Monday, February 6th, 2012
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that IIC Technologies has purchased multiple licenses of its Correlator3D™ product. The transaction was brokered by Groupe SCE India, SimActive’s partner in India. “The high throughput and quality expected from Correlator3D™ puts us in a better position to undertake more challenging projects”, said
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Glynn Rhinehart has been named president of Fugro Chance Inc., which has 400 employees in Lafayette and Houston. Rhinehart has been with Fugro for 17 years, most recently as president of John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. which provides land surveying and aerial LiDAR mapping services to the oil and gas, railroad, and electric transmission industries throughout
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad plans to invest $3.9 billion in upgrades to its network this year. The railroad said Wednesday that its capital spending plan is $400 million bigger than its 2011 budget of $3.5 billion. Overall, the nation’s major freight railroads, which include BNSF, plan to spend about $13 billion this year, up
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Carntogher Community Association is working in collaboration with the Friends of Ballynahone Bog to deliver the ‘ENVISION’ project. The objective of the project is to collate and present the heritage assets of a rural community for the benefit of the local community and for the advancement of a successful rural economy in south Derry. These
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
In total, 3 contracts were signed: the contract signed with OHB System AG (DE) comprising 8 satellites for an amount in the order of €250 million. A second contract was signed with Arianespace (FR) for a booking option of up to 3 launches using Ariane 5 (booking fee of €30 million). A third contract was
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
GeoDigital, the world leader in LiDAR and imaging technology, demonstrated its combined Grid^Intel Online (GIO) and WorkStudio solution last week during DistribuTECH at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The GIO to WorkStudio process represents the industry’s first complete, end-to-end solution to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) vegetation and engineering
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani today announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation programme under the supervision of the European Space Agency.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Velosi has announced an association with India’s premier institution IIT Bombay, to offer IIT Bombay’s four-month Online Certificate Course in Piping Engineering. This course is relevant to engineers working in diverse sectors like petroleum refining and downstream processing, manufacturing of fertilisers and chemicals, power plants (thermal, nuclear as well as gas-based), ship building, cross-country pipeline
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The imager is light and small enough to be carried and operated even in remote, hard to access, and cluttered environments. Yet, it is ruggedized for use under demanding environmental conditions and excels at capturing completely dark scenes without emitting visible light or sound. It is a fast 3D acquisition system that allows capturing and processing
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
A new charity to look after England and Wales’ network of 200-year old canals and rivers will be given over £1 billion of Government help to give it the best possible start, Environment Minister Richard Benyon, announced today. This unprecedented funding for a new charity paves the way for the launch of the new Canal &
