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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

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

PCI Geomatics Continues to Extend Its Reach into Africa and the Middle East

PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of software and systems for geo-imaging solutions, plans to undertake a business development mission to Africa and the Middle East to meet, train, and interact with local partners and customers and to participate in a key industry event. PCI Geomatics will begin its mission at the 8th International Conference African

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

IdRC and ESRI Canada to Design Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Kingdom of Jordan

Interdisciplinary Research Consultants (IdRC) and ESRI Canada today announced that the companies have been selected to provide consulting services on the design of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for the Kingdom of Jordan.  This will help Jordan develop a national strategic plan that will enable broad sharing of geographic information to monitor and support the

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

SuperGeo Won Gold Map Award

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, has won the 6th ‘Gold Map Award’ by means of its ‘Taiwan Biodiversity Network’ platform. Held by Taiwan Geographic Information Society (TGIS), Gold Map Award is to recognize the outstanding applications and technical innovation of GIS technologies. This year, SuperGeo received ‘Best Promotion Service’

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

Siemens Expands its Rail Automation Activities in Slovakia by Opening an Engineering Center

Siemens’ Mobility Division is expanding its engineering capacities in Zilina, Slovakia in order to sharpen its international focus on project processing. From now on, the Rail Automation Business Unit will have its own department in the Zilina Engineering Center. This new department was officially opened for business today under the leadership of Siemens Slovakia and