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Last month, more than 2,500 people gathered for three days at the ESRI Federal User Conference (FedUC) in Washington, D.C., to learn about new geographic information system (GIS) solutions and applications from ESRI staff, government leaders, and colleagues. Addressing the record-setting crowd, keynote speaker Governor Martin O'Malley of Maryland discussed his innovative use of GIS for accountability in the programs StateStat, BayStat, GreenPrint, and MDiMap.

NavCom Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deere & Company, and Astrium Services, part of Astrium have formed a strategic partnership to deliver precise positioning solutions throughout Europe.

The Sixth International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 2009) will be held on June 22-25, 2009 at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.

Optech Incorporated, a provider of advanced lidar survey instruments, announced today the launch of its newest ILRIS Laser Scanner. The ILRIS-HD High Density scanner boasts an increased laser repetition and true measurement rate of 10 kHz, while maintaining the industry-leading accuracy and ranging capability of Optech's existing ILRIS-3D laser imaging system. The ILRIS-HD offers four times the speed for data collection, high-accuracy survey modes, rapid survey modes, and unsurpassed angular resolution.

Registration of participants of the IXth International Scientific and Technical Conference "From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies" is open.

Leica Geosystems announces that it has extended its GNSS network RTK solution Leica SmartNet in Ireland, with the addition of 4 new GRX1200 GG Pro and AT504 GG sites (GPS and GLONASS) and the relocation of one further station.

ERDAS announces Acquire, Validate and Integrate all of Your Data in Real Time, a free webinar highlighting ERDAS ADE on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 11 a.m. (EST).

Richard Juge, the 2009 president-elect of CCIM Institute, will keynote at the ESRI Business GIS Summit to be held May 4-6, 2009, at the Westin Tabor Center in Denver, Colorado. Juge will discuss how geographic information system (GIS) technology is an essential component of the financial and suitability analyses that underpin the business community's decision making.

SATEL improves compatibility between radio modems of different brands by introducing products that are compatible with radio modems of competing manufacturers. The compatibility option is available for the SATELLINE 3AS radio modem family, including the newly released SATELLINE-M3-T1 and M3-R1 transmitter and receiver modules.