Geospatial Industry News

Washington State County Road Administration Board uses DK.NET for Road Management System

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:51:15 +0000

The Washington State County Road Administration Board (CRAB) uses the TatukGISDeveloper Kernel (.NET edition) for its “Mobility” road inventory and management system. The mission of the Washington State CRAB is to preserve and enhance the transportation infrastructure of Washington counties by providing standards of good practice, fair administration of funding programs, visionary leadership, and integrated, progressive [...]

Local Information Utility is Helping Local Governments Manage New GIS and IT Technologies and Connect to Their Citizens.

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:49:37 +0000

GS Inc. is pleased announce the launch of our Local Information Utility (LIU) application demonstration website for Local Government. The Local Information Utility products and services is a dynamic, cost effective and user friendly web based application to assist local governments in managing and distributing their location based intelligence information. Leap forward quickly to today’s [...]

Trimble Announces Call for Speakers for its Dimensions User Conference

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:43:46 +0000

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today the “Call for Speakers” for its Dimensions 2012 International User Conference being held November 5-7, 2012 at the Mirage and the Treasure Island Hotels in Las Vegas. Trimble Dimensions User Conference sessions address some of the hottest industry topics about how advanced positioning solutions and information technology can provide businesses with [...]

Department for Transport hands over street designation repository to GeoPlace

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:07:25 +0000

Local knowledge and control of roads reduces traffic jams, enabling easier flow of people and vehicles through the road system. From April 2012, government handed over greater responsibility to local highway authorities for the management of the roads classification system. To help with effective management of the road network and in order to aid road [...]

Calgary Firm Wins Esri Canada Award of Excellence for Advancing Geodesign

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:04:32 +0000

O2 Planning + Design Inc. Deftly Applies Spatial Analysis to Urban Planning for Better, Sustainable Designs CALGARY, Esri Canada User Conference, May 23, 2012 – Geodesign is both the art and science of incorporating geography into design. O2 Planning + Design Inc. provides specialized expertise in this area and uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to combine [...]

COM.Geo 2012：ICF to Present Keynote “Computational Intelligence and Neuromorphic Computing Potential for Geospatial Research and Applications”

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:02:05 +0000

Dr. Robinson E. Pino, Senior Scientist, ICF International, will deliver a keynote “Computational Intelligence and Neuromorphic Computing Potential for Geospatial Research and Applications” at COM.Geo 2012 conference which will be held on July 1-3, Washington, DC. In today’s highly mobile, networked, and interconnected internet world, the flow and volume of information is overwhelming and continuously [...]

Bluesky Launches Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:18:40 +0000

Aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a fast response aerial survey service using state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones. The technology, originally developed by the military, includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided autopilot, high resolution integrated camera and environmentally friendly rechargeable propulsion system. Autonomous take-off and landing ensures the system is easy [...]

Map of European Retail Spending

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:12:53 +0000

This month’s map from GfK GeoMarketing shows the European countries’ retail spending as a share of total private spending (data source: Study “Key Europopean retail data 2011 review and 2012 forecast” / GfK GeoMarketing). Retail spending as a share of total private spending declined again in the EU-27 countries in 2011. Despite the retail turnover [...]

GAF conducts Environmental Compliance Monitoring assignment for the Ambatovy Nickel Mine Project in Madagascar under contract with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and with assistance from LuxSpace

geospatialpr — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:09:31 +0000

GAF AG announced today that it has made a successful contribution to Ambatovy’s biodiversity programme by applying Earth observation technology to the monitoring of forest habitats. The information derived contributes significantly to knowledge about prevailing deforestation rates along Madagascar’s eastern rainforest corridor, parts of which have World Heritage status. The investigation clearly demonstrated the utility [...]

United Nations Geographic Information Working Group becomes a Principal Member of the Open Geospatial Consortium

geospatialpr — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:36:14 +0000

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is pleased to announce that the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG) has taken Principal level membership. The UNGIWG addresses topics related to geospatial information sharing and quality of location information. The group is working across the United Nations to improve the efficient use of geographic information for better [...]