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
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Intergraph® today presented the Icon Award, the company’s highest customer honor, to seven industry and government leaders for their visionary use of Intergraph’s enterprise engineering and geospatial software. The Icon Award winners were named during the opening keynote presentations at Intergraph 2010, Intergraph’s international users’ conference. The 2010 Icon Award winners are: the Bundeswehr Geographic Information
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The newly-released Depth to magnetic basement map of the Gawler-Curnamona region, South Australia map was constructed from a compilation of point-located depth values below topography consisting of depth to magnetic source estimates, basement drill hole intersections and interpreted seismic depth estimates. These point depths were combined with mapped geology to delineating the outcropping basement and were
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialised graphics solutions, will be showcasing a variety of advanced multi-display technologies at IBC 2010, including a live demonstration of a unique, twelve display workstation powered by an M9188 octal graphics card and M9148 quad card combination. Read More
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
China Information Technology, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at $15 million for the construction of the security system for the 2011 Summer Universiade (Shenzhen) (the “Project”). The Company anticipates the contract to be completed and revenue recognized within the next 12 months. The 2011 Summer Universiade (Shenzhen). The Universiade, or the
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Intergraph has introduced new 3D capabilities for its GeoMedia® product line, fully integrating advanced spatial analysis and data capture with the 3D ‘virtual earth’ style of presentation popular in today’s mainstream mapping applications. The combination delivers more precise visualization of surface and environmental characteristics for increased insight, data accuracy and user productivity. With GeoMedia 3D,
