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Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Yandex to Replenish Its Maps with 10 M sq.km of Satellite Images

“Yandex” purchases high resolution images from ScanEx – the distributor of satellite images – covering 10 million sq.km of the Earth territory. This territory is comparable to almost 2/3 of the acreage of Russia. “Yandex” and “ScanEx” companies signed an agreement on purchasing images, covering almost 10 million square kilometers of the Earth surface, said ScanEx’s partner. All

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Trimble Releases New Version of its Field Inspector Solution for Utility Asset Maintenance

Trimble announced today the release of its Trimble Field Inspector version 2.1. The new version is compatible with a variety of Trimble handheld computers and is designed for automating utility infrastructure and smart grid asset maintenance and inspection. Comprised of the Trimble Field Inspector software for handhelds and Trimble Field Inspector Desktop software, the solution

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Collaborative Building Information Modeling with Asite cBIM

As part of our continued promise to support the Architecture, Engineering and Construction sector in utilizing cloud technology so businesses can share and coordinate information with their partners, customers, and suppliers in a secure environment in the cloud, we are pleased to announce the upcoming beta release of the next generation of Asite cBIM. cBIM

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

PowerACOUSTICS: The First Validated Interior Noise Prediction Solution for Wind Noise

With increasing air, rail and highway traffic, the amount of noise propagated into the community neighborhoods also has escalated. In order to remain customer competitive and compliant with government regulations, today’s manufacturers need to be able to assess their designs’ acoustic impact early in the development process.  Read More

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

URISA 2011 Election Results Announced

URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2011 Board of Directors Election. J. Allison (Al) Butler will become President-Elect of the association and Tripp Corbin, Cindy Post and Teresa Townsend will begin their terms as members of the Board of Directors at the close of GIS-Pro 2011: URISA’s 49th Annual Conference in Indianapolis,

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Wood Buffalo Empowers Employees with a Geographic View of Operations

Spanning over 68,000 square kilometers, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is Canada’s largest municipality by area.  To keep track of its numerous dispersed assets and understand how they relate to one another, ESRI Canada today announced that the municipality will deploy a Common Operational Picture (COP) application built on ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. 

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

LIDAR: Photon-counting 3D Imaging Lidar Measures Biomass and the Cryosphere

Compared to conventional waveform-digitizing altimeters or laser time-of-flight lidar techniques, photon-counting lidar is a more efficient technique as it requires only one detected photon to make a range measurement rather than hundreds or thousands. Sigma Space Corp. (Lanham, MD) has taken advantage of this ranging sensitivity to develop its single-photon counting lidar system, which can

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Vectorworks 2012 Software is Here!

We are happy to announce the availability of the 2012 version of the award-winning Vectorworks line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals, and Renderworks.

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Bentley’s 2012 Student Design Competition Call for Nominations Now Open

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that the call for nominations for its 2012 Student Design Competition is now open. University, college, high school, and technical school students are invited to submit projects designed using Bentley software, along with a short essay describing their

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Ordnance Survey to Showcase New Addressing Products at Industry Conference

The new addressing products from GeoPlace LLP, a joint venture between Ordnance Survey and the Local Government Group, will be showcased for the first time at the annual conference. Delegates will be able to view demonstrations of the new products and find out about the many new features and benefits.