Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Topcon Europe Positioning announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire one of the company’s top construction distributors, IBS of Hamburg, Germany. The IBS company has been founded in 1978 by Hermann Ibs. Starting with construction laser sales, the company steadily grew to include the broad range of construction positioning products. Nowadays the 11
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
A significant update to Bentley AutoPIPE XM Edition – leading software for calculating piping code stresses, loads, and deflections under both static and dynamic loading conditions – provides improved productivity and increased interoperability with other computer-aided design (CAD) and analysis products. Bentley AutoPIPE XM analyzes systems of any complexity, with special features for buried pipeline
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
THE ECONOMIC TIMES – India’s Suzlon Energy, the world’s fourth-largest wind turbine maker, plans to invest about $1.4 billion to almost triple its production capacity by 2009, allowing it to expand at twice the pace of the rapidly growing industry. Read More
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
A well maintained road network is a must for the economic development and the well being of people in any country. Unfortunately, most developing countries do not poses such road networks. While the lack of funds is mainly to blame for not building new road networks and maintaining the existing ones the lack of proper
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
“This device is basically a radio, and on top of it is a sensor board which contains GPS,” said U.C. Berkeley Professor Nicholas Sitar. Now imagine thousands of these sensors raining down from a helicopter or plane, landing in front of an oncoming wildfire. “Often times in rugged terrain or with lots of smoke it’s
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
In time for one of the most important GIS events – the INTERGEO 2007 – GEOMAGIC will present the newest GIS solutions for pipeline operators: GeoCP and Global Transmission Office 4.1 (GTO). GeoCP is another important component for the Smallworld-GIS based Pipeline Integrity Management System (PIMS). GTO 4.1 has been a topic for quite a
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Low Carbon Transport Innovation Strategy – UK The Strategy, which we are publishing alongside the Government’s Energy White Paper, sets out a comprehensive approach to incentivising new technology development in the transport sector, building on the findings of recent work such as the Stern Review. It highlights the wide range of technologies which can contribute
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
SPEECH – RIGA, LATVIA Sep 11/07 – EU COMMISSION – It is a great honour for me to address you today as the Commissioner for transport. I am a Member of the European Commission together with my friend Andris Piebalgs and Commissioners from the other 25 member States of the European Union. Read More
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
This is a background paper for a workshop on ethics and GI/GIS to be held at the AGI Conference 2004 in London, UK. The workshop format begins with a brief overview of ethics and introduction to the use of ethical ‘case studies’, followed by a small group discussion period, during which previously prepared GI/GIS case
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
TIMES OF MALTA – The master plan and model of SmartCity Malta were unveiled by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi in the presence of senior Tecom Investments executives at the Gitex Technology Fair in Dubai yesterday. Read More
