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Friday, October 1st, 2010

GeoEye Announces $125 Million Senior Notes Offering

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a leading provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that it is commencing an underwritten offering of $125 million of senior secured notes due 2016. The Notes will be senior secured obligations of GeoEye and will be secured on a second-priority basis by the assets of GeoEye

Friday, October 1st, 2010

1Spatial to be Acquired by IQ Holdings

IQ Holdings, the investment group, is pleased to announce that it has today reached an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of 1Spatial Group Limited, a leading provider of products and services that enable clients to collect, audit, manage, modify and reuse geospatial (location based) data. Pursuant to the AIM Rules for Companies,

Friday, October 1st, 2010

SSTL invests £10million in Satellite Test Facility

The facility is opposite its headquarters building in Guildford and will enable SSTL to work on a broader range of satellites and provide the capacity to integrate and test more satellites in parallel.  Housing about 40 permanent staff, it will incorporate cleanrooms, laboratories and testing facilities for state of the art space engineering. The building

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Subscription Advantage Packs Now Available for Autodesk 2011 Architecture, Engineering, Construction Products

Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced the availability of Subscription Advantage Packs for Autodesk 2011 software releases. Subscription Advantage Packs provide exclusive and early access to product enhancements to Autodesk Subscription customers at no additional cost. Learn More

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

ESRI Canada Strengthens Support for Canadian Technology Businesses

Strengthening its support for Canadian technology businesses, ESRI Canada announced that the company has become a gold sponsor of the York Technology Alliance (YTA).  John Kitchen, Vice President and General Manager of ESRI Canada, has also been appointed the alliance’s Vice Chair.  Established in 1983, the YTA is an economic development cluster that fosters a

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Global Earthquake Model (GEM) to work with OpenGeo

OpenGeo today announced that the Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) has selected OpenGeo to support its development of open source earthquake modeling tools. OpenGeo will be developing enhancements for GeoServer and GeoTools to expand the capabilities for collaboration on hazard, risk and socio-economic impact models within the global earthquake risk assessment community. OpenGeo will provide

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Mini-chopper the Latest Climate Change Research Tool

Tasmanian climate change scientists have developed a tiny remote-controlled helicopter to help them map fragile coastal moss beds in Antarctica. The “OktoKopter” uses remote sensing techniques to monitor the impact of changes in temperature, wind speed and UV radiation. The Project leader Arko Lucieer says the delicate moss is a good indicator of climate change

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Geospatial Mapping Systems Enters into Technology License Agreement with George F. Young Inc

Geospatial Holdings Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Geospatial Mapping Systems Inc. (Geospatial), has entered into a technology license agreement with George F. Young Inc. to use Geospatial’s Smart Probe Pipeline Mapping Technologies for the practice of mapping pipelines and rendering 3D as-built drawings, throughout the Southeast region. Under the terms of the three-year

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Harris Atlas Systems to Launch in the Middle East

International communications and information technology company Harris Corporation and leading Middle East telecommunication systems and security provider Atlas Telecom, have today announced the launch of a new joint venture. The company, to be known as Harris Atlas, will deliver innovative intelligence solutions such as enhanced video management and geospatial 3D visualization specifically designed for the

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

PCI Geomatics Signs Master Distributor Contract with Geo-Alliance

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems is pleased to announce the appointment of Geo-Alliance as Master Distributor of PCI’s solution technologies and Geomatica family of products for the Russian Federation, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, and the Ukraine. Geo-Alliance has been a valued PCI reseller for over four