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News > May 2008

GeoWeb 2008 Early Bird Registration Closing


 

Preparations for Launch of Five Satellites


 

Amey maps out street lighting improvements MAYRISE


 

1Spatial supports OGC event in Potsdam, Germany


 

Contracts Flow following RTK GPS Investment


 

ESA signs EarthCARE satellite contract


 

Leica Geosystems releases Leica MobileMatriX v3.0


 

EarthCARE satellite contract signed


 

JLT set benchmark for mobile mapping and surveying


 

DigitalGlobe Expands Imagery Solutions


 

Promotions at Blue Marble Geographics


 

Low price 3G router for hi-speed mobile broadband


 

ERDAS Expands Belgium Office


 

City University UK Summer 2008 Masterclass Series


 

Data of 3D laser scans in AutoCAD


 

Ardeche Regional Energy Authority Adds Streetlamps


 

FME Enables GeoMedia Users to Embark on SDI


 

Routescene: Better Than Ever


 

ArcFM UT - Delivery Release


 

REGARD 2008 update


 

TomTom cleared by EC to acquire Tele Atlas


 

The Electronic Chart, 2nd Edition


 

European Water Platform launched


 

Nokia navigation service harnesses Ordnance Survey


 

PB MapInfo Announces Meridian Award Winners


 

Groundbreaking Use of Tetra Applications


 

RDV 2009 compatible with AutoCAD Civil3D 2009


 

EU examines Microsoft promise for open formats


 

Our World GIS Education Book Series at ESRI Press


 

High awareness of Bluetooth wireless technology


 

ERDAS Announce Update to Free ECW JPEG2000 Plug-in


 

Drive, Walk and Discover with Nokia Maps


 

The European Navigation Event 2008


 

Microsoft in deal on European environment data


 

Find Out What GIS Can Do for You on 29 May 2008


 

Lat49 IDELIX a Winner of the Red Herring 100 Award


 

Appello mobile navigation solution for Telnor


 

GyPSii and NAV2 partner in China


 

TerraLook ver 1.1 desktop software available


 

The Data Mining Car of the Future


 

Bluesky Launches Online Window to the Past


 

FIG Newsletter Article of the Month for May 2008


 

Technical OGC Interoperability Day - 3rd June 2008


 

Augmentra wins European mobile software contract


 

GGP transforms environmental health at Wear Valley


 

Mobile laser mapping system captures environment


 

Blue Marble Geographics Receives Top Honorus


 

Updated Data for ESRI RouteMAP IMS 4.0


 

PB MapInfo Highlght Location Intelligence Future


 

TerraGo Technologies Appoints Anne Hale Miglarese


 

33rd Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment


 

Do your own assessment of TerraSAR-X data!


 

Papers for the International LIDAR Mapping Forum


 

ESRI User Conference for Geography in Action


 

New Contours Product from Intermap Technologies


 

1Spatial makes a splash with Thames Water!


 

Definiens Support the Planet Action Climate Change


 

MAPPS Announces Judges for Products Awards


 

GAF AG establishes Info System in Papua New Guinea


 

ESRI to Resell Océ TCS300 and Océ TCS500


 

Shots of Earthquake in China from space


 

Paradigm Imaging Group receives BERTL Award


 

Berg Insight identifies NFC as key service enabler


 

Complete coverage of Moscow with 2008 VHR imagery


 

Navman Joins the People’s Eco-Rally


 

Dr. Jane Goodall to Address Map World Forum


 

2008/2013 Demographic Data Previewed at RECon


 

OGC Interoperability Days, Potsdam 3-4 June 2008


 

(OSGeo) UK event on 17 June 2008


 

Xcel Energy begin work on SmartGridCity in Boulder


 

2nd Mediterranean Workshop Rome 10-11 June 2008


 

GeoNetwork graduates from OSGeo incubation


 

Status UNGIWG/UNSDI developments


 

CommunityCartography joins Halcrow for mapping


 

ERDAS Announces Free Webinar


 

INSPIRE presentations available free from 1Spatial


 

ESRI Partner Azteca Systems Offer ELA to Local Gov


 

IBM Names ESRI a 2008 Public Sector Top Star


 

Groupe Alta Purchases Optech’s ALTM Gemini


 

Navman Wireless Oem Solutions new modules


 

Infoterra Ltd co-ordinate Myanmar mapping services


 

California Selects GeoDecisions for GIS Services


 

GeoEye Scheduled to Launch Satellite 22 Aug 2008


 

Trimble Raise the Bar for Mapping and GIS Accuracy


 

GyPSii Takes the Lead in Mobile Social Networking


 

Swedish mobile PC pioneer JLT expands in UK


 

Fastrax Introduces Pure Software GPS Solution


 

EDF Energy maps out street works with MAYRISE


 

AGI GeoCommunity ’08 Sponsorship Success


 

Topcon user conference focuses on Imaging solution


 

ERDAS Announces Beta Release of IMAGINE Objective


 

TerraGo Technologies Appoint New President and CEO


 

ITT space science instrument expertise recognized


 

New Mashup Capabilities in ArcGIS 9.3


 

ITU Global View launched at ITU Telecom Africa '08


 

PB MapInfo appoint Gary Roberts UK General Manager


 

GISCorps volunteers needed for Myanmar Project


 

New President at GSDI Association


 

Diamond Airborne Sensing Sells DA42 MPP to Niger


 

Infotech Enterprises Ltd bags 3 year Contract


 

United Utilities drive productivity and safety


 

New Report analyzes usability of PNDs


 

Topcon wins world's largest total station tender


 

UltraMap Software


 

FOSS4G 2008 CFP reminder and workshop news


 

AFRICAN REMOTE SENSING MARKET


 

Blue Marble at USGS Biennial GIS Workshop 2008


 

Habitat for Humanity Leverages Spatial ETL


 

KOREC and Trimble UK GNSS RTK Network Solution


 

NAVTEQ Traffic Mobile™ Powers Verizon Wireless


 

Commercial launch of NLPG attracts vast interest


 

Vespucci Summer Institute has new site and grants


 

Océ transforms wide format printing industry


 

GIOVE-B transmitting its first signals


 

2nd Mediterranean workshop Rome 10-11 June 2008


 

Mapworld 08 - Pitney Bowes MapInfo conference


 

Culver's Restaurant Chain Relies on ESRI GIS


 

hitta.se chooses Carmenta map technology


 

186 million machines connect to mobile networks


 

Improved version of Wayfinder Navigator available


 

New Topcon “Multi-Pulse” Total Station Series


 

Atheros Enhances GPS User Experience


 

Leica IPAS20 – airborne direct georeferencing syst


 

Bluesky Launches 3D City Models


 

Mark McCoy at ESRI as Insurance Industry Manager


 

Hi-res aerial imagery from eMap International


 

2nd International Workshop on Mobile Geospatial AR


 

CycloMedia Implements ERDAS Image Manager


 

Insight into what’s below the Earth’s surface


 

ESF - Marine Board 1st Marine Data Challenge Forum


 

SDI Regional Newsletters for May 2008


 

Spatial Data Infrastructure — Africa


 

OGC and buildingSMART alliance Release RFQ/CFP


 

1Spatial becomes VAR for Tele Atlas


 

1Spatial announce MapRelate, an AutoCAD extension


 

GeoEye to Webcast First Quarter 2008 Earnings


 

ESRI Development Center Program for Universities


 

OGC Announce Another Government Agency Chooses OGC


 

RADARSAT-2 Products Commercially Available


 

GIS Supports Work of Woods Hole Research Center


 

BKS Surveys Acquisition by Fugro Group


 

SPOTMaps Mosaics of Iraq, Kuwait and North Korea


 

Tele Atlas Selected by 1Spatial


 

GGP Helps Highway Authorities Keep Up with the Law


 


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