Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Exprodat has released version 202 of Team-GIS Segment Analyst and for the first time geoscientists are able to rely on a single toolkit to create common risk segment (CRS) maps while mapping play fairways. The release contains major new functionality including support for raster and contour datasets as inputs, the ability to apply weightings to
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
DiMAC sprl, a leading manufacturer of high-performance digital airborne mapping cameras, is proud to announce that MapSoft Ltd. has purchased a new camera, mount and Flight Management System (FMS) combination. This is the first integration of a unique combination consisting of a DiMAC ULTRALiGHT+ camera featuring a 70-mm lens, an AeroStab-3 gyro-stabilized mount and the
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
URISA is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2011 URISA GIS in Public Health Conference. The conference will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-30, 2011. The conference was established to provide an open and participatory forum for advancing the effective use of spatial information and geographic information system technologies across the domains of public
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces a new webcast, “4 Ways to Improve Surveying Workflow with an Imaging Total Station.” Register now to join Shannon Hixon, Leica Geosystems Geomatics Product Manager – NAFTA, to see how adding imaging capabilities to your workflow can enhance the speed and quality of field surveys. To register for the webcast, go to:
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Spot Image Corporation, part of Astrium Services’ GEO-Information division, has been chosen to provide satellite imagery for the first Alaska statewide mapping program in more than 25 years. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded the $3.45 million Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative (SDMI) contract to Aero-Metric, Inc. of Anchorage, who will use SPOT
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Episode 1 of the Penn State Public Broadcasting’s (PSPB) four-part online video series, “The Geospatial Revolution Project,” is now available in its entirety or in shorter chapters at Penn State Public Broadcasting’s website, http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu. The 13-minute episode, which is divided into four chapters, begins with an overview and moves into how GPS works. Following a
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in 2011, NOAA has assembled a special historical collection of maps, charts, and documents prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey during the war years. The collection, “Charting a More Perfect Union,” contains over 400 documents, available free from NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey website. Read
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Twenty years ago, when Kevin Kee was still a student, he earned extra money guiding tours at a national historic site. Now, the Brock University history professor has developed an iPhone app that might have put his younger self out of a job – a GPS-guided interactive tour of War of 1812 sites in Canada, complete
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
The Russian Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Mapping (Rosreestr) summed up eight contests for the creation of digital navigation maps of Russia, reports Vedomosti. Half of all contracts, worth more than RUB 1.19 billion, will be provided by the company RTI Systems (to create maps of the Central, Volga, Urals and Northern Districts
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
Find out if your city is one of the 290 URBACT cities and discover our partners in the updated version of the onlineURBACT interactive map! The interactive map is updated with the new URBACT project partners. Do not hesitate to browse it regularly! You just have to click on “Search with the interactive map” on the URBACT homepage.
