Monday, July 25th, 2011
Bath & North East Somerset Council has adopted the Getmapping Integrated Solution (GMIS). The solution helps Authorities to save money, extend and improve the use of GIS and mapping across the organisation whilst enhancing data sharing and collaboration. The package also includes an aerial photography update programme on a three year cycle. The Getmapping Integrated Solution
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Esri UK announced that it is working with the Geographical Association (GA) to help stimulate a nationwide debate about the core geography knowledge that children should be taught at school. “Geography skills are becoming increasingly important for employers, yet many young people have a very limited understanding of the world in which they live,” says Richard
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, launched today an enhanced user forum. As part of the company’s SupportLink technical support website, Meridian customers will now experience an improved site layout, multimedia functionally, and an enhanced messaging function that allows Prolog and Proliance software users to more effectively direct their technical questions and
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
ESA has opened an ITT for a €100k – €200k study on improving GNSS time-to-first-fix, without using terrestrial aids. The ITT is open from 18th July to 12th September 2011. Read More
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Climate change, growing consumption and urbanisation, spiralling resource use and new health risks are just some of the global pressures the world will face in the 21st Century. These are the findings from the Assessment of Global Megatrends, launched in November 2010 as part of the State and Outlook of the European Environment Report (SOER)
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
MAPPS has elected Tim Stagg of AeroMetric as one of three new members to serve a one year term on the board of directors. In addition, Stagg was elected secretary of the board. Stagg, a vice president of business development, is responsible for leading AeroMetric’s nationwide mapping and geospatial services for federal, energy infrastructure and transportation
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of the latest version of the Blue Marble Desktop v2.3. With this release come many new & exciting features that will allow users and managers to expand their usage of the Blue Marble Desktop within their respective organizations. Version 2.3 adds key functionality enhancements that grant
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
3-GIS, an Alabama based GIS software development company, has announced that MCNC has signed a contract with 3-GIS to deploy Express Solution, the web-based GIS management solution.
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
URISA and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) are pleased to announce the feature speakers at the 2011 URISA/NENA Addressing Conference taking place next month in New Orleans (August 15-18, 2011 at the Marriott New Orleans). Michelle Thompson, PhD from the University of New Orleans will open the conference and Steven Johnson, representing OpenStreetMap US,
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
This Envisat image is dominated by southern Argentina, with the mountainous terrain of the Andes in Chile to the west (left). The lush, snow-capped mountains slope into the arid inland areas of Argentina’s Chubut province and neighbouring Santa Cruz province to its south – home to a series of plateaus and depressions.
