Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
At I/ITSEC 2019 in Orlando, Florida, TerraSim will be demonstrating the VBS World Server, which underpins terrain data streaming and editing for VBS4. Our World Server is based on open standards for streaming terrain data to VBS4 and any other runtime system. A modular architecture allows the use of plug-ins for emerging and legacy terrain data
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
The group supports the International Organization for Standardization and helps further the nation’s position on asset management standards. DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert Strategic Asset Management Subject Matter Expert Shiv Iyer, Ph.D., PE, PMP, MIAM, has been elected vice chair of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC)
Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
Sumatra, November 26, 2019 – Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has conducted visual inspections of onshore flare stacks for energy major Chevron (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia). The inspection was done in Duri field, one of the largest production fields in Rokan PSC, Sumatra. Using a multirotor drone equipped with
Monday, November 25th, 2019
Major U.S. cities may be leaking far more methane into the atmosphere than government estimates suggest. New measurements found that up to twice as much gas is being released from six cities on the East Coast—Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Boston; New York; Providence, R.I.; and Baltimore—than estimates recorded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Their combined
Monday, November 25th, 2019
LAS VEGAS – Topcon Positioning Group announces a new strategy through their Topcon Solutions Store retail channel. Together with Autodesk, and as an Autodesk Platinum Tier Partner, the Topcon Solutions Store retail channel plans to expand top-tier service to civil-construction and BIM professionals through acquiring and adopting automation into their workflows. The plan calls for
Monday, November 25th, 2019
REDLANDS, California – Today at Dreamforce, Esri, the global leader in mapping and location intelligence, announced that Salesforce has selected Esri as the key geospatial partner for Salesforce Maps. Salesforce is integrating Esri’s ArcGIS Living Atlas, the foremost collection of global geographic data and basemaps. Salesforce Maps users will be able to access Esri’s ArcGIS
Monday, November 25th, 2019
In the midst of what has been called the planet’s sixth mass extinction, many scientists describe the rate of species loss on earth as having reached crisis levels. Faced with the epic challenge to halt, or at least slow, the disappearance of species, conservationists must make the best use of every dollar and minute of
Monday, November 25th, 2019
NACKA STRAND, Sweden – Hexagon AB, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Volume Graphics, a market leader in the industrial computed tomography (CT) software industry. Volume Graphics brings over 20 years of experience in non-destructive inspection and testing software development. The company’s high-end
Monday, November 25th, 2019
Berlin – Polosoft Technologies announced that their GIS data collection application(https://bit.ly/2ZdfaIO) has included the ED-50 zone to its features. ED-50 is a geodetic datum. There’s a different datum shift for the Universal Transverse Mercator grid. Germany, Netherlands, and Belgium lie in the ED-50 zone. ED-50 UTM zone is a CRS for large and medium scale
Monday, November 25th, 2019
DIN Innovation Award for Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann Never before has so much information about the Earth been available to mankind. Every day, satellites provide an enormous amount of data, for example on the climate, on changes in the atmosphere, or land use. The “Din-Spec 18114” standard developed by Dr. Peter Baumann, Professor of Computer
