Directions Magazine - Press Releases

Find Out What GIS Technology Can Do for Your Organization

No-Cost ESRI Web Seminar for Managers Explains the Benefits, from Saving Time and Money to Improving Customer Service Redlands, California—ESRI invites executives, managers, and other decision makers to tune in to an online seminar this month and learn about the bottom-line business

Schneider Announces New Beacon Product Website

Indianapolis, Indiana (May 14, 2008) The Schneider Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of the new beacon� product website, created to accompany the beacon� interactive land records portal. With the addition of this site, current and

Partners celebrate awards for innovation at Ordnance Survey conference

Six companies are celebrating success at Ordnance Survey\'s partner awards - thanks to their innovative use of geographic information. Landmark Information Group, SIA Limited, eMAPSite, GroundSure, ESRI (UK) and Augmentra Limited all triumphed with awards at a ceremony in Newport, Wales. The awards were held during Ordnance Survey\'s annual partner

ITU Global View Unveiled at ITU Telecom Africa 2008

ITU Global View Unveiled at ITU Telecom Africa 2008 Lansing, MI - May 12, 2008 � IDV Solutions today announced the unveiling of ITU Global View, an online visual composite application created to track and help accelerate implementation of the goals of the World Summit

GyPSii Takes the Lead in Mobile Social Networking With New and Improved Feature Set

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands � GyPSii the leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has made a series of significant enhancements to its feature set. \"We are dedicated to continually developing and improving the GyPSii service to provide all users, whatever country

TomTom receives unconditional clearance from EC to acquire Tele Atlas

This is a joint announcement of TomTom N.V.(\"TomTom\") and Tele Atlas N.V. (\"Tele Atlas\") which is required pursuant to the provisions of section 9b paragraph 1 of the Dutch Securities Markets Supervision Decree 1995 (Besluit toezicht effectenverkeer 1995) in connection with the recommended public offer

Pushpin(TM) Introduces Free PlaceSTAT API

Developers Get Single Free Resource For Geographic and Statistical Data From Wide Variety of Sources San Francisco,CA-- Where 2.0 Conference -- Placebase,

NAVMAN WIRELESS OEM SOLUTIONS ENHANCES LEADING LINE OF GPS RECEIVER MODULESr

NAVMAN WIRELESS OEM SOLUTIONS ENHANCES LEADING LINE OF GPS RECEIVER MODULES New Modules Deliver High Performance to More Form Factors Foothill Ranch, Calif. � Navman Wireless OEM Solutions, a leading designer and manufacturer of world-class global positioning system (GPS) technology, announced today two

Urban Mapping Launches Mass Transit Database

San Francisco,CA -- Urban Mapping, Inc., the leading provider of location-rich content for interactive applications, today announced availability of mass transit data for more than 50 transportation systems in the U.S. and Canada. This collection of subway, light rail and commuter rail data powers the Urban

Worldmate and Telmap Announce First Business Travel Navigator

WorldMate and Telmap Announce First Business Travel Navigator WorldMate Live integrates leading satellite navigation application to ensure members find their way when away from home London, UK - 14th May, 2008: WorldMate, the leading provider of mobile travel services for business travelers,

AUGMENTRA FINDS SUCCESS AT ORDNANCE SURVEY PARTNER AWARDS - Winning ViewRanger product provides navigation and maps on a mobile

Augmentra is revelling in its success, having been awarded Most Innovative Product in the navigation sector in the Ordnance Survey�s partner awards. The awards were announced at Location 2008 � the Ordnance Survey partner conference attended by over 150 delegates on 12 May 2008. Augmentra�s flagship

walkit.com makes a healthy investment in Cities Revealed aerial imagery

14 May 2008: Cambridge � The GeoInformation® Group, publishers of Cities Revealed aerial photography (http://www.citiesrevealed.com), announce today that walkit.com have purchased modern aerial imagery of nine cities to assist in the calculation of walking routes on its award-winning website. walkit.com is the only dedicated

EDF Energy maps out street works improvements with MAYRISE

EDF Energy Networks, one of the largest energy companies in the UK, has selected a street works mapping and management solution from Mayrise Systems. The system is helping EDF Energy Networks liaise with highways authorities, minimise the disruption caused by street works and comply with

AGI GeoCommunity 2008 Sponsorship Success

The UK\'s Association for Geographic Information (AGI) has announced that sponsorship opportunities for their 2008 Annual Conference are virtually sold out. With 20 companies already supporting the event, including Microsoft, ESRI and Ordnance Survey, less than a handful of sponsorship opportunities remain. The event,

Honolulu Board of Water Supply Selects geoXMF�s

XMF Alerter� Enterprise GIS Solution Longmont, CO--- geoXMF LLC announced today that Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS) has chosen geoXMF�s XMF Alerter real-time monitoring and alerting solution for their enterprise GIS system. BWS decided to implement XMF Alerter as part of an overall solution to meet agency-wide GIS

Rhiza Labs Launches Community Insight at Where 2.0, Bringing Online Collaborative GIS Tools to the Public Sector

Rhiza Labs launches Community Insight, a web-based platform for mapping and analyzing multiple datasets that are shared by users with a common interest. Rated as one of the best of the dozen apps previewed on May 12th at Where 2.0, CNET�s Rafe Needleman

Infotech Enterprises awarded 3 year GIS / Data Management contract from Powercor Australia & CitiPower

Infotech Enterprises, a Global Technology Solutions provider, announced recently that it has been awarded a three year contract to provide solutions in GIS & data management services to Powercor Australia Ltd, one of the largest electricity distribution companies in Australia. This will take the relationship between the two

TerraGo Technologies Appoints Software Industry Veteran Richard Cobb as New President and CEO

TerraGo® Technologies, the leading provider of geospatial data distribution and collaboration solutions, announced today that Richard M. �Rick� Cobb has been appointed the company�s new President and CEO, effective immediately. Cobb, who most recently served as COO for Approva Corporation, replaces James Davis, who is

Telmap Goes Beyond GPS Navigation with Release of Navigator 4.5

London, UK � 13th May, 2008 - Telmap, the world leader in mobile location solutions, today unveiled Telmap Navigator 4.5, introducing a whole new level of personal mobility into mobile navigation. Telmap Navigator for the first time introduces features and functions that allow the user

GeoWeb 2008 Conference - Student Contest Final Notice

GeoWeb is the industry leading event focused on GIS and the Internet Vancouver, BC, CANADA,--Deadline for GeoWeb 2008 Student Contest is this Friday!!! The deadline for submitting your registration and final submissions is due this Friday, May 15, 2008. The objective of the contest is