Wednesday, April 25th, 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 (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
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, 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
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 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 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
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
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
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.”