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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

GIS: Ready Mixed Concrete Truck Dispatch Management System

With the global depression, Taiwan has expanded domestic demand to promote the domestic economy. Since construction has been an essential index of economic development, the government agencies started to build considerable infrastructures to boost construction industry. The construction industry needs a number of raw materials, and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) is the indispensable raw material

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Optech Appoints four New Members to its Board of Directors

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar survey instruments, is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors. The appointments of David Nale, Philip Lapp, Dan Cornacchia, and Tony LaVista to Optech’s Board of Directors add the deep experience in high-tech business that will be needed for

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Trimble and Critigen Extend Business Partner Agreement

Trimble and Critigen have announced an extension of the business partner agreement originally established in 2004 between Trimble’s Mapping & GIS Division and Critigen’s former parent, CH2M HILL. Critigen will serve as system integrator and provide data management and visual business intelligence solutions to support Trimble’s technology and products in the utilities, state and local

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Astrium Signs Contract with Vietnam for Earth Observation Satellite

Astrium has signed a contract worth €55.2 million with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) for the development, manufacture and launch of an Earth observation optical satellite system. This follows on from last November’s intergovernmental agreement on space co-operation between France and Vietnam, in which the French government affirmed its commitment to building

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Intergraph Debuts Latest Version of Incident Management Solution

Intergraph, a world leader in public safety and security software, has introduced the newest version of one of the industry’s most widely deployed incident management solutions. Incident Management version 9.1 will provide police, fire, EMS and security agencies the ability to optimize agency resource allocation and improve response coordination to better save lives and protect

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

NAVTEQ Launches Private Beta Program for Next Generation Street-Level Imagery

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announced today a private beta program to preview NAVTEQ JourneyView™, in preparation for general availability of the product in early 2011.  In the private beta, customers will have the opportunity to preview the data

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

ProxFire Detection System Proves Successful in Controlled Burn

ProxFire Detection System, an integrated system using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to detect forest fires in real time, proved successful in a controlled burn test in Castaic, Calif. Introduced by ProximaRF, ProxFire Detection System supports early and rapid response protocols, thereby greatly reducing the potential for damage to the environment and property, loss of

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Genesys Int`l Q1 profit jumps by 71%

Genesys International Corporation, a leading player in geographicalinformation systems (GIS) and digital map content reported 71% jump in its net profit after tax at Rs 127.74 million for June 2010 quarter as against Rs 74.51 million in the same period last year. Read More

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Aligned Assets Bring NLPG Affordability to smaller organisations through Software By Subscription

With their new business model, Software By Subscription, Aligned Assets can now offer smaller organisations such as District and Borough Councils, National Parks and Passenger Transport Executives an affordable, yet powerful method to start making use of the NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer).   Via the MSA (Mapping Services Agreement) these organisations are entitled

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

World Atlas of Mangroves

This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world’s mangroves. It reveals that rare and critically important mangrove forests continue to be lost at a rate three to four times higher than land-based global forests. Written by a leading expert on mangroves with support from the top international researchers and