http://www.gim-international.com/ News from www.gim-international.com. 15 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4493-Highprecision_Measuring_Stations.html The MS05A and MS1A Measuring Stations are ultra-high-precision automatic total stations are now released the European Market. The MS05A provides a 0.5" angle accuracy. The sub-millimetre EDM measures up to 3,500m range with a single standard prism with 0.8mm + 1ppm precision and the typical measurement speed is 2.4 seconds. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:10:33 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4492-GeoIQ_to_Distribute_Definiens.html Definiens has joined forces with GeoIQ ltd. in the Hungarian market. GeoIQ becomes an official eCognition reseller and will distribute eCognition software in Hungary in addition to providing technical support and services. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:53:01 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4491-North_Country_Surveyors_Warmup_to_RTK.html Along the border between extreme northern Maine and western New Brunswick, Canada, two surveyors, one Canadian and one American, have found a way to survey in the region's challenging conditions: using RTK. Faced with fewer control monuments, many lying beneath a cover of snow much of the year, limited cell-phone coverage; rugged terrain and UHF transmission limitations - the two men were led to the Ashtech Professional ProMark 500 RTK solution. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:47:39 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4490-Interactive_Maps_with_BroadbandStat.html Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee residents and businesses can now type in an address to find out which companies provide broadband service in their area. All three states have posted online maps that allow Web site visitors to use BroadbandStat, an application based on ESRI geographic information system (GIS) technology, to enter any address in the state and retrieve a list of Internet providers that serve that location. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:48 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4489-Snowdonian_Mountain_Resurvey_Could_Rewrite_Map.html Ever since detailed maps of Snowdonia have been produced, the 3,002-foot Tryfan has been a member of the 14 peaks, the list of 3,000-foot Welsh mountains. But recently some experts have asked, "Does Tryfan really measure up?" The matter will be settled in June when three amateur mountain surveyors haul professional GPS equipment and computers to the summit. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:24:17 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4488-First_ALTM_Pegasus_for_Blom_CGR.html Blom is the first to purchase the ALTM Pegasus, the newest member of Optech's ALTM Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper product family. Blom will soon take delivery of the system. Blom has been involved in major European projects related to environmental control and risk assessment using lidar and orthophoto data. This will be the seventh lidar system for the Blom Group. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:11:43 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4487-Garmin_Licenses_D_Terrain_Models.html Intermap has signed an agreement with Garmin. For three years, Intermap will furnish accurate 3D elevation data for the United States and Western Europe derived from its NEXTMap countrywide digital map database. Initial Garmin products utilising NEXTMap data are expected to reach the consumer market beginning in the first half of 2010. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:51:59 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4486-GAF_th_Anniversary.html In the past 25 years, GAF has been pioneering with the ability to take a bird's eye view of the Earth. The company accomplished this with subsidiary Euromap which made it the largest provider of a range of commercial satellite imagery and geodata sets in Germany. This imagery has become an indispensable tool for modern urban and regional planning tasks, as well as in numerous other disciplines. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:40:53 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4485-China_Fully_Covered.html RapidEye has successfully completed a contract to image 7.8 million km² of the country of China ahead of schedule. The contract between RapidEye and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) for the People's Republic of China, was coordinated through their Chinese distributor Beijing Earth Observation (BEO). Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:15:06 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4484-Lockheed_Martin_to_Build_GeoEye.html GeoEye has selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a operating unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation to build its new high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite system GeoEye-2. Lockheed has already begun purchasing long-lead material and labour for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the satellite and the associated command and control system. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:12:09 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4483-HDI_Support_Center_Certification_for_Intergraph.html HDI has awarded the Intergraph IT Solutions Center with its HDI Support Center Certification. This is the fourth consecutive HDI Certification awarded to the Intergraph Solutions Center. Intergraph successfully underwent a thorough onsite audit of its Solutions Center Help Desk to verify its compliance to the HDI Support Center Certification Standard in order to achieve this designation. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:07:16 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4482-Simplify_Workflow_Management.html ESRI is to conduct a free, live training seminar this month demonstrating Job Tracking for ArcGIS (JTX), ESRI's software for tracking project information and simplifying workflows. Getting Started with JTX to Manage Workflow will air on Thursday, 18th March 2010, at 9:00AM, 11:00AM., and 3:00PM Pacific time; noon, 2:00PM., and 6:00OPM. Eastern time; and 4:00PM, 6:00PM, and 10:00PM UTC/GMT. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:04 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4481-Interactive_Mapping_for_Online_Community_Services.html Southwark Council in London, UK, is using Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI)'s web mapping technology Stratus Connect to significantly enhance the mapping services provided to citizens via the Council's website, delivering the type of seamless and intuitive user experience that online citizens have come to expect from the Web 2.0 world. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:05:41 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4480-Director_of_Sales_Support_Topcon.html Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announced that Kai Umino is the new director of TPS sales support. He will report to Mick Yamazaki, TPS chief operating officer. Umino joined Topcon Corporation in 1995 and has spent the past seven years managing sales operations at Topcon South Asia in Singapore and the Topcon office in Dubai. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:57:35 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4479-Improved_Geoprocessing_Service_Access.html The new release of ESRI ArcGIS Explorer builds on its intuitive design, improving access to geoprocessing services and expanding available maps in the Basemap Gallery. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable globe viewer with geographic information system (GIS) functionality. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:56:12 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4478-Intermap_in_Top_Mobile_Fast_Company.html Fast Company's annual Most Innovative Companies issue honors major brands including Facebook, Google, Cisco, Disney, and GE, along with such rising newcomers Intermap Technologies, Foursquare, and Clearwire. Intermap was named in the top 10 mobile companies list that also included Google, Apple, Amazon, Ford, and others. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:57:46 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4477-UltraCamL_for_Hiparc_Geotecnologia.html IHiparc Geotecnologia has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH to purchase an UltraCamL medium format camera system. The deal was brokered by Vexcel Imaging reseller, GeoToolBox Ibérica S.L. (GTBi), based in Madrid, Spain. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:21:42 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4476-Integration_of_Civil_D_Data_into_GIS.html Safe Software's FME, can now seamlessly integrate Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D data into geographic information systems (GIS). These new capabilities will help municipalities more efficiently leverage contractor data submissions to maintain their GIS dataset for meeting their federal asset management requirements. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:17 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4475-Automated_Map_Publishing_Solution.html Intergraph has introduced an enhanced geospatial solution to enable the efficient production of high-quality map products by US state departments of transportation (DOTs) and military and national mapping agencies around the world. Organisations rely on Intergraph GeoMedia Map Publisher for enhanced cartographic capabilities and high levels of map production automation to produce series and ad-hoc hard copy maps. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:57:48 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4474-European_Lidar_and_Mobile_Mapping_Conference.html The European LiDAR Mapping Forum [ELMF10], to be held in The Hague from 30th November to 1st December 2010 is a two-day technical conference focussing on the use of airborne, bathymetric and terrestrial Lidar with a particular focus on mobile mapping to support transport, urban modelling and asset management and GIS applications. Alongside there is an associated international exhibition for system and component manufacturers, operators and service companies. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:14:28 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4473-GIS_for_Horticultural_Crop_Wild_Relatives.html SuperGeo Technologies develops a Geographic Information System (GIS) platform for sharing and managing the data of horticultural crop wild relatives. Due to agricultural commercialisation, global environment change, land abuse, etc., the number of agricultural plant inheritance sources and the gene divergence extremely declined. The world food thus faces a serious crisis. The horticultural crop wild relatives in Taiwan also face the same situation. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:58:53 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4472-Jack_Pellicci_Appointed_to_Geospatial_Advisory_Committee.html Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) division senior vice president Jack Pellicci has been appointed to serve on the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), a Federal Advisory Committee sponsored by the US Department of the Interior. Brig Gen Pellicci, US Army (Ret.), is also general manager of the company's Federal, Security & Intelligence business unit which provides geospatial solutions and services to the federal and defense and intelligence community. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:18:41 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4471-Navgeocom_to_Distribute_ERDAS_In_Russia.html Navgeocom is appointed as official ERDAS distributor to customers in Russia. This company specialises in topographic survey technologies and supplies GPS equipment and high-precision navigation systems. In addition to providing local market research, Navgeocom also offers expertise in data sharing, enterprise and visualization technologies. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:02:18 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4469-MobileMapper_Software_for_GIS__Mapping.html Ashtech has released MobileMapper Field and MobileMapper Office, a new GIS and mapping software suite with advanced data collection and processing features. The new suite will first be introduced on the MobileMapper 6 professional GPS/GIS handheld receiver but over time it will be rolled out to the entire line of Ashtech MobileMapper GPS/GIS receivers. The new software suite replaces the previously available Mobile Mapping and MobileMapper 6 Office applications. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4470-Coal_Pit_Dozers_Operate_with_GNSS_Dual_Constellation.html Teck Coal, a major Canadian coal producer, has recently upgraded the computer navigation system on its fleet of 30 Caterpillar D-10 and D-11 dozers with Ashtech MB 500 GNSS boards for more efficient performance. The new MB 500 boards improve dozer efficiency and uptime, at the company's four mining operations in the Elkford valley, by delivering more comprehensive satellite coverage, despite the adverse site conditions, including high walls, reduced sky and multi-path, typical of open pit coal mines. The new boards also have the virtue of being small enough to be housed entirely within the on-board Octagon computer thereby freeing up valuable cab space. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4468-Bionatics_Introduces_LandSIMD.html Bionatics is to launch LandSIM3D version 2, offering new features to answer the growing needs of city planning and landscape design professionals looking for powerful simulation and decision making tools able to guaranty a sustainable development. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:23:31 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4467-Grontmij_to_Work_on_Stuttgart.html Grontmij has announced its involvement in a major infrastructure project in Stuttgart, Germany. The German Government has approved the go ahead of Stuttgart 21 which brings an important module of the TEN-T Project 17 Paris - Bratislava into realisation. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:09:13 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4466-NASA_and_NOAAs_GOESP_Satellite_Successfully_Launched.html The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-P, lifted off Thursday aboard a Delta IV rocket at 6:57 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite joins four other similar spacecraft to improve weather forecasting and monitoring of environmental events. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:59:37 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4465-Topcon_Director_of_GNSS_Product_Management.html Fraser Smith, a geomatics engineer with extensive experience in GNSS product research and development (R&D), has been named director of GNSS product management for Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS). Smith, former R&D manager for Point, Inc., will report to Mark Hornstra, senior vice president, marketing and product management. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:55:49 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4463-American_Transmission_Improves_Response_Time.html As the owner and operator of the high-voltage electric transmission grid serving a four-state area, American Transmission Co. (ATC) needs to quickly dispatch field crews to the exact locations of power-flow disruptions to minimize outage times and help keep the lights on for homes and businesses. The company accomplishes this by viewing utility data, Bing Maps, and weather in one interactive, company-wide map, using server-based geographic information system (GIS) technology from ESRI. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4464-Online_Forest_Incident_Maps.html A new online system that maps a rich trove of environmental data of southern U.S. forests onto satellite images from the past 35 years was launched today by the World Resources Institute (WRI). Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4462-Satellitebased_Environmental_Monitoring.html A group of Saudi Arabian and European partners have completed a project to implement and provide satellite based environmental information products and services to the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The environmental monitoring covers all four environmental domains "land - air - coast - marine" and follows previous experience gained in the European GMES - "Global Monitoring for Environment and Security" programme. The providers are Summit Geoservices (KSA) and a European team lead by GAF and consisting of DLR, Germany and e-GEOS, Italy. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:22:53 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4461-Blom_and_Microsoft_Renew_Agreement.html Blom has renewed and extended the existing agreement with Microsoft to 2014. The agreement allows Microsoft the right to use Blom's database of oblique aerial images - RealImages. The RealImages database is based on Pictometry technology, and is the most extensive library of oblique aerial images, covering more than 1,100 cities in Europe. The contract has a value between USD10 and USD14 million from January 2010 until end of the contract period. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:20:32 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4460-Geospatial_Technology_at_ESRI_APUC.html Geographic information system (GIS) technology users are to gather at the 2010 ESRI Asia Pacific User Conference (APUC) from 3rd to 5th March in Queensland, Australia, to find out the latest in applying GIS technology to today's challenges. For the first time, the APUC will be held in conjunction with ESRI Australia Pty. Ltd's annual national client conference (OZRI) to provide a larger forum for users to connect and grow their GIS knowledge and skills. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:55:55 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4459-Tracking_Celebrities_for_Sport_Relief.html Masternaut Three X is to be the official tracking supplier for UK Sport Relief's Million Pound Bike Ride. The company's GPS tracking system is being used to track seven celebrities during their gruelling charity cycling challenge which began 1st March and will see them go from John O'Groats in Scotland to Lands End in England. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:45:52 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4458-Australia_Outback_Guidance_Network_Expanding.html Outback Guidance by Hemisphere GPS is expanding its sales network throughout Australia by implementing the US model that helped Outback Guidance develop itself into one of North America's largest aftermarket suppliers of GPS guidance systems for agriculture. This will allow Australian growers to purchase Outback Guidance's all new eDriveX and A220/A221centimetre-level automated steering system, along with the full line of other Outback products, before the 2010 planting season. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:33:20 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4457-Elevation_Dataset_for_Ireland.html Ireland has acquired a nationwide digital elevation model. It is one of the countries included in the NEXTMap Europe digital mapping programme, which provides high-resolution elevation models and imagery of western Europe. The data is in support of flood risk reduction. Ireland's Office of Public Works (OPW) has licensed the digital mapping data in support of the relevant European Union directive, which aims at reducing flood risk and adverse consequences throughout Europe. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:20:33 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4456-IPAS_Freebird_Saves_up_to.html Leica Geosystems announces a new version of the IPAS GNSS-IMU processing software. The new Leica IPAS Freebird is designed to improve flight economy and simplify GNSS-IMU processing. The new IPAS Freebird allows to economise airborne data acquisition by up to 25%. The application no longer requires a continuous lock of satellites and frees up your mission planning by allowing much tighter turns between flight lines. The results are up to 25% improvement in flight economy for sensor missions and time saving of several minutes per turn. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:08:21 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4455-SuperGeo_Technologies_Partnering_with_GeoEye.html SuperGeo Technologies entered into a partnership with GeoEye, in order supply high-resolution images to its local market for customers to complete geospatial solutions. SuperGeo will be reselling GeoEye\'s imagery products in Taiwan and bundle the images with SuperGeo's other products, such as SuperGIS Desktop software, GIS Learning CD and other training materials, to provide a complete ‘GIS Lab Kit\' for GIS teachers. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:03:32 +0100 http://www.gim-international.com/news/id4454-Geosciences_Innovation_Award_for_MOSS.html M.O.S.S. has been awarded top honours for innovation in geosciences at the seventh GIS-Forum of the GDI Sachsen, the Spatial Data Infrastructure Association of the State of Saxony, Germany. The award ceremony was held on 24th February 2010 in the city hall of Dresden. On behalf of M.O.S.S., Jens Opitz and Dr. Heino Rudolf accepted the award from the Minister of the Interior of the State of Saxony, Mr. Markus Ulbig. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:40:07 +0100