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Thursday, January 6th, 2011

NiK Joins RapidEye’s Turkish Distributor Team

RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that NiK Insaat Ticaret Ltd. Sti. has signed a partnership agreement with RapidEye to join its data distributor team in Turkey.

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Esri, PenBay Solutions, and Vector1 Media Present Solutions for Managing and Utilizing Assets and Buildings

A free webinar on Wednesday, January 12, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. to noon Eastern standard time (EST) will provide insight into the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology for facility management (FM). GIS helps organizations implement smart facility management, which is vital to a well-run business. The technology helps plan a safe and efficient working

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Cadcorp GIS Selected by Jersey Fire and Rescue Service

Jersey Fire and Rescue Service has selected Cadcorp’s Incident Support Mapping System (ISMS) for deployment in their Command Support Unit. The solution is already deployed in a number of UK fire and rescue services, where it provides a simple and intuitive means of managing resources at major incidents.

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

GE Showcases the Connected Home at CES 2011

GE will unveil its smart home technologies at the company’s first appearance at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). These ecomaginationSM and healthymagination technologies — including Nucleus™ energy manager with Brillion™ technology, the GE WattStation™ electric vehicle charging station, an advanced small wind turbine, and more — will help consumers reduce health- and energy-related

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Revolutionize Your GNSS Testing with the New GSS6400

Whether developing navigation algorithms, performing vendor selection, evaluating receiver variants or establishing the performance of a PND under real world conditions you will need a repeatable representative high quality GPS signal. And sometimes testing using real world signals is the easiest way to confirm performance in the presence of real world impairments or real world

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

imagina 2011 – 3D for Healthcare

imagina, the European event for the 3D industry, has embraced a new sector: the use of 3D in healthcare. On tuesday 1st February, the day of conferences tailored towards healthcare professionals, delegates will have access to content that details the full range of 3D-4D healthcare technologies’ uses. Delegates will benefit from the programme’s exploration of

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

SSTL Wins €10.69m ESA Environmental Monitoring Payload Contract

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has won a €10.69m contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) via Dutch Space to provide a Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometer as part of the TROPOMI instrument for the Sentinel 5 Precursor atmospheric monitoring mission. The SWIR spectrometer will be used to measure carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH4)

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Blue Marble to Add GeoCalc Java to Software Development Kits

Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that GeoCalc is now in beta testing for Java users. Blue Marble will be adding Java interface support to the existing GeoCalc libraries. GIS software developers will be able to incorporate Blue Marble GeoCalc libraries into their software in a Java development environment. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Free Windows Phone 7 App Puts the Power of Mapping in Users Hands

Microsoft Windows Phone users  can access sophisticated mapping capabilities on their phone with the ArcGIS for Windows Phone app. ArcGIS for Windows Phone lets you find, use, and share maps as well as deploy GIS data and functionality on Windows Phone devices. The free app is now available and can be downloaded directly from the

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

NAVTEQ Demonstrates the Opportunities of Location at 2011 Consumer Electronics Show

NAVTEQ is showcasing the latest innovative mapping products, devices, and solutions at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (booth #36026, South Hall). The exhibit showcases how “location” is being leveraged to enhance every day consumer experiences, featuring NAVTEQ products and services as well as customer devices from leading third-party companies. Read