remote sensing

Canadian 3D map maker, Intermap Technologies Corp, signed a three year contract with top U.S. navigation device maker Garmin Ltd, in a deal that could make its technology a must-have in the hot navigation market, sending its shares up as much as 18 percent. Fierce competition in the navigation market has reached new heights, with established GPS makers like Garmin and TomTom now having to offer newer technologies as they battle the free navigation being offered by Nokia and Google. This could bode wel

From a relevancy and impact standpoint, any company that wants to compete with Garmin has to now make the decision whether they want to pay for the same dataset or not. That could be quite positive for Intermap   -Jeff Rath

 

In an effort to ensure their GIS data is current and readily available to the widest group of users possible, Adair County has once again selected Sidwell to provide them with professional GIS services. This project builds upon services provided to Adair County under a previous agreement with Sidwell, which included GIS data enhancement and countywide sign inventory. As part of this project, Sidwell will prepare Adair County's geodatabase for hard copy plotting, including creation of the page index feat  

Suggested corrections and additions to the data are accepted from any source for review, and upon validation, will be committed to the database. For manmade and administrative features, submit the official name of the feature, its precise location in geographic coordinates, State, county, and a bibliographic reference to GNIS Manager . The bibliographic reference is the written source such as a map, pamphlet, other document, Web site, sign, etc. in which the name is published.  

ALTM Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper product family. Blom will soon take delivery of the system. Blom is a leading survey and geographical data production house in Europe, serving a worldwide market. using lidar and orthophoto data.  

The US$1,249 MAPublisher plug-in for Illustrator CS3 and CS4 is not for the timid: you should be familiar with GIS (Geographic Information System) data and have a need to publish that data in a visual format. Simply put, the plug-in uses GIS data to create maps in Illustrator. You first create an Illustrator file and import the GIS data (in popular data formats such as AutoCAD, ESRI, MapInfo, and USGS) to create maps up to 200″ square.  

A team of computer whizzes at Kennewick City Hall have created a website that gives new meaning to the slogan, "Let your fingers do the walking." Virtual Kennewick is the latest -- a citizen-friendly feature to be added to the city's website at www.ci. kennewick.wa.us. Want to know where the food banks are, or how close the sewer main is to your front door? The answers are as close as the computer screen, a keyboard and a mouse, says David Granata, a supervisor in the geographic information services d  

Instructor-Led Video-Assisted Classroom Training ( www.esri.com/videotraining )—With support from an on-site instructor, watch recorded lectures and demonstrations and complete hands-on exercises at your local ESRI learning center. Instructor-Led Remote Classroom Training ( www.esri.com/remotetraining )—Using two-way, interactive video teleconferencing technology, participate remotely in classes from your local ESRI learning center. See, hear, and communicate with the instructor and other students in re  

The European LiDAR Mapping Forum [ELMF10], to be held in The Hague from November 30 – December 1, 2010 is a two-day technical conference focussing on the use of airborne, bathymetric and terrestrial LiDAR with a particular focus on mobile mapping to support transport, urban modelling and asset management and GIS applications. Alongside there is an associated international exhibition for system and component manufacturers, operators and service companies. Building on 10 years of experience with the ann  

March 12, 2010 - Blue Marble Geographics ( www.bluemarblegeo.com ) will be exhibiting at the AAAE GIS 2010 conference in San Antonio, Texas the week of March 22nd. Join us at the only conference dedicated to the use of GIS at airports and in the aviation field. Blue Marble's geospatial data manipulation and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software companies, universities, oil and gas companies, civil engineering, surveying, technology, enterprise GIS groups, and gov