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Melbourne firm to provide 500,000 copies of its GIS application to US Census Bureau
A small Melbourne developer has won a tender to provide 500,000 copies of its GIS application to the US Census Bureau, making it the largest sale of mobile GIS software in the world...
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Full coverage map of Australia launched
NAVTEQ, provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, has announced the immediate availability of its full coverage navigable map of Australia…
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China to establish satellite-based disaster-monitoring system
China, frequently hit by serious natural disasters, will establish a state-of-the-art satellite-based all-round disaster forecasting network by 2010, a senior official said...
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Satellite imagery shows Lebanese oil spill spreading fast
World attention has focused on the fighting and human casualties of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. But environmental damage in the region appears severe…
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PCI Geomatics awarded contract to create accurate SPOT satellite images for the landmass of Canada
The five-year contract, which involves both the delivery of software and production services, is part of Natural Resource Canada’s...
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Bentley Systems to introduce Annual License Exchange programme
Software vendor Bentley Systems, which makes GIS software, said it plans to address such inefficiency with a new concept...
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ESRI Chile established to expand growth of GIS in region
“The establishment of ESRI Chile is a major milestone for our company,” declares Merrill Lyew, ESRI’s Regional Manager for Latin America...
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Intergraph becomes IBM Business Partner
Under the terms of the agreement, Intergraph’s mobile workforce management system featuring InService technology will be enabled with the following IBM technologies...
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EDITORIAL
It’s a rather rare happening, when 500,000 copies of a software are bought by an agency – in this case the US Census Bureau. It’s the globally popular mobile mapping software ‘ArcPad’ developed by Maptel of Australia and marketed by ESRI. What is surprising is that a web search for ‘ArcPad’ on Google did not list the developer’s web site till the first 180 searches. Curiouser and Curiouser…
The US Census Bureau is scheduled to hold the next nation wide census in 2010 and the half a million ‘ArcPad’ copies are part of the automated field data collection programme. This also suggests a large order for PDAs, in the near future for putting the software to good use.
It was recently reported in a market survey that public sector spending on GIS/Geospatial software would surpass the regulated (government!) sector. The recent orders from the US Census Bureau may just tilt the scales the other way.
Mobile GIS is to become a part of our daily lives with ‘mobile social networking tools’ as Jay Benson of TeleAtlas calls them, being developed. A parking space availability module developed for the mobile GIS by SpotScout is one of the tools. How about a map of all the nearby watering holes!!! All for social networking, something that all of us can look forward to during Map World Forum 2007. Lets meet up.
Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
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CORPORATE
$3.9 million contract for mapping and imagery data awarded to Intermap Technologies
Intermap Technologies Corp. announced that its Intermap Federal Services, Inc. subsidiary has received a US$3.9M contract to provide digital elevation data and orthorectified radar imagery...
Boeing to acquire C-Map to grow Jeppesen marine business
The Boeing Company announced it has reached an agreement to acquire C-Map, a leading provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information...
Five-year shoreline mapping contract awarded to Photo Science
Photo Science was recently awarded a five-year IDC contract by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide aerial photography and photogrammetric mapping services...
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NEW PRODUCTS
Tele Atlas to deliver parking availability solution in collaboration with SpotScout
“SpotScout is building a unique mobile social networking tool,” said Jay Benson, Tele Atlas Vice President of Business Development...
Street Atlas USA 2007 now available
Street Atlas USA 2007 and Street Atlas USA 2007 Plus are now available at Earthmate.com. The major highlights of Street Atlas USA 2007 are...
Leica Geosystems launches Leica PaveSmart 3D for curb and gutter paving
Leica PaveSmart 3D for Curb & Gutter is the world’s first fully-automated 3D all-track grade and steer control system for concrete paving equipment...
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