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Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Intermap Technologies Completes the First 3D Dataset of All Roads in Western Europe

Intermap Technologies announced the completion of their 3D Roads – the only dataset to provide highly accurate 3D models for every road, from the largest highway to the smallest urban and rural roads, throughout Western Europe. Derived from a radar-generated 2D road network combined with height information from the Company’s NEXTMap digital terrain model, 3D

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Bulgaria May Build LNG Terminal as Russia Wants to Skip South Stream’s Underwater Section

Russia, the key sponsor of the South Stream gas transit pipeline passing through Bulgaria, has indicated that the project’s underwater section might be replaced with liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals on the Black Sea. The Russian leadership is considering the construction of a terminal for liquefiednatural gas (LNG) as part of the South Stream gas transit pipeline instead of laying

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Open Source Geospatial Conference Announces Workshop Lineup

The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference has released a lineup of 24 hands-on workshops for the 2011 conference, which will be held Sept. 12 – 16 in Denver, CO, USA. FOSS4G is the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial software. The bulk of the workshops provide an opportunity for in-depth

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Optech Announces Keynote Speakers for ILSC 2011

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for its Innovative Lidar Solutions Conference,ILSC 2011. At the conference, to be held May 31– June 3 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Toronto, the keynote speakers willbring their unique perspectives to illuminate critical issues

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Colortrac Launches 10 Language Version of SmartWorks Pro

Colortrac, an important innovator in the field of wide format scanner technology, have released a new version of their SmartWorks Pro large format scanner software allowing customers to select from one of 10 new fully nationalised versions to suit their local needs. The fully translated Graphical User Interface (GUI) and embedded Contextual User Guide allow SmartWorks Pro customers to further refine their scanning

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Nominations Process for URISA’s GIS Hall of Fame Opens

Nominations for URISA’s GIS Hall of Fame are being accepted until May 1, 2011.  URISA established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

3-GIS to Demonstrate at the Emergency Preparedness for Utilities Conference

3-GIS, a GIS software development and services company based in Decatur, Alabama will attending the O’Neil Management Consulting Conference on Emergency Preparedness and Service Restoration for Utilities in Memphis, TN on March 16-18, 2011. 3-GIS will be demonstrating Command Center, an Esri-enabled Operational Picture and Situational Awareness solution. Read More

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

More than 3.000 People to Meet at MundoGEO Connect 2011 Event in São Paulo, Brazil

MundoGEO Group is promoting MundoGEO#Connect event in São Paulo in June. The expectation is to receive more than 3.000 professionals in MundoGEO#Connect event, among specialists, decision makers, data productors, application developers, content providers and users of geoinformation in general. The event is internationaly supported by GIM, Directionsmag, V1, ISPRS and GITA. The fair of the

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Vexcel Imaging receives ISO 9001:2008 Certificate

On 4 February 2011, Vexcel Imaging GmBH, a Microsoft® company, received an ISO 9001:2008 Certificate from  the certification body SystemCERT. This certifies that Vexcel Imaging has implemented and maintains a Quality Management System which fulfills the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001:2008 and has demonstrated a commitment to continuous improvement of its processes. Learn

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Avenza MAPublisher Supports Cartographica

Avenza Systems Inc., producer of PDF Maps for iOS devices and geospatial plug-ins for Adobe Creative Suite, including Geographic Imager for Adobe Photoshop, is pleased to announce new support for Cartographica-generated Adobe Illustrator files in MAPublisher 8.4. Cartographica, produced by ClueTrust, is a geographic information system (GIS) for Mac OS that contains geospatial tools to explore,