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Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Robert van Brakel Appointed Marketing Manager

Colortrac Limited, the NEW leader and innovator in large format scanners, has further extended its commitment to profitable business expansion with the appointment of Rob van Brakel to its senior management team. He joins the British wide format scanner manufacturer as their new Marketing Manager with worldwide responsibility for developing and implementing all elements of

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Infotech Distribution Partner for InspectionXpert

Infotech Enterprises GmbH today announced that it has become the first in Germany and surrounding area to join the Extensible CAD Technologies’ Reseller Program for InspectionXpert and Office2PDM. Infotech Enterprises will resell, service and support the InspectionXpert product line to their clients primarily across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. InspectionXpert is a quality control oriented platform that helps users create

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 Data Fusion Testbed

he Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed initiative. Interoperability architectures, enhancements to existingOGC standards, and candidate standards developed in the testbed for sensors, video change detection, database synchronization, information cataloguing, web processing services, event architecture and aviation will be presented in a 2 hour webinar. The webinar

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

LandAir Surveying Create Options and Opportunity with Leica Geosystems Laser Scanners

In business since 1988, LandAir Surveying specializes in site surveys and topographic surveys for a broad range of industries from telecommunications to transportation. A particularly challenging highway project prompted LandAir president, Tate Jones to invest in a HDS™ laser scanner. Today, the firm uses the HDS6100, HDS6000 and the ScanStation II laser scanners to facilitate

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

RapidEye Granted ISO 9001:2008 Certification

RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that TÜV NORD of Germany, an official accreditation body for ISO 9001 standards, has not only extended RapidEye’s ISO-certification after an extensive audit for its Quality Management Systems (QMS) but upgraded the certification to the

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Dimensions 2010 Call for Papers and Early Bird Registration Rate Extended!

rimble Dimensions 2010 is a gathering place for the growing community of advanced positioning technology users. Professionals wishing to stay on top of the most current information regarding advanced positioning solutions should attend Trimble Dimensions 2010. Read More

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Inaugural Arabian Construction Week 2010 Hosts Over 5000 Visitors, Delegates and Construction Decision Makers

Arabian Construction Week, the region’s new construction industry international event incorporating four dedicated vertical trade exhibitions and two regional summits on sustainability, innovation and infrastructure, hosted over 5,000 visitors, delegates and construction industry professionals over three days, validating its status as the regions new industry platform for networking and business sourcing within the construction industry

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

HitachiSoft Selects TerraGo Technologies® as Strategic Partner for Geospatial Collaboration Solutions

Hitachi Software Engineering Co. Ltd, a leading global software and IT solutions provider, and TerraGo Technologies®, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software solutions, have formed a strategic alliance and signed a Master Distributor Agreement under which HitachiSoft resells TerraGo software throughout Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, HitachiSoft now markets via its direct

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Getmapping ‘WMS’ Service Facilitates Vtesse Network Planning

  Getmapping’s ‘WMS’ (Web Mapping Service) service is being used by Vtesse Networks to plan its optical fibre networking solutions. Getmapping aerial photography is streamed via a WMS feed over the Internet directly into Vtesse’s planning and asset management tool. Increasingly popular, WMS provides an efficient and cost effective way for organisations to access large

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Government of Uganda Turns to ILS to Establish a Pilot National Land Information System

International Land Systems (ILS), Inc. has entered into a three-year World Bank-funded contract to encourage private sector growth by improving the country’s land administration systems. The Private Sector Competitiveness Project (PSCPII) aims to assist the Government of Uganda in eradicating the primary constraints preventing the international competitiveness of Uganda’s private sector. Fundamental to achieving this