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News > December 2007

Garmin Goes High-Def with Marine Radar Offering


 

BE CONFERENCE 2008


 

Dotted Eyes GIS Training Course Schedule


 

UN-SPIDER Programmes approved


 

Russia Launches Three More Glonass Satellites


 

Open Access Data Protocol Announced


 

Schlumber gets distribution rights for MetaCarta


 

MetaCarta's new NewsMap Service


 

Modernized GPS Satellite Launched


 

Tele Atlas Completes South African Acquisition


 

Océ sell Océ Document Technologies GmbH to Captari


 

Tele Atlas Digital Road Routes to End HGV Headache


 

NAVTEQ expands speed limits and road sign warnings


 

1Spatial releases validation tool for Oracle datab


 

GeoEye Obtains 2008 Insurance for Its IKONOS Satel


 

ESRI Joins GridWise Alliance


 

GPS favoured over Internet access on mobile device


 

ESA and EC take major step forward in GMES


 

Nordic Battlegroup relies on Idevio for maps


 

Vespucci Volunteered Geographic Information meet


 

INSPIRE Call - Implementing Rules paid Experts


 

6th FIG Regional Conference Report available


 

Latest Release of ArcGIS Explorer Now Available


 

Historical GIS 2008


 

INTERGEO EAST 2008 announcements


 

ESRI Licensing Program for Small Municipalities


 

eSpatial participates in GeoTechnology Research


 

City of Encinitas Uses ESRI Cadastral Editor


 

Mio Technology offer true 3D mapping C620


 

INSPIRE Draft IRs for Discovery and View Services


 

GeoWeb 2008 Call for Papers Issued


 

Fugawi Cell Phone Navigator and free Mapping Site


 

IKONOS QuickBird EROS A imagery on tap


 

ESRI Middle East & North Africa User Conference


 

Savannah picks InfoWorks for city-wide model


 

Fugro Earthdata to lead Florida GIS Strategic Plan


 

French Expert Share Perspectives on Smart Living


 

OGC featurs in GEOSS Report on Progress 2007


 

Intermap Technologies Signs Agreement with Magella


 

INSPIRE Draft Implementing Rules for Metadata


 

PB MapInfo expands in Australia


 

u-blox GPS technology for Navigon PND


 

RADARSAT-2 Successfully Launched


 

Blue Marble Geographic Calculator ArcGIS Extension


 

Snowflake Software extends Development Team


 

SDH 2008 - Call for Proposals


 

NAVTEQ Approval of Merger Agreement with Nokia


 

Porsche Design P'9611 Navigation Device and NAVTEQ


 

NAVTEQ Introduces Road Side Warnings


 

GGP Delivers New Address Standard to Gosport


 

OPTECH PARTNERS WITH GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE TEAM


 

European Utility Forum 2008


 

Microsoft Acquires Multimap in Europe


 

ESRI ArcPad 7.1 Mobile GIS Software Now Available


 

Africa focuses on GMES


 

BlueSky Thermal Imagery Supports South Derbyshire


 

Track Assets in Real Time with Tracking Server


 

T-Kartor support for Leica Geosystems Geospatial


 

Intermap and Harris Corp Renew Partnership


 

Topcon GPS order for Romania


 

deCarta-powered applications drive LBS revenue


 

Emergency Preparedness Core Services Initiative


 

GSDI-10 Conference Update - 25-29 February 2008


 

Blue Marble Introduces New Administrative Tools


 

Google Announces launch of iPhone Application


 

Meteosat Third Generation on track


 

GPS-Photo Link Software California Fire Assessment


 

African Water authorities receive EO training


 

African Remote Sensing Research Input Requests


 

OGC Creates New Individual Membership Category


 

2007 Portable Navigation Device Usage Study


 

Palm OS to support Google Maps My Location


 

TomTom GO 920 T Now Available in Stores in the UK


 

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging at MEST 2007


 

Cumbria Wildlife Trust Chooses GeoPerspectives


 

MAPPS Preliminary Schedule for 2008 Winter Conf.


 

Florida Parcel Mapping Database from Delray


 

ESRI Support for Spatial Enhancement SQL Server 08


 

OGC Interoperability Program Initiative - AECOO


 

TomTom and Google Maps Work Together


 

HUGHES Telematics teams with Mercedes-Benz USA


 

Cherokee County makes inroads with InfoWorks WS


 

OpenGIS Encoding Standard for KML 2.2 comments


 

BlueSky Expands Sales with Two New Appointments


 

Finding Yourself with Google's My Location


 

Oracle Enterprise Content Management Momentum Con


 

Open Source ETL Solution for Geospatial Market


 

€1.75 billion new European projects research money


 

EC launch application to track carbon footprint


 

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging India Pvt. Ltd


 

Custom Web Applications Using ESRI’s ArcGIS Server


 

3D Laser Mapping MineMapper


 

National Forestry Managers meet at STAR-APIC


 

Carphone Warehouse selects Telmap for Blackberry


 

Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information


 

GEO/GEOSS Cape Town Ministerial Declaration


 

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa Newsletter


 


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