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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Matrox Case Study: Extio Units Control Workstation Noise and Stability at the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service

Matrox is pleased announce that the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (INBS) has selected Matrox Extio Series Remote Graphics Units to regulate noise and stability issues for 25 dual- and quad-monitor worskstations across 8 studios. Extio F1220 and F1400 KVM extension solutions separate the keyboard, mouse, audio peripherals, and graphics hardware from the host PC via fibre-optic cable, while supporting up to

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Historical Material Geographic Information System

Academia Historica is the highest authority of history in Taiwan and also the most essential organization collecting, organizing, storing, editing, and studying the modern history of Republic of China (ROC). The museum collects a great number of the historical materials related to the modern history of ROC, and the materials can be used as the

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Valencia – 6th gvSIG Conference – Communication Proposals Deadline

We remind you that we are now expecting communication proposals for the 6th gvSIG Conference (Valencia, 1st-3rd December 2010) . The deadline is September 21st. You just have to send an abstract, following the template provided on the Reports section of the Conference web page to [email protected] and the scientific committee will evaluate it to be

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Lack of Resources Hinders Risk Professionals

New research by Ordnance Survey among Directors and Managers of Operational Risk in the financial sector reveals that a lack of resources is, and will continue to be a problem as operational risk continues to increase in importance. Despite operational risk moving up the organisational agenda over the last year according to over 84% of respondents,

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

C. Dana Tomlin to be Inducted into URISA’s GIS Hall of Fame

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) established the GIS Hall of Fame in 2005 to recognize and honor the most esteemed leaders of the geospatial community. To be considered for the GIS Hall of Fame, an individual’s or an organization’s record of contribution to the advancement of the industry demonstrates creative thinking and

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

GE Smart Grid Technology Could Transform Milton Keynes into World-Class, Low-Carbon City

GE is working with electricity distributor Central Networks on a project proposal to put the city of Milton Keynes at the forefront of the United Kingdom’s transition to smart grid technology and low carbon urban living. The proposal has been submitted to U.K. energy regulator Ofgem in an effort to secure a slice of its

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

John Deere Launches New Precision Technologies

John Deere has launched several new precision ag technologies including a new telematics system, JDLink, GreenStar 3 family of displays, the StarFire 3000 GNSS Receiver, iGrade, that helps producers better manage surface water movement, and iSteer, that improves implement guidance in a grower’s field. “The GreenStar 3 and the new GreenStar 3 2630 display is the

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Esri Releases the Open GeoServices REST Specification

At the FOSS4G Conference in Barcelona, Spain, today, Esri announced the release of the GeoServices REST Specification. This open specification provides a standard way for Web clients to communicate with geographic information system (GIS) servers through Representational State Transfer (REST) technology. The specification has been opened such that developers can expose the GeoServices API request structure

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

OGC Seeks Comments on NetCDF Climate and Forecast Data Encoding Standards

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) members are seeking comments on OGC candidate standards Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) Core Encoding Standard, and NetCDF Binary Encoding Extension Standard – NetCDF Classic and 64-bit Offset Format. NetCDF (network Common Data Form) can be used to communicate and store many kinds of multidimensional data, although it was originally

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

PCI Geomatics to Represent Canada at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo in Brazil

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, is proud to announce its participation in the Canadian Pavilion at the upcoming Rio Oil and Gas Expo taking place September 13-19 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio Oil and Gas Expo is the largest event of its type in Latin America with