Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Initiatives are continuing to lift Ukraine’s moratorium on the sale of agricultural land. To the surprise of many commentators, Parliament passed the Law on State Land Cadastre, well ahead of the expected Autumn 2012 schedule. The next logical step towards lifting the moratorium would be the adoption of the Law on the Land Market. Several
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
The new statewide LiDAR point cloud dataset will include more than four terabytes of elevation data, consisting of billions of individual X,Y,Z data points precisely mapping the surface of Indiana. This new elevation dataset is an extremely powerful tool that will support many projects across Indiana, but it can also be daunting to work with,
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Aquatic Informatics Inc. announced the successful implementation and launch of the AQUARIUS system today at the Water Survey of Canada’s Thunder Bay office in Ontario, Canada. After a thorough testing period, Thunder Bay is the first of the organization’s 28 offices to switch its complete real-time operations to the AQUARIUS system. The deployment of AQUARIUS will
Friday, September 16th, 2011
A EuroGeoss Web Seminar on “The Earth’s Environment, Observations and Benefits” is planned for Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 14:00 UTC. The seminar will focus on the benefits of improved Earth observation on decision-making at local and global scales. The event will last one hour, with time for questions at the end. It will be presented by Steffen
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Thvilum started working with g.on aimPort by using it when providing services to their numerous Danish customers. These mostly use AutoCad LT with Thvilum GIS to edit and view their maps of water or heating distribution networks. After editing these maps, the users are now able to upload them directly to aimPort and view their
Friday, September 16th, 2011
GRAPHISOFT VP of Product Development Miklos Szovenyi-Lux and President of CABR-ADI Ma Lidong signed the Memorandum setting out the terms of the strategic partnership. The parties have agreed to cooperate in a concerted effort to promote the application of GRAPHISOFT’s leading BIM software, ArchiCAD, and lead the development of China’s architectural design and construction industry.
Friday, September 16th, 2011
SeaZone is significantly expanding the data available in its products, both in terms of geographical coverage and data features. Data from hydrographic offices, research institutions, private companies and NGOs throughout the world is being incorporated into the SeaZone suite of products. SeaZone sources datasets from definitive data providers, ensuring only official and accurate information is utilised in its products. Read
Friday, September 16th, 2011
HOK has added four new leaders to its global Aviation + Transportation leadership team to support continued international growth. Steven Morris,AIA, ASCE, is the new director of global marketing for HOK’s Aviation + Transportation group. Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, he is leading HOK’s efforts to bring its aviation and transportation industry expertise and design
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) will present a report to the Government today on the latest climate change research. The report will be used in support of Sweden s actions on climate change. In the report, SMHI indicates that the effects of climate change are expected to be more serious than previously estimated,
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Norway has just finished the first season of seismic survey in the newly established border area in the Barents Sea. Russia plans to start in 2012. The vessel “R.V Harrier Explorer” and the company PGS Exploration has just finished this year’s surveying of the Barents Sea floor. A total of 11,400 linear kilometres of two-dimensional seismic
