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Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Samsung Extends Strategic Cooperation with Route 66 for Samsung Wave

Samsung has recently extended its ongoing strategic cooperation with ROUTE 66. As a direct result of this extended agreement SAMSUNG will start to pre-install SAMSUNG Navigation, an advanced mapping and turn-by-turn GPS navigation solution jointly developed by...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Apple Teases Its Own Mapping Solution In iPhoto For iOS

A very interesting factoid has been revealed in the newly-released iPhoto for iOS: Apple isn’t using Google Maps. More specifically, Apple is using its own mapping technology to provide map tiles in its brand new photo editing app. There have been...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

ADB Provides Assistance to PHL for Wind Energy Dev’t Roadmap‏

The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide technical assistance to the Philippines for its wind energy development road map. In its Quantum Leap in Wind Power Development in Asia and the Pacific project, the ADB said it...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

MVP Launches Incubator Plan for Phllippine Version of Silicon Valley

Hong Kong-based industrial conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd. managing director and chief executive Manuel V. Pangilinan launched yesterday a multimillion-dollar program that will help Filipino entrepreneurs develop groundbreaking technologies, and transform these into successful commercial products. Read...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

International Summer School on Mobile Mapping Technology

This summer school is organized by the University of Calgary, the Ohio State University and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and officially supported by ISPRS. It is the very first summer school designated for innovative mobile mapping...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Smart Web Editing and Workflow Optimization

Please join us for our webinar, Smart Web Editing and Workflow Optimization.  Working in multi-disciplinary environments introduces complex requirements and challenges that many conventional GIS solutions cannot support. While all users in an organization may require access to...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

LiDAR, Surveying, Mapinfo and ESRI Workshops – Register now

Workshops on topics ranging from LiDAR, to surveying best practice, and getting the most out of your ESRI or MapInfo GIS will be held prior to NT Spatial 2012 on Wednesday the 21st March. Most of these workshops...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

SuperGIS Desktop 3 Supports Bayanat in Military Surveying and Mapping

SuperGeo Technologies announced that Bayanat purchased SuperGIS Desktop 3 to support spatial data analysis, cartography and efficient map production; consequently, promoting the services of social development, construction, and national defense in UAE. Founded in 1974, Bayanat was born...

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Lockheed Martin WindTracer Selected for Thailand International Airport Wind Shear Alerting System

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) will install a Lockheed Martin WindTracer® Doppler lidar system at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport as part of its Integrated Windshear Alerting System. Suvarnabhumi is the sixth busiest airport in Asia,...

Monday, March 5th, 2012

OCC Introduces BIM Design Tools

Optical Cable Corporation (OCC®) is pleased to announce the addition of Building Information Modeling (BIM) content to our portfolio of design tools available for Architect, Engineer, Contractor (AEC) and IT professionals.  BIM uses spatial product models with...