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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

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Telogis Launches Fleet 8 GPS Fleet Management Software Platform

Telogis is today launching Telogis Fleet 8 – the newest generation of its flagship GPS fleet management software platform. The Telogis platform is scalable to any size/type of fleet, including trucks and equipment. Telogis Fleet 8 incorporates even more dynamic data (traffic, weather) and reporting functions than before to provide one of the most comprehensive tools to

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

ESA’s TalkingFields Guides European Farmers from Space

ESA – Farmers traditionally keep a close eye on their fields, but a new ESA-led project seeks to build on their vigilance with monitoring from space. The TalkingFields initiative is now showing how to combine satellite observation with satellite navigation to benefit European farmers. Sustainable food production and food security are critical challenges. TalkingFields will help by using

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Adobe and TerraGo Collaborate on Geospatial Capabilities for Acrobat X Solutions

Adobe Systems Incorporated and TerraGo® Technologies, a leading provider of geospatial collaboration software and an Adobe Gold Partner, have announced an initiative to support geospatial capabilities for customers of Acrobat X solutions. TerraGo has been working closely with Adobe to provide an upgrade path for Acrobat 9 Pro Extended customers who need to continue to

Monday, October 18th, 2010

ILS to Strengthen Land Information in Cross River State, Nigeria

International Land Systems (ILS), Inc. has entered into a contract to implement a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Government of Cross River State of Nigeria. Teqbridge Limited, the authorized ILS software distributor for Nigeria, is partnered with ILS on this project. The Cross River State Geographic Information System Fast Track Project aims to establish the

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Metropolitan Governance in the Nordic Capital Regions

On the 11th of November 2010, a Nordic Working Group under the Nordic Council of Ministers will host a seminar on metropolitan governance in the Nordic Capital Regions. The seminar will focus on the governance systems and their inherent relations that ensure integration of physical planning in the regional development planning. It is in particular the

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Getmapping Partnership Creates New Maputo Base Map

Getmapping in partnership with Geosense, ESRI South Africa and Precision Surveys has recently completed a 500 sq km aerial survey of Maputo and its environs including the islands Xefina and Inhaca.  The survey was commissioned by the Municipal Council of Maputo to create a new base map for the city’s new geographic and management information

Monday, October 18th, 2010

GRAPHISOFT Webcast Will Demonstrate the New Reality & Power of Open BIM Collaboration

The exciting new reality of open BIM collaboration will be demonstrated on October 21 in a GRAPHISOFT webcast. Insights will be offered on how true interoperability and real-time design sharing are possible with BIM models right now.

Monday, October 18th, 2010

SSTL’s TechDemoSat-1 to Demonstrate UK Innovation in Space

Small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has today been awarded a grant to commence the design phase of a national technology demonstration satellite called TechDemoSat-1.  The UK’s Technology Strategy Board and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have together provided a grant of £770,000 to fund the core mission design elements. SSTL, UK

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Matt Walker Joins Astun Technology

Matt Walker has joined Astun Technology as Geospatial Technologist. He will be responsible for enterprise deployment of Astun’s range of web based GIS, data integration and publishing solutions to local authorities. Walker has spent most of his career to date working with spatial data specialists Dotted Eyes, where he became Technical Director. During his time there