Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Thanks to recent advances in technology, marine archaeologists are finally able to make a full 3D map of the world’s most famous shipwreck more than 25 years after its discovery. RMS Titanic will never be raised from her resting place two and a half miles down. She can however be raised virtually for all to explore
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
ViryaNet Limited announced today that Globema, a ViryaNet partner, was selected to implement and integrate ViryaNet’s mobile workforce management solutionfor Emitel, a broadcasting services provider in Poland. As the leading terrestrial radio and TV broadcast infrastructure operator in Poland, Emitel provides radio, TV and communications services, utilizing a mobile crew of 300 technicians. ViryaNet’s mobile workforce management solution (re-branded
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that it has donated a selection of 24 Bentley software products, including MicroStation and ProjectWise, to Engineers Without Borders – USA (EWB-USA). The products will be available for use by all of EWB-USA’s 12,000 volunteer members – most of whom are university students – to help them design, engineer, and construct
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
CN announced today the sale of two rail line segments in the Greater Toronto Area to Metrolinx for C$310.5 million. GO Transit’s Richmond Hill commuter rail service operates over a portion of CN’s Bala Subdivision. Metrolinx is acquiring a segment of the subdivision from approximately Rosedale Valley Road north through the Don Valley to CN’s main east-west
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Using a powerful online server, high resolution images of hundreds of European cities can now be streamed direct to the desktop. The partnership between two of the UK’s leading geospatial data providers – Bristol based Blom UK and Leicestershire based Bluesky, has opened up access to some of the most up to date geographic imagery
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Getmapping’s complete aerial photographic survey of Scotland will soon be available as a comprehensive set of terrain scenery for the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator, ‘Generation X’ edition. The 3rd volume, Scotland South, created by Horizon Simulations for Playsims Publishing, covers over, 30,000 sq/km and is supplied on 7 DVDs. The 4th volume, due in April,
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Autodesk Inc. unveiled new design tools and a revamped cloud-computing platform called Autodesk 360 that lets customers use the programs over the Internet. The new package includes design, engineering and entertainment software, the San Rafael, California-based company said today. It connects to Autodesk 360, letting users store, edit and share their designs. The system also lets customers
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC) organized recently a technical workshop entitled ‘Using Satellite Imagery in Geospatial Data Systems’ which was well-attended by representatives of the Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure Programme (AD-SDI) member entities and industry experts. Read More
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Surrey Heath Borough Council is using interactive maps for the public consultation stage of a major development, the Camberley Town Centre Area Action Plan. The maps built into Council’s website enable citizens to go online, view maps, aerial photography, download details of the proposed development and leave comments. This facility is enabled through Astun Technology’s
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Nokia today announced that its Location & Commerce unit’s Enterprise reseller, WebMaps, is providing NAVTEQ® Maps for ANERPV’s new real-time vehicle tracking system. With this advanced technology solution, the NAVTEQ Map is used to provide geographical coordinates and enable satellite positioning of vehicles reported as stolen. The most important feature of the Webmaps solution is
