Friday, November 19th, 2010
OpenGeo announced today that they will enter a reseller agreement with terrestris GmbH & Co. KG, a geoinformatics provider from Bonn, Germany. The company terrestris specializes in spatial data infrastructures as well as open source geoportals, and will now be able to expand their capabilities and offer clients solutions based upon the OpenGeo Suite, a
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Geoimage announces that the company is in the process of completing Round 4 of the SPOT5 image processing project for the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW).The 2.5m resolution SPOT5 satellite imagery has been an important tool in detecting changes in vegetation cover and extent. The imagery supports a
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
ESRI Canada today announced the recipients of the 2010 ESRI Canada Scholarship Award. The national scholarship program recognizes Canadian universities and colleges with an exceptional focus on geographic information system (GIS) technology, and is designed to promote innovation among Canada’s future leaders. This year, students from 46 educational institutions across the country will receive more than
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Colortrac Limited has further extended its commitment to profitable business expansion with the appointment of Rob van Brakel to its senior management team. He joins the British wide format scanner manufacturer as their new Marketing Manager with worldwide responsibility for developing and implementing all elements of Colortrac’s marketing activities. See: www.colortrac.com
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Following a change in the Ordnance Survey (OS) licensing agreement that comes into effect today (18 November), partners of OS will now be able to compete on a level playing field for the provision of OS mapping and data. The announcement has been welcomed by mapping and data specialists Landmark Information Group as a positive step
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Clark Labs will be unveiling new tools for REDD+ at the Forest Day 4 event in Cancun that will enable users to measure carbon emissions with the BioCarbon Fund methodology and model the impacts of alternative economic policies with an interface to the OSIRIS modeling tool. These new features will be publicly available within the
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Blom is delighted to announce the appointment of Dave Fox as Managing Director of UK operations. Dave brings considerable experience to Blom and will be instrumental in building upon the foundations Blom has throughout the UK. “We are extremely pleased to have Dave join the management team at Blom. His extensive experience and knowledge will be
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Major L. Clark III, Assistant Chief Counsel for Procurement at the Small Business Administration (SBA), was presented the MAPPS Public Service Award on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at the MAPPS Fall Policy Conference in Orlando, FL. Mr. Clark was recognized for his role in revising the “retainage” regulation. His leadership led to the revision of
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Michael Baker Jr., Inc. has been selected as the Grand Award winner in the 4th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition presented November 17 in Kissimmee, FL. Baker’s project, “U.S. Bureau of Census – Accurate Coordinate Datasets Collection”, generated spatial ground control for 1,018 counties/municipalities, spanning 37 different U.S. States and five
