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Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Trimble’s Introduces eCognition 8.7 Software With Powerful New Information Extraction Capabilities for Geospatial Data

Trimble announced the release of eCognition 8.7, a new version of its advanced software suite designed to extract information from a range of geospatial data including images, point clouds and Geographic Information System (GIS) vectors. The software suite enables aerial imaging companies, geospatial data providers, scientists and end users to integrate and analyze earth observation

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

SSTL Brings Economical Space Discussions to IAC 2011 in Cape Town

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is sponsoring the 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town next week – the company’s experts are eager to share their vision for cost effective innovation during the five-day congress.

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

OGC and EuroGeographics Cooperate to Advance European Spatial Data Infrastructure

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and EuroGeographics recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote interoperability through open standards to benefit the European geospatial community.  The two organizations both seek to promote compatible, standards-based Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) from the local to global level, and the OGC is positioned to help EuroGeographics support a

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

ERDAS Releases ECW for ArcGIS Server, Version 11.0.2

ERDAS proudly announces the release of ECW for ArcGIS Server, version 11.0.2.  This product provides a means for ArcGIS Server to deliver data in the ERDAS-patented Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) format to clients via OGC-compliant Web Coverage Service (WCS) and Web Map Service (WMS).

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

FME Fuels BC Transit’s Latest Launch of Kelowna on Google Transit

Safe Software announced today that FME®, the leading spatial data transformation technology, has enabled BC Transit to drive the Kelowna Regional Transit System onto Google Transit. FME’s flexible, automated workflows and data transformation processes afforded the Victoria, BC-based organization the ability to complete complex data preparation tasks in minutes and  develop a proven, end-to-end Google

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

EPA Announces Winners of First-Ever Green Power Community Challenge

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the communities of Washington, D.C. and Brookeville, Md. as winners of the first Green Power Community Challenge. The year-long challenge encouraged communities across the nation to voluntarily increase their use of green power generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, biogas, and low-impact hydropower.

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

SuperGeo Updates Task-oriented Mobile GIS—SuperField 3

SuperGeo Technologies announced that SuperField 3, the light weight mobile GIS application, is updated and released worldwide. SuperField 3 is designed as a task- oriented mobile GIS and seen as the finest GIS solution for surveyors to easily manipulate and collect spatial data. SuperField 3 and SuperPad 3 both belong to the mobile GIS product

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Optech Announces Rapid Mobilization Platform for Lynx Mobile Mapper

Optech Incorporated is pleased to announce a new lightweight, state-of-the-art mounting platform for its Lynx Mobile Mapper. The newly designed rack features rigid mounting points and latching that virtually eliminate any slippage or vibration, ensuring consistent survey results and increased repeatability. T

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Trimble Introduces Trident Analyst Software with Native 64-bit Support for Terrestrial Mobile Mapping

Trimble introduced today a new version of its terrestrial mobile mapping office software—Trimble Trident Analyst 4.7. The software is designed to effectively manage and interpret high-resolution digital images and large point clouds, and automatically extract features from Trimble’s MX Mobile Mapping and Survey systems. These capabilities allow land mobile data to be transformed into geospatial

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Trimble’s Survey Solutions Allows Surveyors to Collect, Share and Deliver Data Faster

Trimble today introduced additions to its portfolio of Connected Site survey solutions for the field and office. The new and enhanced tools allow surveyors to collect, share and deliver data faster to improve accuracy, efficiency and productivity.