AND (Automotive Navigation Data – Netherlands), EMG (China) and Orion (Dubai) received approval from their respective boards to join forces regarding their participation and contribution to the foundation of a Global Digital Mapping Alliance (GDMA) which will establish its Coordination centre / Head office in the Netherlands. The first objective of GDMA is a feasibility …

The Republic of Croatia has simplified access to countrywide geographic data through an online geoportal, a type of Web site that makes it easier for citizens, government, and private-sector users to find and access vast quantities of geographic information and related services. The geoportal has already proven its value as an essential component of the …

Wacom®  announced the introduction of its first full HD interactive pen display, the DTU-2231. With direct pen-on-screen input, the DTU-2231 is designed to optimize efficiency and productivity by allowing geophysicists, oil & gas experts, planners, engineers, cartographers and emergency responders to quickly and easily create original content, edit maps as well as manage, analyze and …

MapMart introduced the MapMart On-Demand® Toolbar for ESRI ArcMap. Available free from MapMart, the On-Demand Toolbar integrates directly into ArcMap and enables ESRI users to search, compare imagery options, preview and purchase a wide variety of geospatial data from inside their GIS environment. The MapMart On-Demand Toolbar makes it possible for ArcMap users to highlight or …

Bentley Systems announced that Bentley Map now includes support for FME, the spatial ETL (extract, transform, and load) solution from Safe Software. This enhancement enables GIS and mapping professionals to easily move spatial data – regardless of the format it’s in, coordinate system used, or storage location – into and out of Bentley Map without …

Spatial Dimension released version 4.0 of FlexiCadastre for enterprise mineral rights management solutions. FlexiCadastre uses a business rule and workflow-centric approach to facilitate the efficient administration of mineral rights and contracts in multiple global jurisdictions. FlexiCadastre uses a web portal for data management and reporting, advanced task management, configurable business logic, best of breed GIS …

SuperGeo Technologies introduced its new exclusive reseller, CERENE Services in France. CERENE Services is the first exclusive reseller of SuperGeo in Europe and will promote SuperGIS series software in France. SuperGeo is also working on French interface of several products and will support more languages in the near future.
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Weather Underground announced the launch of an interactive weather map – fullscreenweather.com, which enables anyone in the world to quickly zoom in on the Google Maps interface to view the most granular data available from Weather Underground’s network of over 16,000 personal weather stations before zooming out and scrolling across the world to view the weather …

Digital maps are being prepared of the cities and towns of Sindh (province of Pakistan). First phase includes digital maps of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Khairpur, Shaheed Benazirabad and Larkana while maps of Karachi and Hyderabad have been completed from environmental point of view, according to Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, Provincial Minister for Environment and Alternative …

Reportlinker announced that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global GIS Engineering Applications Market 2008-2012. This report by TechNavio Insights forecasts the size of the global mapping and GIS in engineering over the period 2008-2012. It segments the market into three geographic regions: Americas, APAC and EMEA, representing the market size …