Monday, October 25th, 2010
Asustek Computer and Garmin will not be renewing their dual-branding partnership to sell location-based service (LBS) smartphones when their contract terminates in January 2011, according to reports. In other news, navigation services vendor TomTom is reported to be working with HTC to provide “location-rich” map services. Read More
Monday, October 25th, 2010
StreetMapper GIS, a new version of the mobile laser mapping system with an integrated panoramic camera, has been launched by 3D Laser Mapping and IGI mbH. StreetMapper GIS is easy to mount on any type of vehicle and offers a cost effective solution for collection of street level asset information for use in geographical information
Monday, October 25th, 2010
A new white paper commissioned by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) outlines the importance of integrating geographic information system (GIS) technology into the building life cycle. Available to download for no fee, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Facility Management offers detailed information on using GIS to more efficiently manage facilities. Learn More
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
A ground-breaking ceremony has been held for VietinBank Business Centre, Foster + Partners’ first project in Vietnam. Bringing together the Bank’s headquarters, conference, hotel and leisure facilities, the landmark towers are strategically located between central Hanoi and the airport, demonstrating the emergence of Vietnam as an international financial centre. The 300,000-square-metre mixed-use development comprises two towers,
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
A 2008 UNEP report on climate change in the wider Caribbean recognized Belize as one of the Caribbean nations with a significant level of forest cover. An earlier 2002 World Bank report on the ecosystems of Central America likewise recognized Belize as the Central American nation with the highest percent forest cover. The 2008 Little
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
Real-Time Fleet Analytics and Advanced Route Scheduling Drive New Release of Trafficmaster’s Leading Fleet Management Solution. Fleet Director 8.1 gives our 9,000 fleets and over a quarter of a million vehicles even greater usability and functionality than ever before. Trafficmaster has just released a major upgrade of its industry-leading telematics solution, Fleet Director, raising integrated vehicle-fleet
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Two of the greatest threats to the natural world – invasive species and climate change – when combined, not only have devastating impacts on the environment but can also cost countries ten per cent of their Gross Domestic Product. In a report, released this week in Nagoya, Japan, scientists are urging countries to take immediate
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
ESA and the German Aerospace Center have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a state-of-the-art optical data relay terminal to be flown on the Sentinel-2 satellite. The Sentinel satellites – numbered from Sentinel-1 to Sentinel-5 – will form the core of the European Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. In order to meet
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high definition LiDAR sensors, today announced the appointment of George Ross to the position of director of manufacturing. Ross will be responsible for controlling all operations including the supervision of the manufacturing, production scheduling, purchasing, cost control, efficiencies and quality control of the company. All Velodyne LiDAR products are
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced a WorldView-2 joint research initiative with India’s TERI University. As part of the initiative, DigitalGlobe will contribute ideas, expertise and high-resolution 8-Band multi-spectral satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite to TERI University’s current research projects. The initiative’s aim is to help researchers
