Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp®, one of the most popular 3D modeling tools in the world, from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012, subject to customary closing conditions and expiration of the waiting period under
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
The Trans Canada Trail is the world’s longest pathway. It will span more than 22,000 kilometres when all the trails across the country are connected by 2017 on Canada’s 150th anniversary. The progress of this national project can now be viewed through an online mapping application donated by Esri Canada, a geographic information system (GIS) solutions
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will host their second Geospatial Summit on Improvements to the National Spatial Reference System at the Survey Summit and Esri User Conference in San Diego in July 2012.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, is further advancing GIS for infrastructure with the forthcoming release of Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 3) and Geo Web Publisher V8i (SELECTseries 4). Bentley Map is the choice of infrastructure professionals around the globe for the creation of reliable and
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership has adopted the OGC Sensor Observation Service (SOS) Interface Standard Version 2.0. Whether from in-situ sensors (e.g., water monitoring) or remote sensors (e.g., satellite imaging), observations made from sensor systems contribute most of the geospatial data by volume used in geospatial systems today. The OGC Sensor Observation Service Interface
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Intergraph has formally opened the newly-expanded Intergraph Global Marine Center in Busan, South Korea. This center of excellence has a dedicated team of marine experts to support customers, enabling them to implement SmartMarine® Enterprise easily for enhanced productivity in their marine and offshore projects.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earthquakes across the western United States. Results from the new Real-time Earthquake Analysis for Disaster (READI) Mitigation Network soon could be used to assist prompt disaster
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Solar mapping from Bluesky has been used by Kier Harlow, a joint venture company between Kier and Harlow Council, to support an ambitious scheme to install solar panels on Council owned properties in Essex, UK. Aiming to save residents money on their energy bills, provide a valuable income stream for the Council and reduce carbon
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Macerata City Hall in Italy utilized SuperGIS Server 3 to establish an online GIS platform, which can assist users in creating, managing, and distributing a variety of GIS services over the Internet to overcome the ineffective communication between the government and
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
SuperSurv 3, the Android-powered mobile application developed by SuperGeo Technologies, is going to support the connection to the map service published by SuperGIS Server 3. Users are able to apply the map service of SuperGIS Server as the base map on their mobile devices during field investigation, increasing work efficiency for field workers.
