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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

SuperGIS Network Analyst Extension 3.0 Released Officially

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, officially launched the latest SuperGIS Network Analyst 3.0. Utilizing SuperNetObjects 3.0 as the development core, SuperGIS Network Analyst 3.0 adds hierarchy settings and greatly improves its performance in operation and analysis.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

SuperGIS Desktop Aids American University of Sharjah in Civil Engineering Programs

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that American University of Sharjah, UAE adopted SuperGIS Desktop Lab Kit and GIS Learning CD. The procurement is recommended by Evolving GeoSystems, SuperGeo’s distributor in UAE, to enhance the academic service quality and create a positive learning environment for the users.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

ASPRS Announces 2012 Award Winners

The Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild) was awarded to Dean W. Merchant, PhD, PE. at the 2012 Annual ASPRS Conference in Sacramento in March. This award, the essence of which is practicability, is designed to stimulate the development of the art of aerial photogrammetry in the United States. The selection committee makes its choice based on an

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

CryoSat’s First Map of Changes in Sea-ice Thickness to be Unveiled

The unveiling of the first map of the winter 2010–11 changes in Arctic sea-ice thickness measured by ESA’s ice mission wil be unveiled on 24 April at the Royal Society in London. Launched in April 2010, CryoSat’s main objective is to measure the thickness of polar sea-ice and monitor changes in the ice sheets that

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The Countries of the Congo Basin are Using Geo-spatial Technologies for the Sustainable Development of Forest Ecosystems

The partnership established in 2010 between the AFD and Astrium aims, in the long term, to freely distribute SPOT satellite images to governments, public institutions and NGOs that work for the sustainable management of forests in Central Africa.  This programme for the provision of SPOT satellite images, which is financed by the AFD for a

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Bluesky Streams 3D Aerial Maps Over Web

Aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched a new service streaming 3D aerial photos via the Internet. The Stereo Web Map (SWM) allows high resolution aerial images to be viewed in 3D and enables users to take height measurements from the images and digitise 3D mapping, all online. Applications of the SWM are expected to include

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

DigitalGlobe Unveils New Details of WorldView-3 Satellite

DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today unveiled unique capabilities of its WorldView-3 satellite, slated for launch in mid-2014. The announcement was made at the 28th Annual National Space Symposium, the premier gathering of the global space community taking place now in Colorado Springs.

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

COM.Geo 2012 Call For Lightning Talks

The COM.Geo 2012 lightning talk is a presentation in which participants are given ten-minute inspirational presentation and share ideas about one of these topics, but not limited to:

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

URISA Announces LiDAR Webinar Series

URISA, the Association for GIS Professionals, is offering a three part LiDAR webinar series for all members of the geospatial community.   The first session, LiDAR 101, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th at 1 PM ET/ 10 AM PT. Followed by part two, Project Planning, on Wednesday, May 23rd and part three, Data Quality Control,

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Leica GeoMoS Web v2.2 Provides Enhanced Graphical Presentation of Railway Profiles

Leica Geosystems releases an update of Leica GeoMoS Web, the web-based service for visualization and analysis of monitoring data via the Internet. The new version, Leica GeoMoS Web v2.2, provides an advanced graphical representation of monitoring data along the transversal and longitudinal profiles, further enhancing the visualization and analysis capabilities.