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Monday, July 11th, 2011

Esri Releases New Version of ArcGIS for iOS

Esri has released an updated version of ArcGIS for iOS that includes several enhancements, as well as support for pop-up windows, access to ArcGIS Online basemaps, and new collaboration features.

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Esri Acquires 3D Software Company Procedural

Esri has acquired Procedural, one of the world’s leading software companies for creating stunning 3D urban environments from typical 2D data. Urban planners, architects, video game developers, and movie studios around the world use Procedural’s 

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

NIT India Plans to Develop Metro Region

Civic agency NIT, which has been entrusted by state government to develop the Nagpur metro region, has taken another step in designing the plan of the region, which will act as a blueprint for developing it. Nagpur Improvement...

Friday, July 8th, 2011

ATCO to Acquire Western Australia Gas Networks

ATCO today announced that it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire Western Australia Gas Networks (WAGN) from WestNet Infrastructure Group. WAGN is the natural gas distribution utility company that serves the City of Perth and surrounding...

Friday, July 8th, 2011

UNSW Prof. Rizos Next President of Int’l Assoc of Geodesy

Professor Chris Rizos, head of the University of NSW School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems (SSIS) in Sydney, Australia, was today named the new President of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG). The IAG advances the use...

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Cartography Factory Works Out Azerbaijani Cities’ Schematic Plan

Baku, Fineko/abc.az Cartography factory of State Committee on Land and Cartography is working out the scheme of cities. Director of Cartography factory Mugabil Bayramov has reported that at present the factory is developing schematic plan of the capital. "...

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Gov’t Embarks on Micro Mapping Project in Philippines

The Aquino government continues to use technology and research in addressing and mitigating disasters in the country, said a Department of Science and Technology official. In a regular Communications News Exchange Forum last week at the Philippine Information...

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Philippine DENR Urges LGUS to be Guided by Geohazard Maps

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje today urged local officials to familiarize themselves with the geohazard maps, and implement the necessary measures to reduce the impact of natural disasters on people’s lives and properties. Paje...

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

OGC Seeks Comment on Geography Markup Language 3.3 Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate version 3.3 of the OGC Geography Markup Language (GML). GML 3.3 builds on GML 3.2.1, published by ISO as ISO 19136:2007, and extends GML with additional schema components based on...

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Fugro Recognised for Best Practice at JALBTCX Awards

The Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technology Centre of Excellence (JALBTCX), has announced Fugro Senior Survey Manager Nigel Townsend, as a 2011 recipient of the LCDR Peter Johnson Award for Survey Best Practice.