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The Handheld Group, internationally supplier of rugged PDA’s and devices on the market, has for the fourth year running been awarded “Gazelle” status as one of Sweden’s fastest growing and profitable companies. Handheld celebrates a very successful year with new models launched, new international offices opened, and big tenders won.

digital-earth.eu, the European Centre for Learning and Teaching with geo-media, will present its activities at the Media & Learning 2011 conference in Brussels on November 24, 2011.

United Remote Sensing Technology Co., Ltd., (United RST) has been selected by Imagemaps, the Microsoft partner for Asia Pacific and the Indian subcontinent, as a reseller for UltraCam photogrammetric products in the Chinese market.

ThinkGeo has released version 5.5 of Map Suite, its full line of GIS software components for .NET developers. This refresh introduces two important new features: a robust map printing and page layout system, and support for generating visually stunning contour lines (also known as isolines).  A wide variety of bug fixes and stability improvements round out the 5.5 release of Map Suite.

The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announced LAS 1.4, a new release of the open file format for lidar data storage and delivery. ASPRS has been maintaining and updating this widely used specification since its inception in 2001.

Intergraph has unveiled a best-of-breed spatial data infrastructure (SDI) utilising ERDAS’ data management technologies. This includes uniting its proven GeoMedia® SDI suite with the superior data management capabilities of ERDAS APOLLO. Addressing the demand for geospatial information and services among GIS and non-GIS users, the combined package delivers a geospatial management platform that enables direct collaboration among government, business, and the public.

Altus Positioning Systems announces that it has signed Houston-based HTS Laser & Survey as a new distributor for the company’s surveying products.

BlomSTREET is a collection of georeferenced, high-resolution, 360 degree panoramic images that are photographed on street-level. The camera equipment used is mounted on the roof of a specially equipped car taking an image every five meters on average in the collection process.

Autodesk, Inc. announced that the Czech subsidiary of Bosch Rexroth is successfully using Autodesk software to design sophisticated stage technology in Central and Eastern Europe.