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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Zeppelin U. and Tognum AG – Cooperation on European Center for Sustainability Research

Zeppelin University (ZU) and Tognum AG, the propulsion and power generation specialist, will join forces in the future: both have entered a cooperation agreement to establish a European Center for Sustainability Research (EZNaF). The ZU research center is destined to gain national and international recognition. “We regard sustainability as overall responsibility extending beyond the reaches

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Garmin Debuts GDL40 Cellular Marine Weather Receiver

Garmin International Inc. announced the GDL 40 – an affordable marine weather solution that brings on-demand graphical weather and radar data directly to a compatible NMEA 2000 Garmin chartplotter. The GDL 40 is the first and only cellular marine weather receiver on the market today. “For the first time, using the GDL 40, mariners will

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

First Inter-continental Personnel Tracking in GPS-denied

Precision Personnel Tracking System transmits geo-position data halfway around the globe in real time, tracking personnel in Hong Kong and displaying their position to observers in New York City. SEER Technology announced a successful, first ever inter-continental demonstration of personnel tracking in a GPS-denied environment using its NAViSEER Precision Personnel Tracking System. In a meeting with public safety officials in New York,

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Call – Chapters: Integrating Sensor-Web and Web-based Geoprocessing Book

Integrating Sensor-Web and Web-based Geoprocessing. We seek submissions for the ISW book, which cover unpublished research on the crossroad of Sensor Web and Geoprocessing. The idea for editing this book came up at the successful ISW workshop (http://purl.net/ifgi/isw2011) held at the AGILE 2011 conference in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Both, extended papers based on abstracts presented

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

MES Says Yes to GeoPDF

Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd. (MES) provides authoritative and expert advice to both the public and private sectors to help understand the impact of major industrial and construction activity on marine environments. To make the sharing of this information as straight forward as possible MES has purchased Publisher for ArcGIS to allow them to create GeoPDF

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

MundoGEO#Connect’s Fair Offers Free Admission for Professionals

Counting on more than 30 exhibitors, the fair of products and services that will take place during MundoGEO#Connect will present innovations and releases from the geo-technology sector. From June 14 to June 16, in São Paulo, Brazil, about 3 thousand people will be participating in the several activities promoted by the event, which will also

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

ASPRS Board Approves Formation of Lidar Division

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Board of Directors approved the formation of a Lidar Division at its Board meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday, May 5.  Lewis Graham, CEO of GeoCue Group, was appointed Interim Division Director until a national election for this position is held in late 2011.  The new

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Trimble Acquires MyTopo to Provide Unique Outdoor Content on GPS Phones

Trimble announced today that it has acquired privately-held MyTopo based in Billings, Montana. MyTopo is a leading provider of print and digital maps for outdoor enthusiasts. The acquisition expands Trimble’s ability to offer unique map content and new outdoor-centric products while simultaneously enhancing its popular mobile apps—Trimble Outdoors, AllSport GPS, Geocache Navigator, Cabela’s Recon Hunt,

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

DoT Wins Excellence Award for Geographic Information System Implementation

Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has won the Excellence Award in Geographic Information System (GIS) Implementation for the second successive time by GISTEC. The award was announced at GISWORX ’11, the 2011 GIS Workshops and Exhibition for Esri Users. This Excellence Award was given to the DoT for its work in Geographic Information Systems

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

3-GIS Mobilizes to Assist Jefferson County in Damage Assessment

3-GIS, a GIS software development and services company is assisting the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (JCEMA) with damage assessment data from the April 27 storms that devastated northern Alabama communities. As data is coming in from various sources, 3-GIS stood up their GIS system in Decatur, AL as an aggregation tool to populate Jefferson