Thursday, May 24th, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Indonesian Meteorological, Climatological & Geophysical Agency (BMKG) employs SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 with the powerful GIS tools to integrate and visualize a variety of spatial data and statistics about meteorology.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
An up-to-date land inventory is required for effective conservation and land-use planning. While there are numerous commercial data providers of aerial photography and remotely-sensed imagery, not all provide comprehensive geographic coverage due to the significant costs of conducting aerial surveys and imagery collection. To address this challenge, the Alberta Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
Avenza Systems Inc., the leading developer of cartographic software –such as MAPublisher® for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®– has partnered with Mapmobility, Canada’s most prominent producer of printed urban mapping products to announce the largest offering of Canadian digital maps for consumer use on the iOS platform. Avenza will host
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
Aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a fast response aerial survey service using state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones. The technology, originally developed by the military, includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided autopilot, high resolution integrated camera and environmentally friendly rechargeable propulsion system. Autonomous take-off and landing ensures the system is easy
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
ESA and industry have built a strong relationship in the 35 years they have worked together. But with changing times, we should review this relationship to see what has worked well and what needs to be improved, so that it continues to grow.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
OpenGeo, a company committed to bringing the best enterprise open source geospatial software and support to organizations and governments worldwide, will be an active participant in this year’s Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Central and Eastern Europe (FOSS4G-CEE) & Geoinformatics 2012 Conference. The much anticipated conference will take place in Prague from May
Friday, May 18th, 2012
NOAA scientists will use data from a new Japanese polar-orbiting satellite launched earlier today from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, to help forecast severe storms, monitor the decline of Arctic sea ice, and predict the onset of El Niño, La Niña and other global climate phenomena. Once deemed operational, data from this new spacecraft and the
Friday, May 18th, 2012
As global unemployment continues to rise and job opportunities remain scarce, especially for youth, the creation of a green economy might hold the answers to addressing some of today’s most critical challenges. Global unemployment reached an estimated 205 million in 2010, up from 177 million in 2007, according to the Worldwatch Institute’s recently released report,
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Esri Canada today announced that the company has been named one of the Top 100 IT Solution Providers in Canada by Computer Dealer News (CDN), the country’s leading IT channel publication and Web site. Esri Canada ranked no. 20 on its first year on the list and also received the Best-Performing Newcomer Award. CDN Top
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Dr. Xavier Lopez, Director of Spatial and Semantic Technologies, Oracle, will deliver a keynote “Big Data and Advanced Spatial Analytics” at COM.Geo 2012 conference which will be held on July 1-3, Washington, DC.
