Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Russell G. Congalton, a Professor of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems at the University of New Hampshire, has been named as the recipient of the 2012 SAIC Estes Memorial Teaching Award. The SAIC Estes Memorial Teaching Award was inaugurated in 2003 and is named in honor of Professor John E. (“Jack”) Estes, teacher, mentor,
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
On Saturday February 4 at 12:37 Moscow time GeoEye-1 satellite took images of the Moscow city. Image were processed by the GeoEye’s distributor – ScanEx Research & Development Center – by the request of RIA Novosti. February 4 witnessed several rallies – the most massive were organized by the anti-Putin marchers through Yakimanka Street, which
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies announced that Osimo City Hall in Italy selected SuperGIS Desktop 3 to build up its professional GIS platform, which assists the staff of the departments in effectively editing, analyzing, querying, and managing spatial data, and eventually facilitating the data usability and integration. Located in the province of Ancona, Italy, Osimo is a town of
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
SuperSurv 3.0, released by SuperGeo Technologies, support bilingual user interface, traditional Chinese and English, and global coordinate system. SuperSurv is the mobile survey system operated on Android mobile device. SuperSurv 3.0 focuses on the convenience of data collection in field survey and supports to display base map in SGT format and Web map services. Users can
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Kari J. Craun and Herbert W. Stoughton have been named the 2012 ASPRS Fellow Award winners. The ASPRS designation of Fellow is conferred on active Society members who have performed exceptional service in advancing the science and use of the mapping sciences (photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying, geographic information systems, and related disciplines). The designation of
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) announces the release of GeoCore 2012, the all-in-one data conversion developer toolkit for geospatial data. The updated version of GeoCore features GeoCalc 6.5, GeoTransform 6.2, and GeoTranslate 5.2. If desired, the latest versions of these software development kits are also available for individual purchase. When combined into GeoCore users can
Monday, February 6th, 2012
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that IIC Technologies has purchased multiple licenses of its Correlator3D™ product. The transaction was brokered by Groupe SCE India, SimActive’s partner in India. “The high throughput and quality expected from Correlator3D™ puts us in a better position to undertake more challenging projects”, said
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Intergraph proudly announces its gold sponsorship of the India Geospatial Forum 2012, to be held February 6-7 in Gurgaon, India. In conjunction with India Geospatial Forum, Intergraph will also host its India Users’ Conference on Monday, February 6, 2012. The inaugural session features a presentation by Mr. Anil K. Sinha, Vice Chairman, Bihar State Disaster
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Glynn Rhinehart has been named president of Fugro Chance Inc., which has 400 employees in Lafayette and Houston. Rhinehart has been with Fugro for 17 years, most recently as president of John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. which provides land surveying and aerial LiDAR mapping services to the oil and gas, railroad, and electric transmission industries throughout
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad plans to invest $3.9 billion in upgrades to its network this year. The railroad said Wednesday that its capital spending plan is $400 million bigger than its 2011 budget of $3.5 billion. Overall, the nation’s major freight railroads, which include BNSF, plan to spend about $13 billion this year, up
