Saturday, September 18th, 2010
At the occasion of the General Affairs Council meeting that took place on 13 September 2010, EU Ministers adopted the proposal for a regulation on the European Earth observation programme (GMES) and its initial operations (2011-2013). The adoption, which follows the agreement reached with the European Parliament in first reading on 16 June 2010, is
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Leica XPro’s new version 4.4 now supports RGB and multispectral 4-band orthophoto generation including near infrared (NIR) from data acquired with the Leica ADS Airborne Digital Sensor HiRes mode, thus offering the most efficient swath width of up to 24000 pixels. Leica XPro, Leica Geosystems’ leading line sensor workflow that provides advanced ground processing from
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Guatemala in the Central America has been seriously damaged due to floods and mudslides caused by heavy rain, which had occurred continuously since beginning of September 2010. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has performed the observation to monitor the state of the damage by the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2)* onboard
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Today Esri is launching the 2010 ArcLogistics Government Grant Program, which will award subscriptions to Esri’s new cloud-based vehicle routing solution. One hundred state and local government agencies in the United States will receive grants totaling $450,000 in value. Learn More
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Since the first release of the US Topo series of revised digital topographic maps less than 19 months ago, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has published more than 30,800 7.5-minute cells covering more than 50% of the nation’s land area and setting high standards for production efficiency. “For comparison, the best year the USGS Mapping
Friday, September 17th, 2010
A southwestern Illinois levee official says he welcomes that the U.S. government is again delaying new floodplain maps that could mean higher insurance costs for property owners. But Les Sterman of the Southwestern Illinois Flood Protection District Council says the region’s issues with how the mapping is being done — and the potential fallout — could
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Raytheon Solipsys, a Raytheon Company subsidiary, has added a Web-based visualization and collaboration tool to its command and control software product line. Built on the Tactical Display Framework (TDF), Raytheon Solipsys’ flagship platform for tactical geospatial visualization, TDF Portal enables transmission of maps and tactical data that can be displayed in layers customized for an operation and
Friday, September 17th, 2010
The winner of Maker Faire Detroit’s “Editor’s Choice” 2010 Award, Alibre is providing exciting new ways for people to create and design in 3D. “Alibre Design lets ‘Makers’ take their vision and turn it into a reality in record time by digitally prototyping or printing their 3D models, enabling ordinary people to become entrepreneurs and set-up their own businesses
Friday, September 17th, 2010
Today, Microsoft announced the release of the final Windows Phone 7 developer tools, which features two new, and very crucial, controls for developers – pivot and panorama – and with the RTM code, developers can now see exactly what Windows Phone customers will experience, providing a greater opportunity for ISVs to fine-tune their apps in
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation (ATPR) for its innovative online campground reservation service that uses ESRI’s geographic information system (GIS) technology. Reserve.AlbertaParks.ca provides up-to-date maps and real-time availability of more than 4,000 campsites across 50 provincial campgrounds. The application has automated and centralized campground reservations in Alberta,
