Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Dotted Eyes, the market leading GeoData and information software specialist, today announces a report from the National Trust that it is reaping considerable rewards in reduced time, cost and resources in serving its internal staff and partner organisations since adopting the Contractor Portal data sharing system, this summer. Launched to great acclaim in July, Contractor Portal was
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it has successfully passed the Operational Readiness Review (ORR) for the European Space Agency (ESA). Integration software will now allow ESA and its user community efficient access to RapidEye’s five meter pixel sized, multi-spectral
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Hurricane Igor is a monster hurricane in terms of strength and size. To get a perspective on its size, it is the same distance from one end of the storm to the other as it is from Boston, Mass. to Richmond, Va., some 550 miles. That’s a 10-hour drive from one end to the other,
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
LG Electronics (LG) announced today that it will enter the water treatment market to help combat global water supply issues and to move further toward becoming a more environmentally sustainable business. LG will invest more than USD 400 million over the next decade with the goal of generating USD 7 billion in revenue by 2020,
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Itron Inc. announced today that one of the UK’s leading water and waste water providers, Severn Trent Water, is implementing an automated meter reading (AMR) solution developed by Itron. Itron is providing residential water meters pre-equipped with its EverBlu™ AMR module, handheld units and MV-RS® meter reading software to collect manual, encoded and radio reads
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of cloud-based spatial technology solutions, today announced an extensive update of the parcel boundary data available through ParcelStream™ and the company’s commitment to expanding its parcel boundary data coverage. Further, Digital Map Products sees demand for parcel boundary data continuing to grow as more applications incorporate interactive mapping
Thursday, September 16th, 2010
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 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 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
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
