MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012 , the largest event of geospatial industry in Latin America, is taking place from May 29 thru 31 at the Frei Caneca Convention Center in Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil, will recognize professionals, institutions, companies and brands that catch the eye in the geospatial industry.

MundoGEO#Connect 2012 Award, sponsored by Garmin, is now in its final stage. At first, the community voted to choose who should be in the Top 5 in each category. Then, vote to elect who should take the big prize of the geospatial industry in every category. Voting ends on May 14.

Most memorable international brand this topic has over 20 companies, named and separated into:

> Topographic and geodetic GPS

Ashtech
Leica Geosystems
TechGeo
Topcon
Trimble

> Total Stations

Leica Geosystems
Ruide
Sokkia
Topcon
Trimble

> Comercial GIS

GeoMedia/Apollo (Intergraph/Erdas)
ArcGIS (Esri)
MapInfo (Pitney Bowes)
Bentley Map (Bentley)
AutoCAD Map (Autodesk)

> Free GIS

gvSIG
Grass
Quantum GIS
Spring
TerraView

> Image Processing

eCognition (Trimble)
Erdas Imagine (Erdas)
Envi (ITT)
Geomatica (PCI)
Idrisi (Clark University)

> Satellite Images

DigitalGlobe
GeoEye
Eros (ImageSat)
RapidEye
Spot Image (Astrium)

The award presentation ceremony takes place on May 29, during the MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012. There is high expectation for this ceremony since there has been the participation of many companies, institutions and professionals, through campaigns to achieve a place among the five finalists of the categories. Instructions on how to vote at https://mundogeoconnect.com/2012/menu-superior/premio/vote-nos-finalistas/.

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MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2012
Where: Frei Caneca Convention Center, Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Date: May 29 thru 31
Information: https://mundogeoconnect.com/2012/en