The University of Leeds, UK, has purchased a state of the art laser scanning system from 3D Laser Mapping. The RIEGL VZ-1000, which can capture highly accurate measurements from almost a mile away, will primarily be used within the earth sciences departments. Applications will include the measurement of earth surface change in inhospitable environments such as polar, artic and alpine...

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 responsible for land, aerial and hydrographic survey services and the registration of real estate...

“Indoor GPS” Platform Will Offer Wayfinding and Context-Aware Advertising and Marketing for Public-Facing Enterprises

Sunnyvale, CA – May 16, 2013 – Aruba Networks, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation network access solutions for the mobile enterprise, today announced the acquisition of privately-held Meridian Apps, Inc. (“Meridian”). With this acquisition, Aruba Networks...

Galigeo, the worldwide expert of Location Analytics is proud to announce it has been awarded Esri’s Outstanding Partner for 2013 in the Location Analytics category.

Galigeo is the sole winner in the Location Analytics for demonstrating practical and innovative solutions. Partners were nominated by various Esri staff and distributors. Receiving the Location Analytics award...

URISA's Vanguard Cabinet is pleased to announce that an Outreach Committee has been established to focus on student engagement within GIS and other geospatial fields. This committee is responsible for outreach to college and university students and for developing programs and events to support students in their academic work and their transition into young professionals.

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In this time of tight to non-existent training budgets, eGIS Associates continues to develop new low cost and discounted options to help GIS practitioners develop new skills or hone existing ones. We have recently added several new low cost eCourses to our training catalog.

What are eCourses? eCourses are flexible online classes you take as your busy schedule permits. You are not...

- Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced that its President and CEO, Jim Skurzynski, will be presenting at the 2013 Location Intelligence Conference. This innovative conference, which brings together leaders in the location and mapping industry, will take place on May 21^st in Washington D.C.

Getmapping has won a bid to supply Scottish Government with matched ‘True Colour’ (TC) and ‘Colour Infra-Red’ (CIR) orthorectified digital aerial imagery covering the complete land area of Scotland. This includes all Scottish islands, coastal structures and 10km across the border with England. Image resolution will be 25cm GSD (Ground Sampled Distance) per pixel. The contract runs for...

GeoDecisions Named Saltzer Vice President

(May 6, 2013/Harrisburg, Pa.) GeoDecisions, an information technology (IT) company specializing in geospatial solutions, is pleased to announce that Thomas L. Saltzer has been promoted to vice president. He previously served as a director.

Based in the firm’s corporate headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., Saltzer leads the operations and business...

Mapping for Change has won the 2013 UCL Social Enterprise Project of the Year Award for its innovative work using on-line mapping with local communities and on ‘citizen science’.

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 whether the imagery is turned on or off. Improvements to symbol definitions (color, line...

skobbler launches GPS Navigation & Maps for Android, a market first that delivers online and offline functionality for both worldwide digital mapping and turn-by-turn navigation, all at an unbeatable price

skobbler targets the Achilles heels of Google Maps and premium satnav apps with its powerful NGx-based navigation AND mapping solution

 

NO OTHER app offers all of this:

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Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new version of its office surveying software—Trimble Business Center Software version 3.00. Trimble Business Center Software version 3.00 is a powerful, next generation surveying office software suite designed to manage, analyze and process all field survey data, including optical, GNSS and imaging data. The new version features photogrammetry...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a contract to Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. (Siemens) to construct the federal government's largest wind farm. The Pantex wind farm is expected to save an average of $2.9 million annually over the 20-year contract term. The installation will consist of five 2.3 megawatt turbines located on 1,500 acres of...

-Due to a large number of requests for time extensions, particularly to finish full papers to be reviewed for the conference book, the abstract and paper deadline for the GSDI 14/AfricaGIS 2013 combined conference has been extended to 31 May 2013. In order to be fair to all, the extension applies to everyone.

Abstract and paper submissions may be made at...