Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
The first version of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) iPhone App is now available via the iTunes store. This free App gives users access to a wealth of information wherever they go. The DLR App is a dynamic online news aggregator that compiles all relevant information on DLR research areas of space, aviation, energy and
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
See the projects in the running to be nominated for project of the year! This Friday, CG/LA releases it’s list of top “50 Infrastructure Projects in Latin America” along with it’s list of “Top 25 Brazilian Infrastructure Projects.” Each year, CG/LA selects the most strategic and influential projects from across the region to be highlighted and
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Fugro-BKS Limited, a leading supplier of geographic information products and services, has acquired an UltraCamXp digital aerial camera system from Vexcel Imaging (a Microsoft Company). This new purchase will further enhance the digital photography capability of Fugro in Europe and ensure that the company continues to operate at the forefront of technology. The large format camera will complement the company’s existing
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Getmapping has delivered 2010 aerial imagery to Mid Devon District Council providing an up-to-date and highly detailed backdrop to the Council’s mapping systems. The Council makes extensive use of its imagery across a wide range of departments including, address management, development control and planning enforcement, environmental health, land charges and estates management.
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Leica GeoMoS Web is a web-based service for visualization and analysis of monitoring data via the Internet. Each authorized user, including customers and partners, can access their monitoring project anywhere, anytime – just by using a webbrowser, PDA, or mobile phone. A new automatic reporting tool, many options for analyzing andvisualizing monitoring data, and other
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Valtus Imagery Services, a division of North West Geomatics Ltd. and Intermap Technologies, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a partnership whereby the NEXTMap USA digital surface model (DSM) delivered via web services as a shaded-relief image will be made available through the Valtus distribution and delivery channel.This product will be accessible through Valtus’ Views: Spatial
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Geographical indications (GIs) have been a neglected area in the various fora addressing biodiversity and intellectual property. This neglect is due to several reasons, among them the fact that GIs were long viewed as a protectionist strategy and an issue of interest mainly to Mediterranean Europe. The situation changed only in the last decade or
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Conservation organizations in Quebec, Canada and abroad say they are looking forward to Premier Jean Charest’s inaugural speech for what they expect to be an articulation of a visionary approach to balancing conservation and development, with respect for Aboriginal rights and communities interests in the Plan Nord.
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Premier Ed Stelmach says nothing short of the province’s future growth is at stake during the spring sitting of the Alberta legislature. The government plans to revise two land-use laws it says are critical to solving the power and planning needs of a rapidly growing population. But those same laws have had cabinet members and government legislature
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Imagined cities built from the fragments of real ones: something similar is happening in Tout bien rangé, a cartography-based artwork by French artist Armelle Caron. It consists of a series of map pairs, one a blind, but recognisably real city map, the other what looks like an assembly kit for that same city, with the its
