Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
VisionMap LTD, a leading provider of digital mapping systems, announced today that A3 ground processing system version 2.0 is now released. The new ground processing system, together with A3 camera improvements now feature better radiometry, higher resolution DSM processing, as well as accurate AT and seamless Orthophoto generation processed in a fully automatic workflow. The
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Deutsche Telekom and Gemalto together announce that BMW automobile is embedding their Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solution in its latest car models to enable emergency call (eCall) services. Deutsche Telekom is the first network operator whose automotive MFF-SIMs solutions are built into an industrial product series, further demonstrating its innovation leadership in the automotive industry.
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Japan’s parliament on Monday passed a $50 billion emergency budget for disaster relief after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, a downpayment on what is set to be country’s biggest public works effort in six decades. The overall cost of damage caused by the world’s costliest natural disaster is estimated at $300 billion and the 4
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Septentrio announces PolaRx4, a versatile multi-frequency high performance GNSS receiver providing network operators and scientific users with high-quality tracking and measurement of all available and upcoming GNSS signals. Innovative GNSS signal processing, extensive networking capabilities, robust design and a highly-valued intuitive user interface make this family an excellent choice as future-proof base station solution.
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
The University of Canterbury has been formally accepted as an Essential Participant in the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information. The New Zealand node of the Australian-based CRCSI was established in 2010 and is based in the New Zealand Geospatial Office. With LINZ as New Zealand’s “anchor” government participant, and a growing number of local
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
A bill to develop a current, accurate Federal cadastre to inventory all Federal real property has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, earning praise from MAPPS, the national association of private geospatial firms. The Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (“FLAIR”) Act, H.R. 1620, was introduced April 15 by U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI)
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey dispatched the NOAA King Air 350CER aircraft, equipped with specialized remote sensing equipment, on a mission to collect aerial photography at 5,000 feet from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, Ala. These “before and after” shots, taken yesterday afternoon, show damage caused by last week’s tornado near 15th Street and McFarland Boulevard in Tuscaloosa.
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Agro-Advisory Services (AAS) of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), under the ministry of earth sciences, New Delhi, is helping farmers by equipping them with information about monthly and seasonal variation in weather conditions with high-power computer system (HPCS) which promises to prepare them in advance for minimising the losses in agriculture. As many as two million farmers across the
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Echelon Corporation announced that its energy control technology for smart, networked street lighting systems is continuing to experience rapid adoption. Similar to its success in China, the market in Europe, and in particular France, is recognizing the advantages of Echelon intelligent distributed control solutions using power line communications (PLC) for reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs
Friday, April 29th, 2011
ESRI Canada congratulates St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto for being selected as a 2011 Laureate winner for innovation by the International Data Group’s (IDG) Computerworld Honors Program. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change. ESRI Canada nominated St. Michael’s Hospital for BIO.DIASPORA, a scientific platform
