Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The Association for Geographic Information’s (AGI) conference, the flagship industry event for over 10 years, is being held on 28 – 30 September 2010 under the theme of ‘Opportunities in a Changing World’. Ordnance Survey, as the national mapping agency and a platinum sponsor of the event, will be highlighting examples of how its location data
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Estimated economic loss and casualty information will now be included in earthquake alerts sent out by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) following significant earthquakes around the world. These earthquake alerts are widely recognized and used by emergency responders, government and aid officials, and the public to understand the scope of the potential disaster and to
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
On 20 July 2010 the EU launched a series of calls for proposals for a total of €30.5 million covering eight topics in the area of satellite navigation. A further €6.5 million will be used for several calls for a tender that will be published early 2011. Acting under powers delegated by the European Commission,
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Depiction University is starting soon, and is a great way to significantly enhance your Depiction capabilities. We’ve just posted the syllabus for the 8-week course, which covers everything from the Depiction menus to running tabletop exercises. The Depiction Free Reader is also now available! Now you can share the depictions you’ve created with anyone, whether
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Safe Software has added a TIBCO OpenSpirit Reader/Writer to FME 2010 that opens up new data integration possibilities for geotechnical applications and data. Now Oil & Gas organizations can tap into the power of FME’s data transformation and sharing capabilities to move almost any GIS, CAD, exploration and production data both in and out of
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The delivery of sustainable water supplies in Australia will require water managers and engineers to factor in a range of predicted variations in climate and long-term demand for water resources, according to a CSIRO climate and water expert, Dr Francis Chiew. “With an expected decline in water availability in parts of Australia comes the need
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
NAVTEQ announces that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) has expanded its agreement with NAVTEQ to permit State government entities designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) direct download access to NAVTEQ data. This agreement enables standardized use of NAVTEQ® map data across federal and state governent entities in support
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of software solutions for the generation of geospatial data, is pleased to announce that version 3.0 of Correlator3D™ will be unveiled at INTERGEO in Cologne, Germany. This major release features numerous improvements, including the support for satellite imagery such as GeoEye and WorldView. In addition, the DSM generation module was further
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) is a network on forests and development, which was initiated by the European Commission’s directorate for research (DG RES) in 1991. The mission of ETFRN is to ensure that European research contributes to conservation and sustainable use of forest and tree resources in the tropics, subtropics and Mediterranean
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
-Autodesk, Inc. today announced the Autodesk Plant Conversion Program for CADWorx Customers. The program is designed to help users of Intergraph CADWorx software transition to the benefits of the Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2011, a new software suite for plant designers who need powerful plant design and whole-project review capabilities in a single integrated package