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Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Acquires The GeoInformation Group

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced the acquisition of The GeoInformation Group, a leader in the field of geographic data solutions based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. "This acquisition expands...

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

UN Atlas Shows Secondary Education Access Still Challenge

Access to secondary education is still a challenge for girls, especially in parts of Africa and Asia, according to a United Nations atlas published today that highlights the differences in education between girls and boys in terms...

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Satellite Navigation Annual Output to Reach $35b in 2015

The annual output value of China's satellite navigation industry is estimated to reachmore than 225 billion yuan (35.64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, according to a latest researchreport on the country's geographic information sector. Compiled by a think-tank under the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, the report predicted the industry would become the country's third new ITeconomic growth point, after mobile communication and Internet. Read More

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Indian Project – Topographic Database on 1:10,000 Scale

The Survey of India (SOI) has embarked upon a project for creating a national topographic database on a 1:10,000 scale for the entire country and aims to complete it during the 12th plan period, Surveyor General of...

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

SOPAC Director Russell Howorth Delivers the Opening Address at GIS Conference in Fiji

During the opening address at the GIS Conference Dr. Russell Howorth said every effort would be made to ensure that Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing are adequately resourced to serve the needs of the Pacific...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

National Spatial Data Infrastructure – 2011

The NSDI has come to be seen as the technology, policies, criteria, standards and people necessary to promote geospatial data sharing throughout all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academia. It provides a base...

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Mipela GeoSolutions Unveils X-Info Connect 3

Mipela GeoSolutions has released the anticipated new version of the X-Info Connect software. Version 3 moves X-Info Connect from traditional stakeholder information management to broader fields in business information management.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Hubei Government – “Eleventh Five-Year” Mapping Achievements and GIS Data

Hubei Provincial People's Government Information Office held in Wuhan Hongshan Li Tong the "Eleventh Five-Year" conference. The event was about mapping the development of the province's achievements and important geographic information data. The conference is the Hubei provincial...

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...

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Program Online – 25th International Cartographic Conference

Based on over 900 papers, the programme of the 25th International Cartographic Conference is covering all the facets of the cartography and geomatics and highlighting its most innovative and pratical aspects as well as the most theoretical. 

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