2nd February 2009 Vol 5 Issue 4   
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The image, taken through high, whispy white clouds over Washington D.C., shows the monuments along the National Mall and masses of people between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. Among the many interesting features in the image are the clusters of people gathered around large jumbotron screens. GeoEye is also selling the "Presidential Inauguration from Space" poster.

Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) server will be launched at the FOSS4G conference. CCIP is a server with multiple virtual machines providing a number of different geospatial Web services.

Manava Bharati India International School, Panchsheel, New Delhi won top honors in the 2008-2009 Future Cities India 2020 competition. Launched by the Ministry of Science & Technology and Bentley in 2006, the program is a partnership among government, universities, and the business community...
  Interview
Mobile based LiDAR will take RS by storm

Don Carswell
President
Optech Inc.

The challenge remains that the solutions are yet not as complete as they can be. As new applications of data arrive, the actual solution that takes full advantage in economical fashion usually follows.

  Article
Aerial photogrammetry - revival of a discipline

Prof. Dr. Armin Grün
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Aerial images are obsolete and will shortly be replaced by all-weather radar...
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  Yes, We Can...

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   New Products, Launches and Releases
Leica XPro v4.0 now shipping
RapidEye imagery (demo products) available
Trimble Access software released
Digital maps in multiple formats available
Envitia releases MapRite Capture Tool 1.1
one-stop portal for high-res imagery purchases
Lowrance devices with AccuTerra maps
AgTerra launches new pesticide tracking application
GIS-centric decision support software
Clark Labs releases IDRISI Taiga
   Blog Buster
Mapping the Credit Crunch - MapTube on the BBC
An up and coming feature of MapTube is the ability to carry out near real-time geographic surveys, the latest of which is the new Credit Crunch Survey by the BBC Radio...

Google Bathymetric Earth
Bathymetry has now been made available in Google Earth - Looks good from along way out but when you zoom in it ....

Stimulus and Infrastructure Planning
With considerable debate and controversy, HR 1, the Stimulus bill has passed in the House of Representatives and has moved on to the Senate for additional debate and deliberation...


    Global Headlines
Asia
India Geospatial Industry Survey 2008 released
Iran to launch remote sensing satellite 'Omid'
China to grant remote sensing satellite to Indonesia
Africa
Sumbandila satellite to be launched on March 25th
Americas
Ontario Museum to promote GIS
Two new patents for Hemisphere GPS
GIS of Hinds County available
California city implements GIS solutions
Europe
New initiatives of ScanEx in education and environment
GfK GeoMarketing releases map of Russian postcodes
MetaCarta’s location based solutions for 2012 Olympics
Appointments, Acquisitions and Contracts
Sidwell’s Director is new chair of IAAO Mapping & GIS section
AppGeo awarded Massachusetts contract for GIS services
Geokosmos completes LiDAR project in Far East
PB MapInfo, Group 1 Software now entities of Pitney Bowes Business Insight
Fugro to perform GEOSAR mapping in South America
CIST wins contracts worth $5.7 million
Education, Training and Events
Satellite imagery analysis training for Australian land personnel
MARS programme for school GIS projects
OGC invites comments on Earth Observation extension for ebRIM
Airport GIS standards at AAAE conference
eMapSite to train audience at MySQL meet
IIIT-Allahabad organises GIS meet
  Pit Stop
Vehicle Tracking
MKU Pvt. Ltd a New Delhi, based company needs vehicle tracking systems.
Contact: Roop Sedhra.
Email: roop.sedhra@mku.com

CAD vector data for Abu Dhabi
Fosters and Partners are interested in acquiring CAD vector data for Abu Dhabi. Sample projects expected.
Contact: Mohamed Master
Email:mmaster@FosterandPartners.com
Calling All Developers!!
When software development experts meet their geospatial counterparts at the Developers Forum, these will not remain mere words..

Geospatial Developers Forum
12 February, 2009 | Hyderabad, India
  Events
Map World Forum
Hyderabad International Convention Centre Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh , India
10 - 13 February 2009

ESRI Federal User Conference
Walter E. Convention Center , Washington D.C. , United States
18 - 20 February 2009

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