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Spatial Data Infrastructure: a roundup of SDI activities over the past few months.

Jun 01, 2008; Longhorn, Roger ... In this issue of the magazine, we have three views on SDI, including an overview of INSPIRE by Nick Land, until recently Director of Eurogeographics, now Business Development Manager for National Mapping & Cadastre Agencies at ESRI Europe. Nick has been very close to SDI developments in ...

ESA Sentinel-3 eo satellite: future eo capability greatly increased.

Jun 01, 2008 ... The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space signed a [euro]305 million contract on 14 April to provide the first Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite, devoted to oceanography and land-vegatation monitoring, as part of the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security ...

Zephyr UV inkjet printer: high image quality and high productivity.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Mutoh Europe's new wide-format UV inkjet printer, ZEPHYR, has been completely engineered and developed by Mutoh's Belgian R&D centre. Zephyr is a CMYK 64" (165 cm) professional UV inkjet printer for roll-to-roll printing (vinyl, flex, mesh, PVC, soft sign, etc.). It also handles rigid ...

Sentinel-2 sat stats: planning for Sentinel-2 for GMES.

Jun 01, 2008 ... The Sentinel satellites are specifically designed to support GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security). The European Commission and the European Space Agency are jointly working towards establishing an operational and sustainable EO system in Europe, to supply reliable ...

GIOVE-B transmits first signals: Galileo and GPS compatibility demonstrated.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Following a successful launch on 27 April, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals on 7 May. GIOVE-B is now transmitting the GPS-Galileo common signal using a specific optimised waveform, MBOC (multiplexed binary offset carrier), in accordance with the agreement drawn up in July 2007 ...

3D Laser Mapping of mine.

Jun 01, 2008 ... 3D-R1 ROBOT SCANS MINE Using a unique laser scanning robot, 3D Laser Mapping created a 3D map of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico. Commissioned by Arian Silver Corporation, this enabled further definition of the mine's potential, providing an accurate volumetric calculation of ...

Fighting snow and ICE: Masternaut Three X tracks welsh gritters.

Jun 01, 2008 ... The UK's Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) via its agents The South Wales Trunk Road Agency (SWTRA) and Traffic Wales is implementing web-based satellite telematics from Masternaut Three X. The real-time Masternaut service will track 20 dedicated gritters assigned to keeping the 178 route-km ...

The UK's Met Surveys elected Stephen Rixon.(PEOPLE)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The UK's Met Surveys elected Stephen Rixon to the Board of Directors. Steve has over 25 years of proven global experience in the surveying industry and joins Met Surveys as Director of special projects. Steve has led teams across the globe working in countries ranging from the UK to USA, ...

East view cartographic announces acquisition of RMIB Geosciences.(ACQUISITION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... East View Cartographic announces acquisition of RMIB Geosciences (NL), a global distributor of scientific maps and related publications, specializing in the difficult-to-acquire cartographic publications of Asia, Africa and Latin America. RMIB Geosciences (earlier Rudolf Muller ...

Cadcorp.(PARTNERSHIP)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Cadcorp and document creation, publishing and consultation solutions developer Limehouse Software announced a technology partnership that will enable the companies to cooperate to deliver GIS-enabled applications to address the collaboration, document creation and stakeholder engagement ...

Navman Wireless North America.(PEOPLE)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Navman Wireless North America announced that its new Director of Sales and Marketing, Gregg Steliga, will operate from the company's Chicago-based headquarters, leading the sales management team, and administering reseller and dealer initiatives. Mr. Steliga will also direct Navman ...

Partnership.

Jun 01, 2008 ... Itron Inc. and Silver Spring Networks announced that the two companies have executed an agreement to integrate Itron's OpenWay[R] Advanced Metering platform with Silver Spring's IP-based Smart Energy Networking solution. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies have addressed the ...

Tele Atlas.(VAR AGREEMENT)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Tele Atlas announced a Value Added Reseller (VAR)agreement with 1 Spatial for Tele Atlas MultiNet digital map database platform. This agreement will help enable 1Spatial to offer powerful integration and quality services, which include MultiNet digital map data, to a broad range of ...

BKS Surveys Limited.(ACQUISTION)

Jun 01, 2008 ... BKS Surveys Limited announced acquisition of the company by Fugro NV. The Fugro group, based in Holland, has more than 300 operating companies worldwide providing a range of geotechnical, survey and geoscience's services. Over the past year the group has been strengthening its Geospatial ...

Canada's.(AWARDS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Canada's Optech Incorporated has been named Exporter of the Year. The award was announced at the 19th Annual Vaughan Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards banquet. Sponsored by Export Development Canada, the competitive award recognizes world-class performance in opening new ...

An interview with Mladen Stojic: what is in a name? Geo:connexion investigates ERDAS, Inc.

Jun 01, 2008; Stojic, Mladen ... Geo: connexion International editor, Roger Longhorn, recently interviewed Mladen Stojic, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at ERDAS, Inc. on the implications of the're-branding' of Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Open source #11: next generation mapping: Jo Walsh considers geospatial data policy issues in national government agencies.

Jun 01, 2008; Walsh, Jo ... As the use of open source software opened up a wide range of new usage models and business markets, so too many the idea of "open data". This month Jo Walsh discusses new, open models for geographic data collection and dissemination at the national government level. ...

Geoinformation for African development: Craig Schwabe on suitable GI for African development needs.

Jun 01, 2008; Schwabe, Craig ... In recent months there have been some significant developments in the geoinformation industry on the African continent. This was picked up while monitoring news on the industry as part of my contributions to the African Geo Information Research Network (AGIRN). One of these developments is ...

Fighting gridlock with CarTel: MIT researchers Sam Madden and Hari Balakrishnan use Linux-based automotive telematics system to help reduce traffic congestion.

Jun 01, 2008; Madden, Sam ... CarTel is a GPS-enabled mobile sensor network that updates a central traffic analysis program using opportunistic WiFi links to exploit brief windows of coverage from vehicles. Associate Professor Sam Madden and Professor Hari Balakrishnan of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial ...

Terrasar-X update-four months later: The TerraSAR-X high-resolution radar satellite proves its versatile applicability.(Cover story)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The TerraSAR-X Earth observation satellite is a joint venture being carried out under a Public-Partnership between the DLR and Astrium GmbH (Friedrichshafen). The exclusive commercial exploitation rights are held by the geo-information service provider Infoterra GmbH. In the first four ...