Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The takeover of satellite communicatuions service provider Vizada by aerospace communications company Astrium has now been completed, and Vizada’s activities will now be integrated into EADS Group company Astrium Services. Vizada comprises Vizada Americas, Vizada Networks, Vizada EMEA & Asia Pacific and Marlink. Read More
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Rapiscan Systems — a world leader in security screening and the official supplier of security systems for the London 2012 Olympics — is using Autodes +0.10% software to enable its engineers to collaborate more efficiently in the creation of the company’s innovative and powerful security products. With 14 major locations around the world, Rapiscan’s highly
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
China is set to make five commercial launches for foreign customers next year, a boost to realizing the goal of re-launching itself in the global aerospace industry, a senior industry official said. The five launches are a piggy-back launch of two Luxembourg micro-satellites for sea monitoring in January, launches of two communications satellites for Hong Kong-based
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
CHC today announced the availability of X900 GNSS receiver bringing extremely affordable and reliable GPS+GLONASS real-time centimeter level solution to surveyors without the conventional cost associated with GNSS solutions. The X900 GNSS combines field proven 72 channels GPS+GLONASS technology and state-of-the-art RTK solution for either traditional base + rover configuration and RTK networks thanks to its
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announces that North America and Europe coverage is now available on Esri ArcGIS Online and Data Appliance. Last summer, Esri launched NAVTEQ Map coverage for Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
The Keystone Pipeline Project has been a hotly debated topic in Washington and around the country. While the political and environmental aspects have been well covered, the use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology has been minimally discussed. The fact that GIS technology is used to build the 2,000-plus mile, $12 billion pipeline shows there is
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
We’re happy to announce the release of Logaholic Web Analytics version 3. This major new release has been quite a while in the making so we’re excited to finally be able to share it with you all. We’ve made a 30 second clip to give you a first impression: Read More
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
A little water is needed to make wine, but how do you know when enough is enough? ESA’s GrapeLook service can give you the answer. GrapeLook uses satellites to help decide how much to water vineyards, and when.The service uses technology that combines Earth observation data and field measurements. Moisture readings are sent in real
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics announces it has been selected by the New England Environmental Finance Center (NEEFC) from the Edmund Muskie School of Policy Research at the University of Southern Maine to develop the software interface for a coastal climatic disruption modeling tool entitled COAST. The tool will be used to create a GIS model of
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Despite an 8.6% unemployment rate in the U.S., it has been determined that at least 57% of the Sustaining Member organizations of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) are currently hiring for jobs within the geospatial industry. ASPRS recently conducted a survey of 129 ASPRS Sustaining Member career websites, and determined that
