Thursday, February 14th, 2013
For EcoLog ERIS, Canada’s leading provider of environmental risk information, leveraging technology is important to continuously improving services. The company recently replaced its legacy mapping system with Esri’s enterprise geographic information system (GIS) technology. The new Web-based application allows ERIS to automate numerous mapping tasks and produce better quality reports at a significantly faster rate.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has issued a Request for Quotations/Call for Participation (RFQ/CFP) to solicit proposals in response to requirements for the OGC Geo4NIEM Project. The Geo4NIEM Initiative will result in recommendations to enhance the geospatial capabilities within the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). Sponsors have identified specific Information Exchange Packages (IEPs) from Department
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
TerraGo, the leading provider of geospatial intelligence software, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,340,360 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled “System and Method for Fusing Vector Data with Imagery.” The patent recognizes TerraGo’s unique approach for the automatic and accurate alignment of vector datasets and imagery.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
While New Orleans may be winding down from Mardi Gras, the city is just about to get started with the TechAdvantage Conference & Expo 2013. 3-GIS, a global leading GIS software solutions company headquartered in Decatur, Alabama will be exhibiting at the event and previewing 3-GIS Live, its new cloud delivery model, February 18-21 at
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Intergraph announces the release of Geospatial SDI 2013 as part of Intergraph Geospatial Portfolio 2013. An interoperable and scalable spatial data infrastructure for cataloging and delivering enterprise geospatial data over the web, Geospatial SDI 2013 is designed for data providers that need to manage and serve secure or licensed information using standards-based web services.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Bentley Systems announced that its innovative Bentley Pointools technology was used to visualize and analyze the most detailed laser scan survey ever conducted of historic Stonehenge – one of the world’s oldest built environments. The laser scan with point spacing of 0.5 millimeters resulted in an enormous data resource of 850 gigabytes. The task of further
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Esri experts and users will be at TechAdvantage Conference and Expo February 18–20 in New Orleans, Louisiana, to show utilities how easy it is to get started with cloud GIS. TechAdvantage will bring together more than 650 electric cooperative engineering, operations, energy services, and IT professionals.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
An international team of scientists using new measurements from ESA’s ice mission has discovered that the volume of Arctic sea ice has declined by 36% during autumn and 9% during winter between 2003 and 2012.
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Optech is pleased to announce the sale of an Optech Lynx M1 Mobile Mapper and an Optech ILRIS Terrestrial Laser Scanner to Cobb Engineering Company (CEC) in Oklahoma, USA.
