Saturday, November 12th, 2011
The dark areas in these five Envisat radar images taken over Thailand from mid-September to early November show waters from the Chao Phraya River flooding the surrounding land and flowing south towards the capital, Bangkok. Since July, Thailand’s worst flooding in half a century has claimed over 500 lives. It has pushed tens of thousands of
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Leica Geosystems UK is proud to support and partner with the Class of Your Own (COYO) initiative to raise the profile of architecture, engineering and professional construction careers in UK schools. Aimed to inspire young people into the industry, COYO provides a hands on and focused Edexcel accredited Key Stage 3 project based curriculum to
Friday, November 11th, 2011
The mission control center of the new Spanish satellite Paz, due for launch at the end of next year, will be provided by GMV. The contract includes all platform-planning and image-capturing aspects, orbital control and antenna pointing plus management and monitoring of communications and onboard equipment. GMV will also provide the radar-image-distribution and user-management system. Paz
Friday, November 11th, 2011
GE today announced that it is working with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to investigate ways to improve wind farm productivity and efficiency. The results of the study will directly contribute to future product and service designs. The project is part of a larger Department of Energy (DOE) investment of $9 million to an IIT-led
Friday, November 11th, 2011
According to the protocol published on zakupki.gov.ru website ScanEx RDC is recognized as the winner of the Rosreestr (Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography) contest named “Creation of base maps for state real-estate cadastre and recalculation of land plots borders contained in state real-estate cadastre, land plot portions, buildings, facilities, unfinished construction sites
Friday, November 11th, 2011
In the two years since DMCii added 22m multispectral imagery to its geospatial data portfolio, the detailed satellite views of the Earth’s surface have proved highly-valued tools for farmers facing increasing pressures – not least of which is rising fertiliser costs. Acquired from the latest generation of DMC imaging satellites – UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 – this
Friday, November 11th, 2011
A 3D model from aerial surveying specialist Bluesky is helping developers, architects and planning professionals assess the impact of urban building projects in the North East England. Supplied to Virtual Newcastle Gateshead the Bluesky data forms an extension to an existing city model and will help improve decision making and realise time and cost savings
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
FARO Technologies, Inc. and KOREC, a specialist of surveying applications, have signed an agreement. Under these terms KOREC will supply the FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D. FARO is delighted to announce that it has signed a distribution agreement with KOREC to supply the FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D Laser Scanner, an instrument which uses laser technology to produce
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
FARO announces the availability of the new version of SCENE WebShare, its powerful tool for easy and safe sharing of scan data over the Internet. Thanks to WebShare scan projects can be published on a web server with only one click. WebShare permits easy access and sharing of laser scans generated with a FARO Focus3D within
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the immediate commercial availability of its new AECOsim Energy Simulator software and commercial availability in early Q1 2012 of its new AECOsim Building Designer software (currently in Bentley’s early adopter program). AECOsim Compliance Manager for LEED certification was released in May. The AECOsim family of products provides interdisciplinary building design, analysis, and simulation software focused on helping architectural,
