FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Roger Crystal
i-TEN Associates, Inc.
(503) 546-3755
roger.crystal@i10assoc.com
http://www.i10assoc.com/
Established Mapping Companies Merge to Become Regional Mapping Leader
Portland, OR, Jan 31, 2008

           

Press Information:

           

Appleton, WI, January 31, 2008

           

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging Silver Sponsor at Map India 2008

Norcross, GA

           

For Immediate Publication
January 30, 2008

Press Information
Scott Grams
GISCI
Tel.: 847-824-7768
E-mail: info@gisci.org

The GIS Certification Institute’s (GISCI) Grandfathering Provision Ends December 31, 2008

Park Ridge, IL – On December 31, 2008, the Grandfathering Provision of the GIS Certification Institute’s (GISCI) certification program expires.
A typical applicant for Geographic Information Systems Professional
(GISP(r)) certification must claim and document achievement in three distinct categories:

1. Educational Achievement (formal and informal courses and conferences related to geospatial and GIS technology).
2. Professional Experience (professional positions involving GIS).
3. Contributions to the Profession (professional and personal activities designed to elevate and promote the GIS profession to others).

Points are awarded for achievement in each of these three areas. Minimum points, as well as an overall point minimum, are necessary for certification. The problem with seasoned professionals is that many lack the GIS-specific education and contributions necessary for certification. However, all have solid experience and professional track records that speak for themselves. The Grandfathering Provision was GISCI’s equitable solution to this dilemma.

Grandfathering provisions are typical of new certification programs. The GISCI Grandfathering Provision is for experienced practitioners. A practitioner’s experience is allowed to compensate for deficiencies in the other two achievement categories. If a minimum number of years and experience points are met, then the individual may obtain certification.

Due to the lack of widespread GIS-related educational and professional activities in years past, the Grandfathering Provision makes those areas optional for seasoned practitioners. If an applicant claims at least 200 Professional Experience points, the education and contributions sections of the application are noncompulsory. 200 points is three times the amount of professional experience that a traditional applicant must claim. Grandfathering is not a fast track to certification. Instead, it attempts to mirror the career trajectories of dedicated visionaries.

The Grandfathering Provision period was set at five years to provide a temporary window to these established practitioners. After December 31, 2008, all applicants must submit under the regular guidelines. GISCI advises all candidates eligible for the Grandfathering Provision to submit this year for consideration.

GISCI is an independent, non-profit organization providing the GIS community with a complete and voluntary certification program. There are 1,920 GISPs(r) as of December 25, 2007. For more information regarding the GISCI certification program, please visit www.gisci.org or call
(847) 824-7768.

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NEWS RELEASE

Contact/For More Information:
Erin Rubio, Director of Marketing
Phone:

           

For Immediate Release
1.30.08

Goldsboro, N.C.

           

2008 GeoTec Event Details Now Online

Wednesday January 30th 2008
Filed Under Conferences 

lass=”style5″>Contact:
Kathleen Hastings, Program Chair
2008 GeoTec Event
Phone: 225-218-9025
Web: www.geoplace.com/gt

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2008 GEOTEC EVENT DETAILS NOW ONLINE

SAN FRANCISCO (JANUARY 30, 2008)

           

OGC(R) Approves Observations & MeasurementsEncoding Standard

Wednesday January 30th 2008
Filed Under OGC 

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach
Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
tel: +1-703-352-3938
sbacharach@opengeospatial.org

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Wayland, Mass., January 29, 2008 – The members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) have approved version 1.0 of the OpenGIS

           

Norcross, Georgia, USA

           

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach
Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
tel: +1-703-352-3938
sbacharach@opengeospatial.org

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Wayland, MA, January 29, 2008. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC

           

Geographic Technologies Group

Tuesday January 29th 2008
Filed Under Geographic Technologies Group 

Goldsboro, N.C.

           

Norcross, Georgia, USA

           

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Galdos Systems Inc. and GITA to Present GeoWeb 2008

Industry leading event focused on GIS and the Internet

Vancouver, BC, CANADA

           

IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Server 3.0

Monday January 28th 2008
Filed Under IDV Solutions 

IDV Solutions Releases Visual Fusion Server 3.0

Lansing, January 28, 2008

           

MapInfo Enables Cellular South Employees and Customers to Quickly and Accurately Determine Local Service Availability

Troy, NY, January 28, 2008

           

Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging Takes Strategic Membership in the OGC

           

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2008

Press Contact:
Gary Outlaw, GISP, Vice President – Business Development,
GeoSpatial Solutions
Tel.:

           

Press Information

           

News Release

Press Contact:

Ron Kuhfeld

+1 610 321 6493

ron.kuhfeld@bentley.com

Bentley Acquires LEAP Software, Inc., Expanding Portfolio of Software for Analysis and Design of Concrete Bridges

Acquisition Will Facilitate Design of New Bridges and Maintenance and Repair of Aging Bridges as Part of Bentley

           

PCI Geomatics Announces Senior Executive Appointment

Thursday January 24th 2008
Filed Under PCI Geomatics 

Company Press Release

Contact:

Alysia Vetter

Marketing Manager

Tel:

           

Exor Streets Ahead on TMA Compliance. Officially!

Wednesday January 23rd 2008
Filed Under Exor Corporation 

Bristol, UK 23rd January 2008

           

Press Information:

           

Autodesk Helps Arizona

           

Press Information

           

Earthmine Wins Coveted Crunchies Award

Tuesday January 22nd 2008
Filed Under General 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts:

Kris Kelsay

           

News Release

Press Contact:

Ron Kuhfeld

+1 610 321 6493

ron.kuhfeld@bentley.com

Bentley Acquires Hevacomp, Ltd., Expanding Portfolio of Software to Improve Performance of Buildings

Acquisition Will Facilitate Sustainable Design by Equipping Building System Engineers With Rigorous Tools to Leverage Building Information Model

EXTON, Pa.

           

NRC Calibrates Research for The National Map

Tuesday January 22nd 2008
Filed Under USGS 

USGS News Release – January 22, 2008

           

Company Press Release

Contact:

Alysia Vetter

Marketing Manager

Tel:

           

Maps-of-War (New Map!) – “March of Democracy”

Tuesday January 22nd 2008
Filed Under Maps of War 

- NEW FEATURE MAP –

March of Democracy

March of Democracy

Maps-of-War presents its newest map,

” March of Democracy “

Where has democracy dominated as the
world’s most popular form of government?

See 4,000 years of democracy in 90 seconds…

> Go to Map

www.mapsofwar.com

           

News Release

Press Contacts:

Ron Kuhfeld

+1 610 321 6493

ron.kuhfeld@bentley.com

Mickey Bopanna/Yashmeen Barua

Corporate Voice|Weber Shandwick

Mob: +91 99806 16521/+91 98116 99757

mickey@corvoshandwick.co.in

Apeejay School, Noida, Wins 2007-2008

Future Cities India 2020 Student Design Competition

Program Sponsored by Ministry of Science & Technology and Bentley Honors Students for Envisioning the Infrastructure Future of Delhi

NEW DELHI

           

Tiltan Launches TLiD, fastest LiDAR processor on market

Tuesday January 22nd 2008
Filed Under Tiltan 

New system offers feature-laden software that performs at unprecedented speed

Petach Tikva, Israel, and DenverJanuary 22, 2008

           

Powerful mapmaking software for Adobe Illustrator now includes live GPS capabilities -

Toronto, ON, January 22, 2008 – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Geographic Imager spatial tools for Adobe Photoshop is pleased to announce the release of MAPublisher 7.6 for Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher 7.6 is the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data.

MAPublisher 7.6 for Adobe Illustrator is a full product update that is free of charge to all current MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscribers and replaces the current shipping version of MAPublisher, version 7.5, for all new customers using Adobe Illustrator CS2 or CS3.

“Once again, we have responded to the requests of our users by quickly improving on the previous version 7.5 release and including many new functions and feature enhancements,

           

Press Release
For immediate release: January 2008
Ref: UPS1135-01

TENET

           

TatukGIS is pleased to announce support for vector data created by the ESRI ArcSDE and Personal Geodatabase.

The following TatukGIS products now support ArcSDE and Personal Geodatabase layers:

           

Geographic Technologies Group

Monday January 21st 2008
Filed Under Geographic Technologies Group 

Goldsboro, N.C.

           

Contact: Thomas Layton

Senior Business Communications Coordinator

Phone: (800) 649-4336

Fax: (239) 643-6422

E-mail: thomaslayton@wilsonmiller.com

COLES APPOINTED REGIONAL MANAGER OF GIS

NAPLES, Fla./January 21, 2008

           

For Release 15:30, AST
January 21, 2008

CARIS Releases Next-Generation Desktop Software for Electronic Chart Production

Fredericton, NB, CANADA

           

Andrew Harrison Elected to IGIC Board of Directors

Monday January 21st 2008
Filed Under Schneider 

PRESS RELEASE

CONTACT:

           

The Pennsylvania GIS Conference will convene again for the 16th year on May 14-15, 2008 at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center in Camp Hill, PA.

           

High performance multi-touch Human-Machine Interface for UAV missions

Leuven, Belgium, January 10 2008 – Luciad, the leading software provider for distributing and visualizing geospatial information, will be showcasing its latest developments in mission-critical GIS applications on booth #1 at the DGI Europe conference, being held January 21-24 in London.

DGI 2008 is Europe

           

The Sidwell Company releases Parcel Builder v 3.1

Tuesday January 15th 2008
Filed Under Sidwell 

St. Charles, IL

           

St. Charles, IL

           

1 Source of Truth: register now for 2008’s premier spatial data management event!

15th January 2008, Cambridge, UK.

           

Press Information:

           

Press Information:

           

NAPLES, Fla./Jan. 14, 2008

           

NAPLES, Fla./Jan. 14, 2008

           

GOLDSBORO, N.C.

           

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 11, 2008

           

Contact: Thomas Layton

Senior Business Communications Coordinator

Phone: (800) 649-4336

Fax: (239) 643-6422

E-mail: thomaslayton@wilsonmiller.com

BURTON TO MANAGE ECOLOGICAL & WATER RESOURCES

NAPLES, Fla./Jan. 11, 2008

           

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey

News Release

Upon Receipt

           

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 11, 2008
Gregg Steliga
Director of Sales & Marketing
Navman Wireless North America
847-832-2399
gsteliga@navmanwireless.com

Andrew Golden
Rushton Gregory Communications
617-413-6521
agolden@rushtongregory.com

NAVMAN WIRELESS INTRODUCES FEATURE RICH ONLINEAVL2 FLEET MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

GPS Fleet Management Leader Unveils Dynamic Next Generation Vehicle Tracking Software

Glenview, Ill.,

           

GfK Purchasing Power Germany 2008

Thursday January 10th 2008
Filed Under GfK GeoMarketing 

Bruchsal, January 10, 2008

Picture of the Month January

GfK Purchasing Power Germany 2008

GfK GeoMarketing is providing an overview map of Germany that illustrates the distribution of purchasing power in Germany’s districts (Data source: GfK GeoMarketing). Bavaria

           

1Spatial announces release of Radius Studio Version 2.0

Thursday January 10th 2008
Filed Under 1Spatial 

1Spatial announces release of Radius Studio Version 2.0

10th January 2008, Cambridge, UK. 1Spatial are pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of their Radius Studio

           

GOLDSBORO, N.C.

           

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 11, 2008

Press Contact:
Gary Outlaw, GISP, Vice President – Business Development,
GeoSpatial Solutions
Tel.:

           

upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd.

34486 Donlyn Avenue – Abbotsford BC – V2S 4W7 – Canada

Press Release

Contact: Ralph Grabowski (604) 859-9597

Email: editor @ upfrontezine.com

Customization for Bricscad V8 Users

upFront.eZine Publishing updates reference book for Bricscad V8 with emphasis on customization and programming.

Abbotsford, BC Canada, January 8, 2008

           
           

Addition of Historical California Wildfire Information Enables Enhanced Weather and Natural Disaster-Related Risk Assessment

TROY, N.Y.–January 8, 2007–Pitney Bowes MapInfo, the leading global provider of location intelligence, today introduces new data sets for the Risk Data Suite

           

TatukGIS Releases GIS SDK Edition for Compact Framework

Tuesday January 08th 2008
Filed Under TatukGIS 

TatukGIS announces the release of the .NET Compact Framework edition of the TatukGIS Developer Kernel toolkit product for the development of custom GIS applications for Pocket PC type applications for Windows CE/Mobile operating systems. The DK-Compact Framework (DK-CF) product supports Windows Compact Framework 2.0 development with Visual Studio 2005 and Compact Framework 2.0 and 3.5 development with Visual Studio 2008.

The DK-CF has been tested with a number of commercial handheld devices running Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 5 and 6, Windows CE.NET 4.2, and Windows CE 5 and 6. A running DK-CF application has a reasonably small memory footprint. The data size is not limited because the product can read data from external storage such as a removable SD card. Testing was typically performed with 1 GB-sized SHP files, with the R-Tree spatial indexing enabled.

Because the DK-CF is based on pure .NET code, it is processor independent. This means a DK-CF application can run on any processor supported by Compact Framework, without the need for recompilation. Furthermore, because the DK-CF has exactly the same interface (API) as the .NET WinForms edition of the TatukGIS Developer Kernel (DK.NET) for GIS desktop development, porting a DK.NET based desktop application to the DK-CF is just a matter of copying the code.

Refer to www.tatukgis.com for more information about the DK-CF or other TatukGIS software products.

           

FME Donation Streamlines Data Loading for United Nations Environment Program
Vancouver, BC, January 8, 2008

           

David Miller, eSpatial COO commented,

           

Contacts:

           

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Matrox Extio technology validated by leading providers of industrial process automation systems and software
Remote graphics units provide IT managers optimal combination of distance, image quality and reliability

Montreal, Canada, January 8th, 2008

           

CARIS Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification

Monday January 07th 2008
Filed Under CARIS 

For Release 10:00 AM, AST
January 7, 2008

CARIS Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Certification
Fredericton, NB, Canada

           

For Immediate Publication
January 7, 2008

Press Information
Scott Grams
GISCI
Tel.: 847-824-7768
E-mail: info@gisci.org

GISCI Announces Mentoring Program for Students, Non-Traditional Students, and Young Professionals

Park Ridge, IL – The GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) has created a mentoring program to link students and young professionals up with certified GIS professionals (GISPs). The program is the first of its kind linking certified GIS professionals up with future practitioners.
GISCI continues its mission of promoting the GIS profession as a viable career path for aspiring geospatial technology professionals.

Students and young professionals enter the GIS field with questions.
These can range from “what skills are necessary to become a GIS professional” to “what will my typical work week be like” to “how should I prepare for an interview or internship.” GISPs have the answers.

The mentored individual must be a student (undergraduate or above), non-traditional student (student attending school later in life) or young professional (1-2 years in the field). The mentoring relationship is meant to last for a minimum of six months. After that, the GISP will be eligible for one contribution point towards his or her recertification. The mentored will be better equipped to confront the challenges of the workplace. Additionally, both the student and mentor will have made a professional contact that can be relied upon for years to come.

Ideally, both the mentor and mentee will reside in the same geographic area but this is not a requirement. The information that GISPs will be able to offer, be it technical, ethical, or professional will be invaluable to aspiring professionals as they move forward in their careers.

Students or young professionals interested in the program should visit the GISCI website for further details on selecting a mentor. The program is open to all current GISPs. Incoming GISPs are eligible to participate only after certification has been granted.

There are 1,869 Certified GIS Professionals (GISPs) as of November 25, 2007. For more information regarding the GISCI certification program, please visit www.gisci.org or call (847) 824-7768.

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Mapping Out a New Methodology to Study History

Monday January 07th 2008
Filed Under ESRI 

Press Information:

           

Multiple Counties Select Sidwell

Monday January 07th 2008
Filed Under Sidwell 

For Immediate Release
January 7, 2008
Media Contact: Karen Fouts, CMS
Marketing Manager
kfouts@sidwellco.com
St. Charles, IL

           

Sidwell Selected by Colleton County, SC

Monday January 07th 2008
Filed Under Sidwell 

Sidwell Selected by Colleton County, SC
For Immediate Release
January 7, 2008
Media Contact: Karen Fouts, CMS
Marketing Manager
kfouts@sidwellco.com
St. Charles, IL

           

Goldsboro, N.C.

           

2007 Year in Review

Monday January 07th 2008
Filed Under Boundary Solutions 

Boundary Solutions, Inc.
2007 YEAR IN REVIEW
Mill Valley, CA: This year has been BSI

           

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach
Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
tel: +1-703-352-3938
sbacharach@opengeospatial.org

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Wayland, MA, January 4, 2008. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC

           

OGC Calls for Participation in ECO8 OGC Pilot

Friday January 04th 2008
Filed Under OGC 

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach
Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
tel: +1-703-352-3938
sbacharach@opengeospatial.org

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Wayland, Mass., January 4, 2008 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
(OGC) has issued a Request For Quotations and Call for Participation
(RFQ/CFP) to solicit proposals in response to requirements for the Empire Challenge 08 Pilot (EC08 OGC Pilot).

The EC08 OGC Pilot is sponsored by a US agency which will provide cost-sharing funds to offset expenses associated with the initiative.
The sponsor and the OGC intend to involve as many participants in the initiative as possible and thus are soliciting proposals that will enhance and/or make use of the initiative outcomes. This RFQ/CFP is soliciting partners to provide and deploy hardware / software and to collaborate on the final technology design for the pilot network.
Personnel without clearances will be able to install and maintain software on the network. Responses are due by January 24, 2008 and the Pilot Kickoff Meeting will be held the week of February 26-28, 2008, in the Washington, DC area. Technology deployments will be complete by June 22, 2008, followed by a four-week demonstration phase in July.

The EC08 OGC Pilot will examine the suitability and performance of OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) and OGC Web Services (OWS) standards for providing open management of and access to sensors of varied types and Web service access by analysts to the resulting data and products.
Several use cases and supporting workflows are provided to enable understanding of the design of the pilot. The use cases involve both sensor management and exploitation by a targeting analyst.

The EC08 OGC Pilot RFQ/CFP documents can be downloaded from:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/46.

The OGC

           

Simon Holmes appointed new Finance Director at Getmapping

Simon Holmes ACMA has been appointed the new Finance Director at leading aerial photography and mapping product company Getmapping Plc.

Holmes who officially joined the company on 1st January 2008 will drive the business forward through advanced financial systems as well as providing financial reporting and an advisory service to the main board.

           

Getmapping FD retires after nine years

           

Croswell forms new consulting practice

Thursday January 03rd 2008
Filed Under Croswell 

Peter Croswell, former President of the Urban and Regional Information System Association (URISA) and long-time IT and GIS practitioner and consultant, has formed a new consulting practice doing business as, Croswell-Schulte Information Technology Consultants. Mr. Croswell and his associates will carry out IT assessments, design, planning and implementation support for state and local government, regional agencies, and utility organizations. Projects will focus in enterprise IT design, geographic information systems, records/document management, asset management, business process evaluation, and organizational development.

Contact information:

Peter Croswell, President
Croswell-Schulte IT Consultants
406 Winners Circle
Frankfort, KY 40601
pcroswell@croswell-schulte.com OR pcroswell@win.net
(502) 848-8827
(502 320-9055 (cell)

www.croswell-schulte.com

           

January 3, 2008 (Park Ridge, Illinois) – The International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) and the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) are pleased to announce the 12th Annual GIS/CAMA (Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal) Technologies Conference, to be held February 25-28, 2008 in New Orleans. Early registration discounts are available through Monday, January 7.

The conference begins with a choice of three optional full-day workshops:

           

U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior

News Release

Date:

           

Goldsboro, NC – Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. (GTG) announced today that the City of Evanston, Illinois has procured five (5) seats of LGcrimes from GTG