Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
TerraGo, a leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, announced today its selection by the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-A) program for software that provides geospatial intelligence to remote warfighters, anywhere – even without network connectivity.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
Andrew Bell from the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, has won the 1Spatial sponsored AGI Student of the Year Award.
Monday, January 6th, 2014
ASPRS announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Hauck as the incoming ASPRS Executive Director. Outgoing Executive Director, James Plasker, announced his retirement from ASPRS, effective January 10, 2014. Hauck becomes only the fourth Executive Director in the past 47 years of the organization’s history. Both incoming and outgoing Executive Directors look forward to working
Monday, January 6th, 2014
Intergraph has launched Intergraph Geospatial 2014, a comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading technologies. Building upon the foundation introduced in 2013, this release provides enhanced analytical tools, mobile support and tremendous cost savings associated with managing big data.
Friday, January 3rd, 2014
MAPPS, the association for private sector geospatial firms, today announced its 2014 conference schedule. MAPPS will host four conferences in 2014 that center on business development, education, technology applications, and public policy for owners, principals and senior executives of private sector geospatial firms.
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
ZEB1 the world’s first truly mobile, hand held, rapid laser mapping system has been put through a rigorous testing process at the world’s deepest and most substantial gold mine. Owned and operated by Anglogold Ashanti the Mponeng Mine in South Africa is over 2 kilometres below sea level. The ZEB1 was demonstrated in an ‘up
Sunday, December 29th, 2013
David Helweg has been selected as the first permanent director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Pacific Islands Climate Science Center, headquartered at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. The center is one of eight regional DOI Climate Science Centers established and managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, to provide federal, state and local land
Sunday, December 29th, 2013
Environmental research and weather forecasting are about to get a significant technology boost as NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) prepare to launch a new satellite in February.
Friday, December 20th, 2013
Exprodat Consulting Ltd. has been approved by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance to the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Standards for its GIS consulting, training and software development in the oil and gas industry.
Thursday, December 19th, 2013
With emerging technologies, regulations and business development key concerns of geospatial businesses, MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the association for private sector geospatial firms, today announced the program for its 2014 Winter Conference to be held February 9-13 at The Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla (San Diego), CA.
