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Monday, September 24th, 2007

Intermap Technologies on Schedule to Enable EU with Data

Intermap Technologies, Corp. announced that its commercial initiative to create a uniform high accuracy 3-D map of all of Western Europe called NEXTMap Europe can enable geospatial professionals to meet mandates spelled-out in Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament. The EU Directive mandates the establishment, within the next several years, of an Infrastructure for Spatial

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Magellan Enters China GPS Market

Magellan®, the fastest-growing GPS brand in the world, has officially launched its products in China, with the introduction of three new products, the Magellan Maestro 3200C, 8200C and 8250C. With this new line of premium and affordable auto navigation devices, Magellan is delivering its U.S. industry-leading quality, performance and service to the Chinese market. Designed

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

3D Geo GmbH Shows Its Color

Numerous novelties on the occasion of the INTERGEO 2007: Presentation of an automatically generated 3D city model of Leipzig, two new software systems and many more highlights. www.3dgeo.de

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Break Through Contract for 3D Photo Navigator

Blom has entered into its first agreement for sale software and content for 48 000 personal navigators (PND) to the Spanish company I-Joy S.A, as a first launch in Spain for the after summer campaign. The navigators will target the market in Madrid and Barcelona. The agreement is a major breakthrough for Bloms technology and

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

BlueSky Launches ‘Shop for Home: Buy for Business’ Aerial Map Shop

Aerial survey company BlueSky has launched a brand new buy online service; www.bluesky-world.com/mapshop, providing instant access to the most accurate, up-to-date and detailed aerial photomaps covering the whole of England and Wales. BlueSky’s ‘Shop for Home: Buy for Business’ service enables visitors to select an area of interest, view the aerial image and then purchase

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Russia: Satellite Launch Plans

SCANEX R&D – By mid 2007, 12 satellites have been launched with the Earth observation instruments for different purposes (Table 1.) China and Japan are the leaders (2 satellites each) in the number of Earth remote sensing satellites launched. India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Russia and Germany launched one satellite each.

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Intermap Technologies Awarded $2.2 M Mapping Contract

Intermap Technologies Corp. today announced that it has been awarded a new $2.2 million radar mapping contract. Under the agreement, the Company will collect and deliver 3D digital elevation models (DEMs) and orthorectified radar images (ORIs) utilizing Intermap’s interferometric synthetic aperture radar (IFSAR) mapping technology. Data will be collected and delivered in 2007. Read More

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

IBM Honors ESRI with Top Star Award for Being “Best of the Best”

IBM, has named ESRI a recipient of its 2007 Public Sector Top Star Award for consistently demonstrating the “Best of the Best” business partner qualities. ESRI was recognized for forging a successful partnership with IBM, as well as building success in the marketplace, at IBM’s PartnerWorld 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri. “IBM and ESRI are

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Launch of WorldView-1 to be Broadcast Live over the Internet

DigitalGlobe, provider of the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced that the launch of the new WorldView-1 satellite will be broadcast live over the Internet. The launch will take place on Tuesday, September 18 at approximately 11:20 AM PDT. The launch is scheduled for 11:35 AM PDT. Read More

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Topcon Purchases Leading German Distributor IBS

Topcon Europe Positioning announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire one of the company’s top construction distributors, IBS of Hamburg, Germany.  The IBS company has been founded in 1978 by Hermann Ibs. Starting with construction laser sales, the company steadily grew to include the broad range of construction positioning products. Nowadays the 11