Monday, September 6th, 2010
Trimble announced today new and enhanced variable rate and boom control options to the versatile Field-IQ™ crop input control system. The expanded capabilities help farmers manage pest and nutrient applications by avoiding spray overlap with automatic or manual control of up to 48 sections—more sections controlled than any other variable rate system in the industry
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the new EZ-Remote™ joystick for improved operator efficiency and comfort in the tractor cab. The convenient accessory mounts quickly on virtually any tractor console. The announcement was made today at the Farm Progress show, the nation’s largest outdoor farm show. Paired as an accessory to the Trimble FmX® integrated display,
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Deere & Company today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell John Deere Renewables, LLC, its wind energy business, to Exelon Generation Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exelon Corporation. “As Deere sharpens its own strategic focus, we have concluded that the company’s resources are best invested in growing our core equipment businesses around the world,”
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Burlington, Mass.-based Vela Systems raised the funds from Autodesk and series A investors Commonwealth Capital Ventures, GrandBanks Capital and private individuals. Vela launched in 2005 to create software building information modeling, or BIM, to the job site. A year ago Autodesk announced a collaboration with Vela last year to integrate the software with Autodesk’s Navisworks
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The analysis of spatial patterns of health and disease has been greatly enhanced by recent advances in geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems (GPS) and spatial statistics. The Department has an active research programme that uses GIS and spatial analysis in epidemiological research. Departmental staff also coordinate the Schools GIS facilities
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
A panel of five independent judges will evaluate projects submitted in the MAPPS 2010 Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards competition. The MAPPS awards competition recognizes the professionalism, value, integrity and achievement that member firms have demonstrated in their projects and technology developments over the previous year. Learn More
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency has a long history of international collaboration on a wide range of global environmental issues. In recent years, EPA’s bilateral and multilateral partnerships have taken on new significance in the face of shared environmental and governance challenges, such as global climate change and improving children’s environmental health outcomes. Learn More
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Pakistan’s floods are arguably the worst in living memory, leaving many hundreds dead and millions homeless or marooned as villages and infrastructure have washed away. Data from a range of Earth observation satellites are being used, both through the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative,
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
There are 35 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. But 90% of us live in towns and cities and most people rarely get out and visit them. So CABE is supporting a photo competition to find ‘Areas of Outstanding Urban Beauty’. The idea is to focus attention on the quality of urban areas and
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
