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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Luis Bermudez Joins OGC as Director, Interoperability Certification

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces that Dr. Luis E. Bermudez has been appointed Director ofInteroperability Certification for the Consortium. In his new position, Dr. Bermudez will manage the OGC Certification Program, lead plugfest activities, and support OGC testbeds, pilots and interoperability experiments designed to develop, test and validate specifications for geospatial information. Learn More

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Trimble Introduces the AP10 Receiver – GNSS-Aided Inertial Navigation

Trimble introduced today the Trimble® AP10 receiver, the latest addition to the Trimble AP line of embedded GNSS-Inertial OEM board products that combine high-performance precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Applanix IN-Fusion™ GNSS-Inertial integration technology—all running on a powerful, dedicated Inertial Engine (IE) board. The AP Series is ideal for a variety of commercial

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Urban Disaster Prevention Spatial System

Located in the circum-pacific seismic belt, the earthquakes occur very often in Taiwan and often cause great loss of life and property damage. For the reason that the earthquake cannot be predicted and always causes serious damage, the local governments devote to promoting and enhancing the urban disaster prevention capability through the establishment of urban

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

New SuperWebGIS 3 Supports 64-bit Environment

SuperGeo’s new web map server software, SuperWebGIS 3, was globally released.SuperWebGIS 3 gives the enterprises the capabilities to publish dynamic maps and GIS data via the Internet. The highly scalable structure, support for geospatial database, complete GIS objects, and various types of website templates can help the enterprises to publish, display, and share the spatial

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

New Instructor-Led Online Training Expands Learning Opportunities for FME Users

Safe Software today announced the expansion of its FME Training Program, with the addition of Instructor-Led Online Training. Ideal for users who can’t afford the time or expense of traveling to a training facility, this new training alternative enables easier access to a broader range of data interoperability topics. Read More

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

GeoEye Named One of Fortune Magazine’s ‘100 Fastest-Growing Companies’

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today it has been ranked 84th on FORTUNE Magazine’s 2010 “100 Fastest-Growing Companies” list. The full list and related stories will appear in the Sept. 6, 2010 issue and is online at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2010/index.html.

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Leica Viva Succeeds in Competitive Gasfield Surveying

Leica Geosystems, in cooperation with Geomatic Resources LLC, has been working with progressive surveyors to get real time market feedback on its Viva system. Viva tightly integrates GNSS receivers, total stations, laser scanners, data collectors, and other essential measurement technology by providing common system interfaces, interchangeable batteries, and consistent point management across all types of

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Canadian Police Organizations Turn to ESRI Canada for Enhanced Crime Intelligence

ESRI Canada announced the strong momentum for its CrimeAnalyst solution that provides advanced analysis capabilities for better crime intelligence.  More than a dozen police organizations across the country including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) and Hamilton Police Service (HPS) use CrimeAnalyst to conduct rapid analysis, explore crime incidents at

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Industry Thought Leaders Session to be Featured at GIS-Pro 2010

URISA is honored to welcome an esteemed group of industry thought leaders to participate in a panel discussion on Thursday, September 30, 2010 during GIS-Pro 2010: URISA’s 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals in Orlando. The moderated session will discuss such topics as: Where is the Industry going?; What are the next hot trends, issues,

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Leica Geosystems Announces the Opening of Five more “Leica Geosystems Solutions Centers”

Leica Geosystems has opened five locations in the Southwestern US where knowledgeable salespeople are available to help customers learn about the latest technology from Leica Geosystems and test-drive any of the current Leica Geosystems products. These state-of the-art factory retail facilities are designed to support the construction, surveying and engineering community throughout the Southwest. Learn