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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

SuperGeo Announce Exclusive Partnership with KIRRA in Saudi Arabia

SuperGeo Technologies is pleased to announce its latest distributor in the Middle East. KIRRA for Mapping and GIS (KIRRA) is officially authorized to distribute SuperGIS series software exclusively in Saudi Arabia. KIRRA is sited in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and also has offices in Canada and India.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

SuperGIS Applied to Spatial Data Management of National Parks

SuperGeo Technologies announced its latest GIS application to spatial data management in one of the most reputed National Parks in Taiwan. Covering Kinmen Island and many other islets, Kinmen National Park is characterized by its historical battle sites, abundant ecological resources and well-preserved traditional tribes.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Microsoft to Unveil New Technologies at ASPRS 2011 Conference

In its User Group meeting at the 2010 ASPRS conference in Milwaukee, Minnesota, Microsoft’s Photogrammetry division will introduce its latest technological advancements that the company expects will set new standards for the aerial mapping industry. The meeting will take place on Monday, May 2 from 1-5 in room 202 E of the Frontier Airlines Center

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Trimble Demonstrates Field Service Work Management Integration with Microsoft Dynamics

Trimble announced today that it will demonstrate how its new cloud-based field service solution—Trimble GeoManager WorkManagement—integrates with Microsoft Dynamics CRM at Microsoft Convergence 2011. Trimble WorkManagement is a software solution that provides on-demand visibility into vehicle and mobile worker utilization for routing, scheduling and dispatch. Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides customer information that helps enable confident

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

ERDAS Releases New Product, ECW for ArcGIS Server

ERDAS proudly announces the introduction of the all-new ECW for ArcGIS Server, which provides a means for ArcGIS Server 10 to deliver Enhanced Compression Wavelet (ECW) data to clients via OGC-compliant Web Coverage Service (WCS) and Web Map Service (WMS). Using components of the ERDAS ECW/JP2 SDK version 4.2, ECW for ArcGIS Server enables ArcGIS

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Leica Geosystems Announces More than 50 Presentations at Hexagon 2011, June 6-9, Orlando, FL

Session titles and speaker names for more than 50 timely presentations are now posted online for the mapping and positioning industry’s most anticipated conference of 2011 – Hexagon 2011 is now just 8 weeks away. The conference, which includes the major, new Geosystems @ Hexagon 2011 track, will be held in Orlando, Florida, June 6

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

OGC Announces Indoor Navigation Discussion Paper

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks comments on an OGC discussion paper, “Requirements and Space-Event Modeling for IndoorNavigation.” The discussion paper presents a model for indoor navigation that simultaneously addresses route planning, multiple localization methods, navigation contexts, and different locomotion types. The Discussion Paper can be accessed at: http://portal.myogc.org/files/41727

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Canada Need an Energy Strategy and It Needs it Now

What do the energy industry, leaders of Canada’s top enterprises, environmental groups, leading academics and policy think tanks all have in common? They have all gone on the public record in calling for a new set of energy and environmental policies for Canada. Canada faces a broad set of energy and environmental challenges. The common

Monday, April 11th, 2011

New TomTom PRO 9150 Delivers Portable, All-in-One Fleet Management Solution

TomTom Business Solutions, the division dedicated to commercial fleets, today unveiled a new navigation solution for the North American market designed to help businesses improve their productivity. The PRO 9150 is a portable fleet management solution that requires no installation and can be moved easily among vehicles in a fleet. With improved route guidance and

Monday, April 11th, 2011

GTA – Real-world 3D City Models with 3D Facades

GTA and Procedural provide a solution to model large databases of real-world building data with more 3D detail. Special focus is set to add depth to the facade as well as details to the roof. CityEngine imports 3D buildings generated automatically with GTA’s software solution tridicon 3D, transfers detailed tridicon 3D facade description to CityEngine