Friday, February 11th, 2011
This annual event provides an overview of research in geomatics and presents the results of the work of four laboratories of the IGN as half-days each devoted to a thematic laboratory. These days are also an opportunity to meet researchers and research institute, exchange and interact with them on the proposed topics during lectures and presentations
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Alstom has signed a contract worth approximately €500 million with Norte Energia of Brazil to provide power equipment for the Belo Monte Dam, the world’s third-largest hydroelectric power plant with a planned capacity of 11,230 MW. The Belo Monte project will dam the Xingu river in Brazil’s northern Pará state.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, is sharing insights gleaned over the course of the past year to provide a state of the industry perspective on consumer use of navigation. Conducted on an annual basis, NAVTEQ’s tracking study assesses user
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Bluesky is rolling out nationwide coverage of its pioneering Solar Suitability Map. By mapping the potential for power generation using solar panels on roofs, the Solar Map is designed to identify optimum properties for solar power; helping to achieve renewable energy targets and reduce soaring energy costs. Bluesky has seen a growing demand for its
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
URISA is pleased to announce its inaugural Vanguard Cabinet. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a new URISA initiative to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization, and better understand the concerns facing these future leaders of the GIS community. The VC is an advisory board made up of URISA young professionals who
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Please join us for this one hour webinar to learn about the new features and functionality in ENVI for ArcGIS® Server and ENVI 4.8. Several new additions and enhancements have been made to the ENVI product family to enable faster and easier image processing and analysis.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Perm State National Research University will become the venue on Monday February 14, 2011 for the opening of the Interregional Space Monitoring Center of Perm Territory. The center is supposed to enable to receive and process operational data from satellites and to conduct multilateral research work on the territory in order to provide comprehensive, up-to-date and unbiased
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The receiver features 29 second cold start TTFF, -159dBm navigation sensitivity, -145dBm cold starting sensitivity, and 250mW power consumption; offering best-in-class performance among GLONASS/GPSreceivers on the market. The S4554GNS-LP is capable of operating in 12 tracking channel GPS-only mode, 12 tracking channel GLONASS-only mode, and 24 tracking channel GLONASS + GPS mode. It is ideal for
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Broadcom announces two new system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions with support for GLONASS (the Russian Navigation Satellite System), in addition to GPS, marking the first cost-effective, commercially-available, single die SoC solutions that support both GLONASS and GPS simultaneously.
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
NAVTEQ announced the launch of NAVTEQ Traffic™ in the United Arab Emirates, the first traffic launch for NAVTEQ in the Middle East. According to recent NAVTEQ research, traffic information is the most sought after navigation-related feature on GPS navigation devices with 96% of wireless navigation users saying they want the feature and 89% of in-car
