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TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent satellite or aerial views of the White House are often intentionally blurred or distorted for security reasons. HistoricAerials.com has recently uncovered high resolution aerial photography of the White House taken in 1951. What is unique with the 1951 imagery is that it shows in detail the White House under major reconstruction. Referred to as The Truman Reconstruction spanning 1948 through 1952, Historic Aerials.com now provides a rare...
RICHMOND, VA., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Third Circuit Court of Appeals' inability to make a clear-cut decision in a privacy case involving the location data of telecommunications customers points to the murkiness of the emerging privacy, liability and national-security concerns linked to geo-location devices and applications, said LeClairRyan's Kevin D. Pomfret, an attorney whose practice focuses on the rapidly developing fields of spatial law and technology. "Forward-looking businesses...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) introduced today the Trimble® MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging System, an advanced mobile data capture system that combines imaging and laser scanning capabilities to measure objects in 3D to produce 3D, 4D and 5D data sets for spatial imaging projects. The new Trimble MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging System expands the scope of services that surveyors, engineers, mapping and geospatial professionals can offer to enhance...
QUEBEC, June 14 /PRNewswire/ - Obzerv Technologies Inc. today announces the commercial availability of a Modular Active Range-Gated Camera. Airborne Multi-Spectral Imaging Turrets manufacturers around the world are constantly increasing the number of sensors available as well as their performances. The commercial availability of Obzerv's Modular Range-Gated Camera, will fast track the deployment of Active Range-Gated Imaging capability in existing Multi-Spectral Imaging Turrets. The...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Florida House of Representatives is making one final push over the next month for its state residents to be counted in the 2010 Census, through its MyFloridaCensus (http://www.myfloridacensus.gov) website and Web-based application. MyFloridaCensus is an innovative component in Florida's overall effort to ensure a complete count of residents during the ongoing 2010 Census, supplementing door-to-door canvassing, which ends nationwide...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) and Definiens, a Germany-based company specializing in image analysis solutions, today announced Trimble's acquisition of Definiens' Earth Sciences business assets and licensing of its software technology platform in an all-cash transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed. Definiens' Earth Sciences business includes eCognition® software, an advanced image analysis software suite for geospatial applications...
DEARBORN, Mich., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ford adds Google Maps to its 'Send to SYNC' feature, allowing drivers to send destinations from Google Maps to their Ford vehicle through the cloud-based SYNC® Traffic, Directions & Information (TDI) appDrivers download destination information into the vehicle via their Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones; the information will be processed into audible turn-by-turn directions, eliminating the need to bring printed maps into the car and...
HOUSTON, June 7 /PRNewswire/ - Ambercore, the 4D Company, is pleased to announce the appointment of David Lewis as the new Vice President of Sales for Terrapoint USA Inc. In this role, David will work with and support the entire US sales team with the focus of increasing market presence and diversifying Terrapoint's services across key verticals. "We are excited to welcome David Lewis to the position of VP Sales for Terrapoint USA," said James Ferguson, President of Terrapoint. "With...
WALTHAM, Mass., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- At Tech Ed North America 2010, EveryScape, creator of visual guides for local search, announced the availability of an application that provides a new way to experience Boston restaurants using Microsoft Corp.'s Bing Maps. The EveryScape Eats! application was developed using the Bing Map App SDK, which combines the power of Microsoft Silverlight and Bing Maps to create an immersive mapping experience. The EveryScape Eats! map app is being launched...
REDLANDS, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Byrne, geographic information officer (GIO) for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will give the Keynote Address at the 2010 ESRI Health GIS Conference, to be held October 18-20, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. As GIO of the FCC, Byrne plays a key role in developing a nationwide broadband Internet strategy that has the power to transform the way patients and providers access affordable health care. His presentation will examine...
Latest Cartography Reference Libraries
The Tropic of Cancer, which is also referred to as the Northern tropic, is the circle of latitude on the Earth that serves as a marker for the most northerly position at which the sun may appear directly overhead at its zenith. This event happens once per year, at the time of the June solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun to its maximum degree. Its Southern Hemisphere counterpart, marking the most southerly position at which the Sun might appear directly...
A prime meridian is a meridian, i.e. a line of longitude, at which the definition of longitude is zero degrees. A prime meridian and its opposite in a 360 degree-system, the 180th meridian, create a great circle. This great circle separates the sphere into two hemispheres. If one uses directions f East and West from a defined prime meridian, then they can be named Eastern and Western Hemisphere. A prime meridian is eventually arbitrary, unlike an equator, which is determined by the axis...
An equator is the intersection of a sphere’s surface with the plane that is perpendicular to the sphere’s axis of rotation and midway between the poles. The Equator is normally referred to the Earth’s equator: an imaginary line on the Earth’s surface halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, separating the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. Other planets and astronomical bodies have equators that are similarly defined. The Equator is approximately...
Arctic Circle -- The Arctic (Land of the Midnight Sun) is the area around the earth's North Pole while antarctic is in South Pole. It includes parts of Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Lapland and Svalbard as well as the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. Everything north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south of this circle is the Northern Temperate Zone. This is the parallel of...
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