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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre Organizes Workshop on Using Satellite Imagery

The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) organized recently a technical workshop entitled ‘Using Satellite Imagery in Geospatial Data Systems’ which was well-attended by representatives of the Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme (AD-SDI) member entities and industry experts. Read More

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Minister Oliver: Natural Resources Powering Canada’s Economy

The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, today outlined the Government of Canada’s vision for the country’s future prosperity to government and industry leaders at a reception hosted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. The Minister emphasized that Canada is facing tremendous opportunity to capitalize on natural resource development and stimulate jobs and growth in a

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Surrey Heath Borough Council Uses Interactive Maps for Public Consultation

Surrey Heath Borough Council is using interactive maps for the public consultation stage of a major development, the Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan. The maps built into Council’s website enable citizens to go online, view maps, aerial photography, download details of the proposed development and leave comments. This facility is enabled through Astun Technology’s

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Avenza Releases MAPublisher 8.7 for Adobe Illustrator

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the PDF Maps app for iOS and geospatial plugins for Adobe Creative Suite, including Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher 8.7 for Adobe Illustrator. This release includes a number of enhancements to existing features, such as Grids & Graticules, and some new ones,

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Blue Marble Releases 13.1 Update to Global Mapper Software Developer Toolkit Syncing it with Desktop Releases

Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper Software Developer Toolkit version 13.1. This update features many new drawing and analysis tools along with enhanced geospatial PDF and LAS 1.4 support. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization, and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Autodesk Introduces 2013 Building and Civil Infrastructure Software

Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced its 2013 software and services for building design and construction, civil infrastructure, and plant design professionals. Enhancements for Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013, Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite 2013 and Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2013, together with expanded cloud services and improved collaboration and

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

ANERPV and WebMaps use NAVTEQ Maps to Find Stolen Vehicles in Real Time

Nokia today announced that its Location & Commerce unit’s Enterprise reseller, WebMaps, is providing NAVTEQ® Maps for ANERPV’s new real-time vehicle tracking system. With this advanced technology solution, the NAVTEQ Map is used to provide geographical coordinates and enable satellite positioning of vehicles reported as stolen. The most important feature of the Webmaps solution is

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

MAPPS Federal Programs Conference Opens

The annual MAPPS Federal Programs Conference opens today in Washington, DC, featuring presentations by Federal agencies, the Obama Administration, members of Congress, and visits to the U.S. House and Senate by MAPPS members.

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

New Version of ScanEx Image Processor Software iI Available For Users

The new version of the software for handling RS data – ScanEx Image Processor – is available now for its users. ScanEx RDC specialists issued the new version of the ScanEx Image Processor 3.6 software application. This application has been widely used by different public organizations and private companies in Russia and abroad for in-depth

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

SuperGIS Desktop 3 Enhances GIS Teaching for Indonesian Senior High school

SuperGeo Technologies announced that the SMKN 4 Palangkaraya Senior High school, Indonesia, purchased SuperGIS serial products. The educators attempt to utilize the GIS technology to improve the education quality and innovation in geography. The development of technology facilitates the rapid exchange of information. Hence, how to make geographic knowledge easier and accessible to students is crucial