Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Siemens, Bombardier and other rail engineering firms have high hopes for the US market because the Obama Administration plans to promote the development of high-speed rail networks. Germany’s Siemens will showcase its Velaro ICE trains in Florida this week ahead of a bidding process in the state. Read More
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
SuperWebGIS 3 is a set of map server software assisting enterprises in publishing dynamic maps and spatial data to the Internet. However, when the demand of spatial data volume increase and users on client side have more and more service demands, a single server will become overloaded. Therefore, load balancing become an essential role in
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
FARO Technologies, Inc.er of portable me introduces the new FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D. Focus3D is a revolutionary, high-performance 3D laser scanner for detailed measurement and documentation with intuitive touch screen control that makes it as easy to operate as a digital camera. It is four times lighter and five times smaller than its predecessor and is
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Ashtech® today announced at Intergeo the immediate availability of Web Mission Planning, the first self-contained, completely automatic web-accessible GNSS survey planning tool. Anyone, anywhere can log in at www.ashtech.com and use the survey-planning tool free of charge to determine satellite visibilities. The new tool developed by Ashtech uses Google Earth mapping and is inter-active and completely
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Alstom has signed a contract with Guris Construction and Engineering through Guris’s subsidiary, Eolos Wind Energy Generation, for the construction of a new 24MW wind farm in Turkey. The 24MW Senkoy wind farm, to be built near the city of Hatay, in the southern part of Turkey, will comprise eight Alstom ECO 100 wind turbines of
Monday, October 4th, 2010
EURACTIV – Institutional investors have warned European countries that repeated policy changes across the continent are discouraging investment in low-carbon technologies. A paper released last week (30 September) by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) identifies changing legal frameworks as the biggest obstacle to private investment in technologies needed to create the shift to a
Monday, October 4th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – British woodland has returned to the levels of the 1750s, with tree cover having more than doubled since the end of the First World War, a United Nations report has shown. Read More
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency will continue mapping luxury real estateproperties across the country from the skies via helicopter raids over next week. This was announced by the Revenue Agency’s head Krasimir Stefanov to Darik Radio just days after the tax authorities launched the spectacular operation together with helicopter Air Detachment 28. Read More
Monday, October 4th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The African Development Bank has made infrastructure development a cornerstone in its development agenda with regional member countries. The Bank recognizes that lack of adequate social and economic infrastructure is one of the key constraints to short- and medium-term poverty reduction in Africa, and has thus been a major force in private
Monday, October 4th, 2010
VUEWorks, Inc. today announced VUEWorks® 2010, a major upgrade of its map-centric, web-enabled, GIS-integrated work order and asset management software. VUEWorks helps local government and utilities improve service delivery, minimize failure risk, comply with environmental/government regulations, and prioritize maintenance of all physical assets, including water, storm/sanitary pipes, facilities, roads and signage. Scheduled for release in
