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Friday, October 28th, 2011

Vizada and MultiSAT Deliver Satcom Services and Solutions for Mining Industry

Vizada and Mexican service provider MultiSAT today announced that the companies are now offering a broad range of mobile satellite services and solutions for the Mexican mining industry. IsatPhone Link offers users a new low-cost, land-based global satellite phone service; vehicular BGAN turns any vehicle on the move into a mobile communications hub; and the

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Japan’s Geospatial Information Authority Targeted in Cyber Attack

The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) has been targeted in a cyber attack, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Takeshi Maeda told a news conference on Oct. 28 — the latest in a series of attacks on Japanese computer systems. Speaking in a news conference after a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 28, Maeda said,

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Leica Geosystems GNSS Reference Network for Bosnia and Herzegovina

With the installation of the GNSS Reference Station Network BiHPOS, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) sets the preconditions for a modern approach to accurate land measuring and land parceling. The European Union financed network consists of 34 reference stations and two control centers, a unique installation that brings together two regions in BiH. BiHPOS actually consists of two

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Blom Announces the Strengthening of Their Executive Management Team

Blom has made new appointments and taken the important decision to restructure its business to strengthen the company and to enable profitable expansion. The reorganisation will allow the business to become more competitive both on an international and local level. At executive management level Blom has appointed three Vice Presidents responsible for the company’s core activities.

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Leica Geosystems GNSS Reference Network for Bosnia and Herzegovina

With the installation of the GNSS Reference Station Network BiHPOS, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) sets the preconditions for a modern approach to accurate land measuring and land parceling. The European Union financed network consists of 34 reference stations and two control centers, a unique installation that brings together two regions in BiH.

Friday, October 28th, 2011

NASA Signs Earth Science Agreements with Brazil

During a visit to South America, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Thursday signed two cooperative Earth science agreements with Agencia Espacial Brasileira (AEB), NASA’s counterpart space agency in Brazil. One agreement formalizes NASA-AEB scientific collaboration on the Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, mission, while the other extends an agreement for the Ozone Cooperation Mission.

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Esri Incorporates Ordnance Survey OpenData into World Topographic Map

The Ordnance Survey’s (OS) small- and midscale OS OpenData products have been included in Esri’s World Topographic Map, the crowdsourced map at the foundation of Esri’s Community Maps program. The map service can be accessed from the basemap gallery in ArcGIS Online.

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Cartographers of the Infectious World

A global killer that eludes capture by changing its coat, influenza is one of the world’s most intractable viruses and consuming public health challenges. It infects 5–15% of the world’s population and kills up to about half a million people each year; a figure that rose to many millions in the three major flu pandemic outbreaks that

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Reve Erects Gamesa Wind Energy 4.5-MW STI First Wind Turbines

The independent certification body, GL Renewables Certification (GL), have Approved the machine, making it “finance” and bolstering STI sales potential. The device features six Technological innovations, while global STI testing plan, Unprecedented in the industry, Involved component 618 trials at 100 Accredited laboratories and testing centers (300,000 engineering hours validation). The turbine stands out in the construction industry

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Esri Incorporates Ordnance Survey Open Data into Community Topographic Base Map

Ordnance Survey’s (OS) small and mid-scale OS Open Data products are to be included in Esri’s Community Topographic Base Map (CTBM). In 2010, Esri created the CTBM for geospatial data holders, such as governments and organisations, to contribute information to.   Esri integrates this data in the CTBM and publishes it through ArcGIS Online as a map service.   Many