Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Astrium GEO-Information Services tasked its satellites to collect data over the USA in anticipation of hurricane Irene’s arrival to the east coast. Over 100,000 km2 of cloud-free SPOT optical imagery and more than 85,000km2 of TerraSAR-X radar data were collected as of Monday, Aug. 29 covering portions of the U.S. east coast from Charleston, SC
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
At a recent press-conference on monitoring and control of natural and human-induced emergency situations was held in “Rossiyskaya gazeta” press-center. The event participants noted that satellite imagery data has been increasingly wider used for emergencies monitoring and response. Each summer Russian forest suffers from fires. On the one hand a forest fire is one of
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
MapMart, the most extensive online source of mapping and image data sets, today announced the availability of the WhiteStar Wells, WhiteStar Grid and WhiteStar Culture data layer products as a new addition to the MapMart Energy Data offering. This addition greatly expands upon the amount of data available to the energy and oil & gas
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Siemens has successfully installed security and building automation systems in Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Turkey. Voted the “World’s Best Airport” and the recipient of several other prestigious awards, Sabiha Gökçen serves 11 million passengers annually, and is considered to be the largest ‘earthquake-proof’ building in the world. Read More
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.
