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Esri Partner Galigeo Implements GeoDashboard using ArcGIS with the World's Second-Largest Retailer REDLANDS, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announces that Carrefour Group, the second-largest retailer in the world with nearly 10,000 stores around the globe, has implemented an enterprise-wide marketing solution from Esri partner Galigeo. The solution, Geodashboard, incorporates ArcGIS and enhances existing enterprise business intelligence (BI) software to improve...

Esri Business Analyst and Tapestry Segmentation Data Keep a Successful Franchise Growing REDLANDS, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announces that Great Harvest Bread Company, headquartered in Dillon, Montana, and known for its whole-grain breads and baked goods, is using Esri Location Analytics to help grow the successful franchise even further. A combination of Esri Business Analyst software and Tapestry Segmentation data allows the company and franchisees to...

iOne Sensor Software Tool Kit Architecture Receives Industry Recognition at Geospatial World Forum; Delivers Significant Innovation to Geoimaging and Remote Sensing Houston and Rotterdam (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Visual Intelligence has earned the prestigious Geospatial World Technology Innovation Award for its iOne STKA™ (iOne Sensor Tool Kit Architecture). The award, in the sensors category, was announced at the Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam earlier today. The iOne STKA represents...

VANCOUVER, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - PhotoSat is pleased to announce that it has completed satellite topography mapping of WesternZagros's Garmian Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, using stereo satellite photos from the high-resolution Pleiades 1A and 1B imaging satellites. Pleiades 1A and 1B are the world's newest 50cm resolution satellites. The satellite topography mapping consists of an elevation point every meter and contours with 1 meter elevation intervals.  Based on...

Precision Hawk, an unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company, uses re-branding as an opportunity to launch new model of UAV platform. (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company Winehawk Labs announced today they will release a new model of their successful UAV platform in May of 2013 to coincide with company re-branding. The change in company name, from WineHawk Labs to Precision Hawk, reflects a change in focus from specifically viticulture to...

Computerworld Honors High-Tech Program REDLANDS, Calif., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- When threatened by natural disaster or civil unrest, telecommunication companies work to keep up phone and Internet service, especially to assist police, fire fighters, and paramedics. To avoid outages, network operators must transfer cloud-based applications to servers located out of harm's way. The task is not easy. Recently, TM Forum, a global nonprofit telecom industry association, worked with...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online NASA has awarded a two-year, $50 million contract to Orbital Sciences Corporation to build a new heliophysics science satellite that will investigate the connection between space weather storms in the ionosphere and Earth’s terrestrial weather. The mission is currently set to launch in 2017, and will study the interface between the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space in response to a recent scientific...

ChemImage Sensor Systems (CISS) develops innovative products that utilize proprietary chemical imaging technologies to address the challenges associated with chemical, biological, and explosive (CBE) threat detection. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) April 29, 2013 ChemImage Corp. announced the launch of ChemImage Sensor Systems (CISS) today, a new subsidiary headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. The new company will focus on developing innovative products designed for the detection of chemical,...

Renewed Enterprise License Agreement Delivers Location Analytics and Promotes Collaboration REDLANDS, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune 500 company AECOM renewed its enterprise license agreement with Esri, the world's leading provider of geospatial technology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) AECOM provides professional technical and management support services public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world....

NASA To Robert Green, light contains more than meets the eye: It contains fingerprints of materials that can be detected by sensors that capture the unique set of reflected wavelengths. Scientists have used the technique, called imaging spectroscopy, to learn about water on the moon, minerals on Mars and the composition of exoplanets. Green's favorite place to apply the technique, however, is right here on the chemically rich Earth, which is just what he and colleagues achieved this spring...