-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 for individual purchase. When combined into...

 

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 customers. The acquisition of Fountains America adds market...

-- 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 within a couple of minutes.

“MapQuest has long...

 

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, hands-on workshops, and in-depth case studies that...

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 obtain hands-on experience with the software with...

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 contract will see SSTL continuing its role as payload prime,...

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 technologies with the potential to assist oil and gas companies in...

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 has a wealth of experience and is very active in the...

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 leasing activity, energy development decisions can...

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 to use way of validating spatial data against a set...

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 world’s largest wireless coverage database.

CellMaps is a...

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 professionals in efficiently displaying, editing, managing...

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 geospatial professionals to solve real-world problems...

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. The results and recommendations from each study have been published by info...