Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
With an expected completion date in 2010, Algeria’s $11.2 billion East-West Highway is the largest public works project in the world. Its cost will be covered by Algerian oil revenues, a major source of income, part of which is funding the North African country’s current $60 billion economic development program. Begun in 2005, the six-lane
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Trimble today introduced new and enhanced surveying products as part of its Connected Site model—the new Trimble® S8 Total Station and Trimble 4D Control Software for engineering and monitoring applications; advances in Spatial Imaging with the next-generation Trimble GX™ 3D Scanner and enhanced field and office software that works with the Trimble VX™ Spatial Station; an
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Trimble announced today that it has acquired Ingenieurbüro Breining GmbH of Kirchheim, Germany, a provider of customized field data collection and office software solutions for the cadastral survey market in Germany. Financial terms were not disclosed. The addition of Breining software resources, expertise and products enable Trimble to further address local application requirements and provide customized
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Bentley collaborated with GSA on the development of “The Building Information Modeling (BIM) Guide Series 02 – Spatial Validation Program.” The guide helps designers developing Final Concept designs for GSA’s Public Buildings Services (PBS) meet GSA’s spatial program BIM minimum requirements. The
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
U.S. EPA – At a time of increasing concerns for urban sustainability, what are the physical, social, and economic values of urban forests in semi-arid climates where many of the world¿s fastest growing cities are located? Although urban forests are increasingly popular to improve environmental quality, little is known about their impacts on greenhouse gas
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
THE HERALD – An ambitious strategy to increase the value of the vital Shetland seafood industry, which is the social and economic cornerstone of Scotland’s most northerly island grouping, was announced yesterday. The industry supports almost a quarter of all jobs throughout the islands, and collectively seafood businesses in Shetland have an estimated output of
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Autodesk, Inc. today announced it plans to donate coordinate system and map projection technology to the geospatial open source community. The software, acquired from Mentor Software and its founder Norm Olsen, will help users to more easily support geographic coordinate conversions and allow accurate and precise geospatial analysis. The announcement was made today at the annual
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
The 12th edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, published by Times Books, part of HarperCollins Publishers, was released in September 2007 with the help of ESRI geographic information system (GIS) software for data maintenance, quality assurance, and map creation. Read More
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Intermap Technologies, Corp. announced that its commercial initiative to create a uniform high accuracy 3-D map of all of Western Europe called NEXTMap Europe can enable geospatial professionals to meet mandates spelled-out in Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament. The EU Directive mandates the establishment, within the next several years, of an Infrastructure for Spatial
Monday, September 24th, 2007
TORONTO STAR – Roger Tomlinson couldn’t have guessed that an idea he had nearly half a century ago would eventually make it on to the dashboard of his new car, although he did have a sneaking suspicion he had stumbled upon something profound. Read More
