Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
The City of Goteborg in Sweden is developing a portal for citizen use and information distribution. Geographic information system (GIS) technology is a key contributor to that effort. Vector1 Media editor Jeff Thurston interviewed Eric Jeansson, GIS-manager/City Planning Authority/Gothenburg City to learn more about the initiative and how the city is advancing the use of GIS
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
The candidate process, which will see the emergency services of England and Wales able to send updates for inclusion in the Country’s most definitive address database, the NLPG (National Land and Property Gazetteer), is set to be taken to the next level by gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets. Symphony Bluelight, the gazetteer management system that is already
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Today, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria unveiled their new digital-earth.eu project, a unique collaboration with a wide range of organisations from across Europe. The project involves experts in the use of geographical media in education, including specialists in teacher training and education. The goal is to connect these experts through a European Centre of Excellence in
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Once again, there will be an International Summer University of Environmental Sciences this year. Revolving around “Renewable Energies and Climate Protection” it will offer numerous lectures and courses in German and English from 21 August to 11 September. The deadline for registration is 30 June. UBA will participate with several lectures and will host the
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Global consulting company VisionConsult International takes advantage of the High Level Event on EU Funds Contribution to Roma Integration to present their “Village of the Future” project. The event in Sofia from 21 – 22 June 2011 is organized by the European Commission.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Blom are pleased to announce the completion of the Data Integration Framework Agreement with Ordnance Survey in the UK. This agreement has been in operation since 2002 and provided Ordnance Survey with aerial imagery and mapping services. These services were used to maintain the currency, accuracy and information content of Ordnance Survey’s core databases.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Geodata solutions provider Europa Technologies has launched a hosted mapping service to help the insurance industry react quickly to emergency situations. viaEuropa Express, to be unveiled at the ABI Biennial Conference in London, is a new online DaaS (Data as a Service) offering that brings the most detailed cartography of Great Britain direct to the
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the release of its NCS Workspace for Civil. The new workspace enables designers to incorporate the United States National CAD Standard (NCS) in Bentley’s industry-leading InRoads and GEOPAK 3D civil engineering design software.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
ICANN, the organization that governs Internet domain names, has agreed to open the possibility of registering top-level domains, like the present. Com or. Edu, names integers.This will allow a company or a city to register their name as a domain of the Web. Read More
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Satellite navigation system maker TomTom announced on Monday a new free application for iPhone and Android telephones. The app, TomTom Places, allows users to park their car and navigate to their final destination on foot. The app couples the location of a company to that of a user and allows the user to search for a
