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
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
3-GIS, an Alabama based product development and services company and GeoNav Group International, Inc., a GIS company that specializes in geospatial technology solutions for utilities and government have announced a strategic business alliance that will allow GeoNav to resell 3-GIS software solutions to multiple markets. Read More
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, and JBA Consulting, a leading European flood risk and environmental management firm, today announced a strategic collaboration to provide detailed flood mapping services for clients across Continental Europe. The provision of Intermap’s NEXTMap Europe digital elevation map data, along with the digital elevation models
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Farallon Geographics has developed and deployed a workflow-driven mobile data collection application to streamline the development of a comprehensive and accurate storm drain geodatabase and geometric network for a Bay Area city. The application uses the Open Source Android mobile platform, allowing it to run on a wide range of devices. The mobile data collection
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
By design quality, we are talking about creating places that work well, not about architectural style. Design quality, after all, is fundamental to how places work: road layouts that prioritise pedestrians; public spaces that are safe and attractive; buildings that are at an appropriate scale and density to support local services. Read More
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
There are several models in the 800 series (see brochure), the 2 most popular being the 800L and the 800LC. Both have 806 Mhz processor, 1 Gig internal memory, integrated GPS, VGA screen, Bluetooth, 802.11, 14 hour duration battery etc. The 800LC model also has an integrated camera. Run Crest, ArcPad or other Windows
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
During an emergency situation, whether it is a natural or man made disaster, features of the landscape change at lightening speed, at any time and often in ways that are impossible to predict. Responding effectively to a disaster requires information about the situation to flow seamlessly and quickly between field operatives & control centres. TOPO!
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Sparx Systems, a global vendor of UML modeling tools based on open standards will sponsor the Interoperability Workshop at the next ISO/TC 211 meeting being held from 24-28 May 2010. The global geospatial community increasingly uses Enterprise Architect, the flagship UML modeling platform from Sparx Systems for the development of industry reference models and to
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Monitoring the green roof’s success in reducing runoff is critical to the project, according to Darla Cravotta, the special projects coordinator with Allegheny County. “We can’t talk about the benefits of a green roof without monitoring it,” said Cravotta. “But when we have data, we can encourage other people to build green roofs,” she said.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
ESA’s SMOS satellite completed its six-month commissioning this week and formally began operational life. This milestone means the mission is now set to provide much-needed global images of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the water cycle. Read More
