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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

BT and IMSERV Sign Long Term Deal

IMServ, a leading carbon and energy consultancy and part of Invensys Operation Management, has won its biggest ever contract with BT, the UK’s largest telecoms provider. IMServ has been working with BT for the last nine years and the contract renewal follows a competitive tender process. The five year contract comprises the collection of data relating

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

LINZ Data Service is ‘go’

IMServ, a leading carbon and energy consultancy and part of Invensys Operation Management, has won its biggest ever contract with BT, the UK’s largest telecoms provider. IMServ has been working with BT for the last nine years and the contract renewal follows a competitive tender process. The five year contract comprises the collection of data relating

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Microsoft’s Azure Expands Mapping in the Cloud

Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, announced that the company’s ParcelStream™ web service for nationwide parcel boundary data, is now available through Microsoft’s new Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket. Through DataMarket, developers and information workers can access DMP’s parcel boundaries and parcel interactivity features through simple, cross platform compatible APIs and

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

New Final Version of gvSIG Available: gvSIG 1.10

The main new features of gvSIG 1.10 are Sextante 0.6 (GRASS 6.4 interface included) and NavTable extensions integration, and Windows Vista and Windows 7 compatibility. Another new features of this version are: – gvSIG 1.9 bug fixes – Binaries compilation for JVM 1.6 (with JVM 1.5 compatibility) – Pie and bar chart legend – Relative

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Germany Featured in Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects

CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, the world leader in infrastructure project identification, announced last week the release of its annual list of the Top 100 Global Infrastructure Projects and this year’s list includes key infrastructure from Germany.  The total estimated value of the identified projects approaches US$550 billion. The Top 100 List is released prior to the 4th

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Bluesky Adds Getmapping’s Millennium Map to UK Aerial Photography Online Archive

Following an exclusive agreement between aerial survey specialist Bluesky and Getmapping the original images that  make up the Millennium Map will now be available from www.oldaerialphotos.com.  Billed at the time as a modern day equivalent of the Domesday Book the  Millennium Map was the first commercial countrywide survey and is credited with  the popularisation of

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Township of Langley’s Mobile Fire Application Wins ESRI Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

ESRI Canada today presented the Township of Langley with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding achievement in the application of ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology.  In 2010, the Township developed and deployed an innovative Mobile Fire Application that is expected to significantly enhance fire protection and rescue operations in the municipality.  The application allows

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Trimble Third Quarter 2010 Revenue $318.2 Million, Up 18 Percent; Non-GAAP EPS $0.39, Up 56 Percent

Trimble announced revenue of $318.2 million for its third quarter ended Oct. 1, 2010, up approximately 18 percent as compared to revenue of $269.7 million in the third quarter of 2009. Operating income for the third quarter of 2010 was $31.7 million, up approximately 57 percent as compared to the third quarter of 2009. Operating

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

ESA’s SMOS Water Mission Celebrates First Year in Orbit

ESA – A year ago today, ESA’s SMOS satellite was launched to improve our knowledge of the water cycle. We are now not only closer to understanding more about Earth, but the novel technology employed by SMOS is clearly demonstrating a new way of monitoring Earth from space. Read More

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Opportunity for Trainees, European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)

ESPON is a network providing European observation and evidence on territorial development and cohesion. The activities are implemented as a programme under the Structural Funds 2007-2013 and the objective of European territorial cooperation. The mission is to enhance European knowledge, data and indicators on territorial structures, trends, perspectives and impacts of sector policies which can meet policy demand related to