Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure – GSDI 12 World Conference took place in Singapore from 19 to 22 October 2010. The partners organizing this conference included the GSDI Association, the Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia & the Pacific (PCGIAP) and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). “Governments at all levels in all countries depend on
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Design professionals in the architecture, engineering and construction industries will be able to save time, improve collaboration and reduce review cycles using the industry’s first web-ready large-format printing solution – available today. The new HP ePrint & Share and HP Designjet T2300 eMultifunction Printer (eMFP) solution allows design teams to easily access, share and print large-format project files
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Calgary’s downtown is dense with 20 and 30-story buildings, holding 50% of all Calgary jobs. Parking is expensive, upwards of $20 per day. A new planning concept, the downtown PRT circulator, offers many unique benefits: enhances the existing LRT system re-connects a city split by railroad tracks stretches downtown to encompass the Eau Claire area
Monday, November 1st, 2010
LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of version 8 of GeoExpress® image compression software at the GEOINT 2010 Symposium in New Orleans this week. GeoExpress 8, which enables geospatial professionals to compress and manipulate satellite and aerial imagery, introduces
Monday, November 1st, 2010
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, has announced the appointment of Terry Moloney as its new President and CEO succeeding Dr. Robert Moses. On behalf of the Board of Directors, PCI Chairman, David McFadden addressed employees last week announcing this appointment. As he mentioned in his communiqué to staff, in
Monday, November 1st, 2010
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) today announced the launch of the new CDP Cities program, which will provide a system for cities worldwide to report on their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related strategies. CDP Cities, in partnership with the C40 and the Clinton Climate initiative (CCI)*, has asked the largest cities in the world committed
Monday, November 1st, 2010
GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of superior satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today that it has appointed Dr. William L. Ballhaus to serve on GeoEye’s board of directors. He joins nine other board members. Ballhaus, who holds a doctorate degree in aeronautics and astronautics, is currently a senior advisor and operating partner
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Topcon Europe Positioning B.V. announces that Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS, Livermore, California) has acquired InlandGEO, one of Topcon’s top performing distributors. InlandGEO is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and has four additional offices in Spain, two in Portugal and one in the Canary Islands. In addition to continuing to distribute Topcon and Sokkia positioning products to the construction and survey markets in Spain and Portugal,
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
“Navitel Navigator” is a unique and accurate navigation system. Detailed Russia map. Free traffic jams information service. SPEEDCAMs. The most detailed map of Russia: more than 118 000 cities and towns, 1500 of them contain address search information. The most detailed Moscow and Saint-Petersburg map. Towns and transit routes in all regions. Huge POI base (Gas stations, police, cafes, restaurants, motels, etc.). You
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
The reduction of emissions forms a key objective for the European Commission. The Europe 2020 Strategy confirms the 20-20-20 targets aiming at a reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions of at least 20% below 1990 levels, 20% of EU energy consumption to come from renewable resources and a 20% reduction in primary energy use compared
