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Thursday, September 16th, 2010

RIB iTWO – Time for Innovative Technologies in Construction

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 Acquires Cengea to Expand its Forestry Solutions

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 and Infoterra GmbH Bring TerraSAR-X Data and Solutions to Geospatial Community

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

Virtual City Ltd Receives USD 1 million in Nokia’s Growth Economy Venture Challenge

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

Atlantic Rainforest Sensor Net Research

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

VeniceTable: Interactive Traffic Simulation Table

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

Heidelberg to Build Zero-emissions District

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’s 2011 Student Design Competition Call for Submissions Now Open

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

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

OpenGeo Releases Training Courses under Creative Commons

At the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference in Barcelona this past week, OpenGeo announced the availability of its training materials online, licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike With Attribution license.  Introductory workshops on the PostGIS spatial database, OpenLayers web mapping library, and the GeoServer  map and feature server are all available

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

BARSC in the Sunshine with Quarry One Eleven

The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC) is a highly proactive organisation that represents the interests of commercial organisations involved in remote sensing. Formed in 1985, BARSC has an impressive track record of serving the interests of major companies, small and medium enterprises and independent consultants. The Executive Committee of BARSC works tirelessly to