Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Limited budgets challenge the City of Regina to be innovative and resourceful when looking for ways to provide information to the public. Joining Esri Canada’s Community Maps Program in 2011 has allowed the City to cost-effectively share geographic maps and data, as well as access a wealth of mapping tools and content through ArcGIS Online.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Today’s launch of a European environmental satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will enable NOAA to continue capturing data that feed sophisticated, numerical prediction models used to forecast weather and climate in the United States, according to the agency’s top satellite official.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
3D models created from high resolution aerial photography are supporting the pioneering use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) on regeneration and construction projects across London. Created by Bluesky and supplied to David Miller Architects the 3D models accurately place the projects in their real world multi dimension context. This provides a base for the integration
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Based on the recommendations of ENGESAT, SuperGeo’s reseller in Brazil, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1 is adopted by LHSTP Consultoria Tecnica Ltda and Projects, an environmental consulting firm, to carry out the environmental monitoring and management projects for sustainable use and development of natural resources.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Today, at 22:28 hours local time (17:28 hours BST or 16:28 UTC), a Soyuz rocket successfully launched the Astrium-built Metop-B satellite into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A little less than one hour and nine minutes after the launch, the upper stage of the launch vehicle successfully released the satellite into its designated
Monday, September 17th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has become an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Member, following the decision of the ITU Council 2012 in July.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Data from The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the 2010 – 2020 job outlook for geographic information systems (GIS) professionals at all skill levels has never been better and is growing much faster than average. All geospatial occupations are expected to grow by at least 14 percent. This growth has created a need for
Monday, September 17th, 2012
1Spatial is delighted to announce that they will be presenting at this year’s GIS Ireland 2012 event on 11th October in Dublin. GIS Ireland is the largest one day independent Irish GI conference held each year. Attendees will hear about the latest cutting edge technology and developments in the industry, as well as how to maximise
Friday, September 14th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces the formation of a new OGC Land Information Domain Working Group (Land Info DWG) to address CAD, Land Information System (LIS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) interoperability challenges facing industry domains concerned with the built environment.
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman and founder of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), yesterday accepted the 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Systems award for the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC).
