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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

NVIDIA Delivers World’s Fastest DX11 GPU… Again!

NVIDIA today announced the latest consumer GPU based on the NVIDIA® Fermi architecture, the GeForce® GTX 580, which has been reengineered from the transistor-level up to deliver increased power efficiency and performance over previous generation products.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Zebra Imaging Responds To “Holographic Telepresence” Announcement by University of Arizona Researchers

“Zebra Imaging is a pioneer in the development of both holographic print and motion display technologies with a broad portfolio of intellectual property including more than 80 issued and pending patents”, said Al Wargo, Chairman and CEO of Zebra Imaging. “Real-time, full-parallax 3D display products, not requiring any special eye-wear for viewing, are our core

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

FARO organizes its first Pan-European User Meeting for Laser Scanner Customers

Faro Technologies UK Ltd announces its first Pan-European user meeting for laser scanner customers. The laser scanner user meeting will take place on 9th December at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam one day after SPAR Europe 2010, the event that will showcase the next-generation scanning and 3D imaging technology. The user meeting will be a great

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

BARSC & Bing in the Beaufort at The Bluebird

The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC) recently hosted their annual lunch at The Bluebird restaurant on London’s fashionable King’s Road. Attendees were treated to three courses of superb food served in the luxurious surroundings of the private Beaufort Room, as well a fascinating presentation from James Bamford and Johannes Kebeck of Bing Maps.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Honors Jack Dangermond

Esri president Jack Dangermond received the Arthur C. Lundahl Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) last week in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dangermond accepted the award at the 2010 GEOINT Symposium, the nation’s premier geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) event. The nonprofit USGIF hosts the symposium as part of its mission to promote

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

GeoEye Reports Strong 2010 Third Quarter Results

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial geospatial information and services, announced today strong revenue results for its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010. Total revenues were $86.5 million for the third quarter of 2010, an 8.1% increase from $79.9 million for the third quarter of 2009. Learn More

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

One Wales – One Voice Declared a Resounding Success

With over 60 delegates from 35 different organisations, the latest Gazetteer Best Practice Day from Aligned Assets has been declared a resounding success. Held at the Media Resource Centre in Llandrindod on 2nd November, it saw six presentations focusing on best practice in gazetteers, all against the backdrop of unique complexities faced by the public sector

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

NASA and Esri Agreement Supports GIS Initiatives

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Esri, making ArcGIS software tools available for unlimited use by authorized NASA employees and contractors. The agreement reflects NASA’s extensive and growing use of Esri’s ArcGIS software to bring geospatial intelligence to a wide variety of mission-critical efforts, from streamlining operations

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

NAVTEQ Celebrates 25 Years at the Forefront of the Industry

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps and location-based services, is celebrating 25 years at the forefront of industry. Having begun operations in 1985, the company today holds over 400 patents and supplies data to over 1700 customers across the globe. Since the opening of its first Asia-Pacific (APAC) office in Japan in 1996, NAVTEQ has

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Trimble Introduces New Municipal Issue Management Solution

Trimble introduced today the new Trimble® Municipal Reporter™ system, a complete hosted solution for managing issues found throughout a municipality, including potholes, broken streetlights, graffiti, pest infestation and illegal dumping. The Municipal Reporter system provides an accurate and consistent data archive of all issues managed in the system, allowing city officials to generate reports and