Corvallis Microtechnology, Inc. announces the release of the iGPSGIS II application software for use on the Apple iPhone. The GPS/GIS data collection and mapping application can be used in a range of applications such as resource management, agriculture, forestry, archaeology, and the utilities...More>>

Blue Marble Geographics announced the release of Global Mapper version 13.1. This update features new network licensing, enhanced geospatial PDF support and much more.More>>

Golden Software, Inc. announced the release of Voxler 3, a complete scientific 3D data visualization and graphics application. More>>

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>>

Critigen and CH2M HILL announced the completion of a 3-year $6.5 million contract to provide technical assistance and program management services to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Program (SETP). More>>

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the acquisition of FormSys, based in Perth, Australia. FormSys has a proven, twenty-year track record in 3D design, analysis, and construction software for structural engineering, offshore engineering, and naval architecture. 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>>

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>>

PCI Geomatics, a developer of geo-imaging software and systems, announced it has been awarded a contract to deliver a GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) Satellite processing system to China’s Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA). The GXL system includes support for three commercial...More>>