Saturday, January 1st, 2011
The National Geographic Institute ( IGN ) goes on sale to the public interest, the publication of the book”Argentina 500k” , a work that shows the scale 1:500.000 Argentine territory, both on satellite images as topographic line plus its corresponding display on DVD. It is a work done in record time by the staff of IGN and the National
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
SITNAMAP is a GIS tool for handling geographic information. It represents SITNA’s clear intention to offer a better service to society meeting its users’ main demands: providing more geographic data and tools to work on this data. Like any other GIS, it works as an alphanumerical database whose records are associated with graphic objects on
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
ERDAS proudly announces the official release of ERDAS® 2011 Software, including ERDAS IMAGINE®, LPS, ERDAS APOLLO, ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS® 10 and other leading desktop and server products. Portfolio-wide changes for the ERDAS 2011 Software Release include the ability to localize ERDAS products for a global audience, integrated support for Bing™ Maps base imagery and
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Terrain model with high accuracy in a short time to create digital one – this “was the aim of the pilot project” DGM-S Lower Rhine. This was 229 km long river section between Bonn and Emmerich by multibeam survey of the measuring vessel. With this technique, the sole high point density absorbed completely.The result is a nationwide
Sunday, December 19th, 2010
MapQuest announced the launch of its first U.S. site built on OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, an information source encouraging consumer contributions. Open.MapQuest.com, like the 10 open sites launched by MapQuest in Europe and Asia over the last four months, hosts OSM data along with the new MapQuest brand and interface. “While the launch of our U.S.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
OpenGeo, a leader in open source geospatial software development and support, yesterday announced the 1.0 release of GeoNode, a new platform designed to promote the development of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) worldwide. The GeoNode platform is comprised of powerful open source software components including GeoServer, GeoNetwork, Django, and GeoExt. This stack enables users to publish,
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Over the last two decades many countries throughout the world have taken steps to establish national Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDls). These actions have sought to provide an infrastructure for accessing and sharing spatial data to reduce the duplication of spatial data collection by both users and producers, and enable better utilization of spatial data and
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Garmin International Inc. today announced the creation of OpenCaching.com, a completely free online community for creating, sharing and finding geocaches around the world. An exciting and engaging outdoor activity, geocaching combines exploration, education, entertainment and recreation. At OpenCaching.com, everyone can enjoy all of the caches and helpful information – the tips, descriptions, previous attempts, mass
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Esri has released an updated version of its ArcGIS for iOS app. In addition to using the app to discover and explore maps, find places and addresses, and query map layers and data, users can now collect and update geographic information system (GIS) information directly from their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch devices.The app lets users
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces the exclusive distribution of RealityLINx® Model 5.4 – powered by Leica point cloud Engine (pcE) technology. RealityLINx Model 5.4 speeds and simplifies the processing of as-built laser scans into intelligent models that feed into popular 3D plant design software and into INOVx plant asset management software.Leica pcE makes RealityLINx Model more powerful
