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Monday, January 28th, 2013

Esri Opens DevSummit Registration

As the technology world focuses more and more on mapping and geospatial applications, developers from around the world have begun to register for the Esri International Developer Summit (DevSummit), scheduled for March 25–28, 2013, in Palm Springs, California.

Monday, January 28th, 2013

Astrium 2012: A Year of Successes and Transformation

In making his New Year media presentation, Astrium CEO François Auque announced that Europe’s leading space industry company had generated an estimated revenue of 5.8 billion euros in 2012, an increase of 7% on a constant perimeter basis and 17% on the previous year with the Vizada contribution.New orders totalled 3.8 billion euros, despite further

Monday, January 28th, 2013

National Geographic Maps Now Available on Avenza’’s PDF Maps App

National Geographic Maps, one of the most trusted names in cartography for nearly 100 years, has joined with Avenza Systems Inc. to offer a new channel to access its rich map content. The alliance enhances Avenza’s digital map database by adding more than 500 maps from National Geographic, a world-renowned source, and furthers National Geographic

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Presentation Proposals Invited for GIS-Pro 2013

Presentation proposals are now being accepted for GIS-Pro 2013: URISA’s 51st Annual Conference for GIS Professionals taking place September 16-19, 2013 in Providence, Rhode Island. All are welcome to submit proposals. There are no membership, certification nor experience requirements, and the presentation opportunities are plentiful… from formal speaking slots and panel discussions to casual luncheon

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Safe Software Announces FME World Tour 2013 to Visit 40+ Cities

Safe Software, the leader in spatial data transformation technology, announced today that it will kick off its FME World Tour 2013 on April 4th and will touch down in over 40 cities around the globe. The events are designed for all experience levels from people wanting to gain a general understanding of the product, to

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

MDA Wins Geospatial Project

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or “the Company”) (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a contract for US$9.5 million with an undisclosed customer. Under the initial 12-month contract, MDA will provide operational support for the customer’s geospatial data fusion and exploitation projects. The contract includes options to extend

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

National Land Survey of Finland Deploys Bentley Geo Web Publisher to Serve Maps On Demand

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that the National Land Survey of Finland has deployed Bentley Geo Web Publisher, together with a Smallworld GIS and open source software, to serve maps free of charge to the citizens of Finland. The National Land Survey has used Bentley Geo

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Lockheed Martin Awarded the OGC’s Distinguished Member Award

At the January meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) in Redlands, California, Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, was awarded the Open Geospatial Consortium’s (OGC) Distinguished Member Award.

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

When Disaster Strikes, Cloud GIS Helps Save Lives

People worried about getting caught in an earthquake will be relieved to know there’s an app for that. The iPhone app, Earthquake Buddy, which was recently featured at an IEEE conference, sends a warning email to those in 5.0 and higher earthquakes to alert them of impending danger. If users fail to respond in a

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Supergeo Reaches New Reseller Agreement with Géo.RM in France

Supergeo Technologies partners with Géo.RM to cooperatively promote SuperGIS software and solutions in French-speaking countries, helping users improve work efficiency in decision-making, planning, and operational management by means of GIS technologies.