Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Hemisphere GPS and CLAAS Agrosystems launched eDriveX in Europe under the CLAAS brand, GPS Pilot. CLAAS Agrosystems, a company belonging to the global CLAAS Group agricultural equipment manufacturer, is offering GPS Pilot as a part of their precision automated steering solution that also includes the Outback S3™ guidance terminal and BaseLineX™ GPS base station. The new system,
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Trimble introduced Trimble® ConstructJob, an updated version of the Accubid Web-based project management solution for the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) trades. In addition to supporting Accubid mechanical and electrical estimating applications, the new Trimble ConstructJob now supports integration with the QuickPen AutoBid® Mechanical estimating application.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Mio Technology, a division under the Mitac Group, introduced its first driving recorders with global positioning system (GPS) and shock sensor functionalities built in and priced at NT$6,888 (US$226). Mio is the first of the portable navigation device (PND) “big three” – which also includes Garmin and TomTom – to launch such a product. Read More
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
The first deployment of Ushahidi in Russia – the “Help Map” project (Russian-fires.ru) that worked as a mutual aid coordination platform during unprecedented wildfires last summer – received the most prestigious award of the Russian Internet. The “Runet Award 2010” (Premia Runeta) was granted to “Help Map” as the best project in a category “State
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) has recently begun a three-year project that will integrate Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology into its digital airport management system. The project will combine GIS and airport management to enhance many aspects of the airport’s operations, such as data, asset, and workflow management. It will also benefit the airport significantly
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Alongside industry-leading GIS consulting and training services for the oil and gas sector, Exprodat provides a range of GIS-based software designed specifically for use in petroleum exploration and production (E&P) departments. One of these is the popular Team-GIS KBridge.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Pitney Bowes Business Insight has announced that Somerset County Council has gone live with the UK’s most advanced highways management system, based on Confirm®, PBBI’s market-leading infrastructure asset maintenance and management system.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Forty-nine Ashtech® MobileMapper® 6 GPS/GIS field terminals have been purchased by two key Republic of Kosovo agencies, the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) and the Kosovo Cadastre Agency (KCA), to map property boundaries to help resolve private property claims. While the KPA is specialized in solving property and juridical conflicts, the KCA on the other hand
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced the release of Bentley Pipe Renewal Planner, a new decision support tool that provides water utility owner-operators with a quantifiable and reproducible best practice for optimizing the replacement and rehabilitation of distribution network pipes. Pipe Renewal Planner ranks the worst-performing pipes in the network, helping owner-operators more effectively prioritize network upgrades.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Smartphone application developers appear to be exceptionally interested in the new Windows® Phone 7, according to recent media reports. Just in time for the holidays, Microsoft Press announces a new slate of books and ebooks for Windows Phone 7. Tapping the expertise of Microsoft engineers and software designers, as well as top industry consultants and trainers,
