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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

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.