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
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The contract is for the supply and installation of a 110/13.8 kV Gas-insulated Substation (GIS) at Knowledge Economic City in Madinah, western Saudi Arabia, which will power a newly developed luxury residential area. The order is scheduled for completion in 2012.Knowledge Economic City is intended to usher in a significant transformation of the regional economic
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
After five years of testing, the U.S. Navy is finally entering the digital age for navigation. Five years ago, the first all digital navigation system was installed, in the USS Cape St. George (a cruiser). Called the Voyage Management System (VMS), this version used 29 CDs containing the 12,000 paper nautical charts that were stored in
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Experts from Europe and Canada are a step closer to establishing an international network focusing on geospatial quality issues after meeting recently in Brussels. Discussions between specialists from EuroGeographics’ Quality Knowledge Exchange Network and Canada’s GEOIDE Network’s researchers, who are working on legal, ethical and data quality issues related to geospatial data, revealed many common
Friday, May 28th, 2010
NASA engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption — an important capability in the U.S. West where precipitation is sparse and water rights are allocated. The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is one of two instruments flying on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the next generation
Friday, May 28th, 2010
KeyCreator’s unique approach to 3D direct modeling gives users the freedom they need to be creative, practical and efficient in their design. This no nonsense style to CAD design and productivity uses Direct Dimension Editing to instantly drive changes to the model. Direct Dimension Editing means that model building and editing is done without concern
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that IMMCO, Inc., the leading U.S. provider of GIS, software, mapping, and network design services to the broadband industry, has joined Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription (ELS) program. Bentley’s innovative ELS provides competitive advantage while
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Starting on 11 June 2010, ten stadiums will be used for the World Cup in South Africa, the 19 FIFA World Cup since the competition began and the first to be hosted in Africa. EADS Astrium subsidiary Spot Image is pleased to present satellite views of these ten stadiums, acquired by the KOMPSAT-2 satellite as
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Featuring a 10m grid spacing and an absolute height accuracy of up to 5m, the TerraSAR-X ELEVATION DSM (digital surface model) is now operationally available for areas as small as only 500 sqkm, and up to full regional coverage, worldwide. Particularly the unique reliability of the weather-independent radar sensor makes this an ideal complement to
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
INTERGEO East came to an end in Istanbul last Friday, 21 May, after three successful days. It was the first time that this two-day trade fair and three-day conference for land management, geoinformation, the building industry and the environment had been held in the Turkish metropolis. As anticipated, this unique geographical location enabled the building
