Monday, September 12th, 2011
Megha-Tropiques, the novel Indo-French climate satellite, is planned for launch on October 12. The 1,000-kg satellite – a combination of the Sanskrit ‘megha’ or cloud and the French word for the tropics – will give a better understanding of the crucial convection systems, humidity in the tropics, said ISRO’s Chairman, Dr K. Radhakrishnan. Read More
Monday, September 12th, 2011
In August, NZGO issued a Request for Information (RFI) to vendors asking them to provide product-specific guidance, as suppliers of GIS and other spatial products, to enable users across New Zealand to effectively participate in a spatial data infrastructure. This Chapter is a collation of the submissions received. The NZGO and LINZ appreciate the support of
Monday, September 12th, 2011
NASA’s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:08 a.m. EDT (6:08 a.m. PDT) Saturday, Sept. 10, to study the moon in unprecedented detail. GRAIL-A is scheduled to reach the moon on New Year’s Eve 2011, while GRAIL-B will arrive New Year’s
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online. The Historical Topographic Map Collection includes published U.S. maps of all scales and editions, and are offered as a georeferenced digital download or as a scanned print from the USGS
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
SpaceClaim has joined the ProSTEP iViP Association to work with global manufacturers and partners to set standards and drive open environments. The ProSTEP iViP Association has committed itself to developing innovative approaches to solving problems and modern standards for product data management and virtual product creation.
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Avid unveiled Avid Motion Graphics —the company’s next-generation graphics platform. With a revolutionary new real-time 2D/3D graphics rendering engine, Avid Motion Graphics lets media enterprises—including broadcasters, sports teams, and post production companies—create thrilling graphics and arresting imagery while journalists and others integrate those graphics into their stories. Incorporating a bridge to the Deko product family,
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
TomTom has partnered with Global car rental provider Hertz, to offer vehicle rental customers across Europe the latest edition of the Hertz NeverLost satnav system. NeverLost 4 is based on the TomTom Via 120 EU with its unique dynamic routing; providing customers the fastest route to their destination based on the latest traffic situation. The navigation devices can be booked in advance
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
SensorLogic, Inc. announced Version 3.4 of its SensorLogic Service Delivery Platform. This release adds many new features that enhance support for the development of wireless applications such as insurance telematics, smart package tracking, security, and asset monitoring and management. New features include : integration with GSM wireless provisioning systems, trip, route, geofence and shipment services, hybrid
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
OpenGeo, the organization behind the OpenGeo Suite is supporting the 2011 FOSS4G conference in a major way. This year’s conference features twenty workshops, talks, and tutorials hosted by OpenGeo team members. One highlight will surely be the keynote address by Paul Ramsey, Senior Consultant at OpenGeo and PostGIS co-founder. Additionally, the first meeting of the
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Envitia is pleased to announce that its CUTLAS-RTI bus real time information system now supports the RTIG-Inform Digital Air Interface Protocol (DAIP). CUTLAS-RTI is first to market with open standards-based data exchange support. CUTLAS–RTI has a number of open interfaces to enable Bus Operatorsto access strategy-driven functions that can selectively alert on bus operations. This can be used to detect
