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DigitalGlobe and GeoEye partner with USGS in support of International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
"DigitalGlobe and GeoEye have joined forces with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in support of the global team of space and satellite agencies...
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Ancient mega-lake discovered in Darfur
Scientists using radar techniques have peeled away the sandy cloak blanketing Darfur’s parched landscape to reveal an ancient basin...
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Scientists meet to review Envisat results after 5 years of operations
Over 900 scientists from around the world will attend the Envisat Symposium 2007 to review and present results of the ESA's Earth Observation satellites...
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Rolta takes principal membership in OGC
"The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that Rolta India Ltd. has joined OGC as a Principal Member...
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Google step in for a noble cause
Google is pairing with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to highlight the crisis in Darfur in graphic detail online, by using Google Earth maps...
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WORLD THIS WEEK
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BAE Systems to continue Digital Mapping for Pennsylvania
BAE Systems has received the next phase of a contract for digital mapping of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...
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China launches fifth satellite of its global positioning system
China launched the fifth satellite of its ambitious “Beidou”, Global Navigation Satellite System on April 14th...
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Egyptsat-1 placed into orbit
Egyptian satellite, Egyptsat-1, was successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 17...
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ESRI technology helps to maintain road safety in Scotland
Amey’s Scottish Trunk Roads Asset Management Team is using ESRI's GIS technology to ensure incidents on its roads cause minimum disruption...
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NASA's MODIS capture Floods in Argentina
MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite captured the main image of the floods in the Santa Fe and Entre Rios states, where the flood damage was worst...
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EDITORIAL
The string of pearls grows longer. The latest one in the PitneyBowles necklace was MapInfo! Pitney Bowes (PB) a hardcore mailstream engineering (yes, i mean mailstream) company has just completed the acquisition of MapInfo Corporation. A bit of digging into the PB website to understand their objectives behind this move brought out the following – In 2004 PB acquired Group 1 Software, in 2005 they acquired Imagitas and last year they acquired Emtex Ltd., Ibis Consulting Inc., Advertising Audit Service Inc. (AAS), and PMH Caramanning. Group 1 Software specialises in customer communication management with a strong footing in business geographics, while Imagitas was and continues to be a direct marketing services company specialising in creating marketing channels between the consumers and the Government. Emtex specialises in large-volume mailing and complex multi-vendor multi-site print operations while Ibis Consulting is a leading provider of litigation support services. AAS specialised in digital asset management and ad customisation while PMH Caramanning offers loyalty incentive and certification solutions. With MapInfo in the nest, PB probably is attempting to use their location intelligence domain knowledge to develop holistic solutions in the arena that they know best i.e. customised, mailstream solutions. The transfusion of over a thousand consultants from MapInfo with core competence in location intelligence into PB, is the icing on the cake. Please practice saying PB MapInfo now...
'Policy' drives investment. The announcement by the NSDI of India recently and the assurances by the decision makers and takers during Map World Forum is having an effect. A shot in the arm for MapMyIndia in the form of an 'undisclosed' amount for creating the 'highest quality GIS Information' from venture capitalists is a harbinger of hope for the Indian geospatial services industry. With street level maps for most Indian cities now freely available on the net (courtesy – Google Earth), the hunger and demand for still better maps for navigation and other services is sure to set the ball rolling for the industry.
 Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
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NEW PRODUCTS
Open Source GeoServer 1.5.0 released
The GeoServer announced the release of version 1.5.0, GeoServer will provide a complete solution for serving spatial data... 
ParcelPoint Technology to deliver new level of accuracy for Location-Based Applications
The First American Corporation announced the release of ParcelPoint(TM), the next generation in geographic location technology...
Clark Labs announces the development of the Land Change Modeler for ArcGIS
Clark Labs is developing its Land Change Modeler for Ecological Sustainability as a new software extension for ArcGIS...
USGS launches Land Cover Data Web Tool
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced the launch of the new USGS Land Cover Visualization and Analysis Tool...
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CORPORATE
Intergraph buys Austrian GIS firm
"Intergraph announced the acquisition of GISquadrant an Austrian GIS firm...
Southern Mapping Company awarded contract by De Beers to conduct LiDAR aerial survey
Southern Mapping Company has been granted a contract by mining giant De Beers to conduct LiDAR aerial surveys...
Blue Marble Geographics joins ESRI's Business Partner Program
Blue Marble Geographics will develop applications to enhance and expand the geodetic conversion tools of ArcGIS and other ESRI products...
Robert Frances Group joins OGC to advance Geospatial Technologies in business
Robert Frances Group and OGC have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to cooperate in promoting the use of geospatial technologies in business...
Orion partners with Sky-Shine Corporation in Malaysia
Orion Technology announced a partnership with Sky-Shine Corporation on April 17. By using Orion’s OnPoint web-GIS solution, Sky-Shine will enhance their services pertaining to...
LeadDog releases Street Maps for 15 Saudi Arabian Cities
LeadDog Consulting announced the release of detailed city street geographic databases for the Saudi Arabian cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca...
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ARTICLES
Open Source 3D WebGIS
Helton Nogueira Uchoa,
Luigi Castro Cardeles,
Luiz Carlos Teixeira Coelho Filho,
and Paulo Roberto Ferreira
The article presents an Open Source Solution to Enable 3D Geographic Systems on the Web...
3D GIS Analysis Software
GIS Development Team
This is a compilation of commercially available 3D GIS tools...
3D Mapping in South Africa: Status & Usage
S Naidoo and B Mohamed
Department of Land Affairs,
Chief Directorate of Surveys and Mapping, South Africa
This article talks about the status of 3D Mapping Technology in South Africa...
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