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Monday, October 11th, 2010

Contour Launches World’s First Hands-free GPS Video Camera Using u-blox Technology

Contour, a market leader in hands-free video cameras, has selected u-blox’ GPS technology to usher in a new era of location-based video. The addition of u-blox GPS to the ContourGPS video camera adds a new layer of excitement to adventure videos enabling consumers to show their friends where they went, track their journey, and discover new

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Lockheed Martin-Built Commercial Earth Imaging Satellite Marks 11 Years On-Orbit

IKONOS, the world’s first commercial, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and currently operated by GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEOY), has achieved 11 years of successful on-orbit operations. A first-of-its-kind satellite, IKONOS was launched on Sept. 24, 1999 to provide high-resolution imagery of the Earth for worldwide commercial and government customers. The spacecraft

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Japan – Paper Submission and Registration for GIS-IDEAS 2010

Preparations for GIS-IDEAS are going on and the details schedule will be released at the end of October 2010. The deadline for submission of full paper is Oct 15th 2010. Please see submission guidelines at http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas10/submit.php and if you have difficulty in uploading full-paper as PDF, please contact [email protected] The selected abstract are listed at http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas10/papers.php?first_letter=all The authors and participants are expected to complete advance register for the

Monday, October 11th, 2010

2nd Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS

The 2nd Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS will be held in Melbourne, Australia, 21-22 November 2010, just before the APRSAF meeting, 23-26 November. The 2nd GNSS workshop will be jointly organised by the Satellite Positioning Research and Application Center (SPAC) of Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the International Global Navigation Satellite

Monday, October 11th, 2010

OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award

Autodesk, Inc. announced that OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten GmbH, one of Germany’s largest architecture and engineering consulting firms, has received an Autodesk BIM Experience Award. The firm is being honored for its use of a Building Information Modeling (BIM) process to coordinate projects and facilitate sustainable design within an integrated architecture, structural engineering and mechanical,

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Making Digital Geological Spatial Data More Easily Discoverable, Accessible and Useable

OneGeology-Europe aims to create dynamic digital geological map data for Europe. It will make a significant contribution to the progress of INSPIRE – i.e. develop systems and protocols to better enable the discovery, viewing, downloading and sharing of core European spatial geological data. OneGeology-Europe will address licensing and multi-lingual aspects of sharing geological knowledge and demonstrate best

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Intelligent Intel Metre Project Gets $100M In Fed Govt Funding

Intel may have snared a multimillion dollar deal to install Smart metres into Australian homes after the federal government confirmed a funding deal with Energy Australia for the roll out of a smart grid project which in part uses Intel powered metres. Read More

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Significant Wind Energy Advances in Peru

Green light for the construction of 3 wind power (140 MW) and 4 solar photovoltaic (80 MW) plants to be put into service by 2012. Peru gave green light for the construction of 3 new wind farm and 4 solar power plants, for a total capacity of 220 MW, whose concessions had been offered in a

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Invitation to Tender for the Development of the Technical Components of the INSPIRE Geo-portal at European Union level

The JRC has recently published an “Invitation to Tender” for the “development of the technical components of the INSPIRE Geo-portal at European Union level ” . Both the contract notice and the full text of the ITT are publically available. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15/10/2010.

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

New International Architectural Guide

ARCHITECTS – This second edition of the international architectural guide by ABV Architekten und Bauherren Verlag GmbH provides you with highly qualified architects, planners, specialized companies and suppliers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Like in the 2008/2009 edition, internationally operating companies present themselves on a double page with their news, references, and products. Thus, you are