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Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award

Italian firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners (ACPV) adopted Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software for Building Information Modeling (BIM) in 2009. ACPV wanted to improve internal design workflows, enhance collaboration with external project teams, and enhance visualization for more effective design communication. The company is internationally renowned for its excellence in design and craftsmanship. This award

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Intermap Receives $3.5 Million from Sale of Aircraft

Intermap Technologies today announced the sale of one of its three aircraft, a King Air 200T, which was no longer required following completion of the Company’s NEXTMap Europe and NEXTMap USA mapping programs. Intermap sold the aircraft for $3.5 million, which will be received in three installments during the fourth quarter of 2010. The King

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Bentley Announces Winners of 2010 Be Inspired Awards

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the winners of the 2010 Be Inspired Awards and Be Inspired Special Recognition Awards. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure. They were presented last night at

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Getmapping Launch Integrated Solution for Districts

Getmapping has launched an Integrated Solution to enable Local Authorities to save money, improve efficiency, maintain staff and protect services. Getmapping’s Integrated Solution for Districts consists of four distinct parts which can be purchased individually or as a combined package. These are: Getmapping Data, Data Hosting Services, Web GIS Services and a Spatial Data Warehouse.

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Geomagic Announces Update of Flagship 3D Reverse Engineering and Inspection Software

“The addition of three new languages is exciting for our users in South America, Czech Republic and CIS regions who will now have access to Geomagic’s patented processes for rapidly creating 3D polygon data directly from scan data,” said Tom Kurke, COO, Geomagic. “Resellers and partners are already being recruited to

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

NASA Open Government Summit Emphasized Data Exchange

NASA is working to publish more of its data sets online and create more opportunities to engage with the public using digital tools. This was a major part of the discussion during the monthly Open Government Community Summit at NASA Headquarters in Washington last week. NASA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office of

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

DigitalGlobe and TERI University Announce WorldView-2 Joint Research Initiative

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

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

CityEngine Exclusively Distributed by Escape Studios in UK

Procedural Inc., the developer of the 3D city modeling software CityEngine, announces that it has partnered up with Escape Studios, Europe’s No.1 vendor of 3D technology, for the exclusive distribution of CityEngine in UK. “We are thrilled to collaborate with Escape Studios in UK who is one of the leading forces of 3D technology in Europe”

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Ocean Energy Sector on the Cusp of Growth

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES – The global ocean energy sector is witnessing a sharp turnaround with more than 45 wave and tidal prototypes being ocean tested in 2010 and 2011, after only a dozen were installed in 2009. According to a new IHS Emerging Energy Research market study, more than 1.8 GW of ocean projects in 16 countries

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Marine Project Nets Conservation Prize

BBC – Coralina’s Seaflower Marine Protected Area was judged to have protected a “vast territory” of ocean, while helping fishermen make a better living. Projects in Ghana, Japan, the US and several European countries were also lauded in the Countdown 2010 awards. Prizes will be given at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting here. Read