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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

DigitalGlobe Unveils Integrated Cloud Services Platform for Government and Commercial Customers

DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, publicly unveiled its My DigitalGlobe cloud services platform at GEOINT 2012, the nation’s largest intelligence event. DigitalGlobe Cloud Services unlocks the power of the world’s largest online library of high-resolution imagery by giving customers access to the most current imagery and geospatial information from desktops, portals,

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

SSTL Assists RapidEye Ground Station Upgrade

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is undertaking a project to assist geospatial information provider RapidEye AG in upgrading and consolidating its ground station facilities. Engineers from SSTL’s Ground Systems Group are providing a new and upgraded Spacecraft Control Centre for RapidEye’s headquarters in Brandenburg, Germany and relocating its Tracking, Telemetry and Command (TT&C) ground station equipment

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

GeoEye Delivers Additional Web Hosting Service Networks to U.S. Government

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced the delivery of new capabilities to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). GeoEye’s EnhancedView Web Hosting Service (WHS) is now connected to additional government networks. This new capability will provide warfighters and intelligence analysts around the world easy access to unclassified, high-resolution Earth

Monday, October 8th, 2012

Saab and DigitalGlobe Partner on New Version of Vricon Rapid 3D Mapping System

Saab (OMX: SAAB B), a leading defence and security company, and DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced they have partnered to deliver the next-generation of Saab’s Vricon Rapid 3D Mapping system.

Monday, October 8th, 2012

3-GIS to Exhibit and Present at the Esri European User Conference

3-GIS, a GIS software solutions company based in Alabama will exhibit in booth 15 at the 2012 Esri European User Conference (EUC) in Oslo, Norway.  The conference will be held October 15-17 at the Oslo Kongressenter in Oslo, Norway.  3-GIS Program Director, Lee Nelson PE will also be speaking.

Monday, October 8th, 2012

Cadcorp Launches Web Mapping Demonstrator

British developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, Cadcorp, has provided unrestricted access to a hosted demonstration version of its popular web mapping application, Web Map Layers. Prospective users in public and private sector organisations can now judge for themselves how well the application meets their particular requirements for spatial data sharing, by typing the URL

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

Trimble Adds Two New Handhelds to GIS Data Collection Portfolio

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble Geo 5 and Juno 5 handheld GNSS devices, further extending Trimble’s portfolio for data collection, maintenance and inspection applications. The Geo 5 and Juno 5 series are both optimized for GIS field workflows, including Trimble’s industry-leading TerraSync field software available on all Trimble GIS platforms.

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

TerraGo to Demonstrate Next Gen Geospatial Intelligence Software at 2012 GEOINT Symposium

TerraGo Technologies, an innovative provider of widely adopted geospatial intelligence software, will demonstrate its new and enhanced GeoXrayTM platform, GeoPDF location intelligence reports, TerraGo Mobile for AndroidTM and a variety of other geospatial intelligence software solutions at the GEOINT Symposium Oct. 9-11 in Orlando, Florida.

Sunday, October 7th, 2012

Leica Geosystems Agriculture Further Strengthens Global Team

Leica Geosystems has recently appointed multiple industry experts to further strengthen the growing precision agriculture business. These appointments reflect Leica Geosystems’ objective of being the leading provider of positioning and technology solutions to the agricultural sector.

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

SimActive Software Used by CMM to Complete Large Photogrammetry Project

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) has completed a key project using multiple Correlator3D™ licenses. CMM is a planning, coordinating and funding body serving the entire region of Montreal and the surrounding areas with jurisdiction in land planning, infrastructure and road networks.