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DigitalGlobe, a provider of world imagery solutions, announced that it has signed a direct access agreement with the National University of Singapore to allow the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) to receive high-resolution imagery from its WorldView-1 satellite and WorldView-2 upon its launch in the third quarter of 2009.

PCI Geomatics, a developer of hardware/software systems for geo-imaging applications, announces that it has been named to the Branham 300, the most comprehensive annual listing of publicly traded and privately held Canadian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies.

GeoEye, announced it will webcast its quarterly conference call with investors on Friday, April 3, 2009 beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The call will include a review of the fourth quarter and year-end 2008 financial results and updates on the company's operations.

MAPPS President Marvin Miller CP, PLS, PPS (Aero-Metric Inc., Maple Grove, MN) announced the election of Jeff Lovin CP, Vice President in charge of the Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Division of Woolpert, Inc., Dayton, OH, as the President-Elect of MAPPS on March 17, 2009 at the MAPPS Federal Programs Conference. Mr. Lovin was elected by the MAPPS Board of Directors.

Competition in the growing market for GPS navigators is fierce and high quality maps can help manufacturers deliver their users a powerful navigation experience. The Swedish National Road Administration has signed an agreement whereby it will supply data on the Swedish road network to Tele Atlas, a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions.

The 4th International Workshop on 3D Geo-Information, will be held on November 4-5, 2009 in the city of Ghent, Belgium

ESRI User Conference 2009 is the largest conference for GIS users, developers, integrators and suppliers and will take place at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California USA from July 13 to July 17 2009.

1Spatial announces their sponsorship and involvement with this prestigious international event. As a systems supplier to Ordnance Survey and a number of regional and national mapping and cadastre agencies (NMCAs) worldwide, 1Spatial is supporting this version of the Cambridge Conference.

ITT Visual Information Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation, announced the release of the ENVI Orthorectification Module, a new, add-on module to ENVI, a leading software solution for processing and analyzing geospatial imagery.  The new ENVI Orthorectification Module combines the advanced, rigorous model from renowned orthorectification experts, Spacemetric, with an ENVI-based automated workflow approach that steps users through the orthorectification process to geometrically correct an image to remove distortions that occur during image capture.  Providing support for a wide set of both satellite and aerial sensors, the ENVI Orthorectification Module makes the complex task of orthorectifying imagery accessible to image analysts of various experience levels, while providing mathematically accurate results.