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Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling Workshop

With only three months before the start of our Banff 2011 Geotechnical Modeling workshop, we are now more than half full. Registration has been brisk, and we anticipate being completely full well before the October 17th start. If you are considering joining us in Banff this year to fine-tune your numerical modeling skills, please act quickly

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

2011 Applanix Airborne User Group Meeting

As a valued customer, we hope that you’ll be able to attend our upcoming 2011 Airborne User Group Meeting. It will be held on Nov 15-17, in Toronto at the Toronto Rogers Centre / Renaissance Hotel, and will provide our customers and ourselves an excellent opportunity to share and learn, to hold in-depth discussions and

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Atlantic Walrus Population to be Studied Using Space Technology

Arctic Region attracts more and more attention every year. However, the seas of the Arctic – is not just the territory for industrial development, but the habitat of multiple species of mammals and fish. Head of the Marine Program of the WWF Konstantin Zgurovsky told on-air of the “Voice of Russia” radio broadcasting station about the bio-diversity

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Microsoft Licenses Augmented Reality and Pointing-Based Mobile Local Search

Microsoft Corp. has entered into a licensing agreement with GeoVector Corporation, the world leader in Augmented Reality and pointing-based local search solutions for mobile devices. The non-exclusive multi-year agreement gives Microsoft rights to use concepts covered by GeoVector’s patents. “We are thrilled to have Microsoft join the growing number of GeoVector licensees,” said John Ellenby, GeoVector’s

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

IBM Applies Analytics to City Operations; Helps Build Smarter Cities

IBM today announced the IBM Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities, a new solution designed to help cities of all sizes gain a holistic view of information across city departments and agencies. By infusing analytical insights into municipal operations through one central point of command, cities will be able to better anticipate problems, respond to

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Trimble Expands Product Training and Support for Agriculture

Trimble announced today a four-tiered precision agriculture product training and support initiative for Trimble Agriculture’s resellers and grower customers.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

StreetMapper Speeds Surveying of Highway Bridges

StreetMapper, the vehicle-based laser mapping system, is now being offered with a range of tools for the automatic calculation of bridge heights and other measurements. Designed to simplify the complex task of processing the billions of individual laser scanned measurements recorded by the world’s most accurate mobile mapping system StreetMapper Bridges is ideally suited for

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

HCA Launches Rural e-learning Course and Toolkit

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) today launched its first e-learning course and toolkit aimed specifically at those interested in or specialising in rural housing provision – including Local Authorities, Registered Providers and developers. Both tools aim to address the issue of provision of affordable housing, which is a particular challenge in rural areas.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

GeoCommons Adds More GIS features for Free!

Private Data Support: Keep proprietary data private and unsearchable by others. Now you can upload proprietary data, analyze it with other data and create compelling maps, charts and graphs all within a secure interface. Groups and Permissions: Allow others in your group or organization to access and collaborate with you. Enable permissions at various levels to

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Latest Esri Map Book Illustrates Broad Range of GIS Capabilities

Esri Map Book highlights the wide diversity of GIS applications in use today. From a detailed tourism map of the archaeological sites in Luxor, Egypt, to the scientific analysis of the iron and titanium concentrations on the moon, this year’s map book beautifully showcases the power and potential of geospatial analysis.