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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

New Work 500k Argentina: Topographic Mapping and Image – Scale 1:500,000

The National Geographic Institute IGN goes on sale to the public interest, the publication of the book Argentina 500k, a work that shows the scale 1:500.000 Argentine territory, both on satellite images as topographic line plus its corresponding display on DVD. It is a work done in record time by the staff of IGN and

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Autodesk Announces Intent to Acquire Scaleform Corporation

Autodesk announced today it intends to acquire Scaleform Corporation, a privately held user interface (UI) tools and middleware company, for approximately $36 million in cash. Scaleform’s leading technology has been licensed in the development of at least 800 games across major hardware platforms: PCs, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3 (PS3), Sony Playstation Portable (PSP),

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Issues Related to RS Data Application for Forestry Resources Control

Russian school-workshop “Remote Sensing Data Application for Forest Resources Control” is to be take place on February 15-16 at the Perm State University, preceded by the opening of the Interregional Space Monitoring Center of the Perm Territory on February 14.

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Ethiopia – 1:50K Topographic Maps

East View Cartographic’s presence in Africa is becoming household.  Through the hard work of our African office in neighboring Kenya, we have procured a set of Ethiopia nationally produced 1:50,000 scale topographic maps.  This map set is ideally suited where exceptional terrain detail coverage and high contour density are necessary. Read More

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

SuperGeo Announces New Release of GPS Learning CD

SuperGeo Technologies is pleased to announce the new release of GPS Learning CD is released globally. GPS Learning CD is especially designed for GPS beginners. The CD contains abundant and complete GIS knowledge, including the history of GPS, operation principle, signal format, methods to position and measure, etc. Accompanied with Flash animation, GPS concepts, which are

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

SuperGeo Announces New Reseller in Caribbean Region

SuperGeo Technologies announced its new reseller in the Caribbean area, where GYSFYN is authorized to distribute SuperGIS series software. The territory of GYSFYN covers Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Anguilla, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Guyana, St. Maarten.

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

TomTom Announces its New Portable Navigation System “Blue&Me TomTom LIVE”

The new system will be launched at the Geneva Motorshow on March 1. It will provide the customers of the new Ypsilon with an easily updateable navigation experience, together with the most accurate traffic information and specific product attributes such as a new fluid touch user interface and a new mounting system developed by TomTom

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Pecora Award Recognizes Stellar Achievements in Earth Observation

The prestigious 2010 William T. Pecora Award has been presented to the U.S. Air Force Eagle Vision Team for providing invaluable support to homeland security, humanitarian aid and natural disaster recovery efforts. The DOI and NASA annually present individual and group Pecora Awards to honor outstanding contributions in the field of remote sensing and its

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Bentley Launches STUDENTserver Providing Students and Faculty Easy, Self-Serve Access to Bentley Software and Training

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced the launch of STUDENTserver. This intuitive website offering is available at no charge to schools participating in the Be Careers Network Academic SELECT Subscription program. STUDENTserver provides all students and faculty at these schools with easy, self-serve access to the same commercial-grade software used by leading architects, engineers, and owner-operators

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

ESRI Canada to Resell High-Resolution Earth Imagery from DigitalGlobe

ESRI Canada today announced that it has signed an agreement to resell high-resolution earth imagery solutions from leading global content provider DigitalGlobe.  The partnership enables users of ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology to access the most current and comprehensive library of earth images and data available to enhance their applications. Learn More