Sunday, October 21st, 2007
DUTCH NEWS.NL – Plans to build a gas pipeline from Norway to the Netherlands, the UK or Belgium have been cancelled, the Financieele Dagblad reported on Saturday. The Netherlands had hoped to establish itself as a gas distribution point for north western Europe if project had gone ahead. Read More
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
UK GOVERNMENT – Proposals for better protection and better regulation of the seas around Britain have received broad public support. There were 8,519 responses to the Marine Bill White Paper ‘A Sea Change’ with 82 per cent supporting the Bill. The Bill would introduce new laws to improve the conservation and management of the UK’s marine
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
ESRI will demonstrate the power and flexibility of ESRI’s ArcGIS platform to manage geospatial intelligence at the GEOINT Symposium held in San Antonio, Texas, October 21–24, 2007. ESRI presentations and exhibits provide an opportunity for the national security, defense, and intelligence communities to see the unique capabilities of geographic information system (GIS) technology to integrate and
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
THE HERALD – BT should be prepared to give substantial sums of community benefit to any wind farm it erects in the Northern Isles, an MSP has warned. Rob Gibson, SNP Highlands and Islands MSP, was speaking yesterday following the publication of BT’s plans to establish a network of wind farms to generate up to
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Pixelweave 3D announced today that Marshall Reiss has joined the full-service 3D visualization company as project director and managing partner. Reiss, PMI-certified in project management, will oversee all 3D projects, ensuring that clients consistently receive top quality deliverables on time and on budget. “We are honored to have Marshall join our team,” said Mark Bradshaw,
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
MapDotNet Server is the .NET GIS platform that provides extensive support for Virtual Earth integration. Organizations can create interactive maps that provide geospatial visualization and analysis capabilities. Microsoft and MapDotNet innovations result in an elegant but powerful package According to ISC, customers worldwide are eager to take advantage of the latest innovations in mapping and
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Advances in technology today are enabling new companies to participant in areas that were previously only reserved for large companies. Labour shortages are also compounding issues, particularly for civil engineering companies, who are facing growing problems in maintaining skilled staff, particularly those who know how to operate and apply the latest software tools. The result
Friday, October 19th, 2007
MapCruncher Beta for Microsoft Virtual Earth makes it easy to publish maps overlaid in an application using the Virtual Earth map control. Once you are familiar with the tool, it will take you about ten minutes to generate a new tile layer.
Friday, October 19th, 2007
The European Science Foundation (ESF), the Swedish Research Council (VR), and the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) have agreed to join forces to promote Global Change Research through an international, interdisciplinary conference series. The three partners signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement on 10 October 2007. Read More
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Bluebeam Software, Inc., announced the release of Bluebeam Conversion Server v3.0, for automated conversion of CAD, Office and Windows files to 11 formats including PDF, DWF, and TIF. Bluebeam adds management and reporting tools to its latest version that simplify software configuration, add administrative control and provide web-based status reports.