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MICHIBIKI successfully launched
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite “MICHIBIKI” by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18 (H-IIA F18) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and, at about 28 …

ESRI released the GeoServices REST Specification, which provides a standard way for Web clients to communicate with GIS servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology. It has been opened such that developers can expose the GeoServices API request structure from ArcGIS Server and other non-ESRI, back-end GIS servers or processors.
www.ESRI.com

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DigitalGlobe: High-resolution imagery for handheld GPS, releases Ortho Product Series
DigitalGlobe is to provide high-resolution imagery for DeLorme’s Earthmate series, including the PN-30, PN-40 and PN-60 models. Hikers, climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts will be able to update their GPS device with accurate …

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“Global Geospatial Initiative”
In an effort to assist emerging, and disaster-stricken, economies to more effectively enter the global marketplace, The Gadfly Project is introducing its Global Geospatial Initiative. This program will make cutting edge geo-based technologies available, at a fraction of the cost, …

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NAVTEQ’s private Beta programme
NAVTEQ announced a private beta programme to preview NAVTEQ JourneyView™, to be launched in early 2011. It will give customers an opportunity to preview the data and provide feedback that will ultimately influence final product specifications.
www.navteq.com
PBBI Location-based DaaS offering
Pitney …

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U.S. and EU announce improved performance from combined GPS and Galileo receivers
The US, the European Union and its Member States announced the conclusion of an initial phase of consultations affirming user interoperability and enhanced performance of combined GPS and Galileo receivers performance …

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SEAGAL Project Collaboration Centre Opening in SE Asia
The Collaboration Centre on satellite navigation in South East Asia, whose setup has been co-funded by the EU, will open in Hanoi (Vietnam) on October the 1st at the presence of the Ambassador of the …

CartoPac 3.1 released

CartoPac Field Solutions released CartoPac 3.1, an enhanced edition of the suite of custom mobile GIS field data collection solutions for efficient data capture and integration with enterprise asset systems.

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Blue Marble Geographics Desktop 2.2 Blue Marble Geographics has released Desktop 2.2
with Geographic Calculator 7.5 and Geographic Transformer 6.2. It features support for raster DEM like Digital Terrain Elevation Data and USGS Spatial Data Transfer Standard.
www.bluemarblegeo.com
Hexagon acquires Intergraph
Hexagon has acquired Intergraph for …

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ArcGIS 10 from ESRI
ArcGIS 10 release makes it much easier to see data in 3D and introduces the notion of time in both visualization and analysis. Users can create, manage, and visualize time-aware data. They can also display and animate temporal datasets …