Monday, October 18th, 2010
The exciting new reality of open BIM collaboration will be demonstrated on October 21 in a GRAPHISOFT webcast. Insights will be offered on how true interoperability and real-time design sharing are possible with BIM models right now.
Monday, October 18th, 2010
Small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has today been awarded a grant to commence the design phase of a national technology demonstration satellite called TechDemoSat-1. The UK’s Technology Strategy Board and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have together provided a grant of £770,000 to fund the core mission design elements. SSTL, UK
Monday, October 18th, 2010
Matt Walker has joined Astun Technology as Geospatial Technologist. He will be responsible for enterprise deployment of Astun’s range of web based GIS, data integration and publishing solutions to local authorities. Walker has spent most of his career to date working with spatial data specialists Dotted Eyes, where he became Technical Director. During his time there
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) today announced the recipients of its 2010 Scholarship Program, for what was the Foundation’s most competitive year yet. This year, the Foundation awarded $86,000 to 19 recipients. Four Ph.D. candidates, six master’s students, six undergraduates and three graduating high school seniors received scholarships from this year’s program. High
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Two weeks after announcing its investment in DriverTech, Rand McNally unveiled future enhancements for the TruckPC mobile fleet management solution at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition in Phoenix. Rand McNally Truck PC, powered by DriverTech, utilizes Rand McNally’s leading IntelliRoute® TND™ truck navigation on DriverTech’s secure, industry-tested, on-board computing platform. The recently announced deal between the
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
The CS650, CS655, and CWS655, our newest soil-water reflectometers, feature many improvements over their predecessors. These improvements include the ability to measure bulk electrical conductivity (EC) and soil temperature in addition to soil-water content. Innovative techniques allow the new sensors to make accurate water-content measurements for a wider EC range (up to 3.7 dS/m) without
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
The information in this report is based on over 225 actual valuations of A/E/P and environmental consulting firms! Each year, ZweigWhite conducts a nationwide survey to identify design and environmental firms that use an internal formula for valuation, that have been merged or acquired, or that have been appraised by an independent valuation consultant. These
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
IBM and the Australian and Victorian Governments today announced an agreement to establish a new research and development laboratory in Australia.vThe new IBM Global R&D Lab will be IBM’s first lab that combines research and development in a single organization focused on accelerating progress towards a smarter planet. The new global research and development lab
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Measuring the World in 3D – this goal is now the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and closer to the space company Astrium, a crucial step: The radar satellite tandem-X on 14.10.2010 with its “twin” TerraSAR-X the close formation flight passed. The two Earth observation satellites tracked at last at a distance of 20 kilometers. This
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Trimble announced today that the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS) and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) have jointly purchased 40 Trimble NetR9™ GNSS reference station receivers as part of a project to upgrade the LINZ PositioNZ GPS network to multi-constellation GNSS and real-time data distribution capability. LINZ is the government department responsible