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  The company is closed for Saint Nicholaus' Day celebration

  Next Monday, May 9th, 2011 our offices will stay closed for Saint Nicholaus' Day celebration, Patron Saint of Bari.

  If you wish to know more about the Saint, worldwide known as Santa Claus or Father Christmas, we suggest you to visit the town during the three days celebration on 7th, 8th and 9th of may.

  Know more about by visiting the following links:

  • http://www.basilicasannicola.it
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_klaus
  • http://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it (Official Apulian Tourist webPortal with agenda maps and tourist suggestions)

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  The European INSPIRE Geoportal awarded to Planetek Italia

  Planetek Italia is starting the activities to set up the INSPIRE Geoportal, the central portal for environmental information in the European Union. The company has been awarded the tender for the "Development of the technical components of the INSPIRE Geoportal at European Level", of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) - Institute for Environment and Sustainability. This version will substitute at operational level the current prototype developed by the JRC.

  The INSPIRE Geoportal will be the unique access point to global European environment geoinformation resources shared and made available by all member states within the framework of the "Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community" (INSPIRE) Directive.

  The project will be realized in 18 months utilising the Design Thinking paradigm, the working philosophy adopted by Planetek Italia for its activities.

  Read More: http://www.planetek.it/eng/projects/inspire_geoportal

  The proposal of Planetek Italia, prime contractor of the temporary consortium with the German company lat/lon (www.lat-lon.de), has been awarded amongst 17 proposals from biggest European GeoSpatial operators.

  The technical proposal is entirely based on Open Source technologies and OGC standards, which Planetek Italia and lat/lon already adopt and even implement.

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  ERDAS 2011 world tour goes to Italy

  ERDAS will co-host a series of 11 World Tour events with distributor Planetek Italia in March and April. The Italian branch of the tour will kick off on March 29 in Rome at the Star Hotel Metropole, and will include stops in Palermo, Milan, Venice, Cagliari and Bari. The tour will conclude on April 19 in Ancona.

  During the events, ERDAS will share its unique “sensor to the internet” comprehensive workflow. This revolutionary enterprise approach has resulted in a cohesive product lineup that can handle the entire geospatial workflow from beginning to end with seamless transition between steps - authoring data sets from raw data, managing extensive volumes of data, connecting users, and rapidly delivering information to other users and organizations.

  ERDAS and Planetek Italia will showcase the enhancements in ERDAS® 2011 that increase productivity, such as the ability to localize ERDAS products for a global audience, integrated support for Microsoft Bing™ Maps base imagery and map data, distributed processing throughout the desktop offerings, and a new product, ERDAS Engine.

  For a more detailed list of ERDAS 2011 events, of What’s New in ERDAS 2011, a webinar showcasing new features, and full product descriptions and technical specifications for each product in the ERDAS portfolio, please visit www.erdas.com

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  Earth Observation Handbook 2010 released

  The 2010 edition of the Earth Observation Handbook – just released and available online – provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming satellite missions, their instruments and measurements of more than 30 space agencies worldwide.

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  The satellite that looks deep inside the sea

  The coastal area monitoring with Earth Observation tecniques can be accurately supported thanks to one of WorldView-2 satellite multispectral band. The Coastal Band, with wavelenght between 400 and 450 nm, makes possible, in fact, punctual analysis on coastal areas and on bathimetry.
  The satellite page: http://www.planetek.it/eng/products/all_products/worldview_2
  The article page (Italian): http://www.massimozotti.it/2010/06/il-satellite-che-entra-in-acqua.html

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