Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
U.S. wildfires is a sharable web map that can be used to help report on the 2011 wildfire season. The map shows current data for wildfire locations and related information including photos and videos from social media. Use the map’s Share button to size the map for embedding on web sites. Read More
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Damage to marine and coastal ecosystems could be reversed through more involvement between coastal communities and stakeholders, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). A new guide, published today for World Oceans Day 2011 (8 June), stresses the importance of groups working together where they have a stake in the coastline to mitigate the harm caused
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The development of the new think3 proceeding rapidly. In just the first weeks after starting the R&D team has been hard at work and the Official Thinkdesign 2011 Beta version is entering into the build phase ready for its imminent release. Some new functionalities available in this release covered:– Assembly: New Mating management, Gear Constraint,
Monday, June 13th, 2011
The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) today announced the much anticipated release of IntelliCAD 7. IntelliCAD 7 represents the culmination of a fundamental overhaul of the entire IntelliCAD code base undertaken by the ITC and its member companies. It incorporates a complete, new architecture based on and synchronized with the development platform from the Open Design Alliance,
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Maxwell Systems, Inc. announced version 9.2 of Maxwell Systems Estimation, the company’s advanced takeoff and estimating software designed specifically to address the needs of electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC contractors. Estimation 9.2 offers numerous new features and enhancements to help contractors work with greater speed and accuracy.
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Esri UK is pleased to announce that its market-leading GIS technology is supporting English Heritage to help visualise all entries on its recently launched ‘The National Heritage List for England’. The National Heritage List for England is a new online database of the UK’s 400,000 listed buildings, registered parks, gardens and battlefields, protected shipwrecks and
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Victoria’s AXYS Technologies is on the verge of massive growth that could mean increasing its staff and expanding into its recently built new digs. The company is preparing to ship the first of its WindSentinel assessment buoys, and it all goes according to plan AXYS will be ramping up production of the device this year.
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ADEPT3000 miniature rugged automatic video tracker. Easily integrated using standard or custom format carrier cards, saving time, effort and cost and minimizing program risk, it has been optimized to perform real-time detection and tracking across the full range of military and aerospace electro-optical system applications. Read More
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar, aerial digital camera and survey instruments, and Cardinal Systems, producer of the Vr Mapping software, are pleased to announce a joint development initiative covering Cardinal’s VR suite of photogrammetric and lidar processing products. Under the terms of the agreement Optech and Cardinal Systems agree to jointly
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Experts attending the INTERGEO Round Table in Karlsruhe, Germany, made it infinitely clear that the European satellite programme Galileo is essential. The unanimous conclusion was that Europe must be independent of other referencing systems such as America’s GPS and Russia’s GLONASS if it is to safeguard its future as a hub for research and business.
