Thursday, June 24th, 2010
As the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference is about to begin in Edinburgh, DMCii has launched a new service specifically tailored to help in the fight to conserve global forests. DMCii’s Global Forest Monitoring service uses satellite imagery to produce easily-understood maps of forest cover change. Uniquely, the service’s wide-area forest surveys can be updated annually,
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), a wholly owned US subsidiary of Topcon Corporation, announced that it has been selected to supply GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) receivers and software for Anhui Province Continuously Operating Reference Station Network (AHCORS).The AHCORS network is designed to provide full coverage of Anhui Province of China with network RTK capability and
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Carl Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Autodesk, Inc. will ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell remotely from Autodesk’s office in San Francisco, California on Thursday, June 24 at 9:30 a.m. (ET). NASDAQ lists approximately 516 companies from California with 206 companies from Silicon Valley. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the NASDAQ seven
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick were among a few scientists worldwide to pick up a new GPS signal last week. The test signal was transmitted by the recently launched IIF-1 satellite, a new breed of GPS satellite that delivers a new, stronger signal, said UNB researcher Prof. Richard Langley. Before now, there were
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
A 3D excavator guidance system is helping the earthmoving subcontractor to beat the schedule by 15 percent on a $9-million channel repair project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Topeka, Kansas. Jim Ebert, project manager for the contractor, says the Leica Power Digger 3D systems improve the excavators’ efficiency because no grade checking
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
The prestigious British Cartographic Society (BCS) Award was presented to The Highland Council at the 2010 awards ceremony held last week during the Society’s Annual Symposium at the Village Hotel and Conference Centre in Nottingham.The BCS has recognised innovative use of mapping at the recently held BCS Symposium entitled “Talking with Maps” that attracted over
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces Leica CloudWorx-VR for 3ds Max, 3ds Max design, and Maya. These plug-ins provide a convenient way for professionals to efficiently create more photorealistic and compelling models, renderings, and animations based on rich, High-Definition Survey data of sites and structures as collected by 3D laser scanners. The powerful, new plug-in was developed by
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
To support the growing demand for value added services and derived image products, Geoimage is pleased to announce that Alisa Eustace has been appointed as Senior GeoSpatial Analyst. Alisa comes to us from the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s Remote Sensing Centre. Alisa has expertise in developing remote sensing and GeoSpatial products to support
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Onset announced that it has broadened its offerings for energy and environmental monitoring by expanding the range of measurement options for its line of HOBO U12 data loggers. Specifically, multi-channel versions of HOBO U12 data loggers can now measure and record kilowatts, air velocity, gauge pressure, differential pressure, DC current and other energy and environmental
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
UK technology company Remote Energy Monitoring Ltd and its systemsdevelopment partner Infotech Enterprises Ltd have unveiled a new interface between SAP’sAdvanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and REM’s Smart Meter Operations Suite (SMOS).The announcement came at the opening of a new demonstration centre at Infotech’s offices inLondon, where the REM meter can be put through its paces
