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Saturday, October 19th, 2013

United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Shapes Partnership with DigitalGlobe Foundation

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has expanded its partnership with USGIF Strategic Partner DigitalGlobe, corresponding with the launch of The DigitalGlobe Foundation October 11.

Saturday, October 19th, 2013

Spicer Group Expands Service Capabilities with the Leica Pegasus:One Mobile Mapping Solution

Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Spicer Group Inc., based in Saginaw, Mich., is the first professional engineering, land surveying and planning services firm in North America to purchase the Pegasus:One mobile mapping solution. One of the largest surveying firms in Michigan, Spicer Group handles contracts for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) as well

Friday, October 18th, 2013

ZEB1 Mobile Mapper Launched in Brazil

CPE Technology, a Brazilian geotechnology company, has purchased the regions first ZEB1 mobile mapping system. The world’s first truly mobile, hand held rapid laser mapping system the ZEB1 system will be presented to potential users active in the fields of underground mining, construction and government agencies with responsibility for national heritage.

Friday, October 18th, 2013

SmartNet North America Launches SmartConnect Cellular Data Services

  SmartNet North America, the high-precision, high-availability network RTK correction service, has launched a new integrated cellular data service package called SmartConnect. Designed to simplify Internet connectivity with GNSS equipment, SmartConnect is a bundled service that allows SmartNet customers to access the SmartNet RTK correction services as well as other related online services requiring the

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Geospatial & Engineering International Conference Postponed

Statement from MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello on the Gesopatial and Engineering International Conference: I regret to inform you that due to the extended government shutdown, we have postponed the Geospatial & Engineering International Conference until 2014. Even with the government opening this week, the shutdown has had an adverse affect on our ability to

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

LizardTech to Host MrSID User Group Meeting in Austin

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is taking its products on the road. LizardTech will present at a “MrSID User Group Meeting” on Tuesday, October 22 at the Commons Learning Center in Austin, TX to show the geospatial community how compressing, manipulating and distributing aerial and satellite imagery with

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Astrium Services Releases WorldDEM Sample Data

  Astrium, world’s second-ranking space company, has released the first WorldDEM™ sample data sets for evaluation purposes, enabling potential customers to begin testing data for varied applications including line-of-sight analysis, 3D visualisation or orthorectfication of satellite imagery.

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

DigitalGlobe Accepts Unsolicited Offer for a New Location

DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced that it has finalized a lease for a new headquarters location in Westminster, Colo.

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Google Launches Media Tools Aimed at Journalists

Google Media Tools combines a number of data visualization capabilities, including Google Maps, with advanced search and social media outreach of Google+ to help journalists enhance their newsgathering and storytelling.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Blue Marble Releases Fully Managed Version of GeoCalc SDK

Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of a fully managed .NET version of the GeoCalc 6.6 software development kit (SDK). Now .NET developers can get all of the accuracy and power of the GeoCalc toolkit in a fully managed .NET control.  Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used