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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

ERDAS Extends ArcGIS Support with New Version of ECW Plug-in

ERDAS announces the release of new version of ECW Plug-in for ArcGIS Desktop. This free plug-in provides a means for ArcGIS for Desktop users to read files in the ECW and JP2 formats and accept ECWP streams of ECW and JP2 data originating from ERDAS APOLLO. Using components of the ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK version 4.2,

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

SuperGeo to Release SuperGIS Desktop 3.1

SuperGeo Technologies announced that its latest desktop GIS software, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1, will be released officially soon.  As the newest desktop GIS software of SuperGIS 3 series products, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 is equipped with diverse GIS tools, considerably improves the performance in editing, displaying, analyzing and managing spatial data.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

NOAA: 2010 One of the Two Warmest Years on Record

Worldwide, 2010 was one of the two warmest years on record according to the 2010 State of the Climate report, which NOAA released today. The peer-reviewed report, issued in coordination with the American Meteorological Society, was compiled by 368 scientists from 45 countries. It provides a detailed, yearly update on global climate indicators, notable climate

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

National Land Survey of Iceland to Deploy ArcGIS for INSPIRE

The National Land Survey of Iceland (NLSI) is implementing Esri’s ArcGIS for INSPIRE to meet compliance with the European Union’s Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Directive. This will ensure that the country’s public data is visible and accessible to institutions, companies, and individuals for improved governance. By recent law, NLSI is the key

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

ABACO Launches DbMAP 3D

Abaco announces DbMAP 3D, a suite of professional applications to design, create and publish geographic content, which can be visualized in 3D thorough the web. Abaco’s achievements are the result of the great experiences both nationally and internationally. Specialized know-how supported by major research and professional development of technologies for the design, implementation and publication

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Royal Geographical Society Hidden Journeys – Cairo to Doha

Our newest flight path explores the ancient cultures and landforms that lie between the two expanding cities of Cairo and Doha. Covering the deserts of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the flight path reveals the true value of water in the development of societies as well as exploring how another liquid resource, oil, has changed the structure of the region over the

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Gigabytes of SPOT 5 Data for Search and Selection

Search for detailed SPOT 5 image using catalog is now available at the Kosmosnimki.Ru geoservice. Services for search and order of satellite images from the archive of ScanEx RDC in “one-stop shop” mode are now available via the website Search.kosmosnimki.ru. SPOT 5 satellite is the principal operational tool of the well-proven French SPOT system of

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Accountability in Forestry and Other NRM Sectors

An important aspect of forest governance is accountability, because there is a need for more feed-back mechanisms. Recently, “Improving accountability for NRM sectors at different scales and levels: An exploration” (38 pp.) was published by the Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen University and Research Centre.This report, written by Arend Jan van Bodegom, explores

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

New BlomMETRO – Sharpest Aerial Photography Available

Blom UK is excited to be launching a brand new portfolio of geospatial data, simply called BlomMETRO. Comprising a wealth of information derived from aerial surveys, from false colour infrared imagery and 3D models to building and land use intelligence, BlomMETRO provides the clearest insight into the UK’s towns and cities currently available. MetroHD is

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Flash Based 3D Geo Spatial Video Web Application, iiView

iiView is primarily a Flash based Web Viewer for visualization of 3D Geo spatial Video link with Super Wide Angle Image. By adopting Adobe Flash , our 3D Viewer can be widely used and the application becomes more robust for general use. One can perform Geo Tagging , Measurement in the 3D space and can interact with the real