Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A public enquiry on the “Turin Lyon” project is running until the beginning of March in France. The environmental organisations FRAPNA and FNE demanded its delay after the “Autorité environnementale conseil général de l’ Environnement et du Développement durable” (AE) stated that the project dossier contained major flaws. FRAPNA and FNE had previously approved “Lyon-Turin”.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
TomTom today announces the availability of its MultiNet suite of map products in Esri’s file geodatabase format. As GIS datasets increase in size, TomTom is offering enterprise customers a data solution that improves versatility, optimizes performance and allows for customizable storage configuration. Large TomTom datasets may now be consumed directly by Esri applications in a file geodatabase
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
The Department of Space has raised concerns about the new telecom policy and wants spectrum in the S band kept aside for satellite-based services. In a communication to the Department of Telecom, the space department has said that the policy should promote satellite- based broadband services wherever terrestrial solutions are not feasible. Read More
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
IT solutions company Symantec urged small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the country to make disaster preparedness as one of their top priorities. Citing Symantec’s 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey in the Philippines, the study showed SMBs are not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster or data loss. Luichi Robles, senior country manager
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
SpatiaLABS from Esri Press are independent computer lab activities that introduce, enhance, and reinforce spatial reasoning and analytic skills that apply to a variety of disciplines. Students working with SpatiaLABS use mapping technology and visualization tools, including Esri’s ArcGIS software, to solve real-world problems.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) request for FY 2013 is $1.1 billion, a $34.5 million increase over FY 2012. At a 14 February budget briefing, USGS Director Marcia McNutt explained the difficult choices that were made in the tight budget environment, noting that targeted decreases were necessary to make room for priorities, which include programs
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
URISA invites experienced geospatial professionals of all kinds – particularly those with management experience – to review and comment on a draft Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM). Reviews by GIS professionals, professional surveyors, photogrammetrists and remote sensing scientists, programmers and application developers who specialize in geospatial applications, educators with specialized expertise in Geographic Information Science
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Sigma Space’s Micro Pulse LiDAR (MPL) was installed at Bariloche airport in Argentina on January 30th at the request of the Argentinean Ministry of Defense. Since the June 2011 eruption of the Chilean Puyehue, Bariloche has been suffering from intermittent ash clouds blowing from the volcano, and the airport in Bariloche has been closed much
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that Mr. James Kavanagh will be the keynote speaker at its 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting. Mr. Kavanagh will bring his unique perspective to a broad range of issues that affect users of static and mobile
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Any MAVinci customer will be able to upload Images into Icaros’ server for Orthophoto and DTM extraction, directly from MAVinci desktop application, creating easy integration and seamless workflow between the two platforms. MAVinci is now offering its UAV’s customers easy integration of all major processing SW companies and allows their UAV customers to choose the process
