Geospatial Headlines
Intermap
Technologies Announces Agreement with Microsoft to Deliver 3D Data for
Virtual Earth Platform
The deal is
for NEXTMap Britain, but it could expand in scope as Intermap flies in
Europe and the U.S.
GIS
Server Developers Invited to Take On the Code Challenge
This is part of the ESRI Developer Summit, March 19-22,
2007, in
Palm Springs, CA. Prizes include books, a Trimble Recon GPS XB edition
bundled with ArcPad software, a Microsoft Xbox 360 and a Zune.
Artifactuality Debuts MapMastery: World's 1st Source of Broadcast Map
Design, Training, Implementation Solutions
MapMastery is an advanced approach to
creating highly compelling broadcast maps at top speed.
Immersive Media Corp. Acquires Freestone Systems Inc.
Freestone Systems is
parent to companies that specialize in imaging product design for the
security and asset management markets, mobile display and video
conferencing industries. The company says these will integrate well
with Immersive's spherical video capture platform.
Garmin Announces Record Fourth Quarter Revenues Above
$611 Million; EPS Increases Over 100% to $0.82
Total revenue of $611
million for Q4 of 2006 was up 92% from $319 million in fourth quarter
2005.
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Technology
Headlines
Urban Road Race to Test Limits of Robotic Cars (eWeek)
The next generation of
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA's) self-navigation
challenge hits the city. Cars must merge, navigate traffic, traverse
busy intersections, avoid obstacles and master the most delicate of
skills - determining who has the right of way.
London
Hospital Rolls Out Wi-Fi Tracking (C|NET)
The tracking
is for assets, and uses technology from Ekahau, but could eventually be
used for patients. Ultrawideband and RFID have been touted for this
purpose in the past.
Cuba
To Migrate To Open-Source Software (C|NET)
The country hopes to leave its deal with Microsoft and
follow the lead of ministers and a leading academic to move to Linux.
The county's customs service is already on Linux.
The
21st Century Meeting (BusinessWeek)
What's the future of teleconferencing?
12
Crackpot Tech Ideas that Could Transform the Enterprise (InfoWorld)
Some of the ideas are close enough to full
implementation they might just work.
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