Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
1Spatial is pleased to announce that registration is open for their official FME World Tour dates in the UK and Australia.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
Holly A. Bamford, Ph.D., has been named the new assistant NOAA administrator for the agency’s National Ocean Service, succeeding David M. Kennedy who was named the new NOAA deputy under secretary for operations. Prior to her appointment, Bamford served as deputy assistant administrator for NOS.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) (“DigitalGlobe”) today announced that its previously planned satellite construction program related to its third WorldView-class satellite remains on track. DigitalGlobe can now confirm that it plans to complete WorldView-3 on its original schedule to be ready for launch in mid-2014 in order to meet the requirements of its EnhancedView contract with the U.S. government.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
As part of NOAA’s agency-wide Habitat Blueprint effort, they have chosen the Russian River Valley watershed in California as their first Habitat Focus Area. Habitat Focus Areas are places where they can pool resources and expertise to maximize the conservation of important habitat.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is seeking nominations for its GIS Hall of Fame. URISA established the GIS Hall of Fame to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. URISA Hall of Fame inductees are individuals or organizations whose pioneering work has moved the geospatial industry in a
Friday, February 1st, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2013 Student Competition. URISA hosts an annual Student Competition to encourage students in a variety of academic settings and disciplines to write and publish papers and posters to share with the URISA membership and others in the geospatial technologies industry. The submission
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Trimble introduced a new feature of the Connected Farm app which automatically calculates the recommended nitrogen rates for crop readings taken by the GreenSeeker handheld crop sensor, an easy-to-use measurement device designed to assess the health of a crop.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) (“DigitalGlobe”) and GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) (“GeoEye”), today announced the completion of their combination, creating a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis. The combined company will trade on the NYSE stock exchange as DigitalGlobe under the symbol DGI. Based on the closing price of DigitalGlobe stock on January 30,
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Exprodat has added to its widely used Team-GIS software suite with the release of Discovery; an add-on for Esri’s ArcGIS for Server that enables users to deploy powerful web-mapping applications without needing expensive bespoke development.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced a Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC MilOps Geospatial Interoperability Experiment (MOGIE). Command and Control (C2) Core has been an emerging data exchange capability within Department of Defense over the past three years. DoD CIO is now moving toward adopting the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). C2 Core, which is
