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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

ERDAS Releases ECW for ArcGIS Server, Version 11.0.2

ERDAS proudly announces the release of ECW for ArcGIS Server, version 11.0.2.  This product provides a means for ArcGIS Server to deliver data in the ERDAS-patented Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) format to clients via OGC-compliant Web Coverage Service (WCS) and Web Map Service (WMS).

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

FME Fuels BC Transit’s Latest Launch of Kelowna on Google Transit

Safe Software announced today that FME®, the leading spatial data transformation technology, has enabled BC Transit to drive the Kelowna Regional Transit System onto Google Transit. FME’s flexible, automated workflows and data transformation processes afforded the Victoria, BC-based organization the ability to complete complex data preparation tasks in minutes and  develop a proven, end-to-end Google

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

EPA Announces Winners of First-Ever Green Power Community Challenge

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the communities of Washington, D.C. and Brookeville, Md. as winners of the first Green Power Community Challenge. The year-long challenge encouraged communities across the nation to voluntarily increase their use of green power generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, biogas, and low-impact hydropower.

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

SuperGeo Updates Task-oriented Mobile GIS—SuperField 3

SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperField 3, the light weight mobile GIS application, is updated and released worldwide. SuperField 3 is designed as a task- oriented mobile GIS and seen as the finest GIS solution for surveyors to easily manipulate and collect spatial data. SuperField 3 and SuperPad 3 both belong to the mobile GIS product

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper

Optech Incorporated is pleased to announce a new lightweight, state-of-the-art mounting platform for its Lynx Mobile Mapper. The newly designed rack features rigid mounting points and latching that virtually eliminate any slippage or vibration, ensuring consistent survey results and increased repeatability. T

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Trimble Introduces Trident Analyst Software with Native 64-bit Support for Terrestrial Mobile Mapping

Trimble introduced today a new version of its terrestrial mobile mapping office software—Trimble Trident Analyst 4.7. The software is designed to effectively manage and interpret high-resolution digital images and large point clouds, and automatically extract features from Trimble’s MX Mobile Mapping and Survey systems. These capabilities allow land mobile data to be transformed into geospatial

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Trimble’s Survey Solutions Allows Surveyors to Collect, Share and Deliver Data Faster

Trimble today introduced additions to its portfolio of Connected Site survey solutions for the field and office. The new and enhanced tools allow surveyors to collect, share and deliver data faster to improve accuracy, efficiency and productivity.

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Final Update: NASA’s UARS Re-enters Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth at 12 a.m. EDT (0400 GMT), as Friday, Sept. 23, turned to Saturday, Sept. 24 on the United States east coast. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has determined the satellite entered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

AeroGRID Signs Agreement with Lantmäteriet

The Swedish national mapping agency Lantmäteriet has signed an agreement with AeroGRID Limited for data distribution including aerial imagery of the whole of Sweden (450,000km²). Clients can purchase the data both on and offline. AeroGRID can now offer complete aerial survey coverage of Scandinavia and much of Western Europe.

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Autodesk Cloud Enables Access to Design Capability from Anywhere, at Anytime

Autodesk, Inc. introduced Autodesk Cloud, a collection of more than a dozen web-based capabilities, products and services that enable customers to extend their desktops with greater mobility, new viewing and sharing capabilities, and more computing power, helping them better design, visualize and simulate their ideas. In addition, Autodesk Subscription customers will now have exclusive access