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SupergeoRY Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperSurv 3.1, the mobile GIS software for Android devices, has chosen by Regie Dignoise des Eaux to carry out efficient field data collection and surveying for local water and sanitation service improvements and to ensure safe drinking water in Digne-les-Bains, France.

Established by the city council of Digne-les-Bains, Regie Dignoise des Eaux focuses on conducting the operation of local drinking water and sanitation services. GIS technology allows the municipality to fully integrate the hydrological and environment data to continually monitor groundwater quality in the adjacent areas for sustainable development of water resources.

With SuperSurv 3.1, the Regie Dignoise des Eaux personnel are able to adjust the policies using the up-to-date spatial data, as well as further promoting the operational efficiency in long-term water pipeline monitoring and water quality management. As a result, the residents could live healthier with the adequate access to safe water and sanitation facilities.  

Géo.RM is the professional GIS consulting company which specializes in offering GPS and GIS mapping solutions to fulfill a variety of industry applications. Through collaborating with Géo.RM, it enables Supergeo to satisfy the French-speaking clients’ needs with the innovative SuperGIS software and services.

More information about SuperSurv 3.1, please visit http://www.supergeotek.com/ProductPage_SuperSurv.aspx?Type=Main%20Features

Download Free Trial: http://www.supergeotek.com/download_6_mobile.aspx

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About Supergeo

Supergeo Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of GIS software and solutions. Since the establishment, Supergeo has dedicated to providing state-of-the-art geospatial technologies and comprehensive services for customers around the world. It is our vision to help users utilize geospatial technologies to create a better world.

Supergeo software and applications have been spread over the world to be the backbone of the world’s mapping and spatial analysis. Supergeo is the professional GIS vendor, providing GIS-related users with complete GIS solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

Here's the recent geonews in batch mode. Again an unusually long edition.

From the open source and open data front:

• Here's two entries on PostGIS 2.0 new features; Typmod and 3D/4D indexing
• You might be interested in learning about GDAL virtual formats if you don't use them already, related to GDAL, here's how to correctly compute the average aspect of a DEM using gdaldem
• There's a Natural Earth Quick Start Kit that includes a QGIS project file, and another entry on adding custom global projections to QGIS
• There's new 2.5 meters imagery of Australia available for OpenStreetMap
• O'Reilly shares a story of another company, StreetEasy, switching to OpenStreetMap data
• In Russia too, with Yandex, they are using crowdsourced maps now
• If you plan to use MapServer as a WFS 1.1.0 client, read this, since apparently it's support is not optimal just yet

From the Esri front:

• Via James, the File Geodatabase API 1.2 has been released and MacOS X is now supported
• About two weeks ago, the ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 4 became available for download

From the Google front:

• Google just introduced more detailed 3D landmarks on Google Maps, take a quick look at the screenshots included
• Google Map Maker is now available in France and Monaco
• You can now get Traffic Conditions in Norway, New Zealand, and Hong Kong
• Ogle Earth offers a detailed entry on conspiracy, Google Earth and the latest war in Sri Lanka
• There's a whole new website for Google Maps API Developers
• The GEB offers an entry on Integrating Street View with the Google Earth Diorama
• Oh, and there's new imagery

From the Microsoft front:

• Bing Maps offers a new look for Pushpins, Popups, and Transit
• And Microsoft announced Bing Maps for Metro Style Apps
• There's new official Bing Maps forums too

In the miscellaneous category:

• APB shares an entry named Facebook Outlines Vision for Location APIs
• O'Reilly shares a story about the impacts of languages on place and location aware tools
• James informs us that iOS is now telling us when an app is using a geofence
• Slashdot discussed a story named Stolen iPad's Reported Location Not Enough To Warrant Search, Say Dutch Police
• Another story on the same site is entitled Pentagon Wants Disposable War Satellites
• Still from Slashdot, a story named Satellites Expose 8,000 Years of Civilization
• And a last one from the same source is named DIY Augmented Reality Heads-Up Display
• Yes, it's been already 10 years of Envisat
• Here's a Q&A on OGC's CityGML standard
• Nokia Drive 2.0 offers interesting features such as offline directions, for Lumia Windows Phones

In the maps category:

• SS shared an entry named New Mapping Tool Shows Potential Radiation Impacts in the United States
• For the astronomers amongst us, TMR shares a Geologic Map of Io and an Atlas of the Galilean Satellites

Slashdot runs a discussion named French Court Calls Free Google Maps Unfair Competition.

Their summary: "A French court has ruled that Google is unfairly subsidizing its free mapping products, making for unfair competition with paid services. This might seem ridiculous, but keep in mind that Google started charging for use of its mapping API once the free version had come to dominate the market."

We of course mentioned last October that Google decided to enforce usage limits for the Google Maps API.

Pole Star, located in the heart of San Francisco via a subsidiary, is strengthening its presence in the United States. The French Leader of indoor localization solutions is pursuing development in North America, where the major players in the sector are concentrated. To achieve its objectives, the Group has appointed new team members.

Main Objectives

Christian Carle, CEO-founder and Jean Chenebault, COO-founder of Pole Star, have two objectives:

-  Accelerate business development in North America

-  Increase proximity with ICT and telecommunications players to facilitate partnership implementation

The New Team

A new organization has been established to ensure growth and proximity to customers.

In early January 2012, David Wenning will join Pole Star’s North American team as VP Sales North America. Mr Wenning’s career has given him knowledge and expertise of the geo-location and individual mobility market. He has worked for Palm, Apple, Tom-Tom and Parrot.

Stéphane Terrenoir, who joined Pole Star in 2006 and is currently head of software development, will join the North American team to direct engineering and operations in North America

Furthermore, Pole Star is continuing to build its organization in France. Jean Chenebault, COO, is in charge of Pole Star’s day-to-day operations in Toulouse.

Jean-Baptiste Prost left Motorola to join Pole Star in 2003 as Technical Director. He will become Deputy CEO.

Yan Bertrand, also formerly with Motorola, joined Pole Star in 2009. He has been appointed head of the newly created Operations Division, responsible for presales, delivery to customers and after-sales support.

Gaetan Gachet, currently in the United States, will also reinforce the European commercial branch in early 2012. He will be responsible for sales and marketing in France and Northern Europe, working from the company’s Paris office.

As CEO, Christian Carle will continue to ensure the Group’s governance in France and the United States.

Creation: January 2002 in Toulouse

Location: France (Toulouse - headquarters)

2010 revenues: €1.2 million

Core business: recognized leader for indoor localization solutions for pedestrians and multimodal navigation

Co-founders: Christian Carle & Jean Chenebault

Registered Trademarks: Pole Star®, NAO®, NAO City® and NAO Campus®

Here's the recent Google-related geonews.

From the official sources:

• Here's an entry on Belgium's Brussels in 3D in Google Earth, named Europe’s best kept secret revealed in 3D
• Google updated the Help Center of Google Map Maker
• Google is updating their maps data from authoritative sources for France, Monaco and Luxembourg
• Google shared an entry named using search patterns to track dengue fever
• Google's Ed Parsons shared his Location Business Summit slides, a presentation named "Making the most of place", Google Places, of course

From other sources:

• Here's a 3D model of Joplin tornado debris
• Slashdot ran a discussion named Google Wallet: the End of Anonymous Shopping, about the probable upcoming systematic location tracking of all purchases
• It seems Apple Just Renewed Maps and Search Partnership with Google
• The GEB has an entry named Space Archeologists discovering egyptian tombs
• The same site is also enthusiastic about Sony's Project Shiphunt, a fun game using Google Ocean
• And there was a new imagery update on May 31th

Here's the Friday geonews in batch mode.

From the Google front:

• Google Latitude for Android and iPhone got improved for U.S. users, with checkins, status gaining and unlocking offers
• Google Maps for Android also got new features
• Here's a single kml for everything related to the Fukushima power plant in Japan
• The GEB believes there might be no more StreetView imagery capture in Germany and in Switzerland, court has ruled that all faces and license plates must be blurred
• A tip not tied to Google Maps itself, but here's how to search Google Maps directly from the address bar of Firefox
• And there was new Google Earth imagery made available on April 5th

From the Microsoft front:

• Here's an entry on using Bing Maps with SQL Server spatial

In the miscellaneous category:

• SS informs us that Bentley Systems simplified their product suite, Bentley Map V8i, and focuses more on 3D GIS
• The FGT blog offers his review of the Garmin 62s GPS
• VerySpatial mentioned Roadify, a real-time app that sends alerts about subway, bus, and driving conditions in New York City
• V1 mentions the book 'Arc Hydro – Groundwater GIS for Hydrogeology' by Gil Strassberg, Norman L. Jones and David R. Maidment

In the maps category:

• TMR shares a link to BBC News' nice interactive pseudo-virtual globe of the world’s time zones
• O'Reilly mentions the new Big Map Blog, focusing on... big maps!
• Here's an interactive map named 'What conditions cause poor air quality near you?' from SharedAir.org, providing back trajectories and pollutant concentrations in the U.S.
• TMR shares a map of France's High-Speed Rail Network
• SS wonders if the lack of the U.S. federal government mapping be a good thing?

That's no April Fool's news, it real recent Google-related news :-)

From the official sources:

• If you're looking for April Fool's content in Google Earth and Maps, there is
• Wenesday, Google offered an entry on new imagery of Japan after the earthquake
• Google also announced new Street View imagery of historic sites in Italy and France, including inside the Colosseum in Rome
• Google shared an entry on Amsterdam now being in 3D in Google Earth, with thousands of new 3D buildings
• There's 5 new university campus maps using Google Maps
• There's two new Google Geo Developers videos

From other sources:

• The GEB has the World's Nuclear Reactors in Google Earth
• The GEB also shares an informative entry on how Google Earth displays dates on their imagery
• And a reminder of how carzy we can be, here's the 10 most expensive hotel rooms on earth in Google Earth