Friday, May 28th, 2010
GOV INDIA – India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma announced that they had agreed to set up a trilateral satellite program, at the fourth Summit of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum held in Brasilia, Brazil, on 15 April 2010. The program will
Friday, May 28th, 2010
We invite presentation abstracts for the SPAR Europe 2010 conference, which will be combined with Plant-Tech 2010. The conference focuses on 3D data capture, processing and integration with CAD/GIS for engineering, construction, manufacturing and security. Abstracts on 3D imaging applications, or plant information technology for the oil & gas industry, may be submitted online at
Friday, May 28th, 2010
KeyCreator’s unique approach to 3D direct modeling gives users the freedom they need to be creative, practical and efficient in their design. This no nonsense style to CAD design and productivity uses Direct Dimension Editing to instantly drive changes to the model. Direct Dimension Editing means that model building and editing is done without concern
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that IMMCO, Inc., the leading U.S. provider of GIS, software, mapping, and network design services to the broadband industry, has joined Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription (ELS) program. Bentley’s innovative ELS provides competitive advantage while
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Arianespace marks the 50th flight of Ariane 5 when this workhorse heavy-lift launcher successfully lofts the ASTRA 3B commercial telecommunications satellite and Germany’s COMSATBw-2 secure military relay platform. Read More
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The disaster alert status in Germany’s Brandenburg state has been bumped up to level four as high waters continued to menace the region. Water levels along the Oder and Neisse rivers are still climbing. Read More
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Worried about the poor state of electricity generation in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the ministry of power and other relevant agencies to immediately restart the implementation of power sector reforms. The Federal Government is also jointly executing a $300 million pilot project in renewable energy, with the provision of $100 million, while
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Computer scientist Adolfy Hoisie has joined the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to lead PNNL’s high performance computing activities. In one such activity, Hoisie will direct a group of scientists designing supercomputers and their software applications simultaneously — so all the components of a supercomputer can be optimized and focused on one kind
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Starting on 11 June 2010, ten stadiums will be used for the World Cup in South Africa, the 19 FIFA World Cup since the competition began and the first to be hosted in Africa. EADS Astrium subsidiary Spot Image is pleased to present satellite views of these ten stadiums, acquired by the KOMPSAT-2 satellite as
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
In this book, the authors outline some of the key pitfalls and deficiencies in ecological monitoring programs and long-term studies. They describe some the features of monitoring programs and long-term studies that are essential to make them viable, using case studies such as those of Rothamsted (UK) and the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (USA). Based
