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1Spatial announces the successful completion of the latest stage of a long term development project for No1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit (No1 AIDU), supporting paper and digital chart production.

DeLorme, provider of navigation technology, announced the appointment of Patrick Shay to the newly created position of Vice President and General Manager, Connected Solutions.

Most larger municipalities or government agencies as well as many privately owned companies from the geodata sector own a large archive of aerial imagery on film. These archives contain a value of many ten thousands of dollars which is hardly used or recognized. Today's scanning technology together with up to date software tools and data storage systems make possible a much higher scanning resolution than only few years ago. Where at that time a resolution of only 25µm produced far too much data to handle, now one can easily achieve a resolution of even 10µm without any issues. That means more than twice the resolution possible before.

Topcon Europe Positioning announces the first in a series of new and unconventional reflectorless total stations that sets a new bar on performance, speed, accuracy and security – the ES series.

PCI Geomatics, a developer of geoimaging software and systems, announced that is has renewed its Gold-Tier Partnership with Esri for 2012 through the Esri Partner Network (EPN). An Esri partner since April 2009, PCI Geomatics provides technology that integrates with Esri’s ArcGIS solution and allows users to automatically process and analyze satellite imagery from many different sensors.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has saved thousands of pounds following the introduction of mapping integrated street lighting software from Mayrise Systems. The remotely hosted software has helped the Council improve the collection and management of lighting asset information, which in turn has led to an immediate reduction in their electricity bill. Streetlights that don’t work or have previously been removed were, in some cases, still being charged for, while some lights on a metered supply were also being charged on a fixed rate contract.

Fugro has been awarded a contract to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Finistère and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA) regions of France to be conducted during February to May 2012. The surveys will be conducted with the Fugro LADS Mk 3 ALB system. Covering a total survey area 2,200km², the joint contracts have been awarded to optimise survey conditions in two very different environments.

Blom ASA (Blom) has signed an agreement to divest its Danish subsidiary BlomInfo A/S to the Danish engineering and consulting company NIRAS A/S.

Leica Geosystems is seeking papers for its three (3) tracks at Hexagon 2012, 4-7 June 2012, at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.