Saturday, December 24th, 2011
Virtual globes have increased in popularity since the first online offerings appeared in 2004–05. Since its release in mid‒2005, Google Earth has been downloaded over one billion times (Official Google Blog 2011), and there are now numerous virtual globe software applications available that cater to different audiences and industries.
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. Join us every Friday at 10:00 CET for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites. Read More
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. has named UK-based Green Structures as Autodesk Inventor of the Month for December 2011, citing the company’s use of Autodesk Inventor software and a range of other Autodesk Digital Prototyping technology in transforming the way energy systems are planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated within the built environment.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies introduces SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3, the spatial processing tool working with SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 to complete advanced spatial analyses and tasks. Designed for deriving information from geo-applications, the newly developed SuperGIS Spatial Analyst 3 provides users with various analysis methods such as geographic attributes and geometry relationship.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Following development of the BlomURBEX API, v3.1 of the BlomDESKTOP™ Viewer is now available. BlomDESKTOP Viewer is Blom’s stand alone geospatial data viewer and offers advanced measurement and interrogation capabilities. The latest release has largely focused on the addition of new features and the integration of BlomSTREET™, powered by Cyclomedia, ground level imagery technology.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
ESA’s CryoSat mission has been gathering detailed information on the thickness of Earth’s ice since its launch in 2010. Through international collaboration, this state-of-the-art mission is soon to be used to monitor conditions at sea for marine forecasting. CryoSat was built to measure tiny variations in the thickness of Earth’s ice. As a result, the mission
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that the digital version of The Year in Infrastructure 2011 is immediately available at www.bentley.com/YearInInfrastructure, and print copies can be requested at www.bentley.com/2011yearbook.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The takeover of satellite communicatuions service provider Vizada by aerospace communications company Astrium has now been completed, and Vizada’s activities will now be integrated into EADS Group company Astrium Services. Vizada comprises Vizada Americas, Vizada Networks, Vizada EMEA & Asia Pacific and Marlink. Read More
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Rapiscan Systems — a world leader in security screening and the official supplier of security systems for the London 2012 Olympics — is using Autodes +0.10% software to enable its engineers to collaborate more efficiently in the creation of the company’s innovative and powerful security products. With 14 major locations around the world, Rapiscan’s highly
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
China is set to make five commercial launches for foreign customers next year, a boost to realizing the goal of re-launching itself in the global aerospace industry, a senior industry official said. The five launches are a piggy-back launch of two Luxembourg micro-satellites for sea monitoring in January, launches of two communications satellites for Hong Kong-based
