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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

RapidEye Enters Distributor Agreement With Geoserve In The Netherlands

RapidEye announced today that Geoserve BV has signed a contractual agreement with RapidEye to be its sole data distributor in the Netherlands. Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of distributors in order to facilitate easy access to RapidEye products in their customers’ own language and region. Learn  More

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Roger Crystal Assumes Role as ASPRS Foundation President

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation recently appointed Roger Crystal, the former Foundation Vice President, to assume the role of Foundation President in response to Thomas Lillesand’s desire to rotate out of that position after six years of service.  Dr. Lillesand will continue serving the Foundation as a Trustee.   Dr. Cliff

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Areva Wins GIS Contract for Saudi Economic Cities Projec

The contract is for the supply and installation of a 110/13.8 kV Gas-insulated Substation (GIS) at Knowledge Economic City in Madinah, western Saudi Arabia, which will power a newly developed luxury residential area. The order is scheduled for completion in 2012.Knowledge Economic City is intended to usher in a significant transformation of the regional economic

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Paperless Navigation for U.S. Navy

After five years of testing, the U.S. Navy is finally entering the digital age for navigation. Five years ago, the first all digital navigation system was installed, in the USS Cape St. George (a cruiser). Called the Voyage Management System (VMS), this version used 29 CDs containing the 12,000 paper nautical charts that were stored in

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Quality Experts Reveal Common Concerns for Global Geospatial Community

Experts from Europe and Canada are a step closer to establishing an international network focusing on geospatial quality issues after meeting recently in Brussels. Discussions between specialists from EuroGeographics’ Quality Knowledge Exchange Network and Canada’s GEOIDE Network’s researchers, who are working on legal, ethical and data quality issues related to geospatial data, revealed many common

Friday, May 28th, 2010

NASA Completes Critical Design Review of Landsat Instrument

NASA engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption — an important capability in the U.S. West where precipitation is sparse and water rights are allocated. The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is one of two instruments flying on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the next generation

Friday, May 28th, 2010

KeyCreator 9 Available

KeyCreator’s unique approach to 3D direct modeling gives users the freedom they need to be creative, practical and efficient in their design. This no nonsense style to CAD design and productivity uses Direct Dimension Editing to instantly drive changes to the model. Direct Dimension Editing means that model building and editing is done without concern

Friday, May 28th, 2010

IMMCO Joins Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription Program

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that IMMCO, Inc., the leading U.S. provider of GIS, software, mapping, and network design services to the broadband industry, has joined Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription (ELS) program. Bentley’s innovative ELS provides competitive advantage while

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

10 World Cup Stadiums from Space

Starting on 11 June 2010, ten stadiums will be used for the World Cup in South Africa, the 19 FIFA World Cup since the competition began and the first to be hosted in Africa. EADS Astrium subsidiary Spot Image is pleased to present satellite views of these ten stadiums, acquired by the KOMPSAT-2 satellite as

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

TerraSAR-X ELEVATION DSM Porduct Launch

Featuring a 10m grid spacing and an absolute height accuracy of up to 5m, the TerraSAR-X ELEVATION DSM (digital surface model) is now operationally available for areas as small as only 500 sqkm, and up to full regional coverage, worldwide. Particularly the unique reliability of the weather-independent radar sensor makes this an ideal complement to