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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

New Intergraph GeoMedia SDI Portal Expands Spatial Data Sharing to Browser Applications

Intergraph® has expanded its spatial data infrastructure (SDI) application with the introduction of GeoMedia® SDI Portal to offer governments and other organizations new capabilities for empowering browser applications with SDI functionality. The new offering provides a Web browser application for consuming, querying and visualizing SDI Web services in a mapping context. Learn More

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

GloPac Mission Validates NASA’s Use of Global Hawks for Environmental Science

During the spring of 2010, 11 atmospheric monitoring instruments flew on a NASA Global Hawk for the first science demonstration of the latest of NASA’s airborne science aircraft. The mission was a joint project of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. More than 130 personnel supported the recent Global Hawk Pacific

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

HI’s 3D Rendering Engine MascotCapsule Shipments Exceeds 600 Million Worldwide

Kazuo Kawabata, President and CEO of HI said, “We are very pleased that our MascotCapsule has been shipped in more than 600 million devices. Despite the still sluggish consumer spending in Japan and around the world and ongoing changes in business environments such as the rise of smart phones, MascotCapsule has been increasingly embedded into

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Dassault Systèmes Expands its V6 Portfolio to Design Smart Products

Dassault Systèmes announced a new step in its systems strategy with the acquisition of Geensoft, the leading provider of innovative embedded systems development solutions, for 5.5M€. The V6 portfolio is expanded by adding the capacity to model and generate the entire vehicle control software system, allowing a validation loop by connecting the physical equipment with

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

HP Unveils Its First Enterprise-Class All-in-One PC

The HP Compaq 6000 Pro All-in-One boasts impressive performance features, including a choice of Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors,(1) Windows® 7 Professional 32- or 64-bit operating system, up to 8 gigabytes (GB) of DDR3 memory,(2) hard drives up to 1 terabyte(3) and an optional 80-GB solid-state drive.(4) Featuring a 21.5-inch diagonal full HD LED backlit(5)

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Océ – High-quality, High-capacity Display Graphics Printers

Based on its huge success at FESPA 2009, Experience Hot Hot Arizona returns as the theme for the Océ stand. Introduced in late 2006, the Océ Arizona Series of UV flatbed printers continues to grow in popularity. It is now the number one selling family of UV flatbeds in the world. Océ launches the extra

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Automated Laser Scanning for Near-Real-Time Geotechnical Monitoring Debuts on Seattle Light Rail Project

Geo-Instruments implemented one of the industry’s first automated laser scanning systems using Leica Geosystems technology for near-real-time geotechnical monitoring to support construction of the Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority’s (Sound Transit) University Link (U-Link) light rail extension in Seattle, WA. The U-Link light rail extension will connect the three largest urban centers in the state

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Liverpool Unveils NAVTEQ’s Interactive GPS Zones

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has teamed up with Liverpool, a leading, high-end department store in Mexico, to introduce GPS Zones in nine retail stores located in Mexico City and Cuernavaca. GPS Zones are interactive kiosks that help educate

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Intergraph® to Share SDI Implementation and Research Experience at the INSPIRE 2010 Conference

Geospatial software industry leader Intergraph will participate in several sessions and workshops at the INSPIRE 2010 Conference on June 22-25, in Krakow, Poland. The presentations draw on its consultant’s experience and insight gained on INSPIRE drafting teams and implantations of national SDI infrastructures and leading EU projects including NATURE-SDIplus, GIS4EU, CAFÉ. Learn More

Monday, June 21st, 2010

TanDEM-X Successfully Launched

The German radar satellite TanDEM-X was successfully launched from Baikonur, Kazachstan, at 04.14 hrs CET on Monday, June 21, 2010. A first contact with a ground station in Troll was established at 04.45 hrs. TanDEM-X joins its “twin” TerraSAR-X, which has been in operation since mid 2007, in its 514 km orbit. Together, the two