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Oracle to Grant Direct Access to DigitalGlobe Imagery
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This press release informs us Oracle 11g will soon give direct access to DigitalGlobe's imagery: "Via Oracle Spatial, DigitalGlobe will provide real-time access to its extensive image library for applications such as logistics, supply chain, mobile field services, business intelligence and asset management. With the release of Oracle Database 11g, DigitalGlobe allows advanced access to sample imagery data via OTN enabling Oracle customers to test-drive imagery in their business applications before making a purchase decision." See also related stories below.
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Industry: DigitalGlobe Acquires GlobeXplorer 3 comments
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All Points Blog links to a Reuters article telling us DigitalGlobe is to acquire GlobeXplorer. From the press release: "Together, DigitalGlobe's industry-leading archive and high-resolution, high-capacity satellite and GlobeXplorer's effective Web-based search and delivery applications create the commercial remote sensing (CRS) industry's most extensive, complete and easy-to-use solution for acquiring, integrating and distributing all types of high-quality digital Earth imagery and data." See the numerous relevant related stories below.
Oracle News and Safe Software FME to Support Oracle Spatial 11g
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Safe Software writes "Safe Software, makers of the FME spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) platform has announced its plans to support Oracle Spatial 11g. Initial support will be for the advanced GeoRaster capabilities of Oracle Spatial 11g, followed by support for Oracle’s new 3D spatial type. By taking advantage of these new capabilities, Safe Software continues to extend the power of its industry-leading FME platform to address the advanced spatial ETL needs of the GIS and BIM communities. For more details, visit www.safe.com." Meanwhile, Vector One informs us Oracle is integrating Google Maps in its product suite, All Points Blog also discuss the implications.
Geospatial in Oracle and IBM's Informix
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Directions Mag offered an article on Google Maps integration in Oracle eBusiness suite, why it matters? From the article's conclusion: "There appears to be not only increased client demand, but also internal demand from Oracle product groups that want to use maps. With the addition of Google Maps, the result is a near perfect storm that could generate huge market awareness for spatially enabled applications at the enterprise level. With Google Maps as a basic mapping interface or with a more robust solution employing Oracle Spatial, the market for location intelligent solutions is about to get a huge boost." Meanwhile, GeoServer gets a nod from Oracle as the tool to bridge Google Earth and Oracle databases. Additionally, DM runs an interview regarding IBM's Informix Dynamic Server (IDS). From the introduction: "The new Web Feature Service DataBlade module implements an Open Geospatial Consortium(R) Web Feature Service (OGC WFS) in IDS to act as a presentation layer for the Spatial and Geodetic DataBlade modules. [...] The XML-based Geography Markup Language (GML) is used as the encoding for transporting the geographic features." See also related stories below.
DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1's Launch Successful 1 comment
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DigitalGlobe successfully launched their WorldView-1 high resolution earth observation satellite. From the press release: "DigitalGlobe, provider of the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today announced the successful launch and deployment of WorldView-1, the most agile commercial satellite ever flown. [...] WorldView-1, built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation with the imaging sensor provided by ITT Corporation, is a high-capacity, panchromatic imaging system featuring half-meter resolution imagery. With an average revisit time of 1.7 days, WorldView-1 is capable of collecting up to 750,000 square kilometers (290,000 square miles) per day of half-meter imagery." Directions Mag have some screenshots, while the Spatial Law blog underlines: "Some questions arose in connection with the launch regarding what restrictions the US government puts on the operations of commercial imaging satellites and under what authority."
Oracle Locator vs Oracle Spatial 1 comment
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hallkbrdz writes "Simon Greener's latest weblog post discuses the ways that users without the Oracle Enterprise Edition and Spatial option can still perform most common spatial functions using alternate methods or FOSS database packages: "This reflection has come about because of the many times I have gone to sites running Oracle Standard Edition (SE or SE1) that are, accidentally, using some of the “geoprocessing” functions in the SDO_GEOM package that are licensed only for use with Enterprise Edition (EE). Oracle XE adds to this confusion as it is shipped with the complete SDO_GEOM package. And, finally, the recent release of Oracle 11g continues the restricted use of certain SDO_GEOM package “geoprocessing” functions and their use in the related ST_* functions of the SQL3/MM (or OGC) type library."" APB also informs us of Oracle being targeted by SAP with their acquisition of Business Objects.
Oracle to Grant Direct Access to DigitalGlobe Imagery
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