Directions Magazine - Press Releases

Ordnance Survey announces the 2000th public sector organisation to sign up for geographic data sharing

Ordnance Survey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:58:47 -0600

UK - Ordnance Survey today celebrates an important milestone as the 2000th member joins the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) just nine months after it was launched. Tatenhill Parish Council in East Staffordshire is the latest public sector organisation to sign up for the agreement, which is delivering improved planning and delivery of services through...

Bi-Partisan Amendment Promotes Next Generation 9-1-1

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:51:39 -0600

Columbus, OH - $250M in Funds Slated for NG9-1-1 Emergency Technology Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) around the country received encouraging news on December 1, as a bipartisan group of Representatives in the House passed an amendment aimed at improving the capabilities of the nation’s 9-1-1 centers. Previously introduced as H.R. 2629, the...

SuperGIS Desktop 3 Helps Osimo City Hall in Italy Establish GIS Platform

SuperGeo Technologies Inc. — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:30:41 -0600

Taipei, Taiwan -SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Osimo City Hall in Italy selected SuperGIS Desktop 3 to build up its professional GIS platform, which assists the staff of the departments in effectively editing, analyzing, querying, and managing spatial data, and eventually...

Intergraph Enables Users to Exploit Power of 3D Geospatial Data with GeoMedia 3D 6.1.1

Intergraph Corporation — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:07:39 -0600

Huntsville, Ala. - 3D Map View Seamlessly Connected to GeoMedia and ERDAS IMAGINE to Drive Timely Decisions Intergraph proudly announces the release of GeoMedia® 3D 6.1.1, providing a better way for organizations to exploit the precision and power of their geospatial data. 3D visualization provides the realistic view to facilitate smarter, more...

AeroMetric Acquires Leica Ultra High Point Density LiDAR System

AeroMetric, Inc. — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:52 -0600

USA - AeroMetric has acquired and installed the new Leica ALS70 - an ultra high point density corridor and wide-area LiDAR system. The model acquired is the ALS70-HP, capable of achieving measurement rates of 500 kHz, and offering unsurpassed control over the scan pattern on the ground. AeroMetric will use the system to map a wide variety of terrain...

DOT Deputy Secretary Tells Aviation Subcommittee LightSquared�s Plans �Not Compatible� with Numerous Safety-of-Flight Operations

Coalition to Save Our GPS — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:47:13 -0600

Washington DC - Two key aviation associations call for an end to LightSquared’s proposal; essential nature of GPS to aviation safety cited WASHINGTON, D.C. – Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary John Porcari testified today that FAA tests show that LightSquared’s proposed terrestrial network is “not compatible” with numerous...

Minister Of Infrastructure & The Environment, The Netherlands

Geospatial Media and Communications — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:44:17 -0600

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Mrs Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Hon’ble Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment in the Netherlands, has confirmed to open Geospatial World Forum (GWF) 2012 on 24 April. She will also deliver the Opening Address. GWF 2012 will be held from 23 to 27 April at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam. As...

3-GIS and JCEMA to host GITA SE Lunch and Learn

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:29:02 -0600

– 3-GIS, a GIS software solutions company based in Decatur, Alabama, and the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (JCEMA) will host a GITA SE lunch and learn on emergency preparedness. The event will be held February 16 at the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency, 709 North 19th Street in Birmingham. The GITA SE lunch will be provided by...

GAF contracted to implement a significant part of GMES Initial Operations (GIO) Land Monitoring Services

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:05:52 -0600

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has contracted GAF AG to map high-resolution Forest and Impervious Area characteristics for two lots in West-, Central- and South-Eastern Europe in the framework of the GMES Initial Operations (GIO) Land Monitoring Services. After several years of industry's support to the Global Monitoring for...

New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket

Trimble Navigation Ltd — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:03:37 -0600

Sunnyvale,CA - —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new generation of GNSS devices for GIS field applications—the Trimble® Juno® 3B and 3D handhelds. With the new Trimble Juno series, mobile workforces ranging from public utilities to municipalities are empowered with rugged, integrated GNSS handhelds that are optimized for everyday field...

Public is Invited to Use Web, iPhone and Android Apps as Part of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Geo Inventory Challenge

Azavea Inc. — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:01:46 -0600

Philadelphia,PA - The six-week MyHeartMap Challenge serves as a pilot research project aimed at locating and capturing information about AEDs in Philadelphia. Contest participants can win monetary prizes. – Azavea, an award-winning geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, announces a crowd-sourcing contest to locate automated...

Telvent Selected to Provide Integrated Weather and Smart Grid Solutions to Accurately Predict Electrical Load

Telvent — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:32 -0600

Telvent Selected to Provide Integrated Weather and Smart Grid Solutions to Accurately Predict Electrical Load Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that Progress Energy has chosen its innovative Smart Grid Solutions technologies in combination with Telvent’s industry-leading...

MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica opens registration of success stories

MundoGEO Group — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:09:37 -0600

Sao Paulo,BR - The chosen projects are going to be part of the lectures of the event, that will take place in May 29th through 31st - The event MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica in 2012, the largest gathering of geotechnology industry in Latin America, held May 29 thru 31 at the Frei Caneca Convention Center in Sao Paulo (SP), is selecting success...

Customize Area Analysis Applications with the Community Analyst API

Esri — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:28 -0600

Redlands, CA -Esri has released an API for Community Analyst, allowing greater flexibility for developers who need to create customized applications that assess the population characteristics of an area. Esri Community Analyst is a Software as a Service (SaaS) mapping solution that provides GIS capabilities in a simple and easy-to-use framework...

Nebraska Public Service Commission Selects BroadMap for Broadband Data Collection and Mapping

BroadMap — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:06:22 -0600

The Nebraska Public Service Commission (NPSC), following a competitive bid process, announced that it has selected BroadMap, LLC, to collect, verify, report, and map the availability, speed, and location of broadband internet access across the State of Nebraska. These efforts are part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s...