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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Microsoft UltraCamXp Wide Angle Camera and UltraMap Software Win Technology Innovation in Photogrammetry Award

Microsoft Corporation and its subsidiary Vexcel Imaging, GmbH were the winners of the Technology Innovation in Photogrammetry award at the Geospatial World Forum Conference for the company’s UltraCamXp Wide Angle digital aerial camera and for the monolithic stitching capability of its UltraMap workflow software. The honor was received on 18 January 2011 in Hyderabad, India,

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

NAVTEQ Awards Enterprise Reseller Agreement to Tango Management Consulting

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announced today that it has established a reseller agreement with Tango Management Consulting, LLC (TMC), a full service management consultancy providing technology solutions for retail, commercial and corporate real estate clients. As an authorized

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

PCI Geomatics Derives Ecological Indicators from RADARSAT-2 Imagery

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announced that the company has been awarded a contract valued at over $520,000 (CAD) through the Canadian Space Agency’s Earth Observation Applications Development Program (EOADP). PCI fulfillment of the contract – which is based upon its GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) product – has two

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

NAVTEQ Awarded In-Vehicle Business by TechniSat Digital GmbH

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world has reached a three year agreement with TechniSat Digital GmbH to supply map data and content for the company’s in-vehicle navigation systems. NAVTEQ will also produce and distribute map updates and the two companies

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Matrox Introduces Next-Generation Dual-Monitor KVM Extender

Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveiled the new Matrox Extio F2208 KVM extender, a remote graphics solution that separates the operator console (two displays plus five USB 2.0 ports for keyboard, mouse, and other HIDs) from the host system by up to 1 kilometer of fiber-optic cable. The dual-monitor Extio F2208 leverages its unique bus extension

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

New CUDA 4.0 Release Makes Parallel Programming Easier

NVIDIA today announced the latest version of the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit for developing parallel applications using NVIDIA GPUs. The NVIDIA CUDA 4.0 Toolkit was designed to make parallel programming easier, and enable more developers to port their applications to GPUs. This has resulted in three main features: Read More  

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Satellite Imagery of the Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand

On February 22, 2011, an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Christchurch in New Zealand’s South Island, causing loss of life and severe damage to the city. Imagery from COSMO-SkyMed and GeoEye-1 satellites is helping to analyse the consequences. The GeoEye-1 image at right shows some of the most serious damage in the centre

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Student Job Vacancies in VLIZ for Summer 2011

As every year, several master students will have the opportunity of working at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) this summer, for the period of one month in July, August or September. They will be involved in the running projects and new initiatives of the VLIZ. Candidates are offered pleasant working conditions and an appropriate salary. We

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

UAE: Abu Dhabi Airports Company Releases Tender for Building New Terminal

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has announced the release of the General Contractor Tender for the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), moving into the next phase of delivering Abu Dhabi International Airport with its iconic new terminal that will cater to the airport’s dynamic passenger growth and support the Plan Abu Dhabi 2030, Global Arab Network

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Planning Maps Get More Affordable

Getmapping has announced a new monthly account for its online ‘Planning Required’ planning map service . Architects, home improvement companies and professionals who are regular users of the service will benefit from significant savings when they sign up for accounts. With a single bill for multiple transactions the monthly account will deliver both savings and