Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
1Spatial is pleased to announce their participation in the European Commission’s INSPIRE Conference in Kraków, Poland from 22nd – 25th June 2010. The INSPIRE Conference, formerly the EC-GIS Conference, organised by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides a forum for sharing information and experiences related to the implementation of INSPIRE and the development
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Shaanxi Institute of Surveying and Mapping of Land (SISML) and ESRI Canada today announced that the companies have won a bid to provide consulting services on the application of geographic information system (GIS) technology to support China’s Sichuan Urban Development Project. Funded through a loan from the World Bank, the project will support institutional development and
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Bentley Institute Press, the SmartGeometry Group, and the International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC) are extending their invitation to submit summaries of original articles for a new peer-reviewed publication about parametric design methods until 28 July 2010. The highly illustrated SmartGeometry: The Evolution of Computational Design and Practice will highlight innovative parametric design approaches that are at the intersection
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
ESRI Canada today emphasized the value of leveraging geographic information systems (GIS) in enabling enterprise sharing of data to support collaborative and informed decision making that is essential to the successful management of large-scale events. ESRI GIS played a key role in supporting public safety and emergency management operations during the 21st Olympic and Paralympic
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
ESRI Canada today launched the ESRI Canada Community Maps Program, which facilitates the sharing of geographic information among governments and the public. The program provides free public access to online national and community basemaps, promoting the development of geographic information system (GIS) applications and fostering innovation. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada contributed
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Fugro-BKS (formerly BKS Surveys) has signed up as a content provider to Bluesky’s online collection of historically important aerial photographs. Visitors to www.oldaerialphotos.com will now be able to search through thousands of additional unique aerial images from the 1950’s onwards including many complete UK county surveys.
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The European Commission’s Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Applications Action Plan adopted today aims to place European industry in pole position to take full advantage of the global downstream market worth about €100 billion in particular by using its own satellite navigation programmes, Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System). EGNOS, the European satellite-based
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
This report documents leading technologies and existing standards relating to Data Model Transformation and Network Services that are considered relevant to the provision of Technical Guidance to the requirements of the INSPIRE Transformation Network Service (TNS). Read More
Monday, June 14th, 2010
A Bill to make provision in connection with wildlife and the natural environment; and for connected purposes. Read More
Monday, June 14th, 2010
The dynamic nature of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill has been a challenge for a range of communities — from hotel operators to fishermen to local community leaders. And the American people have questions about the response to this crisis. Today, NOAA launches a new federal Web site meant to answer those questions with
