Thursday, May 12th, 2011
The CFI aims to enable Australian farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate tradeable carbon credits. The agricultural sector accounts for over a quarter of the nation’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions. It also offers significant opportunities for emissions reductions through tree conservation and planting, improved land management, and new technology. Challenges facing the CFI include
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
The 3D Web Client “XNavigator” is a virtual globe application that acts as client to a “Web 3D Service (W3DS)”. W3DS is a draft specification by the OpenGeospatial Consortium (OGC), that has been extended by Arne Schilling of the GIScience Research Group at the University of Heidelberg.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) launched a new version of its website last week during the 2011 Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The site has been completely overhauled and now uses an Open Source Content Management System (CMS) along with an iMIS membership database, to serve materials on the site. The
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The INSPIRE Directive establishes a framework for easier sharing of geographic information among European public bodies and improved accessibility to the public. One of the first steps for organisations producing data which falls under INSPIRE was the creation of metadata. Ordnance Survey’s metadata is now available for other public bodies and the public to access on their website..
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
CHC today announced the availability of Nava GPS Handheld series designed for any meter-level GPS mapping applications such as in forestry, agriculture, utilities, and local government, which are mainly capturing data about assets. Nava GPS are affordable, easy-to-use and provide the necessary features for data collection and mapping including point, line and area data capture, import
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
KOREC is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement with Swiss company, SenseFLY, to become the sole UK and Irish distributor of SenseFLY’s unmanned flying camera, the swinglet CAM. The swinglet CAM is a lightweight, unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a high resolution electronically integrated digital camera. Designed to undertake small scale aerial mapping
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
DMS Group becomes the first company founded and run by students develop a project to IGN in this area. The European Directive INSPIRE and its implementation in Spain “LISIGE” provide the guidance necessary to make available to the public geographic information generated by any public institution documented through metadata. Read More
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The Thematic Mapper on Landsat 5 captured the top image on May 10, 2011, and the bottom image (showing non-flooded conditions) on April 21, 2010. Both images are natural color and show the area as it would look to the human eye. In May 2011, muddy water has pushed over the Mississippi’s banks both east
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, designed an Eco-cultural GIS website for Tungnan University to integrate the campus navigation system with the information of surrounding environment, ecology and culture. Aimed to function as a GIS platform for Tungnan University to establish a campus navigation system, the Eco-cultural Web-GIS employs Internet
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The first Russian 3D-service the aerosport visualization (Airtribune.com) is created and successfully tested at the Russian Paragliding Open 2011 championship held in Turkey (Denizli, May 1-7, 2011). The backbone of this service is detailed images of the competition locations and the software for 3D visualization, developed by ScanEx. Space images of the competition territory in
