Friday, November 12th, 2010
All major oil and gas/condensate fields, all major oil and gas pipelines including those under construction and planned, LNG import and export terminals, gas processing plants and underground gas processing facilities and oil refineries and tanker terminals. Read More
Friday, November 12th, 2010
AND Automotive Navigation Data, the independent Dutch mapmaker of navigation mapping data, has completed the map of North America. The full Digital Map of Canada and the USA is now available for commercial use. The vector-based digital map has more than 11.5 million kilometer. The map contains all roads, streets, house numbers, cities and villages.
Friday, November 12th, 2010
GHANAWEB – Today the 17th of November is world Geographic Information Systems (GIS) day. A day set aside by users, developers and vendors to showcase to the world real-world application of GIS. GIS day is held each year across the globe in the third week of November, on the Wednesday during Geography Awareness Week. A
Friday, November 12th, 2010
THE ECONOMIST – Last month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled “The True Size of Africa”, which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African continent. His aim was to make “a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy”—in particular, the fact that most
Friday, November 12th, 2010
The Climate and Vulnerability Commission recommended in their report (SOU 2007:60) that Lantmäteriet should be commissioned to produce a New National Elevation Model (In Swedish: Ny Nationell Höjdmodell) with high accuracy. (Standard error should be better than 0,5 m for grid points in a 2 metre grid). During 2008, Lantmäteriet prepared a production plan for
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
To address the challenges of sustainable management and development of the built environment, engineers and facility managers need to exploit the 3D City models which grown in recent years to include interior space. A crucial issue for facilitating interaction with these 3D city models is the ability to integrate 3D BIM into the geospatial context.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Esri is working with NetHope to make technology more accessible and applicable to its members. Esri supports NetHope by providing geographic information system (GIS) software and support via the Esri Nonprofit Organization Program, collaborating with technology leaders such as Intel and developing GIS solutions for humanitarian relief.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The Carmel Tunnel, a new traffic route and the longest of its kind in Israel, will open under strict eco-friendly standards next month in Haifa, Israel’s chief port and third-largest city. The 3.5-mile route is built atop a former landfill and connects Haifa’s eastern and western districts, redirecting drivers from downtown to an alternative route to
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Colortrac, an important innovator in the field of wide format scanning technology, has achieved a breakthrough in improving the scanning workflow of large format documents with the launch of the SmartWorks Pro software family. These newTouch Screen enabled products are designed to utilise all the features of the SmartLF scanner family in a way that improves the scanning
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking a Forest Economist for its EFICENT-Observatory for European Forests (OEF) in Nancy, France. Please find the job announcement attached or see at http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/human_resources/careers/open_posts/ The contract will be until the end of 2012, with the possibility of extension. Deadline for application is 30th of Nov.
