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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

NAVTEQ Celebrates 25 Years at the Forefront of the Industry

NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps and location-based services, is celebrating 25 years at the forefront of industry. Having begun operations in 1985, the company today holds over 400 patents and supplies data to over 1700 customers across the globe. Since the opening of its first Asia-Pacific (APAC) office in Japan in 1996, NAVTEQ has

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Trimble Introduces New Municipal Issue Management Solution

Trimble introduced today the new Trimble® Municipal Reporter™ system, a complete hosted solution for managing issues found throughout a municipality, including potholes, broken streetlights, graffiti, pest infestation and illegal dumping. The Municipal Reporter system provides an accurate and consistent data archive of all issues managed in the system, allowing city officials to generate reports and

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Hemisphere GPS Grows 46% on Record Third Quarter Revenues

Hemisphere GPS, a designer and manufacturer of advanced GPS products, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. All amounts in this news release are expressed in US dollars. For the third quarter ended September 30, 2010, Hemisphere GPS reported a 46% increase in revenues to $13.2 million compared to $9.1 million in the third quarter of 2009.

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Learn How APIs And Web Technologies Can Improve Your GIS

Web GIS: Principles and Applications, the latest offering from Esri Press, is an important resource for geographic information system (GIS) students and professionals who want to learn state-of-the-art concepts, architectures, and techniques for working with Web-based GIS applications.

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Infotech Enterprises Buys Wellco Inc.

Infotech Enterprises, a geo-spatial and engineering services company, has acquired the US-based Wellsco Inc, a telecom engineering Services Company , with an annual run rate of $12 million. “We have acquired the US firm in an all-cash deal. We expect additional revenues of $10-12 million in the financial year 2010-11 for Infotech. This is a crucial

Monday, November 8th, 2010

2011 EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics

The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Venice International University (VIU) are pleased to announce their annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics for postgraduate students. The 2011 Summer School will take place from the 3rd to the 9th of July, at the

Monday, November 8th, 2010

2011 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship Open for Entries

The 2011 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship is launched today and invites applications from RIBA-accredited schools of architecture around the world. A £6,000 grant will be awarded to one student by a panel of judges which includes Lord Foster and the President of the RIBA. First established in 2006, the scholarship is now in its

Monday, November 8th, 2010

PCI Geomatics Appoints Dr. Alan Moses to its Board of Directors

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geoimaging software and systems, has announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Moses, the son of Dr. Robert (Bob) Moses to the PCI Board of Directors. Alan has long been interested in the technology developed at PCI Geomatics; he and his father shared a common passion for advanced analysis

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Nokia reaffirms commitment to Symbian platform

Following an announcement by the board of the Symbian Foundation that it will be transitioning from its current operational activities to become a licensing operation only, Nokia today reaffirmed its commitment to the Symbian platform. Nokia plans to continue to invest its own resources in developing Symbian, the world’s most widely used smartphone platform, and

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Trimble Design Link Provides an Interoperable BIM Software Solution for Mechanical Contractors

Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) introduced today its Trimble® Design Link, the latest software solution for mechanical contractors providing HVAC and sheet metal services. Design Link extends the functionality of designs created in AutoCAD® MEP used in the Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) process by adding standards-driven detail. This detail facilitates the exchange of data between the