Gis GeoData Product News

Is Online Education the Answer for Geospatial Professionals?

Although it seems inevitable that more colleges and universities will turn to online courses to educate geospatial professionals, at least one college is expanding its old-fashioned brick-and-mortar offerings to entice prospective students.

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URISA Forms Committee to Increase Student Engagement in GIS

URISA, The Association for Geospatial Professionals, announced that its an outreach committee has been established to focus on student engagement within GIS and other geospatial fields.

2 days ago

Brian Mayfield, Patrick Harris Promoted at Atlantic

Atlantic, a Huntsville, Ala.-based company specializing in remote sensing, surveying and consulting services, has promoted Executive Vice President Brian Mayfield to president and chief operating officer.

5 days ago

JACIE to Hold Workshop in Conjunction with ASPRS Conference

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) team will hold the 2014 JACIE Workshop on March 26-28, in conjunction with the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Annual Conference in Louisville, Ky.

10 May 2013

AAM Launches Shallow Water Survey Practice

Geospatial services company, AAM, announced the launch of a dedicated Shallow Water Survey Team, with hydrographic surveying expert Andy Waddington appointed to lead the team.

10 May 2013

Esri Canada Honors Matawa First Nations for Using GIS

Esri Canada recognized Matawa First Nations Management (MFNM) with an Award of Excellence for leveraging GIS to assist its member First Nations to safeguard traditional knowledge and make informed land use decisions.

10 May 2013

Esri and Witt O’Brien’s Introduce Platform for Disaster Response

Redlands, Calif.-based Esri and Witt O'Brien's LLC, a response management company, have built a new GIS cloud service that will increase an organization's capabilities to prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents.

09 May 2013

Spatially Visualize with Esri’s GIS Tools for Hadoop

As part of its continuing effort to expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology among web, mobile and other developers, Redlands, Calif.-based Esri has launched GIS Tools for Hadoop.

09 May 2013

Hy-Vee Grocery Store Chain Using Esri Mapping Software

Redlands, Calif.-based Esri announced that Hy-Vee, a grocery store chain with more than $7.7 billion in sales and 233 retail stores, is expanding its use of the Esri mapping platform to enhance its site selection and real estate decision-making.

09 May 2013

Orbit GT Releases Orbit GIS for Mac OSX

Orbit GT today announces the availability of it’s core GIS system for Mac OSX. This release is the first in a series of releases to enable Mac OSX users to access the massive data volumes that come with mobile and aerial mapping.

09 May 2013