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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

GALILEO Getting Ready

End of October a Soyuz launcher, the first ever from Europe’s space port in French Guyane, will put into orbit the first two satellites of the Galileo Constellation. After GIOVE A and B, launched in 2005 and 200, to secure the Galileo frequencies and test the new technologies needed for satellite navigation, Galileo is now getting

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

SuperGIS Mobile Tour 3.0 (Android version) Upgrades Geopark Navigation System

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, is pleased to announce that SuperGIS Mobile Tour 3.0 (Android version) is utilized to develop a whole new navigation system for Yehliu Geopark.  As a famous resort with unique geological landscapes in North-eastern Taiwan, Yehliu Geopark has launched an electronic navigation system for the

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

earthmine Hosts Successful First Partner Conference

earthmine, a world leader in 3D street level imagery, held its first-ever Partner Conference last week, hosting nearly 100 current and potential partners representing 13 countries at the two-day conference. Kicking off the conference on Thursday, July 7, was the keynote presentation by Lawrie Jordan, Director of Imagery for Esri and founder of ERDAS. Throughout

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Zebra Launches Holographic Printing for ArcGIS 10

Zebra Imaging announced today that the company is launching a software add- in that will allow Esri users to print their 3D data in a holographic display for true 3D presentations and analysis. Zebra Imaging has created over 10,000 3D maps of areas of interest for the U.S.

Monday, July 11th, 2011

GeoEye and Esri Launching GeoEye Image Pack for Esri ELA Customers

 GeoEye, Inc. is launching GeoEye Image Pack for Esri ELA Customers on July 11, 2011, with its partner, Esri®. Small governments, public safety organizations and utilities rely on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and imagery to effectively perform regular activities within tight budgets, such as urban planning, economic development and public works. The GeoEye Image Pack

Monday, July 11th, 2011

NAVTEQ Data in Esri Solutions Demonstrated at the 2011 Esri UC

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, will demonstrate the power of NAVTEQ  map data and location content at the 2011 Esri International User Conference in San Diego, CA (booth #817), July 11-15, 2011.  NAVTEQ is in its fifth year as

Monday, July 11th, 2011

NAVTEQ Adds Esri File Geodatabase to its Suite of Data Formats

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, is announcing at the 2011 Esri International User Conference that the NAVTEQ map is now available in Esri’s File Geodatabase format. A Geodatabase is the native spatial data storage and management framework for Esri’s

Monday, July 11th, 2011

CGGVeritas Announces Completion of 3D BroadSeis Survey for Shell in Gabon

CGGVeritas announced today that it has completed a 3D BroadSeis seismic survey for Shell over complex salt structures in deep water offshore Gabon. As a complement to a conventional acquisition project (7,900 km2), the 3D BroadSeis survey was acquired by the CGGVeritas Symphony operating with ten Sercel Sentinel solid streamers equipped with the Sercel Nautilus streamer control device.

Monday, July 11th, 2011

ITT to Acquire YSI Inc. for Water Instrumentation Business

ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) and privately held YSI Incorporated today announced a definitive agreement for ITT to acquire, via merger, YSI, a leading developer and manufacturer of sensors, instruments, software, and data collection platforms for environmental water monitoring. YSI had 2010 global revenues of $101 million and employs 390 people at several facilities in the

Monday, July 11th, 2011

LizardTech Launches Express Server 7

LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc.announced the release of version 7 of Express Server® image distribution software. Express Server 7, designed to enable geospatial professionals to distribute high-resolution raster imagery, supports the MrSID® Generation 4 (MG4) format, which uses alpha-band transparency for better looking mosaics and enables the delivery of specified bands from multi- and