ERDAS Inc. has unveiled ERDAS Apollo 2009, its system for integrating geospatial data formats with existing GIS environments and other business applications.

Fugro EarthData Inc. has received the Project of the Year award at the 2008 MAPPS Summer Conference July 22 for its project, "Mapping a Vital Marine Resource in Texas."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ASRC Management Services have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to further develop Crop Explorer, USDA's tool for delivering real-time crop information.

WhiteStar Corp. has unveiled its Enhanced Unlimited Grid Access mapping product, which supplements its Standard UGA map database by filling in land boundary gaps in the U.S. Public Land Survey, according to the company.

TerraGo Technologies has been named to the Prime Vendor Contract for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service, Office of Global Analysis (OGA). The OGA is responsible for global crop condition assessments and estimates of area, yield, and production for grains, oilseeds, and cotton.

Maptek has released version 3.1 of its I-Site Studio scan processing software for the mining industry, adding several one-click image management options to the software's feature set.

Geoinformation SA has announced a three-year collaboration with WWF Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Forestry and Natural Environment, and the Lab of Forest Management and Remote Sensing. This project will map the forests of Greece at a national scale, using Landsat satellite imagery and two ERDAS IMAGINE add-on modules, IMAGINE DeltaCue and the beta release of IMAGINE Objective.

DigitalGlobe has unveiled ImageConnect: Oil and Gas, an online imagery service with on-demand access via GIS and Web mapping services to areas of global oil and gas exploration.

GAF AG has completed the design, implementation, and testing of the Geological and Mineral Resources Information System for Papua New Guinea at the Mineral Resources Authority in Port Moresby.