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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Abu Dhabi Education Council Honored at Esri’s EdUC

The annual Esri Education User Conference (EdUC) provides the opportunity to not only exchange information and ideas among educators but also honor individuals and organizations for their exceptional work in implementing geographic information system (GIS) solutions. At this year’s conference, Dr. Michael Gould, Esri director of education for industry solutions, presented the Making a Difference in

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

TerraGo Technologies Secures Significant New Funding and Expands Business in First Half of 2010

TerraGo Technologies®, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, continued its success in key business areas in the first half of 2010, including achieving a 24 percent increase in total year-over-year revenue and adding $3 million in funding from investors. TerraGo also added new customers in and beyond its core U.S. government business, bolstered

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

NAVTEQ Debuts Its Mobile Marketing Platform to U.S. Broadcasters

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, today announced availability of the NAVTEQ Mobile Marketing Platform to U.S. TV and radio broadcasters.  The easy-to-use, self-serve Mobile Marketing Platform enables broadcasters to cross-market program and advertising content to mobile phone users and

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

OGC and ISPRS to Collaborate on GEOSS and Other Activities

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the development and use of geospatial standards. Under the agreement the two organizations will work cooperatively to raise the awareness, acceptance, and implementation of open standards and to promote educational programs

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Telogis Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program

  Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions. This recognizes Telogis’ expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Telogis has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

ITT Announces Acquisition of CreaSo

ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), a subsidiary of ITT Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Creative Software Systems GmbH, (CreaSo).  CreaSo provides software solutions for data analysis and visualization and distributes ITT’s IDL, ENVI and IAS software products in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands. “Over the past 18  years, CreaSo has been a true

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Optech Announces Upcoming “Workflow Solutions for ALTM and Lynx” Workshop

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar survey instruments, is pleased to announce its upcoming Workflow Solutions for ALTM and Lynx workshop. The workshop will be held at the INTERGEO conference in Cologne, Germany, on Monday, October 4, 2010. This workshop will include presentations on Optech’s latest hardware and software releases, including the

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Rolta UK Release Updated Free Loader for OS VectorMap Local

Rolta UK are pleased to announce the release of Version 2 of a free Loader for OS VectorMapLocal. Version 2 of this software which is released today simply and quickly translates and loads OS VectorMap Local GML (Geography Markup Language) formatted data into both ESRISHP and MapInfo TAB formats. In addition to data translation, Version

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure in South East Asia

1. Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Wednesday reported to the Cabinet the success of his recent visit to China, saying that the neighbour to the north has agreed to invest in Thailand’s first high-speed railwayand provide funding to the development on the Thai rail link system.2. The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) recently

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Surrey Launches Small Satellite E-Commerce Website

SSTL – Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) announces the launch of “Surrey Online”—an e-commerce website that handles online sales of SST-US commercial satellites and related products. Open for online business starting August 10, 2010, Surrey Online sells all of Surrey’s available commercial, off-the-shelf flight subsystems, ranging from single standalone units, such as GPS receivers,