10 most significant events in the global GIS market in 2010

The editors of the online publication Vector1Media have compiled their ranking of the events of 2010, which will have serious consequences for the development of the geospatial industry in the coming years.

• Esri's proposal for creating apps for iOS.
• The perspective of convergence with the Autodesk Project Galileo.
• Hexagon acquires Intergraph.
• Google launches Earth Engine.
• Small, light and cheap laser scanner Faro opens the market.
• OpenStreetMap gets corporate sponsors - Microsoft and MapQuest.
• ArcGIS 10.
• MobileMapper 100.
• NAVTEQ acquires PixelActive.
• Global 3D modeling service Skape.
• Trimble acquires the Earth Science Definiens division.

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