Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
T-Kartor AB is featuring TerraGo® GeoPDF® maps and imagery as part of a demonstration of its advanced mapping capabilities in support of North Sea maritime safety and integrated coastal zone management and planning. The demonstration takes place at the 2012 BLAST (Bringing Land and Sea Together) Conference Sept. 17-18, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Limited budgets challenge the City of Regina to be innovative and resourceful when looking for ways to provide information to the public. Joining Esri Canada’s Community Maps Program in 2011 has allowed the City to cost-effectively share geographic maps and data, as well as access a wealth of mapping tools and content through ArcGIS Online.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Today’s launch of a European environmental satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will enable NOAA to continue capturing data that feed sophisticated, numerical prediction models used to forecast weather and climate in the United States, according to the agency’s top satellite official.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
3D models created from high resolution aerial photography are supporting the pioneering use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) on regeneration and construction projects across London. Created by Bluesky and supplied to David Miller Architects the 3D models accurately place the projects in their real world multi dimension context. This provides a base for the integration
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Based on the recommendations of ENGESAT, SuperGeo’s reseller in Brazil, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 is adopted by LHSTP Consultoria Tecnica Ltda and Projects, an environmental consulting firm, to carry out the environmental monitoring and management projects for sustainable use and development of natural resources.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies announced the release of SuperGIS Network Server 3.1. The server software serves complete network analysis functions to increase data analysis capacity for organizations.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in cooperation with NatureServe has become the first agency in the nation to exchange biodiversity data using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Central Data Exchange. The state agency was awarded an EPA Exchange Network grant to create Internet-based applications for field biologists that allow them to enter species data
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Today, at 22:28 hours local time (17:28 hours BST or 16:28 UTC), a Soyuz rocket successfully launched the Astrium-built Metop-B satellite into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A little less than one hour and nine minutes after the launch, the upper stage of the launch vehicle successfully released the satellite into its designated
Monday, September 17th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has become an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Member, following the decision of the ITU Council 2012 in July.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Data from The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the 2010 – 2020 job outlook for geographic information systems (GIS) professionals at all skill levels has never been better and is growing much faster than average. All geospatial occupations are expected to grow by at least 14 percent. This growth has created a need for
