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Thursday, July 15th, 2010

The Power of Business Analyst Online Now Available on the iPhone

The new, free BAO for iOS app, available for download from the Apple app store, provides access to 2010 demographic and business data and analysis from Esri Business Analyst Online (BAO) on the go. BAO delivers powerful market analyses through a Web browser. Users generate on-demand reports and maps to get a detailed, comprehensive view

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

GeoEye Announces NextView Service Level Agreement Extension

GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has exercised the second of its monthly options to extend its Service Level Agreement with GeoEye. This option becomes effective Aug. 1, 2010, and runs through Aug. 31, 2010. This option is the

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

MapGuide Enterprise 2011 and Topobase Web 2011 WMS v1.1.1 Certified

Autodesk has announced that MapGuide Enterprise 2011 and Topobase Web 2011 have been certified as compliant with the the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) v1.1.1. Read More

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Autodesk Brings Proven Plant Design Products Together with Release of Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2011

Autodesk, Inc.today announced the availability of Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2011, a new software suite for plant designers who need powerful plant design and whole-project review capabilities in a single integrated package. Autodesk Plant Design Suite combines AutoCAD 2011, AutoCAD P&ID 2011, AutoCAD Plant 3D 2011, and Autodesk Navisworks 2011 software to provide a powerful

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

BroadMap Unveils Newly Enhanced Website

BroadMap is proud to announce the launching of their new website. BroadMap, a leading provider of geospatial solutions, is an emerging, innovative, strategic and results-oriented full-service GIS company specializing in providing government, non-profit and commercial business partners with custom-fit, turnkey geospatial solutions. BroadMap’s new website represents a complete redesign of the user interface in order

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Identifying And Quantifying The Benefits Of GEOSS

There have been few integrated assessments of the economic, social and environmental benefits of Global Earth Observation. In an effort to address these issues, the European Commission sponsored project “Global Earth Observation – Benefit Estimation: Now, Next and Emerging” (GEOBENE) developed methodologies and analytical tools to assess the societal benefit areas of GEO in the

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Intergraph Incident Management Software Advances Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Response Efforts

Palm Beach (Fla.) County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) has successfully deployed Intergraph® public safety and security incident management software to advance its mission to save lives and protect property in Florida’s largest county.PBCFR has 49 fire stations and provides dispatch services to an additional 22 municipal stations throughout Palm Beach County to serve the county’s 1.2

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Topcon Releases Spatial Factory Software for Managing IP-S2 3D Mobile Mapping Data

The simple interface of this software allows users of the IP-S2 3D mobile mapping system to easily work with the combination of point cloud, trajectory and panoramic image data that comes from the IP-S2. The IP-S2 system incorporates state-of-the-art technologies, including high-precision GNSS receivers, IMU (inertial measurement unit), vehicle wheel encoders, 360-degree digital camera and

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

GE & Partners Announce $200 Million Global Commitment to Accelerate Power Grid Technology

GE announced today a $200 million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unveiled the challenge, the “GE ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid,” here today. The global challenge invites technologists, entrepreneurs and

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Procedural Inc. Partnering with ESRI and NVIDIA on 3D Cities in the Cloud Procedural Inc. Joins ESRI’s Business Partner Program.

Procedural Inc., the developer of the 3D city modeling software CityEngine, announces that it has joined the ESRI Business Partner Program as a Complementary Technology Provider. Participation in the program will create new opportunities for the two organizations to better serve customers with smart 3D city solutions based on GIS data and procedural modeling techniques.The