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Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 6:00am CEST
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing — more commonly known by its
acronym, ASPRS, or its tagline, "The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society" —
held its Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, this week.
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 6:00am CEST
With a comprehensive upgrade to coordinate conversion software program, Blue Marble Geographics has
eliminated the barriers arising from differences between coordinate and projection systems.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 6:00am CEST
ERDAS is a name with a long history.
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Posted: April 11th, 2008, 6:00am CEST
Carbon dioxide is the most important human-produced gas contributing to global climate change, and the
United States accounts for about 25 percent of global CO2 emissions.
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Posted: March 28th, 2008, 5:00am CET
At Geospatial Solutions, we're always looking for ways to help our readers do their jobs better
— to provide the information, insight, and resources to keep you informed and productive. For those
employed in the geospatial arena, improved performance and more efficient data sharing may mean more than kudos
from the boss.
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Posted: March 28th, 2008, 5:00am CET
This software is designed for a wide range of users, from beginners to those highly experienced with
GIS. The targeted sectors are business, government, and education — in other words, just about
everyone.
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Posted: March 21st, 2008, 5:00am CET
In the last issue of the Weekly, we began our coverage of the Geospatial Information &
Technology Association's (GITA) revamped Annual Conference, now known as the Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions
Conference and held concurrently with the inaugural Geospatial Dimensions of Emergency Response Symposium
(ERS).
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Posted: March 14th, 2008, 5:00am CET
In its 31st iteration, the event that has previously been known as the Geospatial Information
& Technology Association (GITA) Annual Conference was at once familiar and entirely new.
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Posted: March 7th, 2008, 6:00am CET
With a career that has spanned everything from small-town daily newspapers to high-tech trade
monthlies and weeklies — even a stint in marketing and public relations — Jeff Chappell
brings a variety of experience to Geospatial Solutions.
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Posted: March 7th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Geospatial Solutions is pleased to welcome a new Web editor to our team. After years of chasing
high-tech stories around the globe, Jeff Chappell is on the hunt for GIS and GPS.
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Posted: March 7th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Call Him Ishmael
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Posted: February 29th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Tsunami Detection by GPS
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Posted: February 25th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Geospatial Solutions' 2008 Media Kit
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Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 6:00am CET
Last week, roughly 150 members of the press gathered in San Francisco for Autodesk's World Press Days
event.
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Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 6:00am CET
Autodesk's Crystal Ball
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Posted: February 18th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Despite printing problems, this lightweight viewer/editor for Windows will meet the needs of many GIS
users.
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Posted: February 18th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Despite printing problems, this lightweight viewer/editor for Windows will meet the needs of many GIS
users.
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Posted: February 15th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Collaboration Yields Cleaner Water
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Posted: February 8th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Although it's earned the unflattering nickname "snail mail" from comparisons of its
speed with that of e-mail, postal mail remains a much-used method of communication in the United States
— a staggering 213 billion pieces are delivered per year.
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Posted: February 8th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Test Letter Locates Snail Mail Slowdowns
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Posted: February 1st, 2008, 6:00am CET
Spatial software developer LizardTech recently invited a group of geospatial editors to Denver for a
preview of GeoExpress 7, which it launched this week.
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Posted: February 1st, 2008, 6:00am CET
LizardTech Makes Leap to Interoperability
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Posted: February 1st, 2008, 6:00am CET
Forestry GIS Offers Basic Functionality in Freeware
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Posted: January 25th, 2008, 6:00am CET
The relentless march of new electronics replacing the "old," and the plummeting prices
that accompany that turnover, put digital cameras and simple GPS units within the reach of the typical consumer
some time ago.
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Posted: January 18th, 2008, 6:00am CET
General Lee's Bird's Eye View
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 6:00am CET
We turn to GPS applications every day, for monitoring our valuables, guiding the lost, even saving
lives.
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Posted: January 11th, 2008, 6:00am CET
No Satellites, No Problem
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Posted: January 7th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Network in the Sky
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Posted: January 6th, 2008, 6:00am CET
Diabetes is an illness marked by dangerously high blood sugar levels, resulting from resistance to
insulin or inadequate insulin production.
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Posted: January 1st, 2008, 6:00am CET
Cognitive Radio Design for a Military Platform
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Posted: December 30th, 2007, 6:00am CET
A guide to data firms serving the geospatial industry.
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Posted: December 30th, 2007, 6:00am CET
A guide to software firms serving the geospatial industry.
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Posted: December 30th, 2007, 6:00am CET
A guide to service providers for the geospatial industry.
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Posted: December 30th, 2007, 6:00am CET
A guide to hardware firms serving the geospatial industry.
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Posted: December 28th, 2007, 6:00am CET
GPS Satellites Gain Prominence
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Posted: December 21st, 2007, 6:00am CET
Every day, each of us is inundated with more information than we can comprehend or make use
of.
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Posted: December 14th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Conference Reinforces GIS?IT Connection
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Posted: December 7th, 2007, 6:00am CET
GPS Satellites Gain Prominence
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Posted: December 1st, 2007, 6:00am CET
GIS on the Front Lines in Fighting Disease
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Posted: November 30th, 2007, 6:00am CET
With the advent of digital globes like Google Earth, satellite imagery is now within the reach of
anyone with an Internet connection.
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Posted: November 30th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Photographers Capture What Satellites Can't
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Posted: November 28th, 2007, 6:00am CET
3Dconnexion's responsive peripheral lets users intuitively navigate and manipulate objects in 3D
environments.
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Posted: November 17th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Interoperability, Accuracy, Speed: Technology and Tools Shine at GEOINT 2006
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Posted: November 14th, 2007, 6:00am CET
GeoEye, Inc., recently announced the Foundation's donation of more than 1,000 square kilometers of
high-resolution IKONOS satellite imagery to international conservation groups to aid in gorilla preservation
efforts.
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Posted: November 14th, 2007, 6:00am CET
The recently revised Cary and Associates Web site features simpler navigation and provides more
information about geotechnology markets and the process of marketing, according to the company.
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Posted: November 14th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Autodesk, Inc., has announced the availability of Autodesk Topobase Electric software, a new
infrastructure management solution designed to help North American electric utilities better manage their
transmission and distribution networks, by integrating design and facility asset information.
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Posted: November 13th, 2007, 6:00am CET
IDV Solutions has announced that its Visual Fusion Server product will utilize the spatial
enhancements of SQL Server 2008 to provide customers spatial query support within their visual composite
applications.
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Posted: November 13th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging has introduced a Center of Excellence in Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China. As a Leica Geosystems Center of Excellence, Wuhan University will
incorporate Leica Geosystems products into its curriculum and research activities.
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Posted: November 13th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Support for the spatial enhancements of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 will be available in Cadcorp SIS
— Spatial Information System Version 7.0, due for release early in 2008.
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Posted: November 12th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Telog Instruments Inc. and Wallingford Software Limited have agreed to collaborate on the development
of a real-time, networked water modeling application.
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Posted: November 12th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Safe Software has announced that its FME spatial ETL (extract, transform, and load) platform will
support the spatial data capabilities made available in the SQL Server 2008 November Community Technology Preview
(CTP).
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Posted: November 12th, 2007, 6:00am CET
NAVTEQ has been selected by Johnston McLamb to power its Geospatial Business Intelligence/Visual
Business Intelligence (GBI/VBI) Solutions.
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Posted: November 10th, 2007, 6:00am CET
A Gaggle of Google Earth Tools
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Posted: November 9th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Depending on where you live, you likely had some weighty issues on your mind this past Tuesday, such
as which candidate would best fulfill the duties of a particular local office.
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Posted: November 9th, 2007, 6:00am CET
NAVTEQ and Primus Geographics have announced the availability of thirty-three U.S. business and
consumer data variables for download. The extended map content data is aligned with NAVTEQ administrative
boundaries and is available for use by the Oracle development community.
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Posted: November 8th, 2007, 6:00am CET
The Spatial Analysis for Business 2008 Conference, sponsored by the University of Redlands and the
U.S. Small Business Administration, will take place April 5-8 in Redlands, California. The conference is currently
accepting papers for review; proposals are due December 8, 2007.
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Posted: November 8th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Geospatial Systems, Inc. (GSI) has announced the development of a new Tactical Airborne Mapping and
Surveillance (TAMS) system designed to produce National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF)-compliant imagery
supporting forward area mapping requirements.
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Posted: November 8th, 2007, 6:00am CET
NAVTEQ has been selected by WebTech Wireless to supply NAVTEQ Transport truck attributes for Quadrant,
WebTech Wireless's fleet management system. Quadrant provides users with GPS-based location information in real
time for fleet management.
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Posted: November 7th, 2007, 6:00am CET
Infoterra France and its Greek partner GEOMET Ltd. have won a contract, worth more than 2.86 million
euros, to deliver fully orthorectified imagery and digital surface models (DSM) covering Greek
cities.
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Posted: November 7th, 2007, 6:00am CET
FortiusOne showcased its GeoCommons Appliance in a Lockheed Martin-led geospatial intelligence demo at
the GEOINT symposium last week.
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Posted: November 6th, 2007, 6:00am CET
The GeoInformation Group has captured new LiDAR data for London. This latest survey is the most
current height data solution available to the market, according to the company, and can be used to create detailed
3D ground and surface models.
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Posted: November 6th, 2007, 6:00am CET
IDV Solutions' Federated Search Connector enables Microsoft Search Server 2008 (MSS) to integrate with
IDV's visual composite application suite, Visual Fusion, and Flickr, an online photo management and sharing
application, allowing users to search millions of geotagged Flickr images and visualize the results on a Virtual
Earth base map.
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Posted: November 5th, 2007, 6:00am CET
BAE Systems has received an $18.5 million, 30-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a new class of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems and
capabilities.
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Posted: November 2nd, 2007, 5:00am CET
3001 has announced the purchase of an Optech Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM) Gemini 167-kilohertz
topographic LiDAR sensor, equipped with Multipulse technology and Waveform Digitizer. Additionally, 3001 has
upgraded its existing Leica airborne sensors, the ALS50 LiDAR sensor and the ADS40 digital airborne pushbroom
camera, to their current-generation technology.
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Posted: November 1st, 2007, 5:00am CET
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has announced the launch of its enhanced
website with a new members-only portal.
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Posted: November 1st, 2007, 5:00am CET
GIS on the Front Lines in Fighting Disease
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Posted: October 31st, 2007, 5:00am CET
Educators using ESRI GIS technology in advanced GIScience research are invited to participate in a new
GIScience research track at the 2008 ESRI Education User Conference (ESRI EdUC), to be held August 2-5,
2008.
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Posted: October 31st, 2007, 5:00am CET
NAVTEQ Corporation has reported record third-quarter revenue and operating income for the quarter
ended September 30, 2007.
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Posted: October 30th, 2007, 5:00am CET
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging has announced orthorectification capabilities for Thailand Earth
Observation System (THEOS) images accessed in both ERDAS IMAGINE and Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS). This new
capability allows users to display and manipulate images captured by the THEOS satellite, launching in November
2007.
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Posted: October 30th, 2007, 5:00am CET
Lowrance has announced the release of its XOG Cross-Navigation GPS, which combines turn-by-turn
automotive guidance with weatherproof outdoor travel functionality.
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Posted: October 29th, 2007, 5:00am CET
GeoAnalytics Inc. has been retained by Lincoln County, Wisconsin, to complete a review of the current
Lincoln County GIS and Web mapping site.
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Posted: October 29th, 2007, 5:00am CET
The Chicago Field Museum has opened the Maps: Finding our Place in the World exhibit, where visitors
will be immersed in the world of maps and mapmaking. NAVTEQ Corporation is the presenting sponsor of the
exhibition, and has contributed to displays on the modern and futuristic uses of maps.
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Posted: October 27th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
"Geo-Enabling" the IC with GeoPDF
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Posted: October 26th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Flight Landata, Inc., has received a contract from the U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center (Army
TEC) for work in Afghanistan. The $6.6 million contract engages the company to do intelligence, surveillance,
reconnaissance, and mapping via aerial remote sensing.
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Posted: October 26th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging has made enhancements to Leica TITAN, the company's data sharing
solution for viewing and retrieving geospatial and location-based content in a single, secure
environment.
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Posted: October 25th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Pellissippi State Technical Community College in Tennessee has purchased CIVICTechnologies' newly
released BusinessDecision Academic to support students in departments such as business/marketing, sociology, and
public administration.
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Posted: October 25th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Digital Quest has announced the development of a new series of course books that examine 16
industry/career clusters to demonstrate how GIS technology impacts and improves those industries.
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Posted: October 25th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Aeromap Technology Systems, a private company based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has signed an agreement
to represent LizardTech software and to promote the geospatial image compression formats MrSID and JPEG
2000.
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Posted: October 24th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging is exhibiting NVision Solutions' Hurricane Katrina data in Leica
TITAN at the GEOINT Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas.
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Posted: October 24th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
SSS Research is working with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide key software
as part of its NGA Earth eGeoInt project. Under this relationship, SSS Research provides its GeoBoost Visual
Intelligence software solution to enable situational awareness and location intelligence for multiple
constituencies.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Traffic.com has launched TrafficOne Mobile, an extension of the company's online website offerings,
which is designed to meet the needs of wireless carriers, mobile content providers, and application
developers.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Laser Technology´s pocketable laser rangefinder employs a tilt sensor, not an
inclinometer, so it can be used sideways or upside down.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2007, 6:00am CEST
TerraGo Technologies has announced that the Army Digital Topographic Support System (DTSS) Program has
licensed the Map2PDF suite of software products used to create GeoPDF files and incorporate them into their
geospatial intelligence products.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Juniper Systems, Inc and OnPOZ Precision Positioning have entered into an agreement to develop new
geospatial solutions for the natural resources market.
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Posted: October 20th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Location: The Bottom Line in Business? Part II
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Posted: October 19th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
GeoEye, Inc., has contracted with ITT Corporation to begin work on the camera for GeoEye's next
satellite, GeoEye-2. This is the first step in a phased development process for a satellite capable of discerning
objects on the Earth's surface as small as 0.25 meter (9.75 inch) in size.
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Posted: October 19th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Tensing has named Enspiria Solutions, a provider of IT consulting and implementations for utilities,
telecommunications, and public-sector organizations, the latest Tensing business partner. As a business partner,
Enspiria will be able to sell and implement Tensing's entire suite of enterprise mobility solutions.
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Posted: October 19th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Whether the motivation is navigation, collaboration, or simply escapism, humanity is hard at work
recreating the real world.
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Posted: October 18th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC) has
created and released an extension for ESRI's ArcGIS 9x. The GeoPDF to ArcGIS extension, which is free and available
only to Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, will allow users to import the TerraGo Technologies GeoPDF or
georeferenced PDF file format for viewing, manipulation, and utilization as map backgrounds into
ArcGIS.
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Posted: October 18th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
WhiteStar Corp. has introduced Unlimited Well Access (UWA), a digital map-based product containing
well header information for oil and gas wells in the United States, including Alaska, state and federal waters, and
the Gulf of Mexico.
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Posted: October 17th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging has released a new version of Leica ADE, with the ability to
handle Oracle 11g data. The Leica ADE product suite contains Web-based and mobile enterprise applications for
editing Oracle Spatial data in both connected and disconnected environments.
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Posted: October 17th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Wherify Wireless, Inc., has announced its intent to deliver in Q1 2008 its Location Based Services
(LBS) platform, named Springboard, which is designed to enable carriers, application providers, and mobile device
manufacturers in developing LBS applications for their products and services.
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Posted: October 17th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Ordnance Survey, Great Britain's national mapping agency, has selected an Intergraph Corporation-led
team, including 1Spatial and Snowflake Software, to provide its geospatial database and data management
system.
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Posted: October 17th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Geospatial Systems, Inc., has appointed Maxime Elbaz as president and CEO.
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Posted: October 17th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
ITT Corporation has announced its contribution to the latest U.S. Air Force Global Positioning
Satellite to join the constellation.
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Posted: October 16th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
geographIT has been accepted by Azteca Systems, Inc. as an associate partner for Cityworks software.
Cityworks is a GIS-based asset and computerized maintenance management system developed for public works,
utilities, and other organizations that manage capital assets and infrastructure.
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Posted: October 16th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
LeadDog Consulting has announced the release of detailed city street geographic databases for the
following Peruvian cities: Lima, Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Iquitos, Cusco, Chimbote, Huancayo, and
Pucallpa.
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Posted: October 15th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Autodesk, Inc., has unveiled the Autodesk U-Vis 360 Core, a new solution platform that integrates
building design, manufacturing, mapping, and infrastructure data and displays it in a single visualization
environment.
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Posted: October 15th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
One World, One Year offers a selection of 50,000 SPOT scenes with the lowest available cloud cover
acquired within the last year, covering some 180 million square kilometers. Users can access the new global imagery
by going to One World, One Year in the Google Earth Practical Information panel and clicking the new Spot Image
folder.
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Posted: October 15th, 2007, 6:00am CEST
Wallingford Software has released FloodWorks v8.5, an update of its real-time flood forecasting and
warning solution. A modular software package, FloodWorks is used for simulation and forecasting of extreme
hydrological and hydraulic conditions within river basins, drainage systems and the coastal zone.