solution for

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Leica Geosystems Sweden and Swepos Sign Agreement

At the Beginning of November, Leica Geosystems AB, Sweden, and Swepos signed an agreement for the data exchange of GNSS raw data. Swepos is the national GNSS network provider in Sweden, which is operated and owned by the Swedish government organisation LANTMÄTERIET (National Land Survey). The Swepos network covers the whole country, offering GNSS-correction data from

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

RealEstate Business Intelligence Leverages Digital Map Products’ Mapping Technology

Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) selected DMP’s development platform, SpatialStream™, to power the mapping in its cutting edge real estate analytics offerings.  RBI, a data analytics company and wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc (MRIS), is using SpatialStream™ to

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

OpenGeo’s Gabriel Roldan to Speak on GeoNode at Latin-American Open Source Software Conference

Gabriel Roldan, Geospatial Solutions Consultant at OpenGeo, will speak Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the seventh annual Latinoware conference in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.  Mr. Roldan’s talk, entitled “Building Enterprise SDI with GeoNode” will discuss the development of collaborative spatial data infrastructures using GeoNode, OpenGeo’s new open source SDI platform.   The presentation is aimed at

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

GeoEye Reports Strong 2010 Third Quarter Results

GeoEye, Inc. announced today strong revenue results for its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010. “For the third quarter, we delivered strong revenue growth, operating margins and adjusted EBITDA results,” said Matt O’Connell, chief executive officer and president. “The recent award of a ten-year EnhancedView contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

2.5D City Model – A Cost Effective Solution for 3D Needs

Producing 3D models from high-resolution stereo imagery is a proven method for the creation of 3D city models. Unfortunately, it is also proven that this method is very costly and can be out of reach for many that would otherwise benefit from its features. To bring the benefits of the 3D city model to a broader

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Trimble Introduces Next Generation Nomad

Trimble introduced today the next generation of the Trimble® Nomad® outdoor rugged handheld computers. The Nomad 900 series adds a 5MP auto-focus camera with flash, enhanced GPS performance, and new Wi-Fi® capabilities. These new features, along with the its rugged construction and computing power, make the Trimble Nomad 900 series ideal for mobile workers in