Friday, May 21st, 2010
MAPPS, a national association of mapping and geospatial firms, applauded the inclusion of a parcel geocoding provision providing for an ‘early warning system’ in S. 3217, the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010,” that passed the U.S. Senate today by a vote of 59-39. The bill makes amendments to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in other states may adopt a methodology developed by the pioneer project “Geographical Names of Parana, which will update the identification of rivers, mountains, roads and villages in Paraná maps. Concern was expressed during a meeting held in Curitiba between representatives of the IBGE of Florianopolis and
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The National Water Agency (ANA) will finalize the National Node of the information system of the Guarani Aquifer in up to six months. This is the term for operating the server on which the ANA will bring together all the information for monitoring the Guarani aquifer, as the data about wells supplied by the Brazilian
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The Environment Ministry said on Tuesday May 11 will launch an online platform web services, through which you can access geospatial data (maps) and environmental updates and exchanges online. This web service platform, called geoservers, facilitate the exchange of information between institutions, monitoring of the territory, and decision making at all three levels of government.
Friday, May 21st, 2010
The 4th Geoinformatics Forum welcomes the international GIS community from academia, industry and government to the world cultural heritage city of Salzburg. The English speaking symposium runs concurrently with the highly regarded German language conference on Applied Geoinformatics (AGIT), sharing the innovative AGIT EXPO exhibit. Read More
Friday, May 21st, 2010
1Spatial is pleased to announce the company’s sponsorship of the forthcoming International Standards committee for Geographic Information ISO/TC 211 meeting at the Ordnance Survey Great Britain (OSGB) headquarters in Southampton from 24th to 28th May. The International Standards committee for Geographic Information ISO/TC 211 meeting is the 30th meeting of its kind. It will
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Prelaunch operations with RS-20 rocket continue at Baikonur. The rocket is intended to loft German radio location satellite TanDEM-X.The launch is aimed at disposing RS-20, with an auxiliary purpose to loft the German satellite. The launch from the underground pad is to take place on June 21. TanDEM-X container was delivered to the filling station
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Intergraph was forced to reschedule Intergraph 2010, the company’s annual international users’ conference, due to unprecedented flooding in Nashville, Tenn. Tje company announced a new conference venue – the new, spectacular ARIA Resort at CityCenter in Las Vegas, Nevada, from August 30 – September 2. Learn More
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to Nexen Inc. for leveraging ESRI’s geographic information systems (GIS) to standardize the management of geographic data throughout its organization and improve operations. The award, which recognizes organizations and individuals for their outstanding achievements in the application of GIS, was presented at the 2010 ESRI Canada User
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
RapidEye confirms its long-standing partnership with S2Bvisio in the development and distribution of expert agricultural services based on RapidEye imagery. S2Bvisio and RapidEye have been partnering for several years and are committed to developing value- added products for canola and cereal crops which are beneficial to farmers. Ongoing research and development activities are concentrating on
