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Monday, April 25th, 2011

Alcove9 – Open Source Advanced Search for Engineering and Manufacturing

The vdR Group, Inc. today announced the launch of its new business unit, Alcove9. The Alcove9 search solution delivers unified access to disparate file system structures, including electronic content management (ECM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, enabling users to quickly search, find, retrieve and act upon content.

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Help Shape the National BIM Standard – United States(TM) – Version 2

It takes many people to get a new building up and running. They all have specific information they need to know and they all have information to share with other members of the project team. The importance of accurately sharing such information is one of the many reasons why building information modeling (BIM) is having

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Regional Resource Stewardship Council Holds Public Review of TVA Natural Resource Plan

This review will incorporate suggestions made by the council at a meeting in January as well as public comments. The council advises TVA on the operation of its dams and reservoirs; including responsibility for navigation, flood control, reservoir water quality, cultural resources and wildlife protection, and management of public lands and recreation. The 20-member council was

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Intergraph Acquires Denali Solutions

Denali is a global leader in records management systems (RMS), with leading customers such as Baltimore city and county,Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Intergraph and Denali have previously partnered to deliver fully integrated and market-leading public safety solutions. The acquisition of Denali assets advances Intergraph’s ability to provide public safety and security agencies with an integrated, end-to-end incident

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

Nokia and Microsoft Sign Definitive Agreement Ahead of Schedule

 Nokia and Microsoft  today announced the signing of a definitive agreement on a partnership that will result in a new global mobile ecosystem, utilizing the very complementary assets of both companies. Completed ahead of schedule, the definitive agreement is consistent with the joint announcement made on February 11. 

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Microsoft Workshop “Windows Phone 7” at COM.Geo 2011

Microsoft will have a workshop “Windows Phone 7” at COM.Geo 2011 conference which will be held on May 23-25, Washington, DC. The workshop is for who are interested to write an application or a game and make it available on Windows Phone 7 devices through Microsoft’s Marketplace.  At the workshop, Dr. Zhiming Xue and Joel Reyes

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Geosense – Vineyard Acquisition Program in Western Cape

Getmapping subsidiary Geosense, in partnership with Precision Surveys has just completed a successful aerial and ground based acquisition program in the Western Cape focused primarily on the wine producing regions. The program undertaken during February and March of this year captured over 130,000 hectares of vineyards including farms in CapeTown, Hermanus, Grabouw, Stellenbosch, Franschoek and

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Join LizardTech for a User Group Meeting at ASPRS 2011

LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is hosting a User Group Meeting at the upcoming ASPRS Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wis. It will take place on May 2nd, 8:00 a.m. – Noon in room 202D in the Frontier Airlines Center. The User Group

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

GRW Purchases Microsoft UltraCamLp Photogrammetric Digital Aerial Camera

GRW Inc., a full-service geospatial engineering, architecture and planning firm, has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft company, to purchase an UltraCamLp digital aerial camera system. The UltraCamLp will support GRW in serving government and commercial customers around the US, for applications such as transportation mapping, utility mapping, airport planning, and digital orthophoto creation. Learn

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Carl Pulfrich Award

It is with great pleasure to acknowledge the continuation of the Carl Pulfrich Award by Hexagon Geosystems, the new owner of Intergraph and Z/I Imaging. Please find enclosed the application criterion for the Carl Pulfrich Award 2011. As you know, Dr. Carl Pulfrich founded 1909 The Photogrammetric Week Series as a “Vacation Course in Stereo-Photogrammetry”. I am