Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Thanks to the advancements in geographic information systems (GIS) technologies and mapping applications like ArcGIS, health organizations worldwide are mapping disease and sickness trends in an effort to treat them locally and globally. GIS tools and ArcGIS mapping applications play an important role in developing data-driven solutions that help health organizations visualize, analyze, interpret and
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
A digital tree map layer, created by Bluesky, is helping Carlisle City Council maximise the benefits of urban green spaces. Following the publication earlier this year of ‘The Natural Choice’ a Government White Paper on the natural environment Carlisle City Council is using the Bluesky ProximiTREE data to map existing trees, highlight areas where additional
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The European Land Information Service (EULIS) is the first and only service to offer direct access to cross-border official land registration information. EULIS is owned by a consortium of ten European land registry organisations, most of which are government departments. The website (www.eulis.eu orwww.eulis.org), launched at the beginning of February, explains the service with new innovative
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Independent of the Leipzig culture and creative industries, with the support of the “Leipzig Agenda 21” an interface ( API developed) to access data in Leipzig. This interface can be structured public data from the city of Leipzig is available for free use. External developers can now develop applications that use that data. Read More
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Leica Geosystems has entered into a software license agreement with Deere & Company to provide guidance software for a range of new AutoTrac Ready tractor models directly via the ISOBUS. To date Leica Geosystems precision agricultural solutions cover a wide range of John Deere models. The signed agreement enhances the level of further compatibility in
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
This year, Esri is rolling out a number of significant, free upgrades to its popular Educational Site License Program. The additional software applications and data enhance an already comprehensive GIS suite and provide new solutions for educators who wish to share the power of spatial thinking across their curricula.
Monday, February 13th, 2012
With the realization of eGRIS, the information exchanged can be simplified in the land registry system by the introduction of a Switzerland-wide, electronic land information system (eGRIS). The Federal Office of Justice and the SIX Group run as a Public Private Partnership (PPP), the following projects: Read More
Monday, February 13th, 2012
UBM plc announces that it has sold its UK agriculture and medical general practitioner portfolios – including the Farmers Guardian and Pulse titles – to the founders of Briefing Media Ltd for a total cash consideration of £10.0m*. The new business will be known as Briefing Media Group and is led by the experienced management
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Large portions of the western half of the U.S. do not have access to 3G or faster mobile broadband service, according to a new map released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The map, released by the FCC Friday, shows large parts of Alaska, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Texas and Montana as not having 3G or faster mobile
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Bentley Systems today announced two key initiatives to support the construction phase of Crossrail – Europe’s largest construction project. The initiatives are aimed at integrating the whole Crossrail supply chain to create best practices in information modelling for construction. Moreover, they are in keeping with the U.K.’s Government Construction Strategy, which calls for replacing adversarial
