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Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Trimble Launches New Geospatial Solutions for Aerial Imaging

Trimble announced today new additions to its aerial imaging portfolio –the Trimble AX60, a new airborne LIDAR system; and an updated version of its Inpho processing software. The announcement was made today at INTERGEO 2013, the world’s largest conference on geodesy, geoinformatics and land management.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

PCI Geomatics and Sysdeco Italia Announce Geomatica Day at the University of Rome

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces that, along with its Italian reseller, Sysdeco Italia, it will be holding Geomatica Day on the 14th of October, 2013 at the historic Faculty of Engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome in Rome, Italy.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

1Spatial Explores Automated Generalisation in Geospatial Data

1Spatial, Gold Sponsors and exhibitors at GIS Ireland will be exploring some of the key issues around specific digital landscape models (DLM), digital cartographic models (DCM) and how the company is providing the industry with an innovative solution at the conference this month. The presentation entitled ?Automated Generalisation: The Holy Grail for NMCAs will be

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Leica Geosystems Acquires Airborne Hydrography AB

Leica Geosystems strengthens its market position in airborne surveying through Hexagon’s acquisition of Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB), a provider of airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic and topographic surveys.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Demonstrates Digital Production Innovations

On Friday, Oct. 4, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company hosted community leaders from Leadership Jefferson County to celebrate Manufacturing Day and educate the community on the company’s manufacturing prowess. Local leaders toured the leading-edge Lockheed Martin facility and heard from Dennis Little, vice president of Production, on revolutionizing manufacturing.

Monday, October 7th, 2013

SimActive Forges Agreement with Space Imaging Middle East

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Space Imaging Middle East (SIME), whereby SIME will act as an authorized SimActive distributor in the Middle East region.

Monday, October 7th, 2013

20th Anniversary of CalGIS Conference in Monterey, April 14-16, 2014

Each year the four URISA chapters in California, along with the California Geographic Information Association, come together to present the California GIS Conference.  In 2014, the conference will celebrate the milestone 20th annual event in Monterey, California, April 14-16, 2014. The conference committee invites submissions of presentation proposals until December 15.  For details and presentation

Monday, October 7th, 2013

Optech Announces ALTM Orion C300—Class 1 for FAA Rotorcraft

Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers (ALTM), the Optech Orion C300-1, which is designed as a Class 1 eye-safe laser product.

Monday, October 7th, 2013

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Esri

Esri and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Esri Corporate Headquarters in Redlands, California on 3 October. This MoU confirms the two organisations’ long-standing relationship: it provides an official framework to the GICHD’s collaboration with Esri, the leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software company which

Monday, October 7th, 2013

Satellites See Pastoralism Patterns in Niger

Satellites see defined lines of nomadic pastoralism in one of the world’s poorest countries. Landlocked in western Africa, Niger is one of the world’s poorest nations. With less than 4% of the country’s land arable and prone to drought, food security is a major concern for the population of over 17 million.