Saturday, December 15th, 2012
DigitalGlobe has published its 20 best satellite images of 2012 and it is now looking for public feedback to select the top one. The satellite images feature natural disasters and wonder, political issues, and other events. The public can browse through the images on DigitalGlobe’s Facebook page and use the “like” button to vote on their favorites until
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that MapBox (www.mapbox.com), a provider of open source solutions for designing and publishing maps via the cloud, has chosen DigitalGlobe as their commercial earth imagery provider.
Friday, December 14th, 2012
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today released an update to its free GeoViewer application for Apple iOS devices, designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays.
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Abstract submissions for URISA’s GIS in Public Health Conference will be accepted until January 31, 2013 . The conference will take place in Miami, Florida, June 17-20, 2013 and is chaired by long-time committee member, Jason K. Blackburn, PhD, Emerging Pathogens Institute & Department of Geography at the University of Florida. This biennial conference has been previously
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Esri Canada congratulates business startup Environmaps for receiving an honourable mention at the recent AngelHack Toronto, the world’s largest Web developer competition. Environmaps created environmaps.com, a one-click land-use planning app that supports non-residential property development. The app leverages ArcGIS, Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) solution, integrated with open-source software and consumer-oriented maps. Through the app, property developers can
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to have been selected to present a paper on post processing LiDAR data with Global Mapper at the European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF) conference in Salzburg, Austria. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil and gas, mining, civil
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Frost & Sullivan has named TerraGo Technologies a notable market participant in its recently released “Analysis of the U.S. Defense Geospatial Market” report.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today Trimble Outdoors Elite, a comprehensive membership program for outdoor enthusiasts. The Elite membership provides access to more than 2,500 best-in-class topo map bundles that can be stored on smartphones and tablets. In addition, Elite members can view public land boundaries in 46 states, see real-time weather and scout trips with
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Leica Geosystems has introduced Virtual Vista, a new web based platform that delivers a flexible data management solution to farmers. Virtual Vista offers a simple solution which connects directly to the Leica mojo3D. Through the built-in modem of the Leica mojo3D farmers can access the service within a few steps; no additional hardware has to be
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Abstract submissions for URISA’s GIS in Public Health Conference will be accepted until January 31, 2013. The conference will take place in Miami, Florida, June 17-20, 2013 and is chaired by long-time committee member, Jason K. Blackburn, PhD, Emerging Pathogens Institute & Department of Geography at the University of Florida. This biennial conference has been previously presented in
