Thursday, March 1st, 2012
GSE Systems, Inc. today announced new contracts valued at approximately $8.0 million involving nuclear, fossil, and process simulation, tutorials, and consulting services. Each of these projects was awarded during the first quarter of 2012. Jim Eberle, Chief Executive Officer of GSE, commented, “We believe that these awards evidence the breadth of our energy services solutions portfolio, reflect
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
KOREM today announced that it is expanding its existing Google Enterprise partnership to Europe. KOREM’S Google Enterprise partnership covers the Google Maps and Google Earth (Enterprise, Professional and Builder) products. With this extended territory, KOREM will be able to provide the European market with the same high quality enterprise solutions it has been delivering in
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates posted a flat quarterly profit from ongoing operations on Tuesday as revenue dipped, but it boosted its dividend by 30 percent and growth at its satellite imaging unit impressed analysts. The company was hit by a loss of business after the Canadian military, to which it had supplied unmanned drone aircraft, withdrew
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe on Wednesday reported a 17 percent revenue increase for the fourth quarter and a 5 percent increase for the year, even as its net income and earnings per share dropped for both periods. Read More
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has outlined plans to invest in a new integration framework in order to cope with the expanded number of sources producing spatial data. According to agency documents, the solution will assist with the processing of geospatial and related non-geospatial to support business and system processes. Read More
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
During the past decades the main problem in geographical analysis was the lack of spatial data availability. Nowadays the wide diffusion of electronic devices containing geo-referenced information generates a great production of spatial data. Volunteered geographic information activities (e.g. Wikimapia, OpenStreetMap), public initiatives (e.g. Spatial Data Infrastructures, Geo-portals) and private projects (e.g. Google Earth, Microsoft
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
GTA Geoinformatik GmbH presents revolutionary new technology for automatic 3D object reconstruction without help of any 2D map data at CeBIT 2012 At this years CeBIT in Hannover dated 06th to 10th March GTA for the first time presents a prototype of a new tridicon® software version, that enables the detection of 3D objects like
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
As there is still no agreement on the tax incentives are the energy performance of buildings, called the Construction Association of Schleswig-Holstein (BGV) support from the state government in Kiel. “Even though the state election is imminent, should not our government put his hands in his lap,” said the association chairman Thorsten Freiberg. “This stalemate means that
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
A lidar instrument works like a radar, but uses instead the waves of light rays. It can be used to accurately measure the wind speed, making the power generation potential can be for a wind turbine also recorded very accurately.Traditionally, these measurements were carried out with an anemometer, which was placed at a height of 100
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
New nature zones covering hundreds of thousands of hectares are to be set up across England, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman revealed today. The 12 Nature Improvement Areas (NIA) announced today will each get a share of £7.5 million to create wildlife havens, restore habitats and encourage local people to get involved with nature. Read More
