Monday, August 29th, 2011
New technology is changing the face of mapping organizations around the world. Are national mapping agencies and traditional mapmakers able to keep up? The question is posed at the Spatial Roundtable by Mark Cygan, Esri’s map, chart, data production, and spatial data infrastructure (SDI) industry manager. Cygan and other industry leaders discuss which strategies and
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
LMI Technologies, a global industry leader in 3D laser measurement and control sensor technology today announced the signing of distribution agreements with Braas Company (USA), FLW of PA (USA), Inc., and DVC machinevision BV (Netherlands/Belgium/ Luxembourg). This expansion of distribution brings the all-in-one Gocator 3D smart sensor to a market of factory automation customers looking
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
The insurance industry, and those of us attached to it, are tracking Hurricane Irene with special interest and with special capabilities. A new map created by GIS software provider ESRI (Redlands, Calif.) combines extremely detailed street and topographical mapping with storm tracking features and, perhaps most interestingly, with volunteered insight provided by individuals using popular
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK) announced that it has acquired certain technology related assets from Numenus GmbH, a software provider of high-end visualization technology used to efficiently render and review 3D datasets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to have no impact on Autodesk’s guidance issued on August 18, 2011. Numenus’ founders are
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services, has announced its HyperWorks 11.0 Americas Rollout Series, a series of one-day workshops aimed at educating customers and partners on the features and updates in HyperWorks 11.0, the latest version of Altair’s computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite.
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
EON Reality, the world’s leading interactive 3D software provider, today announced the release of the EON Mobile Ifloat, a PC based 2- channel immersive environment in which participants are completely immersed in virtual imagery and sound. Objects float in front of the participant and can be interacted with and manipulated by users in real-time.
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
USGS scientists, engineers, and technicians are and will be working along the eastern U.S. coast in response to Hurricane Irene. USGS crews have been deploying stage sensors and rapid deployment real-time streamgages and flying oblique aerial photography of the coastline in anticipation of Hurricane Irene’s arrival. Read More
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, will be exhibiting at next week’s 24th annual GIS in the Rockies Conference in Denver, Colo., in booth number 105. In conjunction with the conference, on Monday, Aug. 29th, LizardTech is hosting three free 90-minute workshops covering LizardTech’s new MrSID Generation 4 (MG4™) format
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Depiction 1.3.2 Release Candidate is available for download now. We are providing this update to our users before releasing it to the general public. Please report any issues, questions or praise you have regarding this release at support. To all our users on the US east coast, stay safe and let us know how you
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
There is an appetite for guidance for developing Neighbourhood plans so we asked the Neighbourhood planning group on LinkedIn to share what already exists and what is being developed. We were inundated with suggestions which we have categorised loosely into seven types. We are, in this instance collating and giving access to these tools but they are
