Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Itron Inc. announced today that one of the UK’s leading water and waste water providers, Severn Trent Water, is implementing an automated meter reading (AMR) solution developed by Itron. Itron is providing residential water meters pre-equipped with its EverBlu™ AMR module, handheld units and MV-RS® meter reading software to collect manual, encoded and radio reads
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced an extensive update of the parcel boundary data available through ParcelStream™ and the company’s commitment to expanding its parcel boundary data coverage. Further, Digital Map Products sees demand for parcel boundary data continuing to grow as more applications incorporate interactive mapping
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Model-based working is becoming an increasingly popular trend in the German construction industry. There is a growing demand among Germany’s leading construction companies for end-to-end process-oriented solutions that support a model-based work method. Digital engineering and construction is gaining more and more relevance, particularly on the international market. Recognising this trend, Bilfinger Berger Nigeria has
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Trimble announced today it has acquired privately-held Cengea Solutions Inc., based in British Columbia. Cengea is a leading provider of spatially-enabled business operations and supply chain management software for the forestry, agriculture and natural resource industries. The acquisition is part of Trimble’s strategic initiative to bring productivity solutions to the forestry and other industries. Financial
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
ERDAS announces that it will collaborate with Infoterra GmbH, a leading provider of radar satellite data and services and exclusive holder of commercial exploitation rights to TerraSAR-X data. Together, they will develop operational applications for TerraSAR-X radar satellite imagery and strengthen the knowledge of SAR data analysis within the user community. In recent years, the use
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Today at the Nokia Developer Summit, Nokia was proud to announce Virtual City Ltd, a home-grown Kenyan company, as the winner of the Growth Economy Venture Challenge. A panel of experts judged their submission – Mobile Distributor Solution, which supports small and micro enterprises in emerging markets – to be the worthy winner. John Waibochi
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Rainforests are a precious commodity worldwide. Scientists are working hard to understand these complex systems and their impact on climate change. In November 2009, Microsoft Research, in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of São Paulo, deployed a network of sensors to study the Serra do Mar rainforest in Brazil. Only
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
The VeniceTable project was sponsored by the European Union’s CIVITAS Project. The CIVITAS Initiative helps cities to achieve a more sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban transport system by implementing and evaluating an ambitious, integrated set of technology and policy based measures. The VeniceTable was delivered as part of the MOBILIS project in Venice led
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
EU ENERGY – The city of Heidelberg (Germany) – a signatory of the Covenant of Mayors – has launched an ambitious plan to build a large, zero-emissions city district on the site of a former goods station. The new district – which will be known as Bahnstadt – will be centrally located and cover a total
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that the call for submissions for its 2011 Student Design Competition is now open. University, college, community college, technical school, and high school students are invited to submit projects designed using Bentley software, along
