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Friday, February 18th, 2011

Greenstone Carbon Management to Showcase Online Carbon Management Software

Greenstone is a specialist carbon solutions company. We work in partnership with major commercial and public sector organisations to enable them to measure, manage and mitigate their carbon emissions and obligations responsibly. Greenstone’s central proposition is to provide our clients with the necessary tools, skills and knowledge to measure and manage their carbon emissions on an

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Essays on Geography and GIS, Volume 3, Now Available

Esri recently released Volume 3 in its popular Essays on Geography and GIS e-book series. In this collection of essays and articles, thought leaders in the fields of geography and geographic information system (GIS) technology provide insight into the power of spatial thinking. Essays on Geography and GIS, Volume 3, is available for download at no

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

RapidEye Completes Second Coverage of China in Two Years

RapidEye announced today that the second coverage of China for the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) in as many years has been delivered. The imagery campaign, which ran from August 1, 2010 through January 11, 2011 was intended to cover almost 5.8 Million square kilometers; 60% of the country. The project was successfully delivered

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Partnership Agreement for Leica SmartNet Greece, Incorporating MetricaNet

On 31th January, a Leica SmartNet Greece partnership agreement between Leica Geosystems and its distribution partner Metrica, has been signed in Athens. Locally the network will maintain the name MetricaNet, as part of Leica SmartNet Europe, due to the long standing marketing of MetricaNet in Greece. The agreement forms a new partnership to establish a

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Nine New Research Units

Topics range from three-dimensional railway line planning to changes in rice cultivation to political communication in the online age. First group in new acoustics funding area established. Following a decision taken by its Senate, the DFG is to establish nine new Research Units. These new groups are intended to provide researchers with the opportunity to

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

New Appointment at OMNILINK to Focus on Spatial Data for Business

OMNILINK Pty Limited has appointed Margreet van de  Werfhorst as its Senior Data Account Manager, based in Sydney.  Margreet will work across all of OMNILINK’s lines of business to promote the value of spatial data and its integration with business applications.

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

UK DNF Expert Group Embraces Linked Data

A leading geospatial industry group is championing Linked Data as the key to easier sharing of the UK’s location-based information. The Digital National Framework (DNF) Expert Group is to align its core strategy with the ongoing development of the emerging universal web standard for connecting all kinds of data. The group, an independent forum of data providers,

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Trimble Set to Distribute Tekla’s New BIMSight 3D Modeling Solution

Trimble announced today that it has been selected as a preferred distributor for the new Tekla BIMSight 3D Modeling Solution. Trimble will offer a free download of the 3D modeling solution on BIMtoField.com, a Trimble Website dedicated to helping building owners, contractors, and engineers better understand the potential of solutions that allow the transfer of

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Agritechnica: “Smart Farming” – Rapid Uptake of Advanced Electronics Boosts Farm Efficiency

Following several successful Agritechnica editions, the 2011exhibition again features an International Dealer Centre sponsored by the DLG, CLIMMAR (an international partner organisation) and the German association for Dealers (LandBauTechnik-Bundesverband, previously HAG).

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

MWH Soft Releases InfoSewer V7 With Significantly Enhanced Modeling Functionalities And Reporting Capabilities

MWH Soft today announced the worldwide availability of the V7 Generation of InfoSewer for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA) platform. InfoSewer has helped define the standard in the industry for GIS-centric sanitary sewer network modeling and design since 2003. This seventh version of the software introduces key enhancements requested by customers that increase engineering productivity; improve