Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
RoK-FOR is a three-year 1.7 million euro EU FP7 project, which aims to connect the forestry sectors of five partner European regions (North Karelia, Croatia-Serbia, Baden-Wurttemberg, Aquitaine-Basque country and Catalonia. It focuses on the fields of bio-energy, bio-based products and wood construction.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the 2011 William T. Pecora awards to Alan H. Strahler, professor of geography and environment at Boston University, and to the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing at a ceremony Tuesday in Herndon, Va.
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, the new workbook from Esri Press, combines step-by-step tutorials with independent exercises to teach readers the skills needed to apply mapping and analysis to police work. Designed for both classroom instruction and self-study, the book includes a 180-day trial version of ArcGIS 10 for Desktop software and real crime data
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Corporate Strategist Oliver Rothschild has joined the board of Bluesky. In his new role as Non Executive Director of the Leicestershire based aerial survey company, Rothschild will bring a valuable network of contacts, extensive board experience and a successful track record of business development. He is active in a range of industries and holds a
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
TomTom today announces an extended contract with the USGS, the nation’s central repository and distribution center for geospatial information. Through the renewed contract, the USGS will continue to use TomTom’s highly accurate maps to support The National Map Viewer and the US Topo. The transportation layer of MultiNet, TomTom’s premiere map product, is available for
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
The TermWorks data mapping solution will help organizations map their current local clinical terminologies to the pan-Canadian standards. Apelon’s consultants will assist in Infoway’s deployment of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) Workbench software. The Workbench is a comprehensive international terminology tool for managing the pan-Canadian SNOMED CT release. Read More
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
From now until 31 st December 2011, orthorectified 4-band DigitalGlobe imagery provided with a resampled 2m resolution is available from Geoimage at a whopping 70% discount off the recommended retail price. DigitalGlobe satellite imagery has been used for a multitude of projects for almost 10 years, from mining to agriculture, engineering to forestry, and for many government mapping
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) has purchased its Correlator3D™ product for deriving accurate digital elevation models (DEM).
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Getmapping has recently updated its aerial photographic survey of Scotland. The whole of the country is now available in digital format, and can be supplied on disk, as specific area downloads from Getmapping.com or via a WMS feed. This is the most up to date aerial photographic survey of Scotland with over 80% captured in the last
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Geonovo Limited have won first prize at a “Dragon’s Den” type competition held by the UKT&I on 31st October 2011 at Centerpoint in London. The prize; a stand place on the UK Trade & Investment exhibition area at the renowned Mobile World Congress Expo in Barcelona 2012. The format was for twelve contestants to deliver a three