Sunday, June 12th, 2011
GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ADEPT3000 miniature rugged automatic video tracker. Easily integrated using standard or custom format carrier cards, saving time, effort and cost and minimizing program risk, it has been optimized to perform real-time detection and tracking across the full range of military and aerospace electro-optical system applications. Read More
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital camera and survey instruments, and Cardinal Systems, producer of the Vr Mapping software, are pleased to announce a joint development initiative covering Cardinal’s VR suite of photogrammetric and lidar processing products. Under the terms of the agreement Optech and Cardinal Systems agree to jointly
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Experts attending the INTERGEO Round Table in Karlsruhe, Germany, made it infinitely clear that the European satellite programme Galileo is essential. The unanimous conclusion was that Europe must be independent of other referencing systems such as America’s GPS and Russia’s GLONASS if it is to safeguard its future as a hub for research and business.
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Registration for the “Remote sensing of wildfires” contest has started. The contest is carried out on GIS-Lab.info platform, the leading Russian Internet-resource, dedicated to practical aspects of remote sensing and to geographical information systems. Contest participants are to develop methods of automated or semi-automated detection of burned areas within 2000-2011 period using remote sensing data. The
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Heavy rainfall occurred across most of Australia between November 2010 and early February 2011 causing extreme flooding across eastern Australia, particularly in Queensland and Victoria. During the flood emergencies, Geoscience Australia provided satellite imagery and derived mapping information to support the emergency response and recovery efforts. These images came from more than twenty different satellites
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Optech Incorporated and Cardinal Systems are pleased to announce a joint development initiative covering Cardinal's VR suite of photogrammetric and lidar processing products. Under the terms of the agreement Optech and Cardinal Systems agree to jointly enhance existing software and develop new software solutions for Optech’s industry-leading line of imaging products, including Optech’s new line
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has chosen Bentley’s Power GEOPAK all-in-one civil engineering design software to replace CAiCE as its standard statewide survey software. MDOT made this decision after Bentley’s successful benchmark in mid-April 2011 against Autodesk’s AutoCAD Civil 3D application. Power GEOPAK provides civil transportation professionals with
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan. Under the plan, one preferred stock purchase right will be distributed for each share of common stock held by stockholders of record on June 22, 2011. The rights plan has a one year
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
In the share sale 2011 937 employees submitted subscription orders for a total of DKK 23.8 million. COWIfonden, as part of its objective to support COWI, submitted subscription orders for DKK 18.0 million.According to the prospectus published, payment of the subscription price of shares with a three-year vesting period (cash shares) is to be made
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Decision support tools for agriculture often require meteorological data as inputs, but data availability and quality are often problematic. Difficulties arise with daily solar radiation (SRAD) because the instruments require electronic integrators, accurate sensors are expensive, and calibration standards are seldom available. NASA’s Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (NASA/POWER; power.larc.nasa.gov) project estimates SRAD based on
