Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
VIRTALIS has just shipped Version 1.1 of GeoVisionary. Sales of the pioneering 3D geosciences visualiser have sky rocketed over the last year, with leading geological institutions, mining companies and nuclear scientists world-wide all deploying GeoVisionary to view their data.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Kyocera Corporation announced that is has supplied 8,500 solar modules for a new 2-megawatt (MW) solar power plant which sits over four acres of unused farmland in north-western France. The plant was officially inaugurated on October 21 in Distré, in the French department of Maine-et-Loire. The large-scale installation is a flagship project in terms of sustainability, and
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Herefordshire Council has purchased a package of geo-spatial data from Getmapping. The package includes the latest 12.5cm resolution imagery of the whole county (2,400 sq km) plus 10cm resolution and oblique imagery for Hereford itself. This is complemented by Getmapping’s Digital Surface (DSM) and Digital Terrain Models (DTM) of the county, derived from the same
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Modern technologies, problems and perspectives of using space imagery for national defense and security will be discussed during the 5th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions”. On the second conference day – November 30 – a thematic section “Application of satellite data for building up national defense capacity”. The section sponsor
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Dublin City Council has activated its major emergency plan as a result of widespread flooding in the city. Sustained rainfall led to major roads, houses and one of the city’s main shopping centres going under water. An off-duty Irish police officer is missing in County Wicklow, close to where a river broke its banks. Read More
Monday, October 24th, 2011
SPATIALinfo recently signed RAMTeCH as a gold level certified engineering partner. Certified partners are elite engineering firms that purchase spatialNET licenses and undergo specialty training and testing to effectively map, model, and manage today’s communications networks. RAMTeCH is certified in fiber, RF, and route engineering to enhance their already well-rounded skills portfolio and maintain their
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Experience from around the globe suggests that environment is one of the biggest casualties of breakneck urbanisation. India’s rich ecosystem looks vulnerable because the country is in the throes of expanding its urban landscape. Consider this: India’s urbanisation between 2010 and 2030 is expected to raise per-capita carbon dioxide emissions to 3.0-3.5 tonnes from 1.0-1.2
Monday, October 24th, 2011
If you can provide scientific leadership of geoinformatics research and lead a new Geoinformatics Unit into a global centre of excellence to support implementation of the Centre’s research agenda, then you are the person we are looking for. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, and may require travel to international locations. Read More
Monday, October 24th, 2011
DepictionPrep, the streamlined version of Depiction built to help individuals, families and neighborhoods create visual preparedness plans, is just over the horizon. We’re opening up pre-orders now, and anyone ordering before DepictionPrep releases will pay only $24.95, saving 17%, and will get access to the pre-release beta version. Learn more below, and please help us
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Unfortunately, in the past several months so much misinformation has been published about this subject that many have been convinced that LightSquared and GPS cannot exist together. Every single GPS-related magazine is full of editorials and commentaries against LightSquared without giving substance and reason for what they write. Read More
