Friday, July 8th, 2011
The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft beamed down its first infrared image on June 21 to the SBIRS ground station. Following its May 7 launch, the satellite is performing as expected, and is now undergoing early orbit testing. The U.S. Air Force’s SBIRS GEO-1 spacecraft is the most technologically
Friday, July 8th, 2011
The Esri Aeronautical Solution—Airports GIS Package is now available as a free download for Esri Aeronautical Solution users. This software configuration suite was specifically developed to help US airports comply with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airports GIS data management and submission requirements.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
After the successful launch of BlomWEB Viewer, Blom’s front-end web application for its online geoserver platforms BlomURBEX and BlomURBEX 3D, version 2.0 launches with enhanced features and a collection of new functionalities, tools and datasets. BlomWEB Viewer provides a complete showcase of BlomURBEX and BlomURBEX 3D capabilities in terms of functionality and available datasets, including access
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
ProQuest’s peer-reviewed, open access e-journal Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy (SSPP) is introducing a new data discovery tool to its Researcher’s Toolkit that enables users to search more than 3,000 records containing information on tens of thousands of public datasets from the U.S. federal government via data.gov. Now, the data, which is the output of more
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Government agencies, civic organizations, and policy makers can access vast amounts of data and instant reports and maps through Esri Community Analyst, a cloud-based GIS application. This new tool includes demographic, health, economic, education, and business data variables to help users develop informed strategies for policy creation and critical resource allocation.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
MathWorks today announced that Simulink Design Verifier now includes Polyspace analysis technology for automated error detection in Simulink models. Simulink Design Verifier 2.0 integrates Polyspace error detection with existing property proving and test generation capabilities to help reduce the time required to find and fix the root cause of design errors, decreasing the overall cost
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is requesting nominations for the newly created ASPRS Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (OTAA). The purpose of this Award is to recognize developers of breakthrough technology which causes major advances in the practice of photogrammetry, remote sensing or geographic information systems in the United States. The Award
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
3-GIS, a GIS software development company and Gas Technology Institute (GTI), a research, development and training organization for the natural gas industry and energy markets, have partnered to develop an Android and iPad application for the gas pipeline and distribution industries.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Esri has released the new version of ArcGIS Data Appliance, an enterprise scalable solution that plugs right into an organization’s internal network and serves terabytes of worldwide map data including imagery, street, and topography. ArcGIS Data Appliance 4.0 includes many new imagery and basemap datasets, as well as data updates for tasks.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Rutland County Council is set to dramatically increase efficiency with a new gazetteer management system from Aligned Assets. Symphony iManage, the gazetteer management system in use by over 100 sites across the public sector, will be used by Rutland County Council for the management of their Local Land and Property Gazetteer (LLPG), Local Street Gazetteer (LSG)
