Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The European Union’s greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory report, compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA), shows that emissions have not only continued their downward trend in 2008, but have also picked up pace. The EU-27’s emissions stood 11.3 % below their 1990 levels, while EU-15 achieved a reduction of 6.9 % compared to Kyoto base-year
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
In commemoration of EARTH’s twentieth Anniversary, EARTH University and its graduates, with the support of the Costa Rica Tourist Board (ICT), CNN and Cummins are organizing a simultaneous global tree planting on June 5, World Environment Day, called EARTH Plants the Future. Tree plantings have been organized by EARTH alumni in over 26 countries, and planting
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the integration of its civil engineering design and stormwater modeling and analysis applications to further enhance workflows and facilitate collaboration. The applications include Bentley’s InRoads, GEOPAK, PowerCivil for North America, MXROAD, CivilStorm, StormCAD, and
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Getmapping has made a spectacular start to its 2010 aerial imagery flying season, capturing over 25,000 square kilometres using both its established fleet of Vexel digital cameras and a new VisionMap A3 large format camera. By the end of May, Getmapping had completed its aerial survey of Wales, begun in 2009, completed the whole of
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has announced that Mobile Devices has chosen to utilize NAVTEQ data globally in its line of dedicated and standardized platforms for fleet management and telematics applications. Mobile Devices is using NAVTEQ maps for Europe,
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Hurricanes, air quality and Arctic ecosystems are among the research areas to be investigated during the next five years by new NASA airborne science missions announced today. The five competitively-selected proposals, including one from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are the first investigations in the new Venture-class series of low-to-moderate-cost projects established last year.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce a new version of its powerful Leica Flight Planning & Evaluation Software (FPES). Leica FPES v10.1 allows a fast and automatic load of DTM data with sophisticated computation capabilities. Beside many other enhancements Leica FPES v10.1 supports Windows OS including Windows 7, and a flexible data import and export
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
3D Laser Mapping, the international developer of laser mapping solutions, has appointed Francois Stroh to the position of Global Mining Product Manager. Stroh, an engineering surveyor with more than ten years experience of laser scanning sales, installation, training and support, will have responsibility for 3D Laser Mapping’s global mining division. Stroh will be based in
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
RapidEye announced today that Geoserve BV has signed a contractual agreement with RapidEye to be its sole data distributor in the Netherlands. Currently, RapidEye is working on completing its worldwide network of distributors in order to facilitate easy access to RapidEye products in their customers’ own language and region. Learn More
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Foundation recently appointed Roger Crystal, the former Foundation Vice President, to assume the role of Foundation President in response to Thomas Lillesand’s desire to rotate out of that position after six years of service. Dr. Lillesand will continue serving the Foundation as a Trustee. Dr. Cliff
