Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
National mapping, charting, and data production organizations (NDPs) are turning to efficient solutions like geographic information systems (GIS) to continue providing authoritative data for citizens and organizations in a time of global economic cutbacks. The data is used for country-wide and transnational mapping activities that support economic activities, emergency response, security, and environmental monitoring. Faced
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Microsoft Corporation’s UltraCam L/Lp digital aerial camera was selected winner of the Technology Innovation category in the 4th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition. The award was presented on GIS Day, 17 November, in Kissimmee, Florida, at the MAPPS Fall Policy Conference. Learn More
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
The following have been opened/released today to coincide with the opening of the UNFCCC COP 16, or annual Climate Talks, at Cancun, Mexico, as technical support from ICIMOD for the Mountain Initiative of the Government of Nepal. More information at the links below: Read More
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Cadcorp partner, Vicrea Solutions B.V., continues its success in local government with the decision by the municipality of Groningen to deploy Vicrea’s Neuron Property Registration System (BAG), based on Cadcorp web mapping and GIS technology. The solution will be used to comply with the ‘Nederlandse Overheid Referentie Architectuur’ (NORA) – the Dutch Government Reference Architecture.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Applanix Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trimble and developer and manufacturer of advanced products and solutions for mobile mapping and positioning, and ITRES Research Limited, a leader in the commercial airborne remote sensing industry with high-performance hyperspectral and thermal airborne mapping imagers, announced today they have entered into an OEM supply agreement. Under the
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Autodesk University: Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has signed a multi-flex, enterprise license agreement for Autodesk products and Autodesk-related services and training. The contract value of the deal is $6 million over a three year period
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Esri received the top honor in the mapping/geographic information system (GIS) components category of Visual Studio Magazine’s Readers Choice Awards. Esri won the award for its ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). The ArcGIS API is designed for developers who want to create Web-based mapping applications quickly and easily with minimal coding. Many governments
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Seed maker DuPont Co., wind-turbine manufacturer General Electric Co. and insurer Zurich Financial Services AG are devising products to help the world adapt to climate change, a potential $135 billion-a-year market by 2030. The companies are driven in part by the failure of international efforts to cut the greenhouse gases that scientists say contribute to global warming. Read More
Monday, November 29th, 2010
EduTubePlus is a European curriculum-related video library and hybrid eServices for the pedagogical exploitation of video in class. The EduTubePlus project aims to develop a European hybrid, multilingual video-based service for schools. This service will integrate thousands of multi-lingual curriculum-related video-clips by major European educational TV & video providers, with tools enabling educators to enrich the
Monday, November 29th, 2010
Frequently, geospatial data providers must collaborate with many organizations to collect new data and/or update their existing data holdings. For example, when federal agencies want to synchronize with geodata updates coming from ‘closest-to-source’ publishers such as local or state providers. Another case is when content providers are crowd-sourcing their data updates or supporting volunteer geographic information
