Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announced today that its global coverage of NAVTEQ Traffic real-time information service now spans five continents– within the last quarter NAVTEQ has launched six new countries around the world: Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa,
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The URISA Leadership Academy (ULA) will take place June 13-17, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. The deadline to take advantage of discounted registration is March 1. Registrants can save $200 if registered by March 1. For complete program and registration information, visit www.urisa.org/ula
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has given the green light to plans unveiled by Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in December 2010, to create one definitive source of accurate spatial address data for England and Wales. The OFT approval will result in addressing information from local government and
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The AGI GeoCommunity ’11 conference committee met in Nottingham on the 9 Feb to discuss and agree a conference title and to shape the Call for Papers. The title agreed for this year’s AGI GeoCommunity conference is ‘Placing Ourselves in the New Economy’.
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Trimble introduced a new addition to its RailwaySolutions portfolio—the Trimble® GEDO CE Trolley System. The new trolley system and software provide as-built surveyand documentation for railway track maintenance and modernization. The GEDO CE Trolley System and software were acquired from Sinning Vermessungsbedarf GmbH of Wiesentheid,Bavaria, Germany.
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
M2M Telematica group of companies introduced navigation solutions in one of South Caucasian Railway’ structural units, M2M PAO reports. South Caucasian Railway is a subsidiary of Russian Railway company. Under the M2M’s pilot projects, 50 items involved in construction of the railway in Armenia were equipped with navigation and communication hardware, providing effective opportunity to monitor
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
If the city of Bonn were located on the edge of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, in the Antarctic, its inhabitants would now be embarking on a journey through the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An iceberg with a surface area of 120 square kilometres – the size of Bonn – has calved in the Atlantic. Glaciologists at
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Destination Halifax has launched a new Halifax, Nova Scotia mobile website just in time for the 2011 Halifax Canada Games to ensure that the more than 10,000 visitors to the Halifax region will have easy access to information through their smartphones. Read More
Monday, February 14th, 2011
>Autodesk today announced the appointment of Steve Blum to senior vice president, worldwide sales and services, for Autodesk. Reporting to the company’s President and CEO, Carl Bass, Blum will be responsible for the execution of sales and services of Autodesk’s entire portfolio of leading 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. “Steve brings deep knowledge of the
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Getmapping plc has acquired Geosense Ltd, and its South African subsidiary. The deal was endorsed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Getmapping’s shareholders on 11th February. The acquisition will allow Getmapping to continue to grow its UK business and operate on a truly international basis. Geosense has built up a reputation for delivering professional aerial survey,
