Government

Geospatial Media and Communications named Critigen “Geospatial Solutions Company of the Year 2012” at the Geospatial World Forum held in Rotterdam, Netherlands May 13-16, 2013. The Geospatial World Leadership Awards Jury was impressed with the “vision and capabilities of Critigen in developing...

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...

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...

The Kingdom of Bahrain has taken a step closer to developing a new 3D enabled spatial data model of the nation following a new partnership between Ordnance Survey International and the Survey and Land Registration Bureau (SLRB).  (no date provided)The SLRB is the government organisation...

Newly designed maps covering Kentucky and Tennessee are now available online for free download May 15, 2013 - US Topo maps now have a crisper, cleaner design - enhancing readability of maps for online and printed use. Map symbols are easier to read over the digital aerial photograph layer...

 – AeroMetric presented the St. Louis U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with special recognition including an inscribed award and project poster for "Creating an On Target Geospatial Foundation for the Navajo Housing Authority." The award and poster were duplicates of the ones that AeroMetric was...

  May 9, 2013 - The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and...

Announces official launch of Maryland’s first statewide open data portal Hosts Future of Information Alliance’s “The Big Picture of Big Data” panel discussion May 8th, 2013, ANNAPOLIS, MD  - Governor Martin O’Malley today officially launched data.maryland.gov - Maryland’s first statewide...

The UK’s Eastleigh Borough Council has transformed its local authority property search service with a new automated system connected to the council’s corporate GIS. Land Charge searches form an essential part of the conveyancing process, identifying if there are any aspects of the property or its...

  [no date] PaMAGIC Contest Array – In preparation for the Annual GIS Conference [June 3-5, State College], and with the intention of ‘funning it up’, PaMAGIC is creating 9 prizes spread in 2 categories. Winners will be announced and shown during the PaMAGIC session at the GIS Conference. One...