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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

ERDAS Attending Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference

ERDAS announces that it is attending the 15 Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference (ARSPC) in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, September 13-17, 2010. ERDAS is showcasing its remote sensing and enterprise server software, which includes IMAGINE Objective, LPS eATE and ERDAS APOLLO. Learn More

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

OpenGeo Releases Training Courses under Creative Commons

At the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference in Barcelona this past week, OpenGeo announced the availability of its training materials online, licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike With Attribution license.  Introductory workshops on the PostGIS spatial database, OpenLayers web mapping library, and the GeoServer  map and feature server are all available

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

ASD Releases the FieldSpec HandHeld 2 for Scientific and Field Spectroscopy

ASD Inc. today announced the official launch of the FieldSpec HandHeld 2 portable spectroradiometer for remote sensing research, agriculture, environmental science and oceanography. The HandHeld 2 is the latest in compact remote sensing technology from ASD using cutting-edge, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to instantly and non-destructively make material measurements. Self-contained data collection with significant spectrum storage

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Ocean Overturning Varies with Latitude

The overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean does not consist of a single vertical circulation cell, as previously thought, but varies in strength between low and high latitudes, shows a study online this week in Nature Geoscience. The Atlantic overturning circulation transports heat from tropical waters northwards and has been projected to slow down as the

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

gvSIG Mini for Android 1.0.0 Released

gvSIG Mini development team is proud to announce the release of the stable version gvSIG Mini for Android 1.0. This version offers, among other features, the ability of a direct download of maps from the phone to the storage card, for a further map displaying in offline mode, with no data connection. gvSIG Mini is

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

BARSC in the Sunshine with Quarry One Eleven

The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC) is a highly proactive organisation that represents the interests of commercial organisations involved in remote sensing. Formed in 1985, BARSC has an impressive track record of serving the interests of major companies, small and medium enterprises and independent consultants. The Executive Committee of BARSC works tirelessly to

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Nokia Announces Powerful Family of Smartphones and Ovi Services at Nokia World

At Nokia World, the destination for people passionate about mobility, Nokia today announced a family of smartphones powered by the all new Symbian platform which brings significant enhancements in speed and ease of use. The new devices, which are tightly integrated with enhanced Ovi services and apps, reinforce Nokia’s vision of a mobile industry that is

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Orange and Nokia to Extend Ovi Across the United Kingdom and France

Orange and Nokia today announced a new integrated Ovi service that widens the developer ecosystem and gives Orange customers using Nokia handsets easier access to more content. Orange is integrating Ovi content with the best of its apps from the Orange Application Shop to give customers simpler, more secure access to a wider range of

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

FARO Launches New 3D Imaging Product Line, Featuring FARO 3D Imager AMP

FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, announced today the release of their new 3D imaging product line, featuring the FARO 3D Imager AMP. The FARO 3D Imager AMP is a high performance non-contact 3D imaging system, capable of collecting millions of points in just seconds. Using

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Astrium and ScanEx Sign an Exclusive Partnership for Distribution Rights on the New SPOT 6 & 7 Satellites

Astrium Services has signed a ten-year partnership with the Russian research and development centre ScanEx for the reception and distribution rights on the upcoming SPOT 6 and 7 satellites. This partnership, which also provides ScanEx the exclusive reception and distribution rights on the SPOT 5 satellite, is part of a long term cooperation programme between