The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai project, which involves the comparison of data collected through field surveys with existing records and data procured using GPS, is aimed at creating an integrated digital base map for Mumbai. The civic body has proposed to use this map as a reference for the city’s future development.
However, the project …

A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as “Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress, MAPPS announced.
“‘Map it once, use it many times’ is not only a mantra in the geospatial community, but it is technologically feasible through the use of satellite and aerial imagery and GIS. …

Intergraph® has introduced a newly enhanced geospatial solution to enable the efficient production of high-quality map products by U.S. state departments of transportation (DOTs) and military and national mapping agencies around the world.
Organizations rely on Intergraph GeoMedia® Map Publisher for enhanced cartographic capabilities and high levels of map production automation to produce series and ad-hoc …

Safe Software announced that its spatial extract, transform and load (ETL) solution, FME®, can now seamlessly integrate Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® data into GIS. These new capabilities will help municipalities more efficiently leverage contractor data submissions to maintain their GIS dataset for meeting their federal asset management requirements.
To fulfill government regulated mandates related to infrastructure …

The new release of ESRI ArcGIS Explorer builds on its intuitive design, improving access to geoprocessing services and expanding available maps in the Basemap Gallery. ArcGIS Explorer is a free, downloadable globe viewer with GIS functionality.
The release features a new Analysis Gallery that allows users to directly connect to and use geoprocessing services. To use …

Teck Coal, Canada has recently upgraded the computer navigation system on its fleet of 30 Caterpillar D-10 and D-11 dozers with Ashtech® MB 500 GNSS boards for more efficient performance. The new MB 500 boards improve dozer efficiency and uptime, at the company’s four mining operations in the Elkford valley, by delivering more comprehensive satellite …

The GPS program will be revising the Ground Control Segment (OCS) software to the 5.5.0 D version. This software upgrade does not modify the content of the broadcast navigation message and should therefore be transparent to all users. All testing has been completed for this version of the software and confidence is very high that …

Blom has renewed and extended the existing agreement with Microsoft to 2014. The agreement allows Microsoft the right to use Blom’s database of oblique aerial images – RealImages™. The RealImages™ database is based on Pictometry technology, and is an extensive library of oblique aerial images, covering more than 1,100 cities in Europe. The contract has …

Trimble announced that PenBay Solutions LLC has selected the TrimbleR Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution (TIMMS) for indoor mapping service. PenBay, will use TIMMS as a key enabler to expand PenBay’s current solutions for real property and public safety applications, helping facility managers, space planners and emergency response agencies understand the critical infrastructure of
buildings.
The goal of …

Ashtech has released the MobileMapper Field and MobileMapper Office, a new GIS and mapping software suite with advanced data collection and processing features. The new suite will first be introduced on the MobileMapper 6 professional GPS/GIS handheld receiver but over time it will be rolled out to the entire line of Ashtech MobileMapper GPS/GIS receivers. …