Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The south-eastern parts of Iran (top) and the Arabian Peninsula are featured in this Envisat image. Iran’s landscape, comprising several rugged mountain ranges, a central high plateau, deserts, steppes and coastlands, differs from the Arabian Peninsula, which is dominated by the Arabian Desert. The closest point between the two Middle Eastern countries is the Strait of Hormuz
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Scottish Government runs the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning. Launched in 1998 they look to promote quality developments that have been achieved through effective planning processes. They celebrate the positive contributions that individuals and organisations in all sectors make to enabling high quality development in Scotland.
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
OSM-3D is becoming global. The interactive 3D web application has grown siginificantly from its original German coverage and covers now most European countries on a virtual globe. The virtual “osm.globe” combines the free geodata from OpenStreetMap (OSM) with digital elevation models offering a global interactive 3D experience made completely from free or crowdsoured geodata. OSM
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
This is the second part of the UK Location Data Sharing Operational Guidance. The guidance supports the UK Location Strategy by addressing business interoperability issues which could present barriers to the sharing and re-use of location data published into the UK Location Information Infrastructure (UK Location). One of the biggest current issues around data sharing is how the public
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Designed by Ondrej Cisler using ArchiCAD, the fountains were placed in the historical context of Republic Square. The oblong square is defined by the Gothic Cathedral of St. Bartholomew towers and a Baroque Plague Pole located in one corner of the Square. The architect’s proposal was to complement the remaining three empty corners of the
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Professional surveyors can download the most detailed and up-to-date UK maps directly into their workflows thanks to a breakthrough partnership between emapsite and Leica Geosystems. Under the agreement – the first of its kind between a hosted map provider and a major survey manufacturer – OS MasterMap data is instantly available via a tailored download from emapsite to
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Trimble today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets related to the OmniSTAR™ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal corrections business from Fugro N.V. The acquisition is expected to significantly expand Trimble’s worldwide ability to provide correction services for land-based agriculture, construction, mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) and
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Palisade’s leading risk analysis tool, The DecisionTools Suite, is being used by the University of Bristol’s Environmental Risk Research Centre (BRISK) to add a new dimension to modelling volcanic risk in Guatemala. The ‘Volcán de Fuego’ is potentially one of the most dangerous volcanoes in Central America with a large population surrounding it, and many
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
PCI Geomatics received the 2010 Mayor’s Award for Business Achievement during a recent Gala dinner organized by the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce. Dave Barrow, Mayor of the Town of Richmond Hill, nominated PCI Geomatics for the 2010 award following a trip to China in February 2010, where he had the opportunity to work first hand
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
DigitalGlobe has contracted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services for the launch of WorldView-3. Once launched, WorldView-3 will be the third WorldView-class satellite in DigitalGlobe’s constellation. The satellite is scheduled for launch in 2014. It will feature the same innovative technologies that have helped DigitalGlobe amass the largest high definition satellite image library in the world,
