Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced today results for its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011. “While results for the third quarter were below our expectations, our core business continues to be strong,” said Matt O’Connell, GeoEye’s chief executive officer and president. “We renewed our Service Level
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
A project to reconstruct a Russian Orthodox Church located in the Czech Republic has deployed state of the art 3D laser scanning technology to quickly and accurately measure existing conditions; slashing survey times and costs. Local survey company, BW Precision Systems, in co-operation with design office Medika Projekt Karlovy Vary, first used a FARO Focus
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The global insurance major AXA is looking to the high seas for higher growth and margins from its Middle East operations. The insurer has identified underwriting marine-related risks as offering optimum prospects in the medium term. To this end, a new risk management service for marine cargo services in the region is being rolled out. It will
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Geoimage is thrilled to announce that they have cemented the relationship with PASCO Corporation, the Japanese distributor of ALOS satellite imagery, by signing up as the only authorised reseller of this popular, high resolution and low cost dataset in the wider Australia region. Wayne Middleton, CEO of Geoimage says: “We are a specialised spatial business and
Monday, October 31st, 2011
SolarWorld authorized installer Energy Independent Solutions has completed installation of 125 kilowatts worth of 250-watt Sunmodule solar panels – three-quarters on the roof, a quarter on the ground – to power the new, three-story educational, research and administrative center on the 118-year-old Phipps campus. Combined with energy efficiencies, solar hot water, natural light capture, and geothermal
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) released the industry’s first Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Model for China. The new model provides a fully probabilistic approach for determining the likelihood of losses to the country’s major crops: corn, cotton, rapeseed, rice, soybeans, and wheat. The model captures the significant effects that weather-related perils have
Monday, October 31st, 2011
A leader in networked communications, sensing and surveillance, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, navigation, air traffic solutions and information systems, Exelis also enjoys growing positions in cyber security, composite aerostructures, and logistics and technical services. Legacy core strengths include tactical radios, night vision and soldier-protection systems that continue to evolve and serve the warfighter. Non-technical users may
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The latest addition to the Esri education community’s GIS Careers Video series features GIS analyst and forester Chris Ferner. The video highlights Ferner’s work as she discusses the benefits of using GIS and related technologies in her position with the Colorado State Forest Service.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
NAVTEQ is supplying the map data and additional content such as 3D Landmarks to power the NDrive navigation application for smartphones which has recently been launched in Russia.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a € 2.3 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). The survey is part of the MAREANO project and will encompass an area over 12,000km² in the Barents Sea. The area is located 200km offshore in the northern-most part of Norway, near the Russian border, in water
