Get It Surveyed (GIS) always brings out a small roar of laughter at the local RPLS chapter meeting. Hardee, har, har. The irony is that if you laugh at that joke, then you might as well wear a sign on your head that says “GIS Dummy.” GIS isn’t about accuracy. I’ve said it many times and...More>>

Esri announced that they've partnered with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the implementation of a fully cloud-based geospatial portal. USDA's prototype portal, Enterprise Spatial Mapping Service (ESMS), is built with Portal for ArcGIS, managed by Esri, and hosted on the Amazon cloud...More>>

Hexagon AB opened its inaugural international conference, Hexagon 2011, bringing together more than 2,500 attendees for four days of informative sessions and networking. Hexagon 2011, held 6-9 June at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida, USA, unites user communities from...More>>

Hemisphere GPS reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Hemisphere GPS achieved revenue growth of 41%, reporting $21.2 million in revenues, compared to $15.1 million in the first quarter of 2010. More>>

The Indian Space Research Organisation announced that the GSAT-8 satellite, carrying a GAGAN SBAS payload, was successfully launched at 02:08 hrs IST today (May 21, 2011) by the Ariane-V launch vehicle of Arianespace from Kourou. French Guiana. Ariane V placed GSAT-8 into the intended...More>>

ThinkGeo has released version 5.0 of Map Suite, its full line of GIS software components for .NET developers. This major milestone refresh brings new features, improved performance, and the latest technology to the entire Map Suite family, including native TAB file support, the all-new map legend...More>>

Prosurv LLC Software Company has released SD Quads, a new software and topographic maps package on SD cards for Windows Netbooks, Laptops, and PCs. Each 8GB or 16GB SD card (depending on the state) is pre-burned with every 1:24,000 scale (7.5 minute Quadrangle), 1:100,000 scale, and 1:250,000 scale...More>>

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) on April 27 officially opened Phase 1 of the renovation of the 12-acre acre training and test site and dedicated the new VIP Welcome Center. The test site was also renamed the Topcon Solutions Site. More>>

Cadcorp announced its latest release – Cadcorp SIS 7.1. All Cadcorp desktop GIS products are now based on the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, with the result that using SIS 7.1 is now a very similar user experience to that of using other Microsoft Office products. More>>

GeoEye, Inc. announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2011. More>>