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RapidEye joins ESRI's Business Partner Program
Brandenburg / Havel, Germany: RapidEye has joined the ESRIฎ Business Partner Program announced Rapideye. Over 2000 worldwide organizations are ESRI Business Partners and RapidEye is the third European data provider to join.ESRI is a strong and highly respected force in the GIS community and has built a phenomenal network of partners. The ESRI Business Partner Program is an extensive network of domestic and international developers, consultants, data partners, value-added resellers, authorized instructors, and authorized partner education centers that, utilizing ESRI technology, provide solutions and training to meet the GIS needs of every industry.Working together, ESRI and its business partners solve business problems with new software applications, data, value-added services and training. Source : http://www.rapideye.de/
GISTRAIN is ERDAS new distributor for Yemen
Norcross, Georgia, USA — ERDAS Inc. announces that GISTRAIN is now the official ERDAS distributor to customers in Yemen. Based in Aden, Yemen, GISTRAIN was founded in 2006. As an ERDAS distributor, GISTRAIN will promote and sell ERDAS solutions, as well as provide professional support to end-users. Services include software maintenance, training, consulting and software installation. Through sales, support and services teams, GISTRAIN will help develop and grow the market.Source : http://www.www.erdas.com
SuperPad 3.0 to be released in sept
Taiwan: SuperGIS, is going to officially release SuperPad 3.0 in September. SuperPad 3.0 is the professional mobile GIS software designed for mobile GIS and outdoor mapping. With a mobile device, SuperPad 3.0 enables users to map and integrate GIS and GPS in order to increase field-based personnel’s work efficiency and improve the accuracy and productivity of data. SuperPad 3.0 not only has a whole new, friendly, and intuitive user interface, but also provides further convenient and effective GIS tools for field surveyors to improve their work efficiency. Rotate Map is the whole new map viewing tool in SuperPad 3.0. This tool enables users to tap on PDA screen with a stylus to adjust the orientation of the map while moving. Therefore, users can easily view the map with different orientations according to their current needs. As a result, users are not only able to rapidly modify the GPS direction but also eliminate the errors caused in manipulation so that the work goal can be achieved successfully. Source : http://www.supergeotek.com
Annual ESRI UC scheduled next July
Redlands, California—Professionals using ESRI's GIS technology are encouraged to submit an abstract for possible presentation at the 30th Annual ESRI International User Conference next July. ESRI invites users to tell their GIS story by sharing their experiences with GIS and presenting during a moderated session. The deadline for abstract submissions is October 16, 2009.The overarching user session categories of industry, science and modeling, and technology contain tracks relevant to both the public and private sectors such as business GIS, education, transportation, health and human services, climate change, ecology and conservation, system implementation, technology integration, and data publishing, to name a few. The wide range of presentation topics each year attracts users from across the globe who want to gain specific, real-world GIS knowledge and skills.The 2010 ESRI UC will be held July 12–16 at the San Diego Convention Center in California. Authors submitting an abstract are asked to choose a session track that best fits their presentation; visit our Web site to learn more and view the submission guidelines. Abstracts can be submitted at www.esri.com/ucpapers.Source : http://www.esri.com.
Map illustration software released
USA: Mapdiva, a company in creative mapping software for Mac OS, has introduced Ortelius, new vector based map illustration software. Through its drag-and-drop interface, Ortelius offers a solution for floor plans, landscape plans, scaled drawings, and a wide variety of high quality custom maps insists Mapdiva.Ortelius comes with dozens of fully editable map templates including roads, rivers, coastlines, buildings, symbols, and contours. Drawings feature supports map attribute information, such as those imported from geographic information system (GIS) map data, which can be referenced by the software intelligent text labelling system.Ortelius offers the ability to create your own styles and symbols, trace and draw over scanned maps and images, import GIS data from shapefiles and make maps from included templates.For a limited introductory time Ortelius costs $79, around ฃ48.Source : http://news.idg.no
CyberCity, Geosemble collaborate on geospatial tech27 August 2009
El Segundo, CA -- CyberCity 3D Inc. and Geosemble Technologies, Inc. announced a partnership to integrate CyberCity's 3D building models with Geosemble's GeoXray data integration product. This integration transforms flat, static aerial imagery into a dynamic, content-rich, three-dimensional visualisation for a range of commercial and government applications. Geosemble's GeoXray product automatically integrates a range of online textual content and accurately displays it on top of features on an aerial image. GeoXray allows users to click on a building and see news, blogs and other information related that specific business and neighborhood. The system leverages years of research funding by federal government agencies to automatically and accurately bring dynamic content to aerial imagery CyberCity 3D's technology is focused on high volume generation of realistic 3D building models for real estate, environment, travel, municipal and federal government applications. CyberCity 3D's proprietary software suite allows users to generate realistic 3D building models rapidly and at a comparably low cost. Source : http://www.prweb.com
CyberCity, Geosemble collaborate on geospatial tech27 August 2009
El Segundo, CA -- CyberCity 3D Inc. and Geosemble Technologies, Inc. announced a partnership to integrate CyberCity's 3D building models with Geosemble's GeoXray data integration product. This integration transforms flat, static aerial imagery into a dynamic, content-rich, three-dimensional visualisation for a range of commercial and government applications. Geosemble's GeoXray product automatically integrates a range of online textual content and accurately displays it on top of features on an aerial image. GeoXray allows users to click on a building and see news, blogs and other information related that specific business and neighborhood. The system leverages years of research funding by federal government agencies to automatically and accurately bring dynamic content to aerial imagery CyberCity 3D's technology is focused on high volume generation of realistic 3D building models for real estate, environment, travel, municipal and federal government applications. CyberCity 3D's proprietary software suite allows users to generate realistic 3D building models rapidly and at a comparably low cost. Source : http://www.prweb.com
Geospatial Industry growth to slow down according to Daratech
GIS/Geospatial industry worldwide growth is forecast to slow to 1%, down from 11% in 2008 and a whopping 17.4% in 2007 according to a just released study by Daratech, a market research firm.
Read all : Geospatial Industry growth to slow down according to Daratech
Read all : Geospatial Industry growth to slow down according to Daratech
Web maps from Ericsson Labs
Ericsson Web Maps is released with APIs, web components and documentation to enable developers to bring dynamic maps into web sites or web applications.
Read all : Web maps from Ericsson Labs
Read all : Web maps from Ericsson Labs
Blom signs agreement for aerial photography
BlomInfo A/S, Blom’s subsidiary in Denmark, has signed an agreement with Kortcenter.dk A/S in Denmark for aerial photography and update of digital maps covering several cities in South Jutland in Denmark.
Read all : Blom signs agreement for aerial photography
Read all : Blom signs agreement for aerial photography
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Home News GIS Education / Events Where 2.0 2010 Call for Participation Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
Written by O'reilly Media
O’Reilly Media invites technologists and strategists, CTOs and CIOs, technology evangelists and scouts, researchers, programmers, geographers, researchers and academics, artists and activists, business developers, and entrepreneurs to lead conference sessions and tutorials at the next Where 2.0 Conference, taking place March 30-April 1, 2010 at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California, U.S.
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If so, you are invited to submit a proposal now to speak at Where 2.0. Read tips for submitting a proposal.
If you are one or more of the following:
CIOs, products managers, and technologists curious about how to incorporate location technology into existing products
Product Manager, Business Manager, Software Developer or Computer Programmer
City planners, government planners
Officials from USGS, DOD, and other agencies
Open source mapping and location tool developers
Grassroots developers building important mashups and systems
Researchers and academics studying the field and building prototypes
Artists creating collaborative experiences with a spatial focus
Activists and community organizers building tools for managing nonprofit location groups
Neographers and traditional geographers working deep in the trenches of geospace
Venture capitalists looking for the next investment opportunity
Then you are invited to submit a proposal now to speak at Where 2.0 2010. Where 2.0 will be at the San Jose Marriott, CA, from March 30-April 1, 2010. Read tips for submitting a proposal.
You’ll be asked to include the following information for your proposal:
Proposed title
Overview and extended descriptions of the presentation: main idea, subtopics, conclusion
Suggested track
Speaker(s): expertise and summary biography
Proposals will be considered for the following types of presentations:
30 minute session
75 minute workshop
Panel discussion
Where Fair
Ignite Where: we will be conducting a separate call for Ignite
Product launch: please indicate in your proposal if you are planning a product launch
RFID Project/Game
Some of the topics on the radar for Where 2.0 are:
O’Reilly Media invites technologists and strategists, CTOs and CIOs, technology evangelists and scouts, researchers, programmers, geographers, researchers and academics, artists and activists, business developers, and entrepreneurs to lead conference sessions and tutorials at the next Where 2.0 Conference, taking place March 30-April 1, 2010 at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California, U.S.
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If so, you are invited to submit a proposal now to speak at Where 2.0. Read tips for submitting a proposal.
If you are one or more of the following:
CIOs, products managers, and technologists curious about how to incorporate location technology into existing products
Product Manager, Business Manager, Software Developer or Computer Programmer
City planners, government planners
Officials from USGS, DOD, and other agencies
Open source mapping and location tool developers
Grassroots developers building important mashups and systems
Researchers and academics studying the field and building prototypes
Artists creating collaborative experiences with a spatial focus
Activists and community organizers building tools for managing nonprofit location groups
Neographers and traditional geographers working deep in the trenches of geospace
Venture capitalists looking for the next investment opportunity
Then you are invited to submit a proposal now to speak at Where 2.0 2010. Where 2.0 will be at the San Jose Marriott, CA, from March 30-April 1, 2010. Read tips for submitting a proposal.
You’ll be asked to include the following information for your proposal:
Proposed title
Overview and extended descriptions of the presentation: main idea, subtopics, conclusion
Suggested track
Speaker(s): expertise and summary biography
Proposals will be considered for the following types of presentations:
30 minute session
75 minute workshop
Panel discussion
Where Fair
Ignite Where: we will be conducting a separate call for Ignite
Product launch: please indicate in your proposal if you are planning a product launch
RFID Project/Game
Some of the topics on the radar for Where 2.0 are:
GIS/Geospatial Industry Worldwide Growth Slows to 1% in 2009
Industry CEO Sentiment Strongly Upbeat for 2010 and Beyond.
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Cambridge, Mass., August 19, 2009 - GIS/Geospatial industry worldwide growth is forecast to slow to 1%, down from 11% in 2008 and a whopping 17.4% in 2007 according to a just released study by Daratech, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts market research firm. However, industry CEOs interviewed by Daratech were unanimous in their belief that growth consistent with the robust 11% cagr of the past six years would return in 2010.North America has not been as adversely affected by the downturn as the rest of the world due to the on-going needs of homeland security and continuing investment in GIS, by the public sector. Growth in North America is forecast by Daratech to top 2.1%, more than twice the growth in Asia Pacific and five times the growth in Europe where investment in GIS/Geospatial technology has been hurt more severely by the current downturn as many European governments have cut back their geospatial technology purchases in anticipation of lower tax collections.Perhaps the most dramatic slowdown in 2009 was in the private sector, which is forecast to shrink to $1.4 billion, down 0.7% from 2008. This downturn echoes the general pull back of the private sector from major additional investments in new IT technologies. At the same time public sector sales are expected to grow 4.1% to almost $957 million in 2009 reflecting this sectors continuing deployment of GIS technologies to all the services it offers.In the Traditional GIS segment ESRI continues to have a dominant 30% market share, up from 29% in 2008 according to Daratech. Lead by its iconic president Jack Dangermond, ESRI has been a benchmark for new GIS technologies, philosophies and direction for the entire industry for more than 20 years, and indications are that it will continue to be so, says Daratech. Intergraph, the second largest player in the traditional segment is forecast by Daratech to have a 16% market share in 2009, up from 15% in 2008. Intergraph is remaking its entire business around a GIS philosophy, and as a GIS service provider Intergraph is likely to become even stronger in the years ahead. Third ranked is GE Energy, which is the market leader in the utilities market where it is forecast to have a 24% market share.In the larger GIS/Geospatial market that includes data, geo-enabled engineering, GPS, photogrammetry and remote sensing MDA has a leading 21.8% share of the market. MDA's strength is geospatial and engineering services for imaging, GIS, geology, weather and defense. The company's sales are mostly to the homeland security and defense markets. ESRI, is second with a 15.7% share and Bentley Systems, the leading supplier of GIS/Geospatial AEC market software and services (where it has a 42.1% market share) is third. Bentley has frequently made the running in the geo-enabled engineering applications market and continues to demonstrate strong leadership in this area. However, Bentley can expect stronger competition from Autodesk, Intergraph and ESRI in the coming years, as this segment of the market may show greater than average growth, says Daratech.Just released, Daratech’s study GIS/Geospatial Markets & Opportunities includes more than 1500 charts that cover both the private and public market segments for the years 2004 through 2009. It is available for purchase on Daratech’s web site www.daratech.com.
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Cambridge, Mass., August 19, 2009 - GIS/Geospatial industry worldwide growth is forecast to slow to 1%, down from 11% in 2008 and a whopping 17.4% in 2007 according to a just released study by Daratech, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts market research firm. However, industry CEOs interviewed by Daratech were unanimous in their belief that growth consistent with the robust 11% cagr of the past six years would return in 2010.North America has not been as adversely affected by the downturn as the rest of the world due to the on-going needs of homeland security and continuing investment in GIS, by the public sector. Growth in North America is forecast by Daratech to top 2.1%, more than twice the growth in Asia Pacific and five times the growth in Europe where investment in GIS/Geospatial technology has been hurt more severely by the current downturn as many European governments have cut back their geospatial technology purchases in anticipation of lower tax collections.Perhaps the most dramatic slowdown in 2009 was in the private sector, which is forecast to shrink to $1.4 billion, down 0.7% from 2008. This downturn echoes the general pull back of the private sector from major additional investments in new IT technologies. At the same time public sector sales are expected to grow 4.1% to almost $957 million in 2009 reflecting this sectors continuing deployment of GIS technologies to all the services it offers.In the Traditional GIS segment ESRI continues to have a dominant 30% market share, up from 29% in 2008 according to Daratech. Lead by its iconic president Jack Dangermond, ESRI has been a benchmark for new GIS technologies, philosophies and direction for the entire industry for more than 20 years, and indications are that it will continue to be so, says Daratech. Intergraph, the second largest player in the traditional segment is forecast by Daratech to have a 16% market share in 2009, up from 15% in 2008. Intergraph is remaking its entire business around a GIS philosophy, and as a GIS service provider Intergraph is likely to become even stronger in the years ahead. Third ranked is GE Energy, which is the market leader in the utilities market where it is forecast to have a 24% market share.In the larger GIS/Geospatial market that includes data, geo-enabled engineering, GPS, photogrammetry and remote sensing MDA has a leading 21.8% share of the market. MDA's strength is geospatial and engineering services for imaging, GIS, geology, weather and defense. The company's sales are mostly to the homeland security and defense markets. ESRI, is second with a 15.7% share and Bentley Systems, the leading supplier of GIS/Geospatial AEC market software and services (where it has a 42.1% market share) is third. Bentley has frequently made the running in the geo-enabled engineering applications market and continues to demonstrate strong leadership in this area. However, Bentley can expect stronger competition from Autodesk, Intergraph and ESRI in the coming years, as this segment of the market may show greater than average growth, says Daratech.Just released, Daratech’s study GIS/Geospatial Markets & Opportunities includes more than 1500 charts that cover both the private and public market segments for the years 2004 through 2009. It is available for purchase on Daratech’s web site www.daratech.com.
Merrick & Company, One of the Top Ten Companies to Work For in Colorado
Written by Merrick & Company
Aurora, CO, August 20, 2009 - Merrick & Company, a Colorado-based company specializing in engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been ranked ninth on the list of the 2009 "Best Companies to Work for in Colorado" in the large company category by ColoradoBiz Magazine, according to Debbie Norris, Merrick's vice president of human resources.
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Leading to this recognition are a variety of factors that have continuously set Merrick apart. An excellent work environment is standard at the firm, with flex hours, a solid benefits program, employee recognition both through awards and financial bonuses, and the opportunity to work on complex projects in locations around the world. This supports the overall culture that fosters staff dedication and their loyalty to serve clients. The firm has a comprehensive internship program, which enables college students to gain hands-on experience in engineering. Along with engineering and architectural experience, Merrick's mentorship program exposes the interns to public speaking, resume writing, interviewing skills, and meeting management. The summer 2009 program involved 15 paid interns out of the 700 applicants and Merrick typically hires 80% of its internship program. In addition, Merrick knows the value of its employees' knowledge base and offers regular part-time positions, with benefits, and on-call retirement positions, giving Merrick a valuable resource while offering involvement and additional income to retired staff. Merrick has established a Leadership Development Program that focuses on developing and training current employees for future leadership roles. Merrick also maintains a corporate social responsibility program that supports and gives back to the communities that the firm serves.Merrick & Company, an $85 million engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm, serves domestic and international clients in the government, energy, life sciences, infrastructure, nuclear, and geospatial/mapping markets. Merrick's work is concentrated in highly technical fields including projects in renewable energy, nuclear, government facilities, research laboratories, water resources, public works, infrastructure, and high precision mapping. The firm maintains an active Corporate Social Responsibility program serving the environmental, social, and economic aspects of the projects they're involved in and the communities they serve. Merrick is committed to sustainable design and construction practices through its 50+ LEED-accredited professionals and is continually expanding its in-house resources to serve tomorrow's needs. Headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, the employee-owned company maintains seven offices in the U.S. as well as offices in Canada and Mexico. www.merrick.com
Aurora, CO, August 20, 2009 - Merrick & Company, a Colorado-based company specializing in engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been ranked ninth on the list of the 2009 "Best Companies to Work for in Colorado" in the large company category by ColoradoBiz Magazine, according to Debbie Norris, Merrick's vice president of human resources.
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Leading to this recognition are a variety of factors that have continuously set Merrick apart. An excellent work environment is standard at the firm, with flex hours, a solid benefits program, employee recognition both through awards and financial bonuses, and the opportunity to work on complex projects in locations around the world. This supports the overall culture that fosters staff dedication and their loyalty to serve clients. The firm has a comprehensive internship program, which enables college students to gain hands-on experience in engineering. Along with engineering and architectural experience, Merrick's mentorship program exposes the interns to public speaking, resume writing, interviewing skills, and meeting management. The summer 2009 program involved 15 paid interns out of the 700 applicants and Merrick typically hires 80% of its internship program. In addition, Merrick knows the value of its employees' knowledge base and offers regular part-time positions, with benefits, and on-call retirement positions, giving Merrick a valuable resource while offering involvement and additional income to retired staff. Merrick has established a Leadership Development Program that focuses on developing and training current employees for future leadership roles. Merrick also maintains a corporate social responsibility program that supports and gives back to the communities that the firm serves.Merrick & Company, an $85 million engineering, architecture, design-build, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm, serves domestic and international clients in the government, energy, life sciences, infrastructure, nuclear, and geospatial/mapping markets. Merrick's work is concentrated in highly technical fields including projects in renewable energy, nuclear, government facilities, research laboratories, water resources, public works, infrastructure, and high precision mapping. The firm maintains an active Corporate Social Responsibility program serving the environmental, social, and economic aspects of the projects they're involved in and the communities they serve. Merrick is committed to sustainable design and construction practices through its 50+ LEED-accredited professionals and is continually expanding its in-house resources to serve tomorrow's needs. Headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, the employee-owned company maintains seven offices in the U.S. as well as offices in Canada and Mexico. www.merrick.com
GTG Welcomes GIS Solutions Manager Michael Dawson to New Fla. Regional Office
GOLDSBORO, N.C. - Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. (GTG) announces the recent addition of Michael Dawson, GIS Solutions Manager, to their new St. Petersburg, Fla. regional office. This marks GTG's second regional office in Florida after the Milton regional office.
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Dawson brings 10 years of GIS experience to the position, which includes work with both local governments and private sector consultants. Dawson has held positions ranging from field data collector to GIS coordinator, which gives him a strong background in the practices of GIS, including data collection, custom software development and day-to-day GIS activities. "I am looking forward to working with cutting-edge technology and applying that technology to GIS in order to benefit our clients," said Dawson. As GIS Solutions Manager, Dawson will be responsible for ensuring that clients' projects are completed on time and within budget for his area. "We're excited to have Michael on board here at GTG," said Curt Hinton, CEO of GTG. "Michael's knowledge of custom software development coupled with his extensive GIS capabilities will enable GTG to more effectively serve its clients." Dawson is a key point of contact for GTG in Florida. "With GTG's strong presence in the central and southern regions of Florida, I will be available as a nearby face-to-face contact for those clients," Dawson said. For more information on GTG and services offered, visit www.geotg.com or call 888-757-4222. About Geographic Technologies Group, Inc.: GTG is a full-service local government GIS consulting company offering specialized experience in the planning, design, implementation, and procurement of geo-technologies. GTG has unmatched technical GIS capabilities, demonstrated successes, international experience, and a reputation for successfully implementing the right solutions. GTG develops GIS products that spatially enable various enterprise solutions and integrates an organization's IT investment via a common interface. GTG also offers stand alone products for land management, public safety, public access, touch screen technology, and utilities. GTG has over 700 clients located throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Europe and serves all levels of government as well as the private sector. To support our clients, GTG maintains four offices located across the United States: Headquarters in North Carolina, and Regional Offices in Texas and Florida. Geographic Technologies Group Understanding Local Government Additional information may be obtained by contacting Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. at 888-757- 4222, or you can access our website at www.geotg.com.
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Dawson brings 10 years of GIS experience to the position, which includes work with both local governments and private sector consultants. Dawson has held positions ranging from field data collector to GIS coordinator, which gives him a strong background in the practices of GIS, including data collection, custom software development and day-to-day GIS activities. "I am looking forward to working with cutting-edge technology and applying that technology to GIS in order to benefit our clients," said Dawson. As GIS Solutions Manager, Dawson will be responsible for ensuring that clients' projects are completed on time and within budget for his area. "We're excited to have Michael on board here at GTG," said Curt Hinton, CEO of GTG. "Michael's knowledge of custom software development coupled with his extensive GIS capabilities will enable GTG to more effectively serve its clients." Dawson is a key point of contact for GTG in Florida. "With GTG's strong presence in the central and southern regions of Florida, I will be available as a nearby face-to-face contact for those clients," Dawson said. For more information on GTG and services offered, visit www.geotg.com or call 888-757-4222. About Geographic Technologies Group, Inc.: GTG is a full-service local government GIS consulting company offering specialized experience in the planning, design, implementation, and procurement of geo-technologies. GTG has unmatched technical GIS capabilities, demonstrated successes, international experience, and a reputation for successfully implementing the right solutions. GTG develops GIS products that spatially enable various enterprise solutions and integrates an organization's IT investment via a common interface. GTG also offers stand alone products for land management, public safety, public access, touch screen technology, and utilities. GTG has over 700 clients located throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Europe and serves all levels of government as well as the private sector. To support our clients, GTG maintains four offices located across the United States: Headquarters in North Carolina, and Regional Offices in Texas and Florida. Geographic Technologies Group Understanding Local Government Additional information may be obtained by contacting Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. at 888-757- 4222, or you can access our website at www.geotg.com.
Blog - Twitter to enhance location services and developer platform and API coming too
You knew it HAD to be coming… location provisioning in Twitter. Well, according to the Twitter blog indeed more support for location will be coming soon.
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The new API will enable Twitters to optionally add location info to their tweets (like lat/long coords) and even cooler, users will be able to follow tweets by location so you could easily view tweets that are geographically close to your current location - nice!
This from the Twitter blog… We’re going to release geolocation to platform developers before we add the feature to Twitter.com. Most of the mobile applications people use and love are built by Twitter platform developers. Developers will have access to this new geolocation feature early which means it will most likely be available on your app of choice before it’s available on Twitter’s web site. Later, we’ll add it to our mobile web site and Twitter.com as well. Great stuff Twitter!
To date some third party apps have provided “some” level of location-awareness, for example, Twibble can grab a location via GPS fix from supported devices (I use it on a Nokia N95) and it enables me to include my location in a Tweet. Several others also provide similar capabilities and there are others apps (like several in the Android market) that enable users to easily Tweet “I am here” sending a google map hyperlink to a twitter account.
See more details on the Twitter Blog
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The new API will enable Twitters to optionally add location info to their tweets (like lat/long coords) and even cooler, users will be able to follow tweets by location so you could easily view tweets that are geographically close to your current location - nice!
This from the Twitter blog… We’re going to release geolocation to platform developers before we add the feature to Twitter.com. Most of the mobile applications people use and love are built by Twitter platform developers. Developers will have access to this new geolocation feature early which means it will most likely be available on your app of choice before it’s available on Twitter’s web site. Later, we’ll add it to our mobile web site and Twitter.com as well. Great stuff Twitter!
To date some third party apps have provided “some” level of location-awareness, for example, Twibble can grab a location via GPS fix from supported devices (I use it on a Nokia N95) and it enables me to include my location in a Tweet. Several others also provide similar capabilities and there are others apps (like several in the Android market) that enable users to easily Tweet “I am here” sending a google map hyperlink to a twitter account.
See more details on the Twitter Blog
Blue Marble User Conference Registration closing August 31st
Written by Blue Marble Geographics
Saturday, 22 August 2009
Gardiner, Maine - August 21, 2009 - Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) announces that registration for the Blue Marble Users Conference on Sept 17th, running in conjunction with the GITA Oil and Gas Conference September 14th - 16th, will close August 31st.
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The Blue Marble User Conference is open to all users of Blue Marble's suite of data conversion solutions for the desktop or developer. Attendees are asked to pre-register at http://www.bluemarblegeo.com/products/user_conference.php to guarantee a spot. This half-day conference is a great way to learn for free how to leverage Blue Marble software so that you may save your organization time and money while improving the quality of your survey and GIS data. Hear success stories from other Blue Marble users of how they use Blue Marble daily to streamline workflows and overcome transformation challenges. Give feedback to the Blue Marble team in person and learn about what is coming next. So join us September 17th at the Houston Marriott Westchase from 8am to Noon. Space is filling up fast; register now. "There's nothing more effective from a product development standpoint, than meeting and greeting our customers in person, states Kris Berglund, Vice President, Sales. "Once people realize what we have planned for the next few software releases, they are quite comfortable to express their own ideas and suggestions about implementation and workflow. From a software vendor's perspective, that's what it's all about, hearing the truth from real users on how we can improve our technology." About Blue Marble Geographics: Blue Marble Geographics of Gardiner, Maine is a leading developer and provider of geographic software products that provide sensible solutions for users and developers of geographic data. Blue Marble's geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software companies, universities, oil and gas companies, civil engineering, surveying, technology, enterprise GIS groups, government and military organizations worldwide. Learn more at www.bluemarblegeo.com
Ground receiving station to monitor disaster
Egypt: Bidding for the construction of two ground receiver stations will be opened soon by Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory, quoted Mail & Guardian.Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory, currently seeking a site in Egypt, is a joint project by South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences.The project will enable the rapid processing of information received from satellites monitoring Africa, in order to improve disaster relief response times to areas affected by floods, drought, and global warming.The bulk of the project's funding is being provided by NATO's Science for Peace Programme, with the Egyptian government also providing contributions. Source : http://allafrica.com
Taiwan: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), the official institute for the management and development of palm oil in Malaysia, selects SuperPad to be the assistance to manage palm oil resource announced SuperGeo.Malaysia has the rich palm oil resources and it has brought great economic benefits for Malaysia. Established in 2000, MPOB is a government agency under the purview of the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities, managing and planning the related developing schemes and administrative affairs. Since the establishment, MPOB has been looking for technology and IT products to increase the value, quality, and sales of palm oil. SuperPad is thus procured by the GIS Department in MPOB for field work in palm oil groves.Through the recommendation of Axis Commerce MPOB selects SuperPad for effective data collection and analysis. SuperPad, SuperGeo’s Mobile GIS Software, provides user-friendly interface and powerful GIS along with GPS functions for the field staff to collect, and edit palm oil resource rapidly and efficiently. SuperPad also supports the administrative personnel for better palm oil grove management. Source : http://www.supergeotek.com
USAID, partners to map Afghan election incidents
USAID, partners to map Afghan election incidents21 August 2009
Washington: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has teamed up with private aid groups and technology companies to develop an online map tracking election-related incidents in Afghanistan."This open data mapping project is one way for everyone to increase transparency as the elections roll out. It allows anyone anywhere to report an incident in the name of more meaningful democratic results for better governance," USAID said in a statement The map is located at news.geocommons.com/afghanistanelection09.USAID's partners in the project are Google, Fortius One's GeoCommons, Development Seed, Relief Star-Tides, Synergy Strike Force (SSF) and Alive in Afghanistan.Volunteers from SSF, which supports humanitarian relief and stabilization efforts in post-conflict environments, are on the ground in Jalalabad helping to collect, share and disseminate local data said USAID
Washington: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has teamed up with private aid groups and technology companies to develop an online map tracking election-related incidents in Afghanistan."This open data mapping project is one way for everyone to increase transparency as the elections roll out. It allows anyone anywhere to report an incident in the name of more meaningful democratic results for better governance," USAID said in a statement The map is located at news.geocommons.com/afghanistanelection09.USAID's partners in the project are Google, Fortius One's GeoCommons, Development Seed, Relief Star-Tides, Synergy Strike Force (SSF) and Alive in Afghanistan.Volunteers from SSF, which supports humanitarian relief and stabilization efforts in post-conflict environments, are on the ground in Jalalabad helping to collect, share and disseminate local data said USAID
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Philadelphia Releases Deed and Mortgage Analysis and Mapping Software
Philadelphia, PA, - Avencia Incorporated, a geographic analysis and software development firm, announces the public release of The Philadelphia Department of Records’ LandStat [http://www.phillylandstat.com] web application. LandStat aggregates millions of Philadelphia real estate transactions into a set of reporting and analysis tools based on Avencia’s Kaleidocade Indicators Framework (KIF). The site was originally designed to help City staff to quickly and easily visualize and interpret geographic patterns and trends in the Philadelphia real estate market.Public records laws and a new emphasis on government transparency have given rise to an ‘Open Government’ movement. There are a growing number of initiatives providing public access to an unprecedented range of government data. CitiStat and other performance management programs are also making government agencies more accountable in terms of the quality of the services they provide and how they are spending tax-payer money. It is in this context that the Philadelphia Department of Records (DOR) has released LandStat along with its other publicly accessible web-based applications.LandStat incorporates information on property transactions from the DOR’s ParcelExplorer mapping database, the PhilaDox document management system and data from the assessor’s office. Individual records from these systems were geocoded to a map location and then stamped with ZIP Codes, City Council districts, wards, U.S. Census tracts, and blockgroups using the Unified Land Records System (ULRS) -- winner of the Public Technology Institute 2008 Technology Solutions Award (Web & EGovernment category). Once aggregated to these districts, the resulting dataset was then fed into Avencia’s Kaleidocade Indicators Framework (KIF), a web-based analysis and visualization software, for publication and analysis on the web. The system includes such categories as mortgages, deeds, Sheriff’s deeds (an indicator of foreclosures), Real Estate Transfer Tax (RTT), and property types.LandStat enables city planners, real estate investors, or any interested users to create thematic maps, chart trends over time, get detailed reports on specific geographic areas of interest, and perform complex analysis through a straightforward interface using only a web browser. Data can be viewed in a map, with geographic areas color-coded to indicate different ranges of values. Being able to see hot spots or areas of inactivity quickly and easily can inform decisions and inspire ways of thinking that might not have been possible by viewing the same data in a spreadsheet. LandStat also enables users to create scatter plots, view a statistical analysis, create tables with specific ranges of data, or rank top and bottom locations for a particular indicator.“Land records might not be the first thing people think of in the context of economic development, but having access to data related to sales, property taxes, property types and ownership information enables more efficient use of the land and real estate investments. LandStat’s purpose, like the other web-applications that the DOR has launched over the years, is meant to enable just that.” -- Joan Decker, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of RecordsUsers of LandStat can focus their queries on individual geographic areas or specific types of transactions, or take a step back and look at the data in a larger context, depending on what types of questions they are trying to answer. The Department of Records has made the database available with the hope that it will enable both consumers and policy-makers to better understand the real estate market and thereby support more effective economic development and real estate decisions. To try LandStat, go to: http://www.phillylandstat.com. For more information on LandStat or Kaleidocade, the software that runs the application, please contact Chip Hitchens at chitchens@avencia.com.About AvenciaAvencia is an award-winning, Philadelphia-based geographic analysis and software development firm specializing in the creation of innovative location-based software tools to enhance decision-making processes. Avencia believes these location-based technologies can help promote the emergence of more dynamic, vibrant communities. For more information, visit www.avencia.com
ESRI Users Can Now Leverage their 2D Data in 3D with FME
Vancouver, BC - July 30, 2009 – Safe Software announced today that FME, the leading spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) solution, now enables ESRI users to leverage their 2D Data in 3D within their existing ESRI ArcGIS environment. FME's data transformation capabilities along with its support for over 225 formats, including many popular 3D formats, ensure that ESRI users can access the data they need and make use of it for innovative 3D applications.
FME's transformation capabilities and 3D support make it possible to take 2D data with an implied 3D aspect and turn it into true, 3D data for visualization in ArcGIS 9.3. Soon, organizations will also be able to use it with the 3D editing and routing tools that ESRI announced will be available in ArcGIS 9.4. FME also extends the format support of ESRI ArcGIS, enabling users to directly integrate their true 3D information with other data for the most complete situational overview possible to date.
Recently, the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst put the power of FME technology to the test in a 3D campus planning initiative. They transformed and integrated their 2D CAD and GIS data into a 3D model for use in their enterprise ESRI environment. According to Dr. Alexander Stepanov, the technical lead on the project, and GIS/CAD Analyst at UMass Amherst, the 3D model has provided a highly effective visual method to facilitate campus planning efforts, which previously was not possible to create without manual data modeling.UMass Amherst's 3D model was achieved by using FME technology to first extract only the data needed from the originating CAD floorplan drawings and transform them into true 3D geometries using floor height information and the base elevations derived from a digital terrain model. The resulting 3D objects were then integrated with their GIS data for a complete, accurate 3D model of their campus. FME's transformation capabilities also enabled them to manipulate the data during the integration process without restructuring the source dataset.
Supporting UMass Amherst's space management planning, their new 3D model now enables them to visualize their campus' space utilization in 3D, which is easier for the human mind to grasp as it more closely represents the real world than 2D information. Also, with FME enabling them to perform data manipulation during the integration process, the GIS department was able to avoid time-consuming post processing. This also ensured that they could achieve their accurate 3D model without interrupting existing IT infrastructure or the daily workflows of the architects, engineers and surveyors who maintain the source data.
"FME is such a powerful tool that we've just scratched the surface of what we can do with it," says Niels la Cour, lead of the project and Physical Planner at UMass Amherst. "We've already achieved so much by combining various datasets into our 3D model in a fairly short timeframe. Without FME, such a project would have required such intensive manual labor that it wouldn’t have been practical to create."
Moving forward, UMass Amherst is planning to use FME to bring their newly captured LiDAR data into the mix for the creation of wire building frames. This will support the addition of photo renderings to create an even more realistic model of the campus, and therefore provide an even closer visual representation of spatial proximity for their facility planning efforts.
FME offers support for popular 3D formats including IFC and Autodesk 3ds, exchange formats CityGML and Wavefront OBJ, free viewing format Adobe 3D PDF, and 3D data types in ESRI ArcSDE. These 3D capabilities, first in the industry, are the result of more than two years of research and development by Safe Software. Upon identifying the growing interest in 3D data, Safe Software focused their FME development efforts to address common 3D interoperability challenges and first introduced 3D format support in March 2008. The company remains committed today to improving access to 3D data in response to this growing market need. Work is currently underway to include greater support for 3D textures in ESRI Geodatabase and Autodesk AutoCAD, as well as increased support for 3D formats such as the popular 3D authoring tools Sketchup and Collada.
For more than 10 years, the partnership between Safe Software and ESRI has enabled ArcGIS users to access the data they need to use within their ESRI environment. FME extends the format capabilities of ArcGIS, enabling users to work with non-native formats in their analyses, geoprocessing and visualizations, and restructure data models within the familiarity of ArcGIS. FME technology also enables ArcGIS Server users to easily transform their data on-the-fly for distribution to different user communities. Organizations interested in learning more can visit www.safe.com/ESRI.
About Safe and FMESafe Software powers the flow of spatial data with its software platform, FME. The recognized standard in spatial ETL (extract, transform and load), FME is the only complete solution for data conversion. It delivers the most extensive format support for data translation and integration, and provides unlimited flexibility in data model transformation and distribution.
FME is used by thousands of customers worldwide in a variety of industries including government, utilities, and petroleum. Its powerful data access technology also makes FME the choice of leading GIS, CAD, and database vendors for integration into their own solutions. Designed for true data interoperability, FME unleashes spatial data so people can use it where, when, and how they want to. For more information, visit www.safe.com.
FME's transformation capabilities and 3D support make it possible to take 2D data with an implied 3D aspect and turn it into true, 3D data for visualization in ArcGIS 9.3. Soon, organizations will also be able to use it with the 3D editing and routing tools that ESRI announced will be available in ArcGIS 9.4. FME also extends the format support of ESRI ArcGIS, enabling users to directly integrate their true 3D information with other data for the most complete situational overview possible to date.
Recently, the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst put the power of FME technology to the test in a 3D campus planning initiative. They transformed and integrated their 2D CAD and GIS data into a 3D model for use in their enterprise ESRI environment. According to Dr. Alexander Stepanov, the technical lead on the project, and GIS/CAD Analyst at UMass Amherst, the 3D model has provided a highly effective visual method to facilitate campus planning efforts, which previously was not possible to create without manual data modeling.UMass Amherst's 3D model was achieved by using FME technology to first extract only the data needed from the originating CAD floorplan drawings and transform them into true 3D geometries using floor height information and the base elevations derived from a digital terrain model. The resulting 3D objects were then integrated with their GIS data for a complete, accurate 3D model of their campus. FME's transformation capabilities also enabled them to manipulate the data during the integration process without restructuring the source dataset.
Supporting UMass Amherst's space management planning, their new 3D model now enables them to visualize their campus' space utilization in 3D, which is easier for the human mind to grasp as it more closely represents the real world than 2D information. Also, with FME enabling them to perform data manipulation during the integration process, the GIS department was able to avoid time-consuming post processing. This also ensured that they could achieve their accurate 3D model without interrupting existing IT infrastructure or the daily workflows of the architects, engineers and surveyors who maintain the source data.
"FME is such a powerful tool that we've just scratched the surface of what we can do with it," says Niels la Cour, lead of the project and Physical Planner at UMass Amherst. "We've already achieved so much by combining various datasets into our 3D model in a fairly short timeframe. Without FME, such a project would have required such intensive manual labor that it wouldn’t have been practical to create."
Moving forward, UMass Amherst is planning to use FME to bring their newly captured LiDAR data into the mix for the creation of wire building frames. This will support the addition of photo renderings to create an even more realistic model of the campus, and therefore provide an even closer visual representation of spatial proximity for their facility planning efforts.
FME offers support for popular 3D formats including IFC and Autodesk 3ds, exchange formats CityGML and Wavefront OBJ, free viewing format Adobe 3D PDF, and 3D data types in ESRI ArcSDE. These 3D capabilities, first in the industry, are the result of more than two years of research and development by Safe Software. Upon identifying the growing interest in 3D data, Safe Software focused their FME development efforts to address common 3D interoperability challenges and first introduced 3D format support in March 2008. The company remains committed today to improving access to 3D data in response to this growing market need. Work is currently underway to include greater support for 3D textures in ESRI Geodatabase and Autodesk AutoCAD, as well as increased support for 3D formats such as the popular 3D authoring tools Sketchup and Collada.
For more than 10 years, the partnership between Safe Software and ESRI has enabled ArcGIS users to access the data they need to use within their ESRI environment. FME extends the format capabilities of ArcGIS, enabling users to work with non-native formats in their analyses, geoprocessing and visualizations, and restructure data models within the familiarity of ArcGIS. FME technology also enables ArcGIS Server users to easily transform their data on-the-fly for distribution to different user communities. Organizations interested in learning more can visit www.safe.com/ESRI.
About Safe and FMESafe Software powers the flow of spatial data with its software platform, FME. The recognized standard in spatial ETL (extract, transform and load), FME is the only complete solution for data conversion. It delivers the most extensive format support for data translation and integration, and provides unlimited flexibility in data model transformation and distribution.
FME is used by thousands of customers worldwide in a variety of industries including government, utilities, and petroleum. Its powerful data access technology also makes FME the choice of leading GIS, CAD, and database vendors for integration into their own solutions. Designed for true data interoperability, FME unleashes spatial data so people can use it where, when, and how they want to. For more information, visit www.safe.com.
E-Book on Aeromagnetic Surveys: Principles, Practice and Interpretation Now Available
Geoscience students and geologists now have a useful guide for learning the theory and practice of aeromagnetic surveying.An e-book on Aeromagnetic Surveys: Principles, Practice and Interpretation, authored by Colin Reeves of Earthworks and published by Geosoft, is now available.This new e-book provides a useful guide for non-specialists looking to gain a better understanding of aeromagnetic surveying.
The importance of the aeromagnetic survey as a reconnaissance tool is growing as exploration success becomes increasingly reliant on finding buried deposits with no surface expression. A grasp of how the method works and the results it generates is essential for any geoscientist involved in uncovering the next generation of oil, gas and mineral deposits.
Aeromagnetic Surveys: Principles, Practice and Interpretation unravels the theory and practice of aeromagnetic surveying from basic physical concepts to interpretation of results. This comprehensive document explains the principles and practices without going into the daunting details of mathematically deriving the theory.
Author Colin Reeves pulls together 25 years of research and knowledge to provide an authoritative guide that describes the way the earth’s magnetic field interacts with crustal rocks to produce anomalies, introduces the principles of airborne magnetometers, and explains how survey data is processed to generate maps and images.
Using illustrative figures, the book explains the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of anomalies and anomaly patterns in the context of pre-existing geological knowledge. The electronic format will allow for updates that keep pace with rapidly evolving aeromagnetic technology.
The text will prove useful to students in the final years of their education who are planning a career in the resource sector and to working geoscientists that lack a grounding in potential field geophysics.
The e-book is available as a free download from Geosoft at www.geosoft.com/knowledge .
About Colin Reeves - Colin Reeves is an independent consultant. He holds degrees from Cambridge, Birmingham and Leeds Universities in the U.K. and has over 35 years’ experience in the instigation, execution and interpretation of regional geophysical surveys in Africa, India, Australia and the Americas, spread across the government, commercial and educational sectors. He may be reached at: reeves.earth@planet.nl
About Geosoft - www.geosoft.com Geosoft is a world leader in software and solutions for earth exploration. We make the experience of finding, using and sharing data more natural and powerful for earth explorers. Geosoft solutions accelerate knowledge development and unlock opportunity within exploration industries and the earth sciences sector. Originally founded by geoscientists in 1986, Geosoft ranks among the top 150 software companies in Canada today, with more than 5,000 customers in over 100 countries worldwide.
The importance of the aeromagnetic survey as a reconnaissance tool is growing as exploration success becomes increasingly reliant on finding buried deposits with no surface expression. A grasp of how the method works and the results it generates is essential for any geoscientist involved in uncovering the next generation of oil, gas and mineral deposits.
Aeromagnetic Surveys: Principles, Practice and Interpretation unravels the theory and practice of aeromagnetic surveying from basic physical concepts to interpretation of results. This comprehensive document explains the principles and practices without going into the daunting details of mathematically deriving the theory.
Author Colin Reeves pulls together 25 years of research and knowledge to provide an authoritative guide that describes the way the earth’s magnetic field interacts with crustal rocks to produce anomalies, introduces the principles of airborne magnetometers, and explains how survey data is processed to generate maps and images.
Using illustrative figures, the book explains the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of anomalies and anomaly patterns in the context of pre-existing geological knowledge. The electronic format will allow for updates that keep pace with rapidly evolving aeromagnetic technology.
The text will prove useful to students in the final years of their education who are planning a career in the resource sector and to working geoscientists that lack a grounding in potential field geophysics.
The e-book is available as a free download from Geosoft at www.geosoft.com/knowledge .
About Colin Reeves - Colin Reeves is an independent consultant. He holds degrees from Cambridge, Birmingham and Leeds Universities in the U.K. and has over 35 years’ experience in the instigation, execution and interpretation of regional geophysical surveys in Africa, India, Australia and the Americas, spread across the government, commercial and educational sectors. He may be reached at: reeves.earth@planet.nl
About Geosoft - www.geosoft.com Geosoft is a world leader in software and solutions for earth exploration. We make the experience of finding, using and sharing data more natural and powerful for earth explorers. Geosoft solutions accelerate knowledge development and unlock opportunity within exploration industries and the earth sciences sector. Originally founded by geoscientists in 1986, Geosoft ranks among the top 150 software companies in Canada today, with more than 5,000 customers in over 100 countries worldwide.
SSTL Successfully Launch Two Further Satellites
With the successful launch last night of the UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 satellites, SSTL has expanded the capability of the world's only spaced-based disaster monitoring system, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). The British built satellites were launched onboard a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 18:45 UTC on Wednesday, 29th July 2009.
Following confirmation of separation from the launch vehicle, ground stations in Guildford and Spain established contact with UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 respectively and commissioning of the satellites is now progressing.
Both satellites will bring significant enhancements to the DMC, which provides Earth observation imagery for a range of commercial and environmental applications as well as to the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters. The first satellite in the DMC, AlSAT-1, was launched in 2002 and with the addition of these further two satellites the total number of operational DMC "eyes in the sky" has been increased to six.
UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 were designed and built by SSTL at the Company's state-of -the-art facilities in Guildford UK. Deimos-1 was manufactured for Spanish customer, Deimos Space, while UK-DMC2 is owned by SSTL and will be operated by the Company's subsidiary, DMCii. The latest spacecraft continue SSTL's rapid advances in innovative space solutions with each satellite having ten times the capability of the satellites launched just five years ago.
SSTL's Chairman, Sir Martin Sweeting, commented: "These latest two satellites will advance the capability of the DMC, an international constellation conceived and established by SSTL to provide affordable Earth observation space assets to all, and continue to demonstrate the commercial value of space as evidenced by SSTL's investment in UK-DMC2.
The launch is also timely as the UK Government has just launched the Space Innovation & Growth Team (IGT) tasked with creating a 20-year strategy for the space industry that will build Britain's leadership in space. SSTL welcomes the initiative and is represented on the team."
UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 were launched alongside four other satellites onboard the Dnepr launch vehicle: DubaiSat-1, AprizeSat-3, AprizeSat-4 and Nanosat-1B.
To find out more about UK-DMC2, its future role in disaster relief and Earth observation visit www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/UK-DMC2
About SSTL
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is the world's leading small satellite company, delivering operational space missions for a range of applications including Earth observation, science and communications.
The company design, manufacture and operate high performance satellites and ground systems for a fraction of the price normally associated with spacecraft, with 300 staff working on turnkey satellite platforms, space-proven satellite subsystems and optical instruments.
Since 1981 SSTL has launched 34 satellites as well as providing training and development programmes, consultancy services, and mission studies for ESA, NASA and commercial customers, changing the economics of space.
Based in Guildford, UK, SSTL is owned by EADS Astrium NV.
http://www.sstl.co.uk/
Following confirmation of separation from the launch vehicle, ground stations in Guildford and Spain established contact with UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 respectively and commissioning of the satellites is now progressing.
Both satellites will bring significant enhancements to the DMC, which provides Earth observation imagery for a range of commercial and environmental applications as well as to the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters. The first satellite in the DMC, AlSAT-1, was launched in 2002 and with the addition of these further two satellites the total number of operational DMC "eyes in the sky" has been increased to six.
UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 were designed and built by SSTL at the Company's state-of -the-art facilities in Guildford UK. Deimos-1 was manufactured for Spanish customer, Deimos Space, while UK-DMC2 is owned by SSTL and will be operated by the Company's subsidiary, DMCii. The latest spacecraft continue SSTL's rapid advances in innovative space solutions with each satellite having ten times the capability of the satellites launched just five years ago.
SSTL's Chairman, Sir Martin Sweeting, commented: "These latest two satellites will advance the capability of the DMC, an international constellation conceived and established by SSTL to provide affordable Earth observation space assets to all, and continue to demonstrate the commercial value of space as evidenced by SSTL's investment in UK-DMC2.
The launch is also timely as the UK Government has just launched the Space Innovation & Growth Team (IGT) tasked with creating a 20-year strategy for the space industry that will build Britain's leadership in space. SSTL welcomes the initiative and is represented on the team."
UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 were launched alongside four other satellites onboard the Dnepr launch vehicle: DubaiSat-1, AprizeSat-3, AprizeSat-4 and Nanosat-1B.
To find out more about UK-DMC2, its future role in disaster relief and Earth observation visit www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/UK-DMC2
About SSTL
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is the world's leading small satellite company, delivering operational space missions for a range of applications including Earth observation, science and communications.
The company design, manufacture and operate high performance satellites and ground systems for a fraction of the price normally associated with spacecraft, with 300 staff working on turnkey satellite platforms, space-proven satellite subsystems and optical instruments.
Since 1981 SSTL has launched 34 satellites as well as providing training and development programmes, consultancy services, and mission studies for ESA, NASA and commercial customers, changing the economics of space.
Based in Guildford, UK, SSTL is owned by EADS Astrium NV.
http://www.sstl.co.uk/
ESRI Releases Web Mapping APIs at No Cost
Redlands, CA - ESRI announces that its popular Web mapping APIs are available at no cost to users who are building applications for use in internal and noncommercial environments. ArcGIS Web mapping APIs have always been free for licensed ArcGIS Server users. Now government agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and educational institutions can take full advantage of fast, high-quality mapping applications built on top of ArcGIS Server without additional costs or licensing. Private businesses can also deploy these API-based applications internally for free."Delivering rich Internet applications using Silverlight, Flex, and JavaScript is a new and exciting trend for Web application developers, and the demand for these types of applications is growing at a phenomenal rate," states Jack Dangermond, president of ESRI. "Making these tools widely available means that as GIS professionals across the globe continue to author geographic knowledge, application developers will use these APIs to easily access this information."
ArcGIS Web mapping APIs are part of ESRI's Web infrastructure. Developers will have access to ArcGIS Online map services for imagery, street maps, and topographic maps, as well as services for routing, geocoding, demographic analysis, and more. Organizations can spatially enable their databases easily without the need for maintaining an expensive infrastructure.
For example, a city government might deploy two different types of applications: an internal-facing executive dashboard that allows officials and managers to track capital improvement spending and an external-facing application for citizens to contribute their concerns and suggestions regarding those improvements. Both applications could be deployed at no cost.
"I see the geospatially enabled Web—the GeoWeb—as driving change that is beneficial for both users and creators of geospatial information," says Dangermond. "This means that we'll see a whole new creative group of people take these APIs and create new, interesting approaches to mapping. A powerful new generation of Web maps will proliferate and become commonplace to Web users."
ArcGIS Web mapping APIs include the ArcGIS API for Flex, the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. To access downloads and get more information about ArcGIS Web mapping APIs, visit www.esri.com/apis.
About ESRI
Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at http://www.esri.com/.
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ArcGIS Web mapping APIs are part of ESRI's Web infrastructure. Developers will have access to ArcGIS Online map services for imagery, street maps, and topographic maps, as well as services for routing, geocoding, demographic analysis, and more. Organizations can spatially enable their databases easily without the need for maintaining an expensive infrastructure.
For example, a city government might deploy two different types of applications: an internal-facing executive dashboard that allows officials and managers to track capital improvement spending and an external-facing application for citizens to contribute their concerns and suggestions regarding those improvements. Both applications could be deployed at no cost.
"I see the geospatially enabled Web—the GeoWeb—as driving change that is beneficial for both users and creators of geospatial information," says Dangermond. "This means that we'll see a whole new creative group of people take these APIs and create new, interesting approaches to mapping. A powerful new generation of Web maps will proliferate and become commonplace to Web users."
ArcGIS Web mapping APIs include the ArcGIS API for Flex, the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. To access downloads and get more information about ArcGIS Web mapping APIs, visit www.esri.com/apis.
About ESRI
Since 1969, ESRI has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS, ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. ESRI applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. ESRI is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at http://www.esri.com/.
ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, ArcGIS, http://www.esri.com/, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners
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