Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Fifty-seven years ago this week, the USN/Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart became the first and only seaplane ever to exceed the speed of sound. Convair test pilot Charles E. Richbourg was at the controls of the experimental sea-based fighter. In 1948, the United States was looking to develop a sea-based supersonic fighter as a means projecting naval
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Ontario’s Liberal government has entrenched the legal rights of 1,800 proposed renewable energy contracts – making it impossible for a new government to cancel them. The Liberals have changed the terms for approving contracts under its feed-in tariff program or FIT. Under the old system, the Ontario Power Authority, which signs the contracts with power developers, could
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
The U.S. Agency for International Development will continue its series of weekly seminars at the National Press Club. Tomorrow, USAID will hold its fifth and final seminar, entitled “Geospatial Information Systems: More than Making Maps, It’s about ‘Thinking Spatially.'” Read More
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
After appearing to make progress in cooling tensions over the South China Sea in recent weeks, Southeast Asia and China face the potential for more trouble ahead as oil and gas companies expand their exploration work in the contested waters. Read More
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Cityworks announced its collaboration with Information & Graphics Systems Consultants L.L.C. (InfoGraph) as the primary distributor of Cityworks software products within the Middle-Eastern Kingdom of Jordan. In addition to distribution, InfoGraph will be providing Cityworks for Arabic versions. As a result of this alliance Cityworks anticipates growth within the Middle East in the near future.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
English Heritage has undertaken a project with funding from MEDIN to expand its database of historic shipwrecks to include post war losses. The project, which has now been completed, involved carrying out desk based research checking and combining information from various sources and has resulted in the recording of over 500 wrecks. Read More
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Geographic Technologies Group was selected for multiple software contracts and services including: City of Santa Fe, New Mexico – upgraded to Community Connect AVL for GeoBlade Dispatch, purchased GeoBlade Mobile with Community Connect AVL, purchased GeoBlade Route and GeoBlade Notify, and upgraded to GeoBlade Dispatch. City of Dublin, Ohio – purchased two (2) GeoBlade Crimes seats. GTG is currently working
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
TerraEchos Inc., a leading provider of covert intelligence and surveillance sensor solutions, has been named an IBM Advanced Partner in Information Management. This agreement positions TerraEchos as a reseller of the IBM InfoSphere Streams technology, an advanced computing platform designed by IBM for ‘big data-in-motion’ analytics. “This agreement further deepens and expands TerraEchos’ relationship with IBM,”
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Spatial Corp. announces 3D ACIS Modeler and 3D InterOp R22. The release supports Spatial’s commitment to enhance ACIS and 3D InterOp based on developer and end-user needs. ACIS R22 introduces an innovative approach for uncovering the root cause of modeling failures, enhances point cloud capabilities and performance, and offers new functions for improving modeling robustness.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
In recent years, the German and Swedish based company has turned to modeFRONTIER to drive the design simulations, in order to try to achieve improved greater drag reduction, increased speed with lower traction power and increased cross-wind stability. modeFRONTIER was an ideal choice of tool for this work for a variety of reasons:
