Directions Magazine - Press Releases

Blue Marble Releases Global Mapper 14.2 with Many New Scripting Tools

Blue Marble Geographics — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:20:21 -0500

Hallowell, ME, USA. 04347 -Hallowell, Maine ? Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper version 14.2. This update to the company's popular desktop GIS software offers many new and improved features and functions. Some of the major improvements include several scripting updates,...

Dewberry Acquires Florida-based Bowyer-Singleton

Dewberry — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:25 -0500

Fairfax, VA - Fairfax, VA Dewberry, a privately held architecture, engineering, and consulting company, announced today the acquisition of Bowyer-Singleton & Associates, Inc. Headquartered in Orlando, Fl., Bowyer-Singleton is a more than 90-person planning, engineering, environmental, and surveying and mapping firm, with four additional offices in the...

GCS Launches ‘Geospatial Big Data’ Webinar Series

GCS Research LLC� — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:29:40 -0500

Missoula, Montana -GCS today announced a new webinar series focused on developing solutions to the challenges of Geospatial Big Data by leveraging the fusion of location analytics, mobile platforms and cloud technologies. The first webinar will feature Montana Site Selector, a cloud-based, web-enabled GIS application that GCS built for a...

Roehl Transport Selects ALK Technologies’ CoPilot Truck with RouteSync Capability

ALK Technologies, Inc. — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:26:09 -0500

NJ - Route Compliance Achieved through Seamless Integration with Dispatch and Fuel Optimization Systems Princeton, New Jersey - May 21, 2013 - ALK Technologies, Inc., a global leader in GeoLogistics™ and navigation software, today announced that Marshfield, Wisconsin-based Roehl Transport has selected CoPilot® Truck™ - ALK's truck-specific on-board...

Bluesky Launches Biggest Ever Online Map Shop

bluesky International Limited — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:09 -0500

Coalville, Leicestershire, UK -UK aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched its biggest ever online map shop. Providing easy and cost effective access to hundreds of thousands of aerial photographs the Bluesky MapShop offers a range of purchase options including GIS ready digital image files and hardcopy photographic prints. The new...

AeroMetric Hires Felicia Retiz as Account Manager

AeroMetric, Inc. — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:40:29 -0500

Austin, TX - Austin, Texas, May 21, 2013 – AeroMetric has hired Felicia Retiz as an account manager based out of Austin, TX. In this role she will be responsible for managing client relations and networking under Steve Ellis for AeroMetric’s Texas-based Enterprise Geospatial Information System (EGIS) endeavors. Retiz is highly skilled in managing...

Environmental management improved by using geospatial technologies

MundoGEO Group — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:17:57 -0500

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Essential tool in territorial planning, geospatial technologies are revolutionizing the way to manage properties A number of courses that will take place on June 18 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will present how to take advantage of geospatial data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in land management, urban planning and...

Avenza Releases Geographic Imager 4.2 for Adobe Photoshop

Avenza Systems Inc. — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:33 -0500

124 Merton St, Suite 400, Toronto, ON, Canada M4S 2Z2 - - New ability to export web tiles compatible with online map services - Toronto, ON, May 21, 2013 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator® and the popular PDF Maps mobile app, is pleased to announce...

GeoComm Selects Granite Equity as Long-Term Growth Partner

GeoComm — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:15:53 -0500

601 W Saint Germain Street St. Cloud, MN 56301 -Granite Equity announced today an investment in and partnership with Geo-Comm, Inc. (GeoComm). As part of the transaction, Granite Equity purchased stock from and exchanged stock with the retiring founder to become GeoComm's majority owner. Granite Equity also provided...

Astun Technology Hosts MapAction �Hackathon�

Astun Technology Ltd — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:03:01 -0500

Epsom, Surrey, UK -On 27th April Astun Technology hosted a ?hackathon? at its Epsom offices on behalf of the AGI and MapAction, the charity that specialises in providing a mapping resource for humanitarian emergencies. A ?hackathon? is an event where computer programmers come together to work intensively on a number of software projects....

Vermont Center for Geographic Information Announces New Online Event Registration Service

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:03 -0500

Montpelier, VT - MONTPELIER, Vt., May 20, 2013 - The Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI) announced the launch of a new online service last month to allow GIS professionals and others to register for educational events throughout Vermont and pay securely via credit card over the web. The new online service was launched on April 8, just...

OpenGeo Announces Appointments to Senior Management

OpenGeo — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:55 -0500

New York, NY - Juan Marin Named Chief Technology Officer New York, NY, May 20, 2013 — OpenGeo the world’s leading commercial open source geospatial company, is promoting key team members Juan Marin, Tim Schaub, and Justin Deoliveira to new roles within the company. Marin has been named chief technology officer, OpenGeo CEO Eddie Pickle said in...

Great Harvest Bread Company Creates a Recipe for Success with Esri Location Analytics

Esri — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:50 -0500

Redlands, CA -Esri announces that Great Harvest Bread Company, headquartered in Dillon, Montana, and known for its whole-grain breads and baked goods, is using Esri Location Analytics to help grow the successful franchise even further. A combination of Esri Business Analyst software and Tapestry Segmentation data allows the company and franchisees to...

Sigma Seven contract wins top �1M

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:55 -0500

Edinburgh, Scotland - Leading Edinburgh technology company, Sigma Seven, has won another significant new customer, achieving new project wins totalling more than £1M in the first three months of 2013. Sigma Seven, which specialises in mobile and mapping technology, has been appointed by electricity distributor, Northern Powergrid, to assist...

Elsevier Announces Collaboration with The Geological Society of America To Add Over 60,000 Maps to Geofacets Research Tool

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:05:48 -0500

New York, NY - Addition of maps from prestigious journals and books dating back to 1934 brings total number of Geofacets maps to over 300,000 NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, medical and technical information products and services, today announced its collaboration with The Geological Society of America...