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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

GI_Forum 2011: The first Call for Papers

The Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg (GI_Forum) is scheduled for July 5-8, 2011, at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Audience. GI_Forum focuses on an international audience that shares an interest in GIScience and Technology. This Call for Papers aims at researchers who design, develop and apply advanced methods and techniques of Geoinformatics to a broad range of application

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

REDD+: A New Framework for Conservation of Tropical Forests

REDD+ is highlighted as a new framework for reducing CO2 emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.  REDD+ also is expected to contribute to biodiversity conservation and the improved livelihoods of local and indigenous communities.  A REDD+ Ministerial Meeting will be held during COP10 of the Convention on Biological Diversity.  This international workshop is organized to deepen discussion on REDD+ by

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Natural Resources Canada Recognized for Boosting National Mapping Productivity Using ESRI Technology

ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to the Centre for Topographic Information of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for accelerating map production and boosting national mapping productivity using ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology.  NRCan developed a map generator application in 2008 that has increased production of Canadian topographic maps from one map per two

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Ordnance Survey Innovation Awards Receive Funding Boost

GeoVation, Ordnance Survey’s innovation awards programme, is to receive an additional £150,000 in funding for its current challenge, “How can we improve transport in Britain?” to help winning entrants develop their ideas. The cash injection comes from the Ideas in Transit project funded by the Technology Strategy Board, the Department for Transport and the Engineering

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

RapidEye Images The Complete Territory Of France For Cemagref Through Its Partnership With Geosys

RapidEye announced today that GEOSYS has been chosen by Cemagref to provide the complete coverage of the French territory with RapidEye ortho-rectified satellite imagery at 5 m pixel resolution, taken over the period from May to September 2010. The ability to acquire several million square kilometers of images daily with the RapidEye satellite constellation allows

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

1Spatial Admitted to Trading on AIM Following Reversal

1Spatial Holdings plc (“1Spatial”), the AIM quoted provider of products and services that enable clients to collect, audit, manage, modify and reuse geospatial (location based) data, today announced the admission of its share capital to trading on AIM and the first day of dealings in its ordinary shares following the completion of the reverse takeover

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Autodesk and Granta Design Partner to Expand Sustainable Design Capabilities

Autodesk, Inc. and materials information technology innovators Granta Design Ltd. have announced a new strategic partnership, combining Autodesk’s Digital Prototyping vision with Granta’s materials information and eco design technology to help enable sustainable product design. Granta and Autodesk are co-developing software that will add new sustainable design capabilities to the Autodesk solution. The companies are

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Grant Boosts Surrey Satellite Scheme

Guildford-based small satellite company Surrey Satellite Technology has won a £770,000 grant to begin the design phase of a technology demonstration satellite. When TechDemoSat-1 is completed, in 18 months, it will provide cost-effective ways of putting experiments into orbit so they can be developed into commercial ventures. The TechDemoSat-1 will be developed using a grant

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

CACI Announces Intent to Acquire TechniGraphics, Inc

Founded in 1982, TechniGraphics is a 450-person company headquartered in Wooster, Ohio, with additional locations in Fort Collins, Colorado and Madrid, Spain. TechniGraphics provides mission-essential geospatial data, services and solutions. They have distinguished themselves on long-term contracts through dynamic management, quality production, and introduction of intellectual property to enhance IT solutions. TechniGraphics has a seasoned

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Pictometry Signs 10-Year Agreement with Nova Scotia PVSC

Pictometry Canada, a leading provider of aerial oblique imagery and metric geospatial solutions, announces the signing of a 10-year contract with Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) of Nova Scotia. Under the agreement, Pictometry will provide annually-updated aerial imagery and geospatial software to PVSC, creating a province-wide geospatial information solution enabling property valuation collaboration between PVSC and 55