Monday, September 20th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced the launch of the Bentley Infrastructure Ambassadors Council. The newly appointed ambassadors will engage the global communities of practitioners, constituents, and organizations interested in the key challenges of and opportunities resulting from sustaining infrastructure. The ambassadors appointed by Bentley include Norbert Young, former leader of McGraw-Hill Construction; Jim Porter, former
Monday, September 20th, 2010
OpenGeo, the leader in open source geospatial web services, announces a new training program to expand remote training support for users of the OpenGeo Suite around the globe. Kicking off this week, the online training program will allow more people to tap into the open source ecosystem with these detailed courses developed by core software
Monday, September 20th, 2010
RapidEye announced today that it has successfully passed theOperational Readiness Review (ORR) for the European Space Agency (ESA).Integration software will now allow ESA and its user community efficient access toRapidEye’s five meter pixel sized, multi-spectual data through an interface allowing semi-automated product and metadata exchange between RapidEye’s ground segment andESA’s Coordinated Data Access System (CDS). ESA
Monday, September 20th, 2010
Alongside software and consulting services, Exprodat Consulting offers some of the most popular GIS-based training courses to the Oil & Gas industry. To prove their point,the company has just completed a course that included their 500th attendee. Such is thepopularity and value of their courses, the company expects to pass the 600 mark before theend
Monday, September 20th, 2010
HP today unveiled new products and solutions, including the world’s most collaborative printer,(1) that enable technical design teams to easily access, share and print large-format project files online anytime, anywhere. The new suite of products helps design professionals in the architecture, engineering and construction industries collaborate across multiple locations, streamline processes and reduce costs. It includes:
Monday, September 20th, 2010
The new, subscription version of the Street Naming and Numbering module from gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets, has been released. Known as Symphony SNN, it has been completely remodelled to make it a standalone product, which means Street Naming and Numbering Officers from Shetland to Cornwall can all enjoy the efficiency savings that it offers. The main power
Monday, September 20th, 2010
The National Hydrologic Warning Council (NHWC) has released ALERT2™, a new standard for transmitting data designed to significantly improve accuracy and performance in systems and software used for early detection of floods and other water hazards around the world. ALERT, which stands for Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time, uses remote sensors to transmit environmental data via
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
The Deputy Director of the Town and Country Planning, Mr. Lawrence Dakurah, explained that it has come as a responsibility of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) under the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST) charged with the mandate of planning and managing the growth and development of cities, town and villages in Ghana. The
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Two major Autodesk partners in the Czech Republic, XANADU and Dagis, today announced a merger of their CAD activities. The new company will be called CAD Studio a.s., and takes over all CAD and GIS activities of the companies Dagis and XANADU, becoming the largest specialised provider of CAD, GIS and PLM solutions in Central
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Bing Maps has added another nice feature, adding public transportation routes to 11 major U.S. cities. It’s a good first step for Bing, though there’s certainly a lot of work left to do to catch up to Google Maps — which covers more than twice that many in California alone and a total of 446 cities
