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Friday, October 29th, 2010

OpenGeo’s Paul Ramsey to Keynote at FOSS4G 2010 in Tokyo / Osaka

OpenGeo today announced that OpenGeo’s Paul Ramsey will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming OSGeo.JP, the regional open source conference series held every year in Tokyo and Osaka.  This year’s meetings will be held October 31-November 1, in Tokyo and November 5-6 in Osaka.  Ramsey will be delivering addresses on open source economics and

Friday, October 29th, 2010

MAPPS PAC Announces Candidate Support in November 2 Election

The MAPPS Political Action Committee (MAPPS PAC) today announced it has contributed $50,000 in support of 45 candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for the November 2 election. The MAPPS PAC is a bi-partisan PAC that supports Republicans and Democrats who have records of demonstrated support for the private geospatial community and

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Inovação GIS to Provide Expert, Local Support for OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to Brazil

Inovação, a geographic information company delivering spatial data management solutions through integration, quality improvement and spatial data access services, and OpenGeo, producer of the OpenGeo Suite, today announced a reseller agreement that will bring enhanced sales and support services for the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition to Brazil. Learn More

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Discussion: 3D City Be Inspired Roundtable – Amsterdam

Over 75 participants joined the 3D modelling for Intelligent Cities during Bentley’s Be Inspired conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday October 20th. Lead with passion by Pat McCrory, 7 time Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, the round table facilitated participants from around the world to share best practices and discuss opportunities around 3D City modelling. Pat

Friday, October 29th, 2010

EU-funded Scientists Studying Indonesia’s Merapi Volcano

A team of EU-funded scientists is studying Indonesia’s Merapi volcano, which started erupting on 26 October and has taken the lives of over 30 people. As well as monitoring the eruption, the team is also examining civil protection efforts in the region and investigating the impacts of the eruption on the local economy and the

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Landmark Sustainability Initiative Unveiled at WEF in Marrakech

Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC), the agency responsible for the future of Abu Dhabi’s urban environment, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED), has unveiled “CitySense”, an innovative urban indicator initiative, during a plenary session at the ongoing World Economic Forum being held in Marrakech, Morocco. Under the theme ‘purpose,

Friday, October 29th, 2010

€400 Million for Regional Energy Efficiency Programs in Russia

The Russian President has again stressed a high priority of energy efficiency program in the country. The government recently adopted a new state program on energy efficiency which will result in a 13,5 percent decrease in the energy intensity of the country’s GDP. Read More

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Rolta Launches Sophisticated Maritime Security Solutions

Rolta today announced that it has acquired the complete portfolio of CommandBridge™ security technologies, including source code, design and software architecture, under an agreement with The Mariner Group, LLC of the United States, with perpetual exclusive rights for world-wide markets, except for non-exclusive rights for North America and certain European countries.

Friday, October 29th, 2010

GeoGraphix Unveils Online Satellite Map Streaming For Discovery Suite at 2010 SEG Exposition

LMKR, a global provider of geotechnology and information technology services, will showcase the latest geographic information system (GIS) and field planning solutions from GeoGraphix® at the 2010 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting in Denver, Oct. 17-22, 2010. Conference attendees are invited to join GeoGraphix product experts at Booth 2462 in Hall

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Abstracts Sought for 2011 GIS in Public Transportation Conference

URISA and the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) are pleased to announce the 2011 GIS in Public Transportation Conference, taking place in St. Petersburg, Florida, September 12-14, 2011. This biennial conference helps transportation professionals for all areas within public and private transportation. All abstract submissions, received by February 11, 2011, will be reviewed and