ASTRID announces its 3 partners for the new 3G service

ASTRID announces its 3 partners for the new 3G service for public safety and security services (Blue Light Mobile)

Critical Information Regarding Microsoft Update and ArcGIS

A recent Microsoft update (deployed as KB 2732673, KB 2775511, or KB 2824408) may result in data corruption when using ArcGIS on a Windows 7 system and writing data to remote data storage on a Windows Vista, 7, 2008/2008 R2, or 2012 system. This data corruption appears as truncation of a write request and has shown up in file geodatabases and shapefiles.

URISA's Vanguard Cabinet Establishes Outreach Committee

URISA's Vanguard Cabinet Establishes Outreach Committee to Focus on Increasing Student Engagement

GOWEX launches WiFi partnership with Madrid City Council

• GOWEX today announces that it has established a public-private consortium model with Madrid City Council.
• Already a provider of free WiFi in over 40% of the City, Gowex extends the service to Madrid City Council, transport companies and private enterprises.

Getmapping Wins bid to Supply Scottish Government with Aerial Photography

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 four years to 2017 and includes existing imagery as well as updates so that all imagery is within 3 years old from 2016 onwards.

SPAR Europe & European LiDAR Mapping Forum - Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

11-13 November 2013, Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA), Amsterdam, Netherlands

DEADLINE: 15 JULY 2013

Leica Zeno GIS: Simplified Positioning with 3rd party applications

(Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 16 May 2013) – Leica Geosystems’ latest version of Zeno Connect supports the output of local grid coordinates in addition to the already supported output of WGS84 coordinates. The output of local grid coordinates allows Leica Zeno GIS users who have installed a 3rd party GIS application to benefit from Leica Geosystems’ high-precision projection and transformation engines. This major enhancement ensures that the mobile application uses reliable GNSS data to deliver highly accurate positions required for many asset collections today.

u-blox announces collaboration with Intel on dedicated HSPA module

Intel’s XMM™ 6255 HSPA platform is the engine inside u-blox’ low-cost 3G-only module

Mapping for Change wins UCL Social Enterprise Award

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’.

AGI Showcase Event: BIM meets Geospatial, 24th June 2013

Making Infrastructure work - BIM meets Geospatial. Hosted by the BIM4Infrastructure SIG In association with the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Geographical Society