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Thursday, November 18th, 2010

MecSoft Europe Signs Distribution Partnership with Tri-D Technologies

MecSoft Europe GmbH, distributor of CAD/CAM software in Europe, announced a new distribution partnership with Tri-D Technologies. Tri-D Technologies, located in Ontario, Canada, is the manufacturer of the software solution TerraFlat for Rhino 3D. TerraFlat allows the user to effortlessly create 2D patterns from very complex 3D shapes. MecSoft Europe the distributor of CAD/CAM solutions such

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Is your GIS ready for Gov 2.0?

Is your GIS ready for Gov 2.0? That’s the question Esri Australia is asking in a benchmark study into the GIS habits of local governments. All local governments are invited to participate in the study, which examines how Councils are using or would like to be using GIS to make Gov 2.0 a reality.

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Cisco Announces EnergyAustralia’s Selection of ‘Connected Grid’

Cisco today announced that EnergyAustralia, the largest energy network in Australia with 3 million customers, has selected Cisco Connected Grid solutions as the infrastructure platform for the delivery of a range of business-critical services in its major substations across its electricity network.

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Scientist Recognized for Work on Natural Resources Remote Sensing

NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the William T. Pecora Award to Marvin E. Bauer of the University of Minnesota for his pioneering work in remote sensing of natural resources. Bauer received the award today at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing meeting in Orlando, Fla. Bauer received the award

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Aerial Mapping Services Provider Deploys Isilon Scale-Out Storage

Isilon today announced that Aerial Services, Inc.(ASI) has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to power its aerial mapping and geospatial services workflow. Using the Isilon X-Series, ASI has unified its image processing and analysis onto a single, shared storage resource, simplifying data management to accelerate project delivery, while reducing operating costs. With Isilon, ASI has been

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

NAVTEQ Acquires PixelActive

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has acquired PixelActive.  The acquisition is an extension of NAVTEQ’s strategy to accelerate expansion from a 2D to 3D map, as well as providing further opportunity to leverage 3D technologies for all NAVTEQ products.

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

SuperGIS Selected by Capai Cerah for Environmental Impact Assessment

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, today announced a sales achievement. SuperGeo Malaysia successfully promoted SuperGIS Desktop to Capai Cerah, a consultancy company in Malaysia. Established in Kuala Lumpur, Capai Cerah targets at project services for several government sectors in Malaysia. Capai Cerah provides environmental impact assessment consultancy services for

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Statkraft to Build Hydropower Plant in Turkey

Statkraft has decided to construct the Kargi hydropower plant in Turkey. The hydropower plant, which is planned to be completed at the end of 2013, will be Statkraft’s second plant in Turkey. With an installed capacity of 102 MW, Kargi will have an average annual generation of 467 GWh, enough to cover the electricity needs of

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Introducing Matrox Mura: The New Benchmark for Collaborative Video Walls

Matrox Graphics Inc. unveils the ultimate building block for video wall controllers with the new Matrox Mura™ controller board, capable of capturing four full 1080p HD inputs and simultaneously driving four monitors at up to 2048×1080, while maintaining full RGB 888 image quality.

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Web Seminar: How to Increase Production Throughput Using GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial

How to Increase Production Throughput Using GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial – GXL-A: a high volume image production solution that extends UltraMap for high speed Ortho and Mosaic creation. In October 2010, PCI Geomatics and Vexcel Imaging GmbH introduced the GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial (GXL-A), a new high speed production solution that extends the UltraMap photogrammetric workflow software to provide