Sunday, September 18th, 2011
The European Parliament is calling for fast action to reduce non-CO2 climate forcers including black carbon soot, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), methane, and ground-level ozone, which together are responsible for nearly half of climate forcing. The Parliament’s call for action came in a Resolution passed today by an overwhelming majority (578 to 51 with 22 abstentions). The
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Remsoft announced new applications that empower organizations to improve the speed and accuracy of their decisions. With the release of Remsoft Analyst for Excel and Remsoft Explorer, analysts and executives can use familiar and intuitive formats to review and work with optimization models, data and a full range of scenarios.
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that it has inaugurated a strategic relationship with The Engineering Essentials Company (TEEC) by investing in a minority equity position and by placing a Bentley representative on its board.
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Queensland councils have welcomed a new broader approach to flood mapping, but are warning insurers not to use the data to ramp up their premiums. The state government has released an interim mapping product and development controls toolkit called “Planning for stronger, more resilient floodplains”. Read More
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Our Orthophoto UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) SIRIUS I and SIRIUS II are the perfect tool for simple, fast and cost efficient acquisition of aerial images. They include the UAS software MAVinci Desktop which is your key to valuable geoinformation. Read More
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
As the “geospatial revolution” continues to have a growing impact on our society, geographic information systems (GIS) professionals will be in greater demand. But to be part of this exciting career path, technical professionals must first master the top skills needed for a successful career in GIS.
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has announced the launch of DNVS-4, a new passive, dual-channel, wide-angle indirect observation camera which will be offered with the Company’s Road Marshall integrated situational awareness system. DNVS-4 is the first of a new range of digital cameras supporting the UK’s Generic Vehicle Architecture Def Stan 23- 09. The new
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
The new statewide LiDAR point cloud dataset will include more than four terabytes of elevation data, consisting of billions of individual X,Y,Z data points precisely mapping the surface of Indiana. This new elevation dataset is an extremely powerful tool that will support many projects across Indiana, but it can also be daunting to work with,
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Aquatic Informatics Inc. announced the successful implementation and launch of the AQUARIUS system today at the Water Survey of Canada’s Thunder Bay office in Ontario, Canada. After a thorough testing period, Thunder Bay is the first of the organization’s 28 offices to switch its complete real-time operations to the AQUARIUS system. The deployment of AQUARIUS will
Friday, September 16th, 2011
OpenGeo, the global open source geospatial software company behind the OpenGeo Suite is making a huge impact at this year’s FOSS4G Conference. OpenGeo team members hosted five workshops and over a dozen other tutorials and talks. The conference kicked off with a keynote by Paul Ramsey, Senior Consultant at OpenGeo and PostGIS co-founder. Entitled “Why
