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Friday, March 25th, 2011

TerraSAR-X Data Available for Seismic Research following Japan Earthquake

The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X will acquire co-seismic data and a post-seismic time series of three months duration, covering the area around Sendei, Japan, in ascending (orbit 156, strip 9, incidence 35 degrees) and descending (orbit 42, strip 10, incidence 37 degrees) orbits in 3m resolution (StripMap Mode). The data will be made available free of

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Garmin Announces the Future of Avionics

Garmin International Inc. raised the bar today with the announcement of the GTN 650 and GTN 750 series. These panel-mount units are certified and approved for installation in hundreds of makes and models of general aviation aircraft. The GTN 650 and GTN 750 feature new capabilities for GPS/NAV/COM systems like touchscreen operation, graphical flight planning with

Friday, March 25th, 2011

The New Zealand Geospatial Challenge

No one would be surprised to know that there are challenges to making a national geospatial agenda happen.  When I think across the many conversations, presentations and discussions I’ve been a part of, it often comes back to one thing – an issue that can be summed up in one line. It’s what I’m characterizing

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Siemens Founds Rail Innovation Centre of Competence in the United Kingdom

Siemens’ Mobility Division established its “Rail Innovation Centre of Competence” – the first of its kind worldwide – in the United Kingdom in March 2011. At this Innovation Centre, Siemens will lead the development of new concepts and technologies for the international rail vehicle service business. The demand for these services is ever increasing: The

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Ronen Zioni Appointed HP’s Marketing Director for its Graphics Solutions Business in EMEA

Ronen Zioni has been appointed HP’s marketing director for its Graphics Solutions Business in EMEA. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Zioni with his team will provide cross-portfolio marketing support to the three businesses of GSB across the EMEA region to continue to drive awareness and support growth of its HP Designjet, HP Indigo and IHPS and

Friday, March 25th, 2011

First Broad-scale Maps of Life on the Sea-shelf

Marine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia’s continental shelf.They examined the shelf seascape during a three-year program of the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) Marine BiodiversityHub.  They examined the shelf seascape during a three-year program of the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) Marine Biodiversity

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Link Analysis Software Enhances Data Import, Declutter and Visualization

FMS, Inc. an In-Q-Tel portfolio company, has released Version 4.6 of its Sentinel Visualizer data visualization and link analysis software. Originally released in 2005, Sentinel Visualizer offers link charts, social network analysis, geospatial mapping, and the examination of timelines based on a user-customizable knowledgebase. The Professional and Premium Editions of Sentinel 4.6 now provide enhanced

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Australia’s City West Water Expands Investment in MWH Soft Solutions For Enterprise-Wide Geospatial Water Modeling

The program, chosen following a competitive review to replace its existing modeling solution, will support CWWL’s commitment to improving its operational efficiency while taking its customer service to new levels. CWWL provides drinking water, sewerage, trade waste and recycled water services to over 855,900 people in Melbourne’s central business district, inner and western suburbs. Its boundaries

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

MundoGEO#Connect 2011 Event Will Be Broadcasted On-line, With Simultaneous Translation And More Than 120 Lecturers

MundoGEO#Connect will have some activities broadcast through webinars and also via social networks, allowing those who cannot be at the event in June in São Paulo, to follow and interact with the event. Besides the 3,000 professionals who the event attracts, there is an estimate that more than 5,000 will be able to follow it

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Esri ArcGIS 10 Now Supported by MAPublisher

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the PDF Maps app for iOS and geospatial plugins for Adobe Creative Suite, including Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce updated support for Esri ArcGIS 10 geodatabases and ArcMap document (MXD) files in MAPublisher 8.4.1 for Adobe Illustrator. The latest version of this mapmaking software used to