Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
SunPower has constructed a 1MW solar power system on the roof of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology building in Masdar City, located on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. The system has been installed on a canopy structure that provides shade for the roof terrace as well as clean, renewable solar power for the
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
The company has opened offices in Zimbabwe and Botswana and has plans to open offices in the coming year in South East Asia and North America. A number of new sales, technical and support staff have been employed in all offices to meet the growing demand for GPS Tracking Services.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
IGN France – For its 2010 edition, the contest awards 13 projects Geoportal mapping application made from online services from IGN. The first prize in all categories returned to Raphael Velt Visicity for its application, game geolocalized to discover a city. Read More
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Geoscience Australia’s former National Mapping Information Group has undertaken a significant strategic review of its operations over the last year. The review covered many areas of operations with the focus on:
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The recent signing of a comprehensive geographic information system (GIS) site license agreement with Esri allows the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to expand its use of ArcGIS software to a number of mission-critical applications. With 135,000 employees and more than 1,600 facilities, a system that collects and analyzes data efficiently is invaluable to
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Rolta has entered into partnership with Augusta Systems Inc., a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, which will enable it to incorporate Augusta EdgeFrontier middleware for use in security, defense and other geospatial applications where sensor integration and fusion are essential elements in providing situational awareness. EdgeFrontier is
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The three-semester Masters program targets holders of Bachelor degrees in application areas of Geographic Information (GI), e.g., environmental planning, regional planning, geography, logistics, transportation, marketing, energy provision, computer science. GI is a rapidly growing market, lacking qualified GI personnel and offering excellent career chances. Therefore, the Masters Program targets life-long learning for graduates and professionals
Monday, December 6th, 2010
The Lockheed Martin team designing GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ahead of the planned schedule. The successful PDR completion validated the spacecraft’s design maturity, meeting or exceeding all GeoEye standards and program requirements. Read More
Monday, December 6th, 2010
Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced that Todd Oseth has joined the Company, effective December 6, 2010, as its president and chief executive officer. Mr. Oseth has been appointed to drive the monetization of Intermap’s valuable NEXTMap database and its associated products and services offerings, advancing Intermap’s transition
Monday, December 6th, 2010
First Minister Alex Salmond today announced an annual award, to be presented under the auspices of Scotland’s marine energy Saltire Prize, to recognise outstanding contributions to the development of wave and tidal power. The Saltire Prize, which has attracted more than 150 registrations of interest from 31 countries and already two confirmed applicants, will see £10
