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Avineon Europe, a provider of information technology, geospatial, and engineering support services, announced the appointment of Klaas Dijkstra as Project Manager, Geospatial Data Management.

Leica Geosystems Inc. announced that ORTHOSHOP Geomatics Ltd. has purchased the Leica ALS70 LiDAR and Leica RCD30 imaging camera as its first digital airborne sensors. ORTHOSHOP plans to use the sensors in their integrated and stand-alone configurations to serve its existing clients more effectively and expand its business into new markets.

In keeping pace with the success and growth of the corporation, RIEGL Laser Measurements Systems GmbH, Austria, announced a new appointment to the executive management group. 

Aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a comprehensive online LiDAR map of the UK. Covering approximately 75 per cent of England and Wales, including all major towns and floodplains, plus areas of Scotland. The LiDAR coverage ranges in vertical accuracy from 5cm to 15cm, and in spatial resolution from 25cm to 2m. Visitors to www.bluesky-world.com can search the online map using a place name, postcode or geographical coordinate before purchasing their chosen area and downloading digital files.

Trimble introduced cloud-based data management for its SiteFID Gas Monitoring solution used in the environmental services market—the Trimble Connected Community - Environmental. The Connected Community - Environmental provides real-time management and deployment of SiteFID landfill gas surface monitoring data. It allows field monitoring data to be uploaded to the cloud and stored in a secure and replicated infrastructure designed specifically for positioning data. Environmental monitoring data can then be accessed in real time by other team members at locations with an Internet connection. The environmental data files are version controlled and updates to field data can be verified and tracked.

PCI Geomatics, a developer of geo-imaging software and systems, announced the release of a 32-bit version of its Geomatica 2012 software - the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop image processing software featuring tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, map production, mosaicking and more.

The government of Panama signed a memorandum of understanding with Esri to leverage geospatial technology in support of national development. The agreement affirms Panama's recognition of the value of geographic information systems (GIS) in improving decision making and infrastructure management throughout the country. Esri president Jack Dangermond and Eduardo E. Jaén, general administrator of Panama's National Authority for Government Innovation, signed the agreement.

Sokkia announces the CX total station series. The CX series of total stations sets a high standard for the entire industry by being more powerful and more accurate with features never before available in survey instruments. The CX models (1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 arc second accuracies) feature the “most powerful and accurate” RED-tech electronic distance measurement (EDM) technology available. With the ability to shoot up to 500m reflectorless and 4,000m with a prism, and the fastest measurement time in its class, the CX gives extraordinary freedom on any job site.

Intergraph Corporation announces the availability of Live Link, connecting GeoMedia and ERDAS IMAGINE. For the first time, users can leverage GeoMedia’s rich set of vector handling tools and ERDAS IMAGINE's raster capabilities to support synchronized data sharing, viewing, editing, updating, and analysis.