Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Precision Personnel Tracking System transmits geo-position data halfway around the globe in real time, tracking personnel in Hong Kong and displaying their position to observers in New York City. SEER Technology announced a successful, first ever inter-continental demonstration of personnel tracking in a GPS-denied environment using its NAViSEER Precision Personnel Tracking System. In a meeting with public safety officials in New York,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Integrating Sensor-Web and Web-based Geoprocessing. We seek submissions for the ISW book, which cover unpublished research on the crossroad of Sensor Web and Geoprocessing. The idea for editing this book came up at the successful ISW workshop (http://purl.net/ifgi/isw2011) held at the AGILE 2011 conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Both, extended papers based on abstracts presented
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd. (MES) provides authoritative and expert advice to both the public and private sectors to help understand the impact of major industrial and construction activity on marine environments. To make the sharing of this information as straight forward as possible MES has purchased Publisher for ArcGIS to allow them to create GeoPDF
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Board of Directors approved the formation of a Lidar Division at its Board meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday, May 5. Lewis Graham, CEO of GeoCue Group, was appointed Interim Division Director until a national election for this position is held in late 2011. The new
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Trimble announced today that it has acquired privately-held MyTopo based in Billings, Montana. MyTopo is a leading provider of print and digital maps for outdoor enthusiasts. The acquisition expands Trimble’s ability to offer unique map content and new outdoor-centric products while simultaneously enhancing its popular mobile apps—Trimble Outdoors, AllSport GPS, Geocache Navigator, Cabela’s Recon Hunt,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has won the Excellence Award in Geographic Information System (GIS) Implementation for the second successive time by GISTEC. The award was announced at GISWORX ’11, the 2011 GIS Workshops and Exhibition for Esri Users. This Excellence Award was given to the DoT for its work in Geographic Information Systems
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
3-GIS, a GIS software development and services company is assisting the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (JCEMA) with damage assessment data from the April 27 storms that devastated northern Alabama communities. As data is coming in from various sources, 3-GIS stood up their GIS system in Decatur, AL as an aggregation tool to populate Jefferson
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Working with leading carbon reduction company Sustain, Bluesky is helping a number of Housing Associations across the UK make the most of their housing stock’s solar energy potential. Using high resolution aerial photography combined with detailed 3D models Bluesky are able to measure the potential for solar energy generation for individual properties based on a
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, announced today that Airborne Imaging, a Clean Harbors company based in Calgary, Alberta, has purchased Optech’s next-generation Lynx Mobile MapperTM. “We are pleased to have Airborne Imaging augment their aerial Optech equipment with a Lynx system,” said Daina Morgan, Optech’s Product Manager,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
AeroMetric completed the nation’s first ‘robust data collection’ on the Valley International Airport project in Harlingen, Texas, a 3-runway airport, located west of the Gulf of Mexico. A National Geodetic Survey (NGS) review confirmed the accuracy of the data, which is critical for flight operation safety. NGS acceptance opens the way forward for the creation of the first electronic Airport Layout Plan
