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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Meridian Selects A3, VisionMap’s Digital Mapping System

VisionMap Ltd announced today that one of the Russian Federation’s leading providers of geospatial products and services, LLC Research and Production Aerogeodetic Enterprise MERIDIAN+, has decided on purchasing A3, VisionMap’s digital mapping system. This decision was taken following an extensive evaluation of A3, and is based on Meridian+’s experience with existing large format digital cameras.

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

New Public Transport Act with the Focus on the Passenger

SWEDEN GOV – The Government today adopted a bill containing proposals aimed at encouraging more people to choose public transport. The new Public Transport Act will regulate both the responsibility of municipalities and county councils for regional public transport in a clearer manner than before, and the demands made on public transport companies.  Read More

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Autodesk Unveils 2011 Software Portfolio for Building Design, Infrastructure and Construction Industries

Autodesk, Inc. announced new versions of its software for the building, infrastructure and construction industries. The updated portfolio is designed to help increase industry adoption of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process, facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration and address new and renovation projects. Read More

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Trimble Forms New Mapping & GIS Industry Solutions Group

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has formed a new industry solutions group within its Mapping & GIS Division. The new group, known as the Market Solutions Team, will work with strategic customers in key industries such as utilities, natural resources, transportation and municipal government to develop advanced data use solutions for field workers involved

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The plans for an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) were considered at the Governing Council of the UN Environment Programme in Bali in February. ICSU, working with its global biodiversity programme DIVERSITAS, continues to be actively involved in the discussions on IPBES, which is envisaged as providing a new and effective international

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Finland Built Environment – Tekes Programme 2009 – 2014

Built environment includes buildings, compositions, streets, roads, railways, harbors – it is crucial part of our every day life. The Tekes Built Environment programme emphasis usability, functionality and productive processes in infrastructure, reconstruction and renovation as well as construction for well-being services. The programme provides research funding and networking. Read More

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Alias Sketch for AutoCAD

Take advantage of Alias® and SketchBook technology directly in AutoCAD® software. Autodesk® Alias® Sketch for AutoCAD® Technology Preview adds fully integrated painting, illustration and image manipulation capabilities to enhance the AutoCAD design workflow, making AutoCAD a much broader creative tool. With Alias Sketch for AutoCAD users will be able to: Read More

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Infoterra SGSA Acquires Enifosa

Infoterra SGSA, part of Spot Infoterra, the Earth observation division of Astrium Service, has acquired 100% of Enifosa’s (Enginyeria i Fotogrametria S.A.) shares, a leading Spanish firm in 3D urban atlas production and updating.   This purchase, which supports Spot Infoterra’s strategy of strengthening its position as a key player in the Earth observation market,

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

GeoAlberta 2010

Alberta’s most distinguished GIS associations have collaborated to present a strong GIS conference program and exhibition that is current, relevant and innovative. GeoAlberta’s conference and exhibition will again be the definitive hot spot for GIS and Geomatics for Alberta and Western Canada this year!   Mark your calendars for the 8th annual GeoAlberta Conference, May 10-12,

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

GDAL/OGR 1.7.0 Released

The GDAL/OGR Project is pleased to announce the release of GDAL/OGR 1.7.0. This is the first major new release since the 1.6.0 release approximately one year ago, though there have been a number of 1.6.x bug fixes releases during that period. The 1.7.0 release brings many new features, including a number of new raster and