Friday, September 3rd, 2010
A reduction in number of “hot spots” – possible fire blazes – was registered by satellites for the second day in a row. MODIS sensors of Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 188 “hot spots” on August 17, with 218 on August 16 and over 300-350 blazes detected daily over the first two weeks of the
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Intergraph® today presented the Icon Award, the company’s highest customer honor, to seven industry and government leaders for their visionary use of Intergraph’s enterprise engineering and geospatial software. The Icon Award winners were named during the opening keynote presentations at Intergraph 2010, Intergraph’s international users’ conference. The 2010 Icon Award winners are: the Bundeswehr Geographic Information
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The newly-released Depth to magnetic basement map of the Gawler-Curnamona region, South Australia map was constructed from a compilation of point-located depth values below topography consisting of depth to magnetic source estimates, basement drill hole intersections and interpreted seismic depth estimates. These point depths were combined with mapped geology to delineating the outcropping basement and were
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialised graphics solutions, will be showcasing a variety of advanced multi-display technologies at IBC 2010, including a live demonstration of a unique, twelve display workstation powered by an M9188 octal graphics card and M9148 quad card combination. Read More
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
China Information Technology, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at $15 million for the construction of the security system for the 2011 Summer Universiade (Shenzhen) (the “Project”). The Company anticipates the contract to be completed and revenue recognized within the next 12 months. The 2011 Summer Universiade (Shenzhen). The Universiade, or the
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Intergraph has introduced new 3D capabilities for its GeoMedia® product line, fully integrating advanced spatial analysis and data capture with the 3D ‘virtual earth’ style of presentation popular in today’s mainstream mapping applications. The combination delivers more precise visualization of surface and environmental characteristics for increased insight, data accuracy and user productivity. With GeoMedia 3D,
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
This programme introduces you to spatial information science disciplines, including: geographical information system methodologies and applications, remote sensing image processing techniques and applications, and environmental modelling philosophy and practice. Read More
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Operation IceBridge – a NASA airborne mission to observe changes in Earth’s rapidly changing polar land ice and sea ice – is soon to embark on its fourth field season in October. The mission is now paralleled by a campaign to bring data to researchers as quickly as possible and to accelerate the analysis of
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced that its Brazilian distributor, Santiago & Cintra Consultoria, has provided RapidEye images to the State of Minas Gerais. As part of the agreement, RapidEye became the sole provider of satellite imagery for three different coverage periods
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
NAVTEQ today launched a new product that promises to materially change the way navigation systems and applications interact with end users. NAVTEQ Natural Guidance™ breaks new ground by enabling guidance the way humans provide directions to each other—through the use of descriptive reference cues. NAVTEQ Natural Guidance leapfrogs today’s linear navigation instructions—e.g. ‘turn right in
