Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Cambridge engineering design and information management solutions company AVEVA has acquired the software division of laser scanning firm Z+F UK. The move follows a long and successful partnership between the two companies – and allows AVEVA to expand its offering in the 3D data capture market. “There is no let-up in the need to extend the life
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Location solutions company Ubisense has bought a geospatial consultancy firm – based in the same building in Cambridge – for £2.4 million. It has acquired Realworld OO Systems – the UK subsidiary of Realworld Holding – which shares its St Andrew’s House premises in St Andrew’s Road. The cash consideration consists of £1.25 million on completion and
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
KISTERS presented its final results of the Surface Water Interoperability Experiments #1 and #3 to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) in Boulder, CO this past week. The end result of this work was KiWIS (KISTERS Web Interoperability Solution), the first commercially available and robust service module on the market. Used in combination with WISKI or
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies today announced that its latest fully functional mobile GIS software, SuperPad 3.0a, is officially launched to global market. SuperPad 3 consists of comprehensive and complete GIS functions, which integrates mapping, GIS, and GPS functions with hand-held devices and assists field surveyors in collecting, editing, and measuring spatial data in an easy and effective way.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Westernport Water, a utility in the state of Victoria, Australia, is using Bentley’s WaterGEMS water distribution modeling software, integrated with Open Spatial’s geographic information system (GIS) and Control Microsystems’ supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA), to cost-effectively operate and manage more than $43 million in water assets. The SCADA system
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Google Earth has been downloaded more than one billion times since it was first introduced in 2005. That’s more than one billion downloads of the Google Earth desktop client, mobile apps and the Google Earth plug-in—all enabling you to to explore the world in seconds, from Earth to Mars to the ocean floor. Read More
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Innovyze today announced the worldwide availability of the V4.0 generation of CapPlan Water, once again raising the bar for advanced business analytics solutions for water supply and distribution systems. Running on Innovyze’s industry-leading GIS-centric InfoWater package, the newest release is specifically designed to address user feedback by incorporating valuable capabilities that further optimize the replacement
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Infotech Enterprises GmbH, with more than 1,500 customers in Europe one of the leading providers of visualization solutions for CAD, announced today the release of the new version 11 of the CAD viewer Kubotek KeyView. Being development partner of the software producer Kubotek, Infotech plays a decisive part in the KeyView development. Version 11 comes
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
The newly established fourth Siemens Sector – Infrastructure & Cities – has now commenced operations. Since October 1, 2011, Siemens’ operational business has been divided into the following Sectors: Infrastructure & Cities, Industry, Energy and Healthcare. Siemens’ mobility business has also been restructured within this new organization. The reason is the company’s decision to focus
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
MakerBot Industries, creators of the affordable, open source Thing-O-Matic 3D printer, and the New Museum on the Bowery in Lower Manhattan, have joined forces for a unique art-meets-tech 3D design challenge. Showcasing the endless possibilities of the Thing-O-Matic, the New Museum MakerBot Challenge aims to push the concept of the “derivative,” by improving on or
