GEO: connexion back issues from November 2007:
Adding value to commodities: the construction industry now demands innovative solutions--can the survey & positioning sector respond?
Nov 01, 2007; ... The massive INTERGEO 2007 International Trade Fair in Leipzig has just ended as I write this editorial, and there is a longer report of the event in this month's issue. The exhibition halls were dominated by booths from the industry leaders in surveying, scanning and positioning equipment ...
Hemisphere GPS centimeter accuracy.
Nov 01, 2007 ... In September, Hemisphere GPS announced the latest addition to its Eclipse dual-frequency GPS receiver technology produce line. Based on Hemisphere GPS' successful Crescent L1 GPS technology that incorporates exclusive techniques for reducing code measurement noise and mitigating multipath ...
Wallingford releases InfoWorks 2D.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Wallingford Software announced in October the release of InfoWorks 2D for accurate and detailed simulation of surface flood modeling. Info Works 2D is available as a fully-integrated module within InfoWorks CS v8.5 for collection system modeling, InfoWorks SD v8.5 for storm drainage ...
Miniature antenna packs punch.
Nov 01, 2007 ... TDC (part of the Abacus Group) launched the Antenova Fusca 2.4GHz antenna, its smallest and most efficient ever embedded antenna for Bluetooth(R) applications, equally suitable for other 2.4GHz applications such as Wi-Fi(R) and ZigBee(R). Ideal for wireless headset, mobile handset and ...
African nations microsatellite network.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Michael A. Taverna reported in Aviation Week & Space Technology an announcement that four African nations plan to deploy a constellation of microsatellites to monitor water and land use, agriculture, forestry and other sustainable development parameters. The constellation, the African ...
Altus APS-3 & Septentrio AsteRx2.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Septentrio, based in Leuven, Belgium, manufacture professional OEM GNSS receivers, delivered its dual-frequency GPS/GLONASS OEM receiver modules AsteRx2 as a core component of Altus Positioning Systems' new survey solution. Altus Positioning Systems is a new company in the field of survey ...
Garmin plug 'n play sat-nav.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Garmin launched an all-in-one software solution that turns selected smartphones with internal GPS into high-end navigators. Garmin Mobile XT is a mobile phone software application that seamlessly pairs the phone's built-in GPS with Garmin's software so that customers have the benefits of ...
Sarscape supports TerraSAR-X.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Simply looking at the number of today's operational (ERS-2, Radarsat-1, ALOS PALSAR, TerraSAR-X-1, COSMO-SkyMed 1) and forthcoming (Radarsat-2, COSMO-SkyMed 2-4, RISAT-1) civil spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems, it is evident that the use of SAR images is no longer limited ...
Optech ILRIS-36D and LYNX.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Canadian-based Optech Incorporated announced a new Profile Scanning feature for its ILRIS-36D scanner that significantly reduce scanning and post processing time by eliminating alignment overlaps. New software synchronizes the rotational speed of the pan and tilt base with vertical ...
Topcon's laser scanner GLS-1000.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Topcon Europe Positioning announced its new laser scanner to the surveying and civil engineering community--the Topcon GLS-1000--which handles like a total station but delivers a total scanning solution. Topcon claims that the affordable price "takes the pain out of investing in a laser ...
New agriculture GIS software.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Portugal's Digimundo Lda released their new module DMAgriGest for its open platform DMAgri at INTERGEO 2007 in Leipzig in September. Digimundo is a Portuguese software house specializing in development of agricultural GIS on the open platform DMAgri. DMAgriGest addresses the needs of ...
BlueSky 3D printing service: print 3D models direct from computer.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Aerial mapping company BlueSky launched a new service to produce real-world models of buildings, cityscapes and landscapes, using revolutionary print technology to create and produce physical 3D models direct from computer-generated images, offering significant time and cost savings over ...
Intermap reaches milestone.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Intermap Technologies Corp. announced at Intergeo 2007 that its NEXTMap Europe program reached a milestone with the completion of the entire country of Germany this month. For the first time, uniform 3D digital elevation models at 1 meter accuracy on 5 meter posts and orthorectified radar ...
GPS-photolink ArcPad ready.
Nov 01, 2007 ... GeoSpatial Experts has introduced GPS-Photo Link ArcPad Edition which automatically links digital photographs to existing or new ArcPad records while the user is in the field. The GPS-Photo Link software automatically links digital photographic images with GPS location data and then ...
Microdrone Airborne Mapping: high precision, low altitude mapping.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Microdrones gmbh produce the Microdrone UAV (pictured here), an unmanned aerial vehicle for observation and mapping. Microdrones are miniaturized VTOL-aircraft (vertical take off and landing) that operate via manual remote control and autonomously with GPS waypoint navigation. The attitude ...
Navigation "must-have" for motorists.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Personal Navigation Devices (PND) are now in the product life cycle growth phase where Average Selling Price has fallen 23 percent year-over-year in 2006. iSuppli predicts that PND revenue will increase four-fold between 2006 and 2013, with manufacturers anxious to participate in the ...
New Topcon Imaging Station.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Topcon's Imaging Station, newest addition to their robotic total station series, offers the added productivity and versatility of integrated digital imaging, a world's first technology that Topcon introduced in 2005 with its GPT-7000i total station. The integrated, through the lens, dual ...
Tiltan TLiD LiDAR solution: fast, accurate point cloud processing.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Israel-based Tiltan Systems Engineering Ltd, leading provider of 2D- and 3D -image generation systems and derived applications, announced release of their TLiD next generation automated LiDAR processing solution, claimed to process data at speeds of more than 500 sg.km. per day. Tiltan ...
Oce ColorStream 10000.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Web-fed full color duplex press for the Graphic Arts industry. The Oce ColorStream 10000 digital continuous feed printer prints 172 full-color images per minute and over 5 million full-color letter-size images per month, making it the world's fastest toner-based full-color printer for ...
Open source donations from Autodesk.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Autodesk plans to donate coordinate system and map projection software from Mentor Software to the geospatial open source community by the end of 2007. The software will help users to support geographic coordinate conversions and allow accurate and precise geospatial analysis. Frank ...
DigitalGlobe launches WorldView-1.
Nov 01, 2007 ... DigitalGlobe successfully deployed WorldView-1 mid-September, now undergoing a calibration and check-out period, with first imagery expected to be available mid-October. WorldView-1, built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation with the imaging sensor provided by ITT Corporation, ...
Advanced laser scanning system: laser scanning for hostile environments.
Nov 01, 2007 ... UK-based 3D Laser Mapping launched the Riegl LPM 321, its most advanced laser profile measuring system yet, achieving high accuracy measurements at ranges of up to 6 kilometres. The Riegl LMP 321 uses laser beams to measure the position of features and surfaces, recording up to 1000 points ...
Orbit GIS 4.2 win 32- & 64-bit.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Orbit Geospatial Technologies releases Orbit GIS 4.2 for Windows on 32-bit and 64-bit machines, and the desktop solution now comes with over 100 new and improved functionalities on issues ranging from new editing functions, on-the-fly projection support, resource optimization, to ...
Revolutionary GPS tour guide.
Nov 01, 2007 ... BarZ Adventures (Austin, Texas) introduced the GPS Ranger and Zoo Ranger, a revolutionary handheld device with an interactive tour guide for U.S. National Parks and Zoos. The device delivers multimedia content based on the user's current location. The associated waypoint information is ...
GPS & Galileo in mobile handsets.
Nov 01, 2007 ... How long will it take before satellite positioning technology appears in mass market handsets? Berg Insight forecasts that more than 60 percent of all WCDMA devices sold in 2010 will have integrated GPS/Galileo receivers. The EU is most likely to follow the US and Japan in requiring high ...
Magellan MobileMapper CX: sub-metre Mobile Mapping.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Magellan lauched the MobileMapper CX handheld GPS receiver for GIS users with Magellan's exclusive Mobile Mapping application software, a phone-like keypad for convenient data entry, and outstanding communications. The sub-meter real-time receiver enables unprecedented productivity at a ...
Handset navigation market.
Nov 01, 2007 ... A Berg Insight research report forecasts that the number of mobile subscribers accessing maps and downloading routes using their mobile handsets in Europe and the USA will grow from 4 million users in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60.8 percent to reach 43 million users in ...
U-blox GPS integration.
Nov 01, 2007 ... u-blox has improved its GPS dead reckoning system by integrating a gyroscope sensor from Epson Toyocom, a leader in the design and manufacture of crystal-based electronic products, into the reference design for the product. The reference design will shorten time-to-market and reduce the ...
Spacenavigator 3D mouse moves.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Logitech company, 3Dconnexion, announced its SpaceNavigator[TM] 3D mouse is now supported by ESRI ArcGIS Desktop products. Using the SpaceNavigator device, GIS professionals can now pan, zoom and rotate camera views to better visualize geographic information when navigating 3D maps and ...
IONIC Software new releases.
Nov 01, 2007 ... In October, Belgian-based IONIC Software, subsidiary of Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, announced the simultaneous release of three major components of their OGC compliant RedSpider Suite--RedSpider Web (release 3.4.2), RedSpider Catalog (release 3.0) and RedSpider Enterprise (release ...
Stock watch: a short summary of recent stock market events and emerging GI related business information.
Nov 01, 2007 ... The 1 October announcement of Nokia acquiring Navteq had an immediate impact on Garmin, suggesting a missed opportunity as far as investors were concerned, as the stock plummeted by over 10% by midday ($119 to $107 per share). Since Nokia is also now in the PND market place, pundits ...
Partnership.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Intermap Technologie Corp. has signed an agreement with the Slovak Hydro-Meteorological Institute (SHMU) in Bratislava for the cooperative development of a windstorm evaluation and risk management tool that will complement the Company's existing risk management platform. Intermap's ...
Agreement.
Nov 01, 2007 ... MetaCarta, Inc., the leading provider of geographic search and referencing solutions, has partnered with Sitesa, a leading provider of GIS and search products for the government and media markets in Spain and Portugal. Sitesa's customers will be able to search structured and unstructured ...
Merger complete.
Nov 01, 2007 ... MAP & GUIDE GmbH and parent company PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG were officially merged 20 August 2007. PTV will assume the legal succession of MAP & GUIDE and all its contracts, including the employment contracts. The two companies have worked in joint operation since March 2007. A ...
Awards.
Nov 01, 2007 ... IBM, the world leader in information technology, named ESRI a recipient of its 2007 Public Sector Top Star Award for consistently demonstrating the "Best of the Best" business partner qualities. ESRI was recognized for forging a successful partnership with IBM, as well as building success ...
Standards.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging (Norcross, GA) reconfirmed its pledge to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) on 18 September by becoming a Principal Member. Already an Associate member, Leica Geosystems has recently acquired ER Mapper and IONIC, further demonstrating its commitment to ...
Partnership.
Nov 01, 2007 ... ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH and Intermap Technologies Corp have agreed to develop and introduce a series of unique products that leverage the strengths of both organizations. The partnership enables ESRI Geoinformatik to distribute Intermap's digital terrain models, digital surface models, and ...
Academic support offered.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Merrick & Company, a world leader in LiDAR, digital ortho imaging, photogrammetry and GIS mapping, announced support of remote sensing research at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science by the provision of its MARS[R] Explorer (Merrick ...
Partnership.
Nov 01, 2007 ... Diamond Aircraft Industries and Tiltan Systems Engineering announced a partnership in September to provide Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) data processing services to LiDAR operators and other customers. The partnership will generate 2D and 3D GIS information from customer LiDAR data ...
Familiarity breeds content: GeoPDF will increase geographic information distribution to an ever larger group of potential users.
Nov 01, 2007; ... It is a well known and even scientifically proven fact that people like what they know and once they know how to use something, they feel more inclined to continue using it (see The Journal of Consumer Research for a fuller explanation of 'Cognitive Lock-In'). This applies in the ...
Simulia Abaqus for disaster modeling: modeling earthquakes with realistic simulation software, researcher uses FEA tools to get closer to prediction.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Massive destruction and loss of life followed the M9 (magnitude 9) Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. But there was also a second major (M8.7) earthquake, 100 days later and a few kilometers to the south, ...
Managing fibre infrastructure in Greece: hellas online uses Bentley Fiber to engineer a 400 km metropolitan fiber infrastructure.(Company overview)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Attica Telecom is a go-ahead Greek telecommunications service provider founded by a group of large Greek construction companies in 2001. In April 2007, Attica Telecom was acquired by hellas online, one of the largest fixed telephony and broadband operators in Greece. This acquisition ...
Safe software's FME commitment to Europe: FME 2007 expands spatial data format conversion support to Europe.
Nov 01, 2007; ... In June, 2007, Canadian-based Safe Software, creator of the well known data format conversion software FME, released FME 2007, its spatial ETL (extract, transform, and load) platform, which offers extensive enhancements focused on the needs of the European geospatial community. FME is used ...
Inspire--the importance of being interoperable: inspire--is the first legally binding attempt to create a multi-national spatial data infrastructure for 27 nations.
Nov 01, 2007; ... The impetus for the INfrastructure for SPatial InfoRmation in Europe (INSPIRE) initiative is the need to develop interoperable architecture and provide standardized interfaces between geospatial implementations throughout Europe because of common environmental concerns. ...
Maps help in fight on African poverty: Felicia Akinyemi looks at the use of maps for poverty reduction actions in Africa.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Poverty is multidimensional and goes beyond mere insufficient income to encompass deprivation of basic capabilities such as education and health (Sen, 2001). It includes low income, low food consumption, ill-health, reduced life expectation, poor education, lack of assets, limited access ...
Developing a uniform GIS platform: BTC AG realizes comprehensive solution for EWE NETZ GmbH with ArcFM UT and GIS Portal.
Nov 01, 2007; ... EWE NETZ, in Oldenburg, Germany, aligns its new GIS environment with the needs of the EWE Group. This has an impact on the continuous use of standards, thus achieving maximum scalability. This way, adequate solutions for most different tasks can in future be provided on a uniform platform ....
NEXTMap Europe project helps build INSPIRE: NEXTMap Europe[R] provides an important component for INSPIRE.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Intermap Technologies Corp. announced that its commercial initiative to create a uniform high accuracy 3-D map of Western Europe--NEXTMap[R] Europe--can enable geospatial professionals to meet mandates spelled-out in the European Union's Directive 2007/2/EC INSPIRE--Infrastructure for ...
INTERGEO 2007 International Trade Fair: our editor visits his first INTERGEO Trade Fair and congress--and comes away suitable impressed.
Nov 01, 2007; ... The INTERGEO International Trade Fair and Congress for geodesy, geoinformation and land management was held at the Leipziger Messe in Leipzig, Germany, from 25-27 September 2007. With more than 450 exhibitors and over 16,500 trade visitors from more than 50 countries, the fair was huge by ...
MapInfo Professional 9.0: our editor discusses MapInfo Professional ver 9.0 following a visit to MapInfo's UK offices.
Nov 01, 2007; ... In August, our Editor visited the offices of Pitney Bowes MapInfo's UK and EMEA headquarters operation in Windsor, UK, for an extended interview with Thomas Probert, EMEA Desktop Product Manager--and a look at the latest release. Following the visit, we received an evaluation copy of ...
EUC07--Conference report: our UK editor spoke to users and vendors at EUC07--"GIS the geographic advantage".(Conference notes)
Nov 01, 2007; ... The three day ESRI European User Conference, held in Stockholm at the end of September 2007, welcomed one thousand participants from all over Europe, with striking lights, sounds and modern dance--and 150 presentations on themes covering Utilities, Water and Environment, GIS and Health and ...
Bridging the economic divide in Africa: Jim Baumann describes how GIS and remote sensing help manage agricultural and health challenges in Cameroon and Ethiopia.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Ancient Africa, the cradle of civilization, has known kings with great perception and understanding, insightful scientists, and visionary architects. It has also known genocide, the slave trade, and debilitating disease of staggering proportions. It is a land of sharp contrasts, hanging in ...
Designing an open coastal SDI: Laura Diaz describes a coastal information system built with open source gvSIG software tools.
Nov 01, 2007; ... Spatial data infrastructures support the most common requirements of spatial information users--discovery, access, and visual overlay of datasets--however specialized users require more advanced services for analyzing and processing information. We describe an approach to model and develop ...