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Blue Marble Releases GeoCore 2012 Featuring Improved LiDAR API

Blue Marble Geographics — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:56 -0600

Gardiner,ME - -Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) announces the release of GeoCore 2012, the all-in-one data conversion developer toolkit for geospatial data. The updated version of GeoCore features GeoCalc 6.5, GeoTransform 6.2, and GeoTranslate 5.2. If desired, the latest versions of these software development kits are also available...

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MidAmerica GIS Consortium — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:48:50 -0600

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International Growth for OCS with Acquisition of Fountains America Inc.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:05 -0600

Crawley, England - CRAWLEY, England, February 3, 2012 -- Fountains America Inc. and its subsidiaries Fountains Forestry Inc., Fountains Land Inc. and Fountains Spatial Inc. have been acquired by OCS Group Limited. Martin Gammon, Managing Director of OCS Group UK, said, "At OCS we are committed to creating a world of services for our...

MapQuest Integrates Traffic and Road Condition Cameras Into Maps & Directions

MapQuest, Inc. — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:47:12 -0600

Denver, CO - -- MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. , today integrated traffic and road condition cameras into their maps and directions. Now available in over 100 markets and featuring more than 11,000 cameras from partner INRIX, MapQuest seeks to make traveling easier and safer. The majority of the images from the camera are updated...

Routing Success Starts At INTERSECT 2012

RouteSmart Technologies — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:05:12 -0600

Columbia,MD - RouteSmart’s premier learning and collaboration event returns to Annapolis — From public works and utilities to newspaper and mail delivery, organizations with distribution-intensive, geographically-based field service operations face significant challenges in managing operations costs and customer service. For critical insight,...

Intergraph� Launches �Introduction to GeoMedia�� Online Training Course

Intergraph Corporation — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:43:30 -0600

Huntsville,AL - Students to Gain Hands-on Experience of Powerful GIS Management Software - In February 2012, Intergraph® is adding “Introduction to GeoMedia®” to its growing roster of online course offerings. Intergraph also offers online courses in ERDAS IMAGINE®, LPS, ERDAS APOLLO and ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS. These courses enable students to...

SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galileo FOC satellites

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:43:27 -0600

Guildford, UK - European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani today announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation programme under the supervision of the European Space Agency. The new...

Spatial Energy Announces Remote Sensing Energy Challenge

Spatial Energy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:22:14 -0600

Boulder, Colorado -Spatial Energy, the leading source of digital imagery, content hosting and information solutions for the energy industry, today announced the inaugural Remote Sensing Energy Challenge. With $10,000 in total awards for winners in two categories ? commercial and student ? the competition seeks to identify new remote sensing...

GTG Welcomes Sales Manager, Sean Maxwell (CP, PLS, PPS, SP)

Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:53:49 -0600

Goldsboro, NC -Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) is pleased to announce the hiring of Sean Maxwell (CP, PLS, PPS, SP) as Sales Manager. Mr. Maxwell brings a wealth of experience to GTG. He was co-founder and partner of American Geographic Data, a leading photogrammetry firm, and has been involved in the local GIS community for over 20 years. He...

Marcellus-Utica Oil and Gas Data Shows Guernsey County, Ohio Continues as the January 2012 Leasing Hotspot

Apollo Mapping — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:39:46 -0600

Boulder, CO - Between the Marcellus and Utica Shale basins, there is an estimated 5.5 billion barrels of oil, 3.4 billion barrels of natural gas liquids and 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – making it one of the most significant plays in North America, much of which is currently untapped. Without a source of up-to-date and accurate maps of...

Socium launches Online Validation Service to users worldwide

Socium Limited — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:16:11 -0600

Cambridge, UK -Cambridge, UK, 2nd February 2012. Following the highly successful UK and Ireland launch of the cloud based, Online Validation Service last November, Socium are today opening up the service to give access to users worldwide. The Online Validation Service, Socium?s first offering to the market, provides an independent, simple and easy...

Europa Technologies extends coverage map services for the mobile telecom industry

Europa Technologies — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:43:49 -0600

Cobham, Surrey, UK - Europa Technologies has today announced an additional offering for the mobile telecom industry to provide accurate and up-to-date coverage information. This builds on the recently announced services Network Insight Pro and Global Coverage Analyzer and extends the company’s alliance with American Roamer, the curator of the...

SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 Beta Released to the Public

SuperGeo Technologies Inc. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:01:32 -0600

Taipei, Taiwan -SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, releases SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 Beta, the latest desktop GIS software of SuperGIS 3 series products, for the worldwide users? evaluation. Based on the brand new SuperGIS Engine 3, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 provides more GIS tools to assist GIS...

Rolta upgrades its Cutting-Edge Geoimaging Technology

Rolta International, Inc. — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:09:41 -0600

Mumbai, India - Rolta today announced the release of Rolta Geomatica™ 2012, a complete and integrated software solution featuring tools designed to solve challenging problems of Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, GIS and Digital Mapping. With this upgraded software platform, Rolta continues to provide the high performance software tools that enable...

Feasibility Reports for a National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Uganda & Jordan Now Available

ESRI Canada — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:27:56 -0600

Toronto, Ontario, Canada -Reports Cite Effective Policy, Data Sharing & Cooperation as Key Requirements for Building a Successful SDI??? TORONTO ? January 31, 2012 ? Esri Canada today announced the successful completion of feasibility studies for building a national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in Uganda and the Kingdom of Jordan....