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Pictometry Imagery of Haiti Donated to GISCorps Volunteer Efforts February 9, 2010
Pictometry International Corp. announced today that it has captured more than 45,000 high resolution aerial oblique images of earthquake damage in Haiti and has donated access to the imagery via Pictometry OnlineT to URISA's GISCorps volunteers.More>>
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NASA Releases New Geospatial Data Products February 2, 2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most of the nation for the 2009 crop year. The images, referred to as cropland data layers (CDL), are a useful tool for...More>>
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First Responders Relying on DeLorme in Haiti Relief Effort January 27, 2010
DeLorme announced that as many as 500 responders and relief workers in Haiti are now using GIS software, GPS receivers, and crucial map data provided by DeLorme, and the company stands ready to offer additional assistance.
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LizardTech Releases MG4 Decode Tool January 22, 2010
LizardTech announced the release of MG4 Decode. MG4 Decode is an easy-to-use decoding tool for decompressing MrSID-encoded LiDAR files out to LAS or ASCII text format.More>>
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U.S. Army Geospatial Center Supports Haitian Relief Efforts January 20, 2010
The U.S Army announced that the U.S. Army Geospatial Center's Hydrologic and Environmental Analysis branch compiled earthquake, water and geology maps, as well as a number of other data sets and made them available via the AGC's public and internal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Web sites in...More>>
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ESRI Assists Haiti Earthquake Response January 20, 2010
ESRI announced it is working closely with the geographic information system (GIS) community and agencies responding to the Haiti earthquake by providing software, technical support, GIS data, and personnel. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake—characterized as one of the worst natural...More>>
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DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 Reaches Full Operational Capability January 12, 2010
DigitalGlobe announced that its latest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, has achieved full operational capability. Imagery from the satellite is now available to global resellers, partners, and customers.More>>
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DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 Imagery To Be Made Available To All Customers December 17, 2009
DigitalGlobe announced that its latest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, is expected to achieve full operational capability on January 4, 2010.More>>
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SuperGeo Releases SuperGIS DataRectifier 3 December 15, 2009
SuperGeo Technologies announces the release of SuperGIS DataRectifier 3. SuperGIS DataRectifier 3 is a set of data rectification tool for vector and raster layers. More>>
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GPS Tuner Teams with Tele Atlas and DigitalGlobe December 10, 2009
Tele Atlas and GPS Tuner announced an agreement under which Tele Atlas supplies digital maps and location content for Europe and North America on GPS Tuner Atlas, GPS Tuner's off-road navigation software. Through the agreement, GPS Tuner Atlas leverages Tele Atlas'
digital maps to provide high...More>>
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