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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

OpenGeo Suite Partnership with Geodata, Spain

Geodata Sistemas, S.L., a leading GIS services company based in Barcelona, Spain has entered a reseller agreement with OpenGeo, a global leader in open source geospatial solutions.  The partnership will enable regional access to the OpenGeo Suite, a fully integrated open source geospatial platform.  Geodata Sistemas will provide support for the OpenGeo Suite in Spain

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Mexico: The Bridge Between North and South

WEATHERVANE – When discussing climate change, Mexico is usually not mentioned as one of the top power players in the ongoing negotiations to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. It is not a member of BASIC. It is not in the G77, and it is not aligned with any particular Annex I country. Still, this year’s host of

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Blue Marble Donates Time to Maine GIS Educators Event

Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce its participation in the Third Annual Conference of GIS educators in Maine at the Augusta Civic Center. Blue Marble hosted a hands-on workshop for higher education educators titled “Details that Matter: How Coordinate Systems Affect Measurements in GIS.” Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

UK Businesses Call For Advanced Technology Skills To Boost Economy

Understanding technology and business is key 17th November 2010 – Influential business leaders across the UK are calling for more graduates with advanced technology and business skills to help them use high-tech systems more effectively across their organisations.  According to a survey by ESRI UK, four in five (82 per cent) businesses think the ideal

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

SuperGeo Finds Reseller in Argentina

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, is thrilled to introduce its new reseller in South America. Information Technology & Services S. A. (ITSSA) has been authorized to distribute SuperGIS software in Argentina. Established in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ITSSA has the experience of more than 20 years in public service

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

EIB Supports Estlink 2 cable Linking Baltic States to Nordic Power Grid

Energy security in the Baltic States will improve greatly thanks to a 650 MW power cable linking Estonia and Finland to be built with European Investment Bank (EIB) support. An EUR 75m loan signed today with Estonian grid operator Elering will provide part of the financing for the project. Estlink 2 will connect Estonia and Finland

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

OpenGeo Suite Updated

The OpenGeo Suite is an integrated package of best of breed open source geospatial software providing an easy to install Web-mapping and data sharing solution. It consists of several components. GeoServer is a map and feature server providing standardized Web access to underlying GIS data sources and cartographic quality maps. GeoWebCache is a Web map

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

“Complete mobility”: Backbone of the Rapid Transit System in the Thai Capital

Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited (BTSC) has placed a EUR42 million order with Siemens Mobility for another 35 trailer cars for the Thai capital’s elevated rapid transit system, BTS Skytrain. Train service on the Sukhumvit Line is to start gradually from the end of 2012. In addition, the 5.25-kilometer extension of this line

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Elevation Models for Emergency Response: The volcano Mount Merapi

When we recorded a few weeks ago the very first shots with the bistatic DEM TanDEM-X formation, and the Merapi volcano was among the first targets. Of course, we had no idea that he would break a short time later and serve it to the recording already in support of crisis management.Meanwhile, there are other recordings

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Architect Kimon Onuma – Getting Real with GeoDesign & BIM

Prominent architect Kimon Onuma will give the Keynote Address at the 2011 GeoDesign Summit in Redlands, California, on January 6, 2011. Founder of Onuma, Inc., he is one of the world’s experts on adopting new design practices that can evolve to meet tomorrow’s challenges. His firm uses a unique blend of building and software architects