Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
With encouragement from the National Association of Regional Councils, Esri is now offering enterprise license agreements (ELAs) to regional governments in the United States. Thousands of federal, state, and local governments already leverage Esri’s government ELAs to centralize geospatial data and enhance operations across departments. Extended availability of government ELAs brings unlimited use of ArcGIS
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Egypt and Saudi Arabia hope to construct a giant bridge spanning the Gulf of Aqaba for road and rail traffic. Officials at Egypt’s Ministry of Transportation have confirmed to SPIEGEL that the project, under discussion since 1988, has finally been approved. Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has reportedly put General Abdul Aziz, the chairman of
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
High quality addressing is a critical need for local authorities, transport, utilities, emergency services and other applications that depend upon finding locations. This information is integrated into workflows and business processes, adding considerable valuable to almost all other data holdings. Aligned Assets is a UK-based company that has been involved in gazetteer management system development.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has officially acquired Manatron following regulatory clearance in the U.S. and Ukraine. Manatron is a provider of property tax automation and land registry software for governments and municipalities around the world, and was acquired from Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity firm. Manatron’s flagship
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
DW International Ltd now supplies RAIM prediction information from the GNSS RNP/RAIM Prediction Service directly to Smart4Aviation for its airline operator partners such as Air Canada for use with their pre-flight planning. RAIM prediction is required by airline operators performing PBN operations relying on GNSS as a navigation aid.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Mr. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hansjörg Kutterer, president of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), chairman of the Global Geodetic Observing System GGOS (Global Geodetic Observing System) has been appointed. Order by GGOS is to contribute to the observations of the Earth system.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Underground construction and civil engineering projects may cause displacements of the Earth’s surface. Frequently, extensive terrestrial surveying programmes are required to monitor surface movements related to construction activities such as the complex building project of a new underground line in the Hungarian capital Budapest. In addition to the terrestrial surveillance, Astrium GEO-Information experts conducted a monitoring
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
It was not until the sixteenth century that ‘documents of origin and identity came to be demanded as a matter of course’ in Europe. The earnest documentation of populations in Asia however, began in China four thousand years ago during the Xia Dynasty. Unlike the west, where registration is based on the individual, since its
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Turkish Cyprus has begun providing electricity to Greek Cyprus, marking the beginning of continued cooperation, a top Turkish Cypriot official said Monday in Ankara. “This is a purely humanitarian move. We hope sharing electricity and water will strengthen peace,” Turkish Cypriot Minister of Energy Sunat Akın said. Read More
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
A comprehensive guide to Singapore’s biodiversity was launched on Monday. It is the country’s first encyclopedia on Singapore’s natural history and heritage. The encyclopedia – “Singapore Biodiversity” – was launched by President S R Nathan along with key stakeholders of environment conservation in Singapore. Those present included the Environment and Water Resources Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, MP for
