Monday, December 27th, 2010
Maxim Integrated Products announces the MAX2667/MAX2669, the newest additions to its GPS/GNSS low-noise amplifier (LNA) family. Designed using Maxim’s advanced SiGe processes, these fully integrated LNAs feature an exceptionally low noise figure of 0.65dB. This improves receive sensitivity and read range over discrete or highly integrated CMOS solutions.
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Green architect and co-author of the pivotal green design handbook Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough is one of the founders of the green design movement and one of the preeminent thought-leaders of our time. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Bill at the GreenBuild 2010 Conference about his work and the future of
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Scientists from around the world have been hearing about the latest results from ESA’s new GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat Earth observation missions at the biggest scientific gathering of the year. Attracting around 18 000 scientists, researchers, teachers, students and consultants to review developments in Earth and space science, the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Late November saw the first Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) meeting to be held in the southern hemisphere take place at the University of Sydney. Attendees gathered for a week of standards and domain working group meetings.
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Landscape Analysis has traditionally been primarily a map reading task. Today, maps and mapping are digital, as are geographical information of many other types. Geographic information systems (GIS) make efficient management of data possible, thus facilitating many different types of analysis and modelling. Landscape change, environmental monitoring and mapping, as well as environmental issues in
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
For updating to the 5.* version from 4.* key reprogramming is required. Please send inquiry in technical support for updating. The 5.* version will be installed into the new directory. Possibility of work with the existing version of the system remains. Read More
Friday, December 24th, 2010
The AA has today launched New Zealand’s leading traffic flow and congestion information service. The service provides motorists with information on traffic flows and congestion for all state highways and arterial roads across New Zealand. It is updated every five minutes using data collected from thousands of vehicles around the country. “Motorists will now be able to
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
ESA’s 2009 global land cover map has been unveiled and is available on the ‘GlobCover’ website. The map was produced using 12 months of data from Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer at a resolution of 300 m. Learn More
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
BAE Systems has chosen Jordan Becker as head of its geospatial-intelligence, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business, the company announced this week. In his new San Diego-based role, Becker will report to John Gannon, president of BAE’s Intelligence and Security division.Becker joined BAE as VP general manager in November, formerly serving as VP and CTO of SAIC’s
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
To sustainably manage Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), forest owners and administrators use ArcGIS to study forest conditions and surrounding infrastructure. GIS helps them identify areas that are most suitable for industrial timber production and make informed decisions for sustainable forest management. NRW has approximately 900,000 hectares of private and municipal forestland next to a high-density population
