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and landscape. Also, Blom CGR agreed to supply remote-sensing services to the Tuscany Public Administration in Italy. Colo.; city of Bismarck/Burleigh County, N.D.; Pearland, Texas; La Quinta, Calif.; Unalaska, Alaska; Bozeman, Mont.; Goldsboro, N.C.; and Campbell County, Wyo.
Blue Sky Network announced
that TAM Executive Aviation selected its automated flight-following and communication equipment.
Geospatial Systems Inc.
entered an exclusive distribution agreement for China with Spring Scientific Co. Ltd.
Bluesky won a contract from
Dundee City Council to provide a 3-D computer model of its historic waterfront area to map out possible developments along the river Tay.
Mayrise Systems supplied its MapNow
system to help transform the Isle of Wight’s highway infrastructure.
E nvitia and Snowflake Software partnered to provide INSPIRE services. eSpatial announced that the city of Tampa, Fla., chose its Web GIS as a primary component in its citywide online mapping and analysis solution.
GGP Systems announced that Blaby District Council transformed the quality and currency of address records following the implementation of its gazetteer-management software. IceWEB Inc. partnered to work with several Google Earth Enterprise partners to deliver an Enterprise Visualization Appliance that will be offered with pre-fused aerial and satellite imagery. Idevio enabled end users of Appello services to pre-load maps directly to mobile phones in batches by country. IDV Solutions partnered with The
Gartrell Group.
1Spatial delivered ship counterpiracy software to Pole Star Space Applications to form its new Ship Security and Reporting System.
ESRI announced that PenBay
became a Gold-Tier Partner in the ESRI Partner Network; CoStar Group Inc. is licensing ESRI GIS demographic data and software; and the European Union Satellite Centre signed a multiyear enterprise license agreement with ESRI España.
Abaco S.r.l. received a 2010
Oracle Spatial Excellence Partnership Award.
Intergraph announced that
Fairfax County, Va., deployed its public safety and security incident management, mobile and reporting software; FiReControl will use its incident response management solutions; Beijing Xing Tian Di Information Technology Co. purchased its medium-format RMK D camera; JSC PeterburgGaz standardized on Intergraph utilities infrastructure-management technology; and Midwest Aerial Photography, Kyodo Surveying Co., Beijing Guodian Jingwei Engineering Technology Co. and Geoplana Ingenieure acquired the Intergraph Z/I Imaging DMC II camera.
Ashtech announced that Yunnan
Power Grid ordered 160 Ashtech MobileMapper 6 GPS/GIS units.
GE opened a new Smart Grid Technology Center of Excellence in Atlanta. GeoAnalytics Inc. was retained
by Bellevue, Wash., to provide GIS Address and Parcel maintenance-development services and support.
Azavea was certified as a B Corporation for social and environmental performance. Azteca Systems Inc. provided Cityworks to Traverse City, Mich. Blom partnered with Tesera Systems Inc. to produce enhanced forest inventories based on remotesensing technology to address rapid changes in the environment
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Geographic Technologies Group won contracts from the following: Alexandria, Va.; Pasco County, Fla.; Placer County Water Authority, Calif.; county/city of Broomfield,