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Baltimore County, Maryland, has signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Esri that provides unlimited access to geographic information system (GIS) software for its rapidly growing user base of county employees. Baltimore County is one of the first large counties in the nation to shift to this beneficial and cost-effective type of usage agreement to enhance workflows with GIS.

ERDAS strengthens its commitment to open standards through LPS eATE’s support of the ASPRS LASer (LAS) Format using the libLAS library.

The annual Esri Education User Conference (EdUC) provides the opportunity to not only exchange information and ideas among educators but also honor individuals and organizations for their exceptional work in implementing geographic information system (GIS) solutions. At this year's conference, Dr. Michael Gould, Esri director of education for industry solutions, presented the Making a Difference in Education Award to His Excellency Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al-Khaili, director general, Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC).

FARO Technologies, a provider of portable 3D measurement and imaging solutions, announces the presentation of a revolutionary 3D laser scanner technology at Intergeo 2010.

Energy professionals from around the world will gather this October at the Electric & Gas User Group (EGUG) Conference, hosted by Esri. Attendees will glean new ideas, share proven solutions, and learn more about reliable applications of geographic information system (GIS) technology from Esri. This year's event will delve into solutions for the current challenges facing electric and gas utilities including smart grid, distribution integrity management, cloud computing, renewable energy, and economic development.

GISPRO LLC has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft company, to purchase an UltraCamXp large-format digital aerial camera system.

ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), a subsidiary of ITT Corporation, and a developer of software products for data visualization and image analysis, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Creative Software Systems GmbH, (CreaSo). CreaSo provides software solutions for data analysis and visualization and distributes ITT's IDL, ENVI and IAS software products in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands.

The Open Geospatial Consortium, (OGC) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the development and use of geospatial standards.

Esri is offering a free, daylong seminar, Increase Productivity with ArcGIS 10, that will benefit professionals in all industries, whether they are working in a desktop, mobile, server, or cloud environment. This educational event will take place September through November of this year and will be held in more than 70 U.S. cities.