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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

3-GIS to Exhibit and Present at GISWORX 2012

3-GIS, a GIS software solutions company based in Decatur, Alabama will exhibit at the GISWORX Conference and Expo in Dubai. 3-GIS’ Chief Technical Officer, Tommy Siniard and Program Director, Lee Nelson, will also be presenting.  The conference will be held May 1-3, 2012 at the Convention Centre of Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai.

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012 Will Have Exclusive Magazine About the Event

MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012 (http://mundogeoconnect.com), the largest gathering of geospatial industry in Latin America, which will take place on May 29 thru 31, at the Frei Caneca Convention Center, in San Paulo (SP), Brazil, will feature an exclusive publication with the main supporters of the event, highlights of the program, the latest news in products and

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

COM.Geo 2012 Highlight: Big Data Computing for Geospatial

The COM.Geo 2012 conference announces the conference highlights: Big Data Computing for Geospatial. U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration announced a ‘Big Data’ research and development initiative in response to processing the large amount of data collected by geospatial and other systems. Under this initiative, several federal government agencies, NSF, USGS, DARPA, DOD, NIH, and DOE,

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

GeoEye and Rolta Form Strategic Partnership to Develop Advanced Geospatial Solutions for Global Markets

GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner with Rolta, a global, leading provider of innovative IT solutions. With this new partnership, Rolta gains access to GeoEye’s high-resolution satellite imagery, services and expertise to develop innovative geospatial products and services. Rolta plans

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

OGC City Geography Markup Language v 2.0 Adopted

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership has adopted Version 2.0 of the OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML) Encoding Standard (http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/citygml). CityGML is a community defined information model and XML-based encoding for the representation, storage, and exchange of virtual 3D city and landscape models. CityGML provides a standard model and mechanism for describing 3D objects

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Trimble’s Survey Software Improves Productivity for the Office and Field

Trimble introduced today new versions of its office and field surveying software—Trimble Business Center Software version 2.70 and Trimble Access software version 2012.10. The software is part of Trimble’s portfolio of Connected Site survey solutions. The new software enhancements allow surveyors to collect, share and deliver data faster to improve accuracy, efficiency and productivity.

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

MundoGEO#Connect Award Recognizes the Most Important Global Trademarks of Geospatial Market

MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012 (http://mundogeoconnect.com/2012/en), the largest event of geospatial industry in Latin America, is taking place from May 29 thru 31 at the Frei Caneca Convention Center in Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil, will recognize professionals, institutions, companies and brands that catch the eye in the geospatial industry.

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Investigation on Envisat Continues

Optical, radar and laser observations of the Envisat satellite show that it is still in a stable orbit. Efforts to regain contact with the satellite have been under way since 8 April, when it unexpectedly stopped sending data to Earth. To determine if Envisat has entered its ‘safe mode’ – which would be a starting

Friday, April 20th, 2012

MAPPS Executive Director Urges Commercial UAS Approval for Aerial Survey Operations

Speaking at the first annual Ohio UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Conference, held at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH, MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to include commercial aerial survey operators in its Congressionally-mandated plan to certify civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Sponsor Day Programming Highlights OpenGeo’s Vision

OpenGeo, successfully held the first OpenGeo User Meeting on April 12, 2012 during Sponsor Day at FOSS4G North America in Washington DC. As Eddie Pickle, OpenGeo CEO, mentioned: “FOSS4G North America and Sponsor Day would not have been possible without our fellow Gold Sponsor RadiantBlue and Venue Sponsor RedHat.”