Friday, February 25th, 2011
Dr. Joseph Kerski, education manager for Esri, is the new president of the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE), a nonprofit organization chartered in 1915 to serve geography teachers at all levels of education. Commenting on why geography is important to twenty-first-century education Kerski says, “Geography enables students to understand their world locally to globally,
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the integration of its MrSID® Generation 4 Decode SDK (MG4 DSDK) into GeoCue Corporation’s LP360 for ArcGIS™ and other LP360 software applications. GeoCue Corporation, which is the parent company of QCoherent Software LLC, offers the
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Avineon, Inc. has been awarded 2010’s Geospatial Technology Innovation for 3D Modeling by the Geospatial World Forum. This award recognizes Avineon’s breakthrough efforts in developing 3D tracing software. Avineon was selected for this award by an international panel of geospatial experts out of 173 submissions in various GIS related categories.Bringing the best in the geospatial
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Canada’s minister of National Revenue, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Atlantic Gateway says he’s impressed with the work being done by a high-tech firm based in the capital. Fredericton MP Keith Ashfield toured local software giant Caris on Tuesday in what was described as an information exchange visit. “They are a world-class company, and I
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
The GIS Centre of Excellence within the Office of Agriculture and Geoinformation (ALG) in Switzerland has recently purchased GeoExpress 8 through German reseller, GAF AG. The Centre is an agency of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and employs around forty people to manage the agriculture and environmental resources of the region. This work
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Farallon Geographics, a San Francisco GIS services firm and OpenGeo, a global leader in open source geospatial solutions, announced that Farallon Geographics has added the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to its product offerings and now provides support to local OpenGeo Suite users.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
See the projects in the running to be nominated for project of the year! This Friday, CG/LA releases it’s list of top “50 Infrastructure Projects in Latin America” along with it’s list of “Top 25 Brazilian Infrastructure Projects.” Each year, CG/LA selects the most strategic and influential projects from across the region to be highlighted and
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Fugro-BKS Limited, a leading supplier of geographic information products and services, has acquired an UltraCamXp digital aerial camera system from Vexcel Imaging (a Microsoft Company). This new purchase will further enhance the digital photography capability of Fugro in Europe and ensure that the company continues to operate at the forefront of technology. The large format camera will complement the company’s existing
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Getmapping has delivered 2010 aerial imagery to Mid Devon District Council providing an up-to-date and highly detailed backdrop to the Council’s mapping systems. The Council makes extensive use of its imagery across a wide range of departments including, address management, development control and planning enforcement, environmental health, land charges and estates management.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Esri now offers the first and only service that facilitates the creation and sharing of redistricting plans on a web-based platform. Esri Redistricting enables state and local governments, advocacy groups, and citizens to complete official, regulation-compliant plans and share them directly with specific stakeholders or the public. The State of Alabama was among the first
