Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
New research is published outlining use and benefits of Planning Performance Agreements; and new practice note and case studies made available. Over 95 per cent of English local authorities that responded to a national survey support the idea of Planning Performance Agreements. The findings are published today in an evaluation report commissioned by the Department for
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
The Control Freaks at CompassData recently passed an important milestone. We added our 15,000th GCP to our Online Archive. It is the largest online archive of photo-identifiable Ground Control Points. When you order any of our GCPs, you also receive supporting metadata including site photos, data precision reports and point sketches. There is no other archive like
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – Finland’s Ministry of the Environment is in the process of simplifying considerably the fire regulations regarding the construction of wooden apartment buildings. The aim is to better facilitate the use of wood when building multi-storey apartment buildings. The Ministry is preparing new building regulations, according to which wood-frame apartment buildings up to eight storeys high
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
The recent PETEX 2010 conference saw the oil and gas exploration and production community come together for a week in Earl’s Court. The conference was supported by an extremely well attended exhibition that allowed product and services companies to present their offerings to a combination of oil & gas professionals and recent graduates.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Vertice is now a member of the Autodesk Architecture Preferred Industry Partner Program and the only company outside the USA to have been selected in this program for Architecture. The collaboration between Autodesk and Vertice helps to provide a stronger, more accurate foundation for creating designs more efficiently. “Together, Autodesk and Vertice provide an easy and
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
The GEOQINETIQ GEOMATICS GOLD MEDAL PRIZE was held successfully at the Ladi Kwali Conference Centre, Sheraton Hotel; Towers, Abuja – Nigeria on the 25th November 2010. The occasion was held under the theme “Geomatics and the Opportunities it presents for our Nation’s Development” and was graced by the august presence of the Chairman of the
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Representatives from FOREST EUROPE’s signatory countries are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 14-15 December 2010 to discuss issues that will be raised at the FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe scheduled for 14-16 June 2011 in Oslo, Norway. The ministers responsible for forests in Europe will take political decisions on
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
BroadMap, a leading Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, services and solutions provider, and TrueVector Technologies, a first-generation interactive mapping company, today announced an agreement that combines BroadMap’s premium geospatial data and GIS services with TrueVector’s interactive online maps. TrueVector Technologies solves diverse challenges for clients by using online mapping tools that visually display data and provide
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
AAM Industrial Surveyors are tasked with a variety of projects that involve supplying accurate 3D as-built information about a structure; deformation monitoring of surfaces subject to wear, and mapping objects in motion. This case study describes a package of works, dubbed ‘Measure, Monitor, Map’, undertaken at BlueScope Steel’s Number 5 blast furnace at Port Kembla during
Monday, December 13th, 2010
After several years of public debate and planning, construction has begun on the Milton-Madison Bridge along the Kentucky-Indiana border in the US. The work involves reinforcing the bridge’s original support piers as well as replacing the ageing superstructure with a wider and safer one.
