Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
ESRI Canada today presented the City of Calgary with an Award of Excellence for enhancing its basemapping capabilities using ESRI geographic information system (GIS) technology. Through its Core Mapping Project, the City has migrated municipal land information maintenance from their previous computer-aided design (CAD) system to a GIS environment. Centralizing this data in a GIS has
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Sustainable food production remains a pressing challenge, so scientists have been assessing the potential of the future Sentinel-1 mission to deliver new methods of monitoring crops grown around the world from space. Sentinel-1, expected to be launched in 2013, is one of the five missions that ESA is developing for Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
A new Whitepaper by Depiction discusses GIS 101. The paper outlines what a GIS is and includes terms and concepts that apply to GIS. Also included are information about digital mapping and projections. Read More
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Beth Bernitt has rejoined HOK, a global architectural design firm, as chief marketing officer. In this role, Bernitt will provide global strategic leadership for HOK’s marketing, communications and business development efforts. Based in HOK’s Tampa office, she will work across HOK’s global network of 25 offices.
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
CloverPoint is working with three local companies on the development of QR code campaigns. We can’t tell you who they are, because it’s top secret. But in the meantime if you are unfamiliar with the QR Code movement here’s the Wikipedia definition: A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced today that it has signed a contract for $2.5 million (CAD) with ScanEx Research and Development Center (ScanEx) to provide RADARSAT data information to multiple ground stations in Russia over three years. The information will be used by Russian commercial, academic, and government users for applications that include maritime
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced at this annual gathering of infrastructure professionals that it is extending its leadership in design/build and integrated projects with its introduction of breakthrough V8i software innovations that bring continuity to the “hand-off” between design and construction – making
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
ESRI Canada today announced that its Community Maps Program is succeeding in creating a detailed, online national basemap of Canada. The program provides a cost-effective and efficient framework for governments to contribute their geographic information to be shared with the public. Launched in June 2010, the Web map now includes content from more than 40
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Valtus Imagery Services, a division of North West Geomatics Ltd. and Iunctus Geomatics Corp. announced today that they have entered into a partnership whereby SPOT Image satellite data will be made available through the Valtus distribution and delivery channel, enhancing the Valtus library of coverage for the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin as well as other
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Be Together: The Bentley User Conference – May 24, 2011 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced at this annual gathering of infrastructure professionals the addition of new interoperability offerings to the iWare Apps site (www.bentley.com/iWare) it launched this past March. The site provides fast and easy access to Bentley’s no-cost iWare Apps for enhanced interoperability, along
