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Friday, September 17th, 2010

Bing Maps Goes Mobile

Today, Microsoft announced the release of the final Windows Phone 7 developer tools, which features two new, and very crucial, controls for developers – pivot and panorama – and with the RTM code, developers can now see exactly what Windows Phone customers will experience, providing a greater opportunity for ISVs to fine-tune their apps in

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Alberta’s Online Campground Reservation Service Wins ESRI Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation (ATPR) for its innovative online campground reservation service that uses ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology.  Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca provides up-to-date maps and real-time availability of more than 4,000 campsites across 50 provincial campgrounds.  The application has automated and centralized campground reservations in Alberta,

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Montreal Protocol Celebrated for Ozone Success – Can Do Same For Climate

Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, the international treaty that was created in 1987 to protect and restore the ozone layer. The treaty has not only achieved each of its goals over the last several decades, including this year’s major milestone which marks the complete phase-out of CFCs, it has also become

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Marine Scientists Call for European Marine Observatory Network

More than 100 marine scientists, policy makers and members of industry unanimously call for action towards an integrated network of observatories monitoring Europe’s seas, at the Marine Board-ESF Forum ‘Towards a European Network of Marine Observatories.’ This will give reliable, long-term data to underpin science and policy regarding the use of seas for fisheries, aquaculture,

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

National Trust Reaps Major Rewards in Self-served Data for Contractors and Staff

Dotted Eyes, the market leading GeoData and information software specialist, today announces a report from the National Trust that it is reaping considerable rewards in reduced time, cost and resources in serving its internal staff and partner organisations since adopting the Contractor Portal data sharing system, this summer. Launched to great acclaim in July, Contractor Portal was

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

RapidEye Successfully Passes Operational Readiness Review for ESA

RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it has successfully passed the Operational Readiness Review (ORR) for the European Space Agency (ESA). Integration software will now allow ESA and its user community efficient access to RapidEye’s five meter pixel sized, multi-spectral

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

NASA Satellite Measures Monstrous Hurricane Igor

Hurricane Igor is a monster hurricane in terms of strength and size. To get a perspective on its size, it is the same distance from one end of the storm to the other as it is from Boston, Mass. to Richmond, Va., some 550 miles. That’s a 10-hour drive from one end to the other,

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

LG Announces Intention to Enter Water Treatment Business

LG Electronics (LG) announced today that it will enter the water treatment market to help combat global water supply issues and to move further toward becoming a more environmentally sustainable business. LG will invest more than USD 400 million over the next decade with the goal of generating USD 7 billion in revenue by 2020,

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Severn Trent Water to Implement Itron’s Advanced Meter Reading Solution

Itron Inc. announced today that one of the UK’s leading water and waste water providers, Severn Trent Water, is implementing an automated meter reading (AMR) solution developed by Itron. Itron is providing residential water meters pre-equipped with its EverBlu™ AMR module, handheld units and MV-RS® meter reading software to collect manual, encoded and radio reads

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Digital Map Products Announces ParcelStream Update and Expansion Plans

Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced an extensive update of the parcel boundary data available through ParcelStream™ and the company’s commitment to expanding its parcel boundary data coverage.  Further, Digital Map Products sees demand for parcel boundary data continuing to grow as more applications incorporate interactive mapping