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Monday, August 9th, 2010

Zsolt Nagy to Lead Discussion on Advancing Geospatial Priorities at GIS-Pro 2010

Zsolt Nagy, GISP, will draw on his current and previous experiences to speak on the directions and opportunities to identify, collaborate, and advance geospatial priorities during the Closing Plenary Session at GIS-Pro 2010: URISA’s 48th Annual Conference for GIS Professionals in Orlando. GIS-Pro 2010 will take place September 28-October 1, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. For

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Optech Announced “Workflow Solutions for ALTM and Lynx” Workshop at Intergeo

Optech Incorporated is pleased to announce its upcoming Workflow Solutions for ALTM and Lynx workshop. The workshop will be held at the INTERGEO conference in Cologne, Germany, on Monday, October 4, 2010. This workshop will include presentations on Optech’s latest hardware and software releases, including the Optech Lidar Mapping Suite (LMS 2.0) Professional Edition, an

Monday, August 9th, 2010

GeoEye Reports Record Revenues for Second Quarter 2010

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced today record revenue results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Total revenues were $81.0 million for the second quarter of 2010, an 11.4 percent increase from $72.7 million for the second quarter of 2009. Net income for the second

Monday, August 9th, 2010

China Maximizes Efficiency of Urban Planning with ERDAS APOLLO

ERDAS announces that the China Academy of Urban Planning & Design (CAUPD) recently selected ERDAS APOLLO to manage and deliver its massive amounts of vector and raster data.  CAUPD is a scientific research institution under the Ministry of Construction of the People’s Republic of China. Read More

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Intermap Technologies’ CEO Brian Bullock to Step Down

Intermap Technologies Corporation has announced that, by mutual agreement with the Intermap board, Brian L. Bullock will be stepping down as the Company’s president and chief executive officer. He will be succeeded by fellow director Howard J. Nellor, who will serve as an interim president and chief executive officer until the board completes a currently

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

NGA Awards EnhancedView Commercial Imagery Contract

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency today awarded contracts for the EnhancedView commercial imagery program. DigitalGlobe Inc. of Longmont, Colo., received an award for $3.5 billion and GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc. of Dulles, Va., an award for $3.8 billion. The period of performance for the contracts is 10 years if all options are exercised. Read More

Friday, August 6th, 2010

FARO announces the release of the new SCENE software for the FARO Laser Scanner Photon

FARO, the world’s leading provider of portable measurement and imaging solutions, has announced the availability of SCENE 4.7, the latest version of its scan processing software for the FARO Laser Scanner.Oliver Bürkler, Technical Product Manager Laser Scanner at FARO Europe, explains the most relevant benefits of the new release. Read More

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Fourth International UN-SPIDER Bonn Workshop

This workshop, which is being organized by the United Nations Office forOuter Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), willprovide an opportunity to bring together decision-makers and experts fromboth the space technology and disaster management communities,international scientific organizations, knowledge transfer and educationalinstitutions, as well as internationally active private companies, withthe intention of sharing

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Horsham based Envitia Welcomes Local MP Francis Maude

Horsham based Envitia welcomes local MP Francis Maude Press ReleaseFor immediate release: August 2010Ref: UPS1188-01 Envitia had the pleasure of a visit from the Cabinet Office Minister, the RtHon Francis Maude on Friday 30 th July. As the local MP, Francis expressed interest in Envitia as a growing business and the Envitia team took theopportunity

Friday, August 6th, 2010

GAF has been Awarded by UND-IFAD and ESA with Service Production in Western Madagascar

GAF AG, an internationally active geo-information technology and consulting company, announces that it has been awarded by UND-IFAD and ESA with Service Produktion in Western Madagascar. For an area of about 14 000 km² in Western Madagascar, GAF will provide dedicated state of the art EO products which have been customised to meet the specific