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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

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

NAVTEQ Traffic Now Spans Five Continents

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

URISA Leadership Academy Early Registration Deadline Approaching

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

Plans Cleared for a National Address Address Database for England and Wales

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

AGI GeoCommunity ’11: Placing Ourselves in the New Economy

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 Introduces Railway Track Maintenance and Modernization Solution

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.