Saturday, December 10th, 2011
New records have been added to the MEDIN Data Discovery Portal since the last edition of Marine Data News now taking the total number of searchable records to over 2300. Latest additions include those added by the British Oceanographic Data Centre covering a range of physical, chemical and biological oceanography.
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Two intrepid Geo Professionals from Astun Technology, Managing Director, Mike Saunt and Matt Walker have spent the last month developing the latest Open Source technology the ‘Geotache’. This ground breaking work involves precise manipulation of the facial platform. The result is a highly detailed digital terrain model of the upper lip area, certain to frighten
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
FARO Technologies, Inc. and AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, announced today that they have signed an Interoperability Agreement. Under the terms of this agreement AVEVA and FARO will co-operate closely to provide an efficient integration between FARO’s laser scan hardware technology and AVEVA’s portfolio
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
SuperGIS Server, developed by SuperGeo, has been successfully applied to “Yilan Pollution Control GIS.” To effectively manage and control the pollution data and distribution in Yilan, Department of Environmental Protection Yilan adopts SuperGIS Server to build “Yilan Pollution Control GIS.” The website collects the related layer data for the staff and provides spatial data display, such
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
LizardTech has become a member of the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC). BARSC is an industry association dedicated to the promotion of the interests of all commercial companies involved with remote sensing technology throughout the United Kingdom.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®, celebrates its world-wide recognition from the International Map Trade Association (IMTA) as a top producer of cartographic software and innovative technology winning the coveted ‘IMTA Global Award’ at its November conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Accepting the
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The stream of news from Japan has dwindled, and the sensational imagery that had once gripped the world has lost its hold. An organization known as the Nagasaki Archive works to counter the fading impact of such watershed historical events through the creation of interactive, digital maps. Starting with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki over
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The multidimensional concept of sustainability has been integrated as a central aspect of contemporary urban planning and policies in various ways across the Nordic Countries, Europe and beyond. Although a kind of definitional consensus could have been developed in the meantime, emphasising the integration of economic, social and environmental issues in a cross-generation perspective, the
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The BBC News website’s crash map, which shows all recorded deaths on Britain’s roads between 1999 and 2010, has been enormously popular. As a result, we have received hundreds of emails asking a range of questions. Here are the answers to some of the most frequent. Read More
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause layer of the atmosphere. NASA’s Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX) will conduct the science campaign over the Pacific Ocean from three locations in 2013 and
