EIGS


Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions

	Previous Headlines 2008 NASA and Northrop Grumman Partner to 'Measure The Immeasurable' in ... Web Services Journal - Montvale, NJ "The mass, power, and other requirements of current planetary radar remote sensing instruments make them extremely challenging and costly to fly to Mars... Tech briefs GCN.com - Washington, DC Geospatial intelligence is getting more respect. The US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), a nonprofit corporation, has granted accreditation to ... USDA wants to make geospatial data easier to share FCW.com The Agriculture Department is seeking information about methods for delivering, disseminating and integrating large geospatial datasets. NGA Says GO a Go for 2008 Geoplace.com The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is preparing to launch a Web-based capability for finding, viewing, analyzing and sharing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). The new function, GEOINT Online (GO), is set to launch by the end of 2008, and it will integrate several systems, Web sites and capabilities into an environment in which NGA partners and customers can access agency products and services. Federal Budget Requests Tell of Geospatial Spends Spatial Sustain This week, the president announced the Fiscal Year 2009 budgets for all federal agencies. The budget requests from key agencies are helpful in assessing how geospatial technology might evolve over the coming year, as large dollar amounts will undoubtedly steer technology development. Sugar Producer Magazine Lanworth estimates 2007 US corn production will be 13.11 billion bushels, ... Lanworth expects 2007 soybean production to be 2.58 billion bushels... GPS location adds twist to online photos Clarion-Ledger To plan an upcoming hike in the Alps, John Higham scoured scores of photos plotted along his route on a digital map for clues to the steepness of trails and the availability of accommodations or camp sites. These images were just like all the other vacation photos shared by travelers and amateur photographers, except they'd been tagged with location information in an emerging practice known as "geotagging"... A host of Internet links are taking online maps in new directions Baltimore Sun ... information systems (GIS) and geographical positioning systems (GPS) that took decades to develop. Today, with the help of satellite and geospatial ... GPS-enabled handset shipments will reach 560 million units in 2012 GISuser.com According to a new research report by Berg Insight, global shipments of GPS-enabled handsets is expected to grow from 175 million units in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.2% to reach 560 million units... ESRI Joins European Organization to Facilitate Use of Geographic Information Technology Written by ESRI Geographic information system (GIS) industry leader ESRI has joined the European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information (EUROGI) an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to maximizing the availability and effective use of geographic information (GI) throughout Europe... 2007 NGA Supports Federal Response to California Wildfires Directions Magazine The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), is using its unique expertise to assist in the federal response to the California wildfires. Leica TITAN Premiering Hurricane Katrina Data at GEOINT Amerisurv - Frederick, MD Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging is exhibiting NVision Solutions’ Hurricane Katrina data in Leica TITAN at the GEOINT Conference... Baker Makes Engineering Senior Vice President Appointments CNNMoney.com - USA The firm's primary business areas are aviation, environmental, facilities, geospatial information technologies, pipelines and telecommunications, ... ESRI to Showcase a Complete Platform for GeoIntelligence Workflows ... GISuser.com - Frederick, MD ESRI will demonstrate the power and flexibility of ESRI’s ArcGIS platform to manage geospatial intelligence at the GEOINT Symposium... nvision Solutions and Computer Sciences Corporation Selected by ... DirectionsMag.com - Glencoe, IL nvision Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of geospatial solutions to federal government and commercial organizations, announced a Mentor-Protege agreement. Personnel File Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA NVision Solutions Inc. of Bay St. Louis announces that Jamie Hughes, Shelia Reed, Aaron Gibson, Nate Coolidge, Suzanne Shean, Jeff Hudson, Jessica Herr. DigitalGlobe Unveils First Worldview-1 Images Denver Post DigitalGlobe, provider of the world's highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today revealed the first images from WorldView-1, the highest resolution, most agile commercial satellite ever flown. NVision Staffs Up to Serve Clients Using ArcServer 9.2 and Oracle SpatialNews.com Press Release - Niceville, FL NVision Solutions, Inc., is pleased to welcome Jamie Hughes, Shelia Reed, Aaron Gibson, Nate Coolidge, Suzanne Shean, Jeff Hudson, ... DigitalGlobe launches its newest spy satellite Denver Post - Denver, CO Longmont-based DigitalGlobe has successfully launched its newest imagery satellite, WorldView-1, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. About 100 employees, customers, partners and investors gathered to watch the launch... Hutchison steers $2 million toward The Columbia Center Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel - Nacogdoches, TX Kay Bailey Hutchison, a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, secured $2 million for the Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center at SFA... ESRI Joins Digital Quest, Inc., and SkillsUSA to Honor Student's ... DirectionsMag.com - Glencoe, IL June Garneau of Berlin, New Hampshire, earned a gold medal in the Postsecondary Geospatial Technology Challenge, receiving ESRI's ArcView software and ... Schools Choose Digital Quest Mississippi Business Journal The Harford County Public Schools in Maryland has adopted Digital Quest Inc.'s GIS in Homeland Security Course and its flagship product, the STARS Certification. Launch Of Worldview-1 To Be Broadcast Live Over The Internet Directions Magazine DigitalGlobe, provider of the world's highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today announced that the launch of WorldView-1 will be broadcast live over the Internet. 3001 Wins JALBTCX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Contract GISCafe.com Issued as an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) to a single offeror, 3001 estimates the value of the five-year contract, beginning in 2007 and completed in 2012, at 30 million dollars ($30M). Geographers’ high-tech tools tackling real-world problems Worcester Telegram We live in an extraordinarily challenging time. As we struggle to find the food, water and energy resources to serve a rapidly expanding population, we are faced with increasing evidence that our current practices are no longer sustainable. Envisioning a Common Operating Picture Geospatial Solutions NVision Solutions, The Boeing Company, and NAVTEQ have created a COP system for emergency management. The Center for Asymmetric Warfare (CAW) conducted an Asymmetric Warfare Initiative exercise in the Pacific Northwest this past July, culminating in mock terrorist attacks in the Puget Sound area. Mapping specialists in demand San Antonio Express-News - San Antonio, TX Pamela Colby, a certified geographic information systems professional, finds herself at the pinnacle of her career, an emerging field where help is often hard to come by. DigitalGlobe Announces Launch Date for WorldView-1 SpaceRef.com Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., ITT Corporation and DigitalGlobe, the provider of the world's highest-resolution imagery and geospatial information products, today announced delivery of its WorldView-1 satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its scheduled launch on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. WorldView-1 is the first of two new next-generation satellites DigitalGlobe plans to launch. Lockheed Martin to Market FortiusOne Technology Web Services Journal - Montvale, NJ ... a geospatial analytics company. FortiusOne provides next- generation intelligent mapping services that offer a new level of geographic information for ... Digital Quest's STARS Certification Selected for DOL National ... GISuser.com (press release) - Frederick, MD Ridgeland, MS -- Digital Quest, Inc. is pleased to announce that the national Spatial Technology And Remote Sensing Geospatial Apprenticeship Program Mississippi Tackles Challenge of Qualified Geospatial Workforce by Taking Aim at the Secondary Level GISDevelopment.net Since 1998, the state of Mississippi has actively fostered the development of a geospatial technology cluster... Counties Presented Aerial Photos Mississippi Business Journal The counties will be able to use this data for tax mapping, land use planning, emergency response and economic development activities. NAVTEQ Added to REACT Tool Telematics Journal - Oyster Bay, NY NAVTEQ has been selected by NVision Solutions, Inc. to provide map data for its Real-Time Emergency Action Coordination Tool and Vehicle Tracking solutions. GSA 2007 Annual Meeting FirstScience - UK ... Center in Denver 28-31 October for "2007: Earth Sciences for Society," the 119th annual meeting and exposition of the Geological Society of America. ... Radyne Acquires AeroAstro SatNews Publishers - Sonoma, CA In addition, Radyne will assume, and pay off, some $500000 in AeroAstro debt. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both companies and is ... Squeeze on NASA Earth Science Budget Causing Alarm Congressional Quarterly - Washington, DC A two-year study released last January by the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council found that NASA's Earth science budget had declined 30 ... DigitalGlobe Expands Its Content Strategy With Aerial PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY "The Internet has re-defined the way DigitalGlobe approaches the search, discovery and delivery path for geospatial and aerial imagery. ... Location: NASA Stennis Space Center, MS, United States of America DirectionsMag.com (press release) - Glencoe, IL ... the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, and the Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions (EIGS)." NVision Solutions, Inc. is a small, ... MAPPS Executive Director Warns Against Efforts to 'Dumb Down' the ... Amerisurv (press release) - Frederick, MD In his address, Palatiello outlined ten trends in the US geospatial market. The trends discussed related to professionalism, defining the community... MAPPS Announces Judges for Geospatial Products and Services ... GISuser.com (press release) - Frederick, MD "MAPPS has assembled a distinguished panel of objective and knowledgeable judges representing diverse segments of the geospatial community... Satellite images show destroyed and threatened villages in Darfur EurekAlert (press release) - Washington, DC "By analyzing geospatial images, we can see that whole villages, some with more than 1000 homes, have been destroyed" since the beginning of 2005... DigitalGlobe Promotes Three Vice Presidents to Key Leadership Posts DirectionsMag.com (press release) - Glencoe, IL DigitalGlobe, today announced the promotion of three vice presidents: Dawn Sienicki, government relations; Mike McGill, U.S. sales, commercial business unit; and, Barry Clapp, international sales, commercial business unit. AeroAstro Asset Tracking Satellite Downlink Decoder Ready for Deployment SatNews Publishers - Sonoma, CA AeroAstro said its next SENS asset tracking satellite downlink decoder rack passed all testing and is ready for installation... USGS has science that weathers the storm PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY When Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans under water, conventional road maps became almost useless tools to locate those in distress. ... GIS Applications during Response to Hurricane Katrina: Small, Local Government and State Government Experiences Directions Magazine GIS was an integral part of the response phase throughout the Gulf Coast and the lessons from those involved in this effort should be shared. Local communities benefit from high school GIS projects GISDevelopment.net The participating high schools... worked with university and community college partners to design and complete a community based geospatial information science and technology (GIS&T) project. Intel chief says access to satellite photos may have to be limited... San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego, CA Murrett oversees a growing intelligence discipline known as geospatial intelligence - the study of imagery, such as satellite pictures or video taken from ... US spy chief wants 'some control' over satellite imagery Register - London, England, UK NGA's strategy supports operational readiness through a set of geospatial foundation data...fused with other spatially referenced information such... General Dynamics Awarded $12 Million Contract to Support... PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY Under this new contract, General Dynamics will provide geospatial technology services relating to ecosystem information for the NCDDC on-site at the John C... Dr. Jane Goodall Highlights Company's Contribution With Visit to Headquarters GISCafe.com DigitalGlobe(R) was recently recognized for their continued contribution to conservation efforts during a recent visit by Dr. Jane Goodall to the company's headquarters... WorldWinds unveils FishBytes Mississippi Business Journal WorldWinds Inc., located at NASA's Stennis Space Center, has released a new data product to help mariners better locate fish. FishBytes, a fish-location product, is an additional feature of the XM WX Satellite Weather... Commercial Satellite Imagery Companies Partner with the US Geological Survey... Space Ref (press release) Two American commercial satellite imagery firms — DigitalGlobe and GeoEye — have joined forces with the USGS in support of the global team of space and satellite agencies that constitute the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters... Intermap Technologies and GeoContent Announce Partnership... dBusinessNews Denver (Colorado) Intermap Technologies, Corp. and GeoContent GmbH have agreed to provide a bundled solution that meets the geospatial needs of dozens of applications and markets in Germany... USGS Defines Roles for New Satellite Mission GISCafe.com Scientists and engineers from the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA are moving forward in planning a successor to the Landsat 7 satellite mission DigitalGlobe Helps Pilots Fly to Safety With the Alaskan Aviation Safety Project GISCafe.com DigitalGlobe... has teamed up with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation to launch a new research and development project designed to help improve aviation safety in Alaska... Boy Scouts Approve GIS Merit Badge GeoPlace.com The badge’s idea originated from a Delta State University student and received support from the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA)... MAPPS Members Lobby U.S. Congress to Support Geospatial Agenda GISCafe.com Legislation benefiting the entire geospatial profession was the agenda pushed by MAPPS members representing nearly 100 firms who made personal visits to offices of more than 150 U.S. Senators and Representatives... ESRI Helps Organizations Standardize Geospatial Business Processes GISuser.com (press release) Redlands, California-ESRI announced today the availability of the Job Tracking for ArcGIS Server extension, which helps organizations allocate staffing ... DigitalGlobe Expands Commercial Business Unit With New Boston Presence PR Newswire "The satellite imaging industry is at an inflexion point, and the role of geospatial content is expanding beyond traditional GIS and remote sensing users," ... Education briefs Jackson Clarion Ledger The Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions and the Geospatial Council of the state College Board have established a high-school adoption program ... Stocks of Public Location Technology Companies Exhibit Mood Swings ... DirectionsMag.com Microsoft and Google are launching a broadside attack on geospatial solutions providers. The mass appeal of general purpose programming languages like XML ... NASA Teams with Google, Begins Geomagnetic Mission Geoplace.com NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., is working with Google Inc., Mountain View, Calif., to address data management and computing challenges. The collaborative project could use real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, and real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle. Google Searches For Government Work Washington Post Yesterday, Google's partner, Lockheed Martin, demonstrated a Google Earth product that it helped design for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's ... MAPPS Introduces Awards to Honor Excellence in Geospatial Products ... DirectionsMag.com (press release) MAPPS, a national association of geospatial, mapping and photogrammetry companies, today introduced the Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. ... Aurora Receives "2007 Innovator Award" YourHub.com The Geospatial Information and Technology Association (GITA) has honored the city of Aurora with a "2007 Innovator Award" providing the public with timely ... Geospatial Integration for Public Safety Conference in New Orleans ... Spatial News (press release) ... and Regional Information Systems Association are pleased to announce the Second Geospatial Integration for Public Safety... New ESRI Press Book Chronicles the Federal Government’s GIS ... DirectionsMag.com (press release) ... the US Forest Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) successfully use GIS in aspects of their work that require geospatial analysis. ... DHS seeks 'tunnel vision' GCN.com Sources in the federal geospatial intelligence community have noted that tunnels leave behind traces that can be detected by satellite imagery... GPS points way for rescuers The Clarion-Ledger When a helicopter crash-landed in a remote part of Warren County earlier this month, the rescue of its uninjured pilot and passenger showed the potential of Global Positioning Systems in law enforcement... News Tips NGA Issues Update of Basic Doctrine Publication
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