Thursday, March 1st, 2012
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates posted a flat quarterly profit from ongoing operations on Tuesday as revenue dipped, but it boosted its dividend by 30 percent and growth at its satellite imaging unit impressed analysts. The company was hit by a loss of business after the Canadian military, to which it had supplied unmanned drone aircraft, withdrew
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe on Wednesday reported a 17 percent revenue increase for the fourth quarter and a 5 percent increase for the year, even as its net income and earnings per share dropped for both periods. Read More
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has outlined plans to invest in a new integration framework in order to cope with the expanded number of sources producing spatial data. According to agency documents, the solution will assist with the processing of geospatial and related non-geospatial to support business and system processes. Read More
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
A lidar instrument works like a radar, but uses instead the waves of light rays. It can be used to accurately measure the wind speed, making the power generation potential can be for a wind turbine also recorded very accurately.Traditionally, these measurements were carried out with an anemometer, which was placed at a height of 100
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
New nature zones covering hundreds of thousands of hectares are to be set up across England, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman revealed today. The 12 Nature Improvement Areas (NIA) announced today will each get a share of £7.5 million to create wildlife havens, restore habitats and encourage local people to get involved with nature. Read More
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Satellite navigation systems maker TomTom said on Tuesday it had booked a 31% drop in sales in the final quarter of 2011, booking net profit of €12m, compared with €52m in the year-earlier period. In particular, consumer sales of its satnav systems were down 40% in the fourth quarter and 28% over the full year, in
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
GIS is helping to tell the story of Gareth Morgan’s ‘Our Far South’ expedition to Antarctica. The objective of the expedition is to raise New Zealander’s awareness of the importance of the area between Stewart Island and the South Pole. This includes highlighting the reasons why this area is so valuable, the threats it is
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
CoPilot GPS will let users download maps onto their iOS device to use, even when they’re not connected to a network. The app will offer mapping capabilities, including millions of pre-installed points of interest, as well as route-planning capabilities. To that end, CoPilot GPS will deliver many of the same features found in ALK’s CoPilot Live
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
The Utah House of Representatives gave its approval to the first of multiple bills that would require the federal government to turn over land in Utah to the state or local governments. The House gave the nod to Rep. Ken Sumsion’s House Bill 511 which would empower counties and cities to use eminent domain to gain
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
A document setting out the objectives of a Strategic Plan for Environment and Development, to replace the 20-year-old Structure Plan, was unveiled for public consultation today. The Minister for Tourism and the Environment, Mario de Marco said the plan focused more on redevelopment of already used land, and the de-coupling of development and economic growth. Read
