Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®, celebrates its world-wide recognition from the International Map Trade Association (IMTA) as a top producer of cartographic software and innovative technology winning the coveted ‘IMTA Global Award’ at its November conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Accepting the
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The stream of news from Japan has dwindled, and the sensational imagery that had once gripped the world has lost its hold. An organization known as the Nagasaki Archive works to counter the fading impact of such watershed historical events through the creation of interactive, digital maps. Starting with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki over
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The multidimensional concept of sustainability has been integrated as a central aspect of contemporary urban planning and policies in various ways across the Nordic Countries, Europe and beyond. Although a kind of definitional consensus could have been developed in the meantime, emphasising the integration of economic, social and environmental issues in a cross-generation perspective, the
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The BBC News website’s crash map, which shows all recorded deaths on Britain’s roads between 1999 and 2010, has been enormously popular. As a result, we have received hundreds of emails asking a range of questions. Here are the answers to some of the most frequent. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause layer of the atmosphere. NASA’s Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX) will conduct the science campaign over the Pacific Ocean from three locations in 2013 and
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc. has purchased its Correlator3D™ product for deriving accurate digital elevation models (DEM). With Keystone’s growing production requirements, it was necessary to use robust photogrammetry software able to handle large statewide and multiple county projects. SimActive’s Correlator3D™ was perfectly
Monday, December 5th, 2011
aisle411, the premier mobile retail navigation service that saves shoppers time and frustration by helping find what they are looking for in-store, today announced that Hy-Vee Food Stores has deployed the aisle411 platform. Shoppers can access the aisle411 in-store shopping platform for Hy-Vee Food Stores within aisle411’s iPhone and Android applications, as well as within
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Mincom announced a significant new contract with the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia. Under the agreement, Mincom will support a substantial upgrade of the asset-management processes of the PTA, which provides integrated road, rail and ferry services in the greater metropolitan area of Perth (the State capital), as well as rail and coach services throughout
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Indra is planning to unveil its advanced railway traffic management solution, ticketing and access control systems, as well as its STACrail, a system for assisted exploitation, at BcnRail, the international railway industry show in Barcelona, Spain. The DaVinci system for railway traffic management solutions has been developed with Adif, which is being used in the Spanish
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
As the International Year of Forests comes to a close, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s North American Environmental Atlas and the North American Forest Commission (NAFC) have teamed up to produce a new map of the primary forest ecological zones of North America. The national forest inventories for the three countries, with data from approximately 4.5 million
