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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Intermap’s Online Terrain Profiles Improve Placement of Wireless Transmission Towers

Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced the immediate availability of its Web-based application that produces NEXTMap Online Terrain Profiles (OTPs) for microwave link planning. The application was designed specifically to support microwave tower placement and network expansion by delivering precise terrain profiles (including 3D terrain data and profile

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Intergraph Security Integration Solution Receives Lenel Factory Certification

Lenel Systems International, the world’s number one provider of electronic access control, has certified Intergraph®’s security integration software as a member of the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program. The certification confirms the seamless interoperability between Lenel’s OnGuard access system and Intergraph®’s security integration software. Together, these leading security access and system integration solutions offer operators comprehensive

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

A Step Forward for the Launch of the TanDEM-X Satellite

Recently the construction the German radar satellite TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) was complete and the satellite has been qualified for space operations during a recent series of tests. TanDEM-X is the ‘twin’ satellite of the almost identical TerraSAR-X satellite (operational since 2007), both of them have been implemented jointly by the German

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

ESRI Provides Around-the-Clock Support for Oil Spill Disaster

ESRI is providing a number of support activities for the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Working closely with dozens of agencies and the geographic information system (GIS) community, ESRI has deployed its disaster response team to provide assistance to users in local, state, and federal government agencies as well as the private sector.

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

AeroPrecisa Purchases First UltraCamLp in Nigeria

AeroPrecisa Limited has contracted with Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a Microsoft® company, to purchase an UltraCamLp medium-format camera system, including an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and camera mount. The entire deal, which included the purchase of an airplane, was brokered by Vexcel Imaging reseller GIS/Transport, Ltd., based in Beirut, Lebanon. ”AeroPrecisa felt the time was right

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Highly Advanced NigeriaSat-2 Small Satellite Launch Date Announced

SSTL has today announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia on 29th October 2010.NigeriaSat-2 is the most advanced small satellite ever to be launched, defining new standards in Earth observation and avionics.  The

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

ArchiCAD 14 Fosters Open Design Collaboration between Architects and Engineers

GRAPHISOFT today announced ArchiCAD 14, the latest version of its award-winning architectural design software. ArchiCAD 14 continues the company’s innovation in model-based design collaboration by offering intelligent workflow solutions to the extended design team.   ArchiCAD 14 continues delivering productivity improvements for architects throughout the full cycle of the BIM workflow with a specific focus

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

First Commercial Wind Farm in German North Sea Positioned with Ashtech ProFlex 500 Receivers

Five Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers are helping guide the operations of the self-propelled jack-up vessel Bard Wind Lift I, the first construction vessel specially designed for installing offshore wind turbines, to build the first commercial wind farm in the German North Sea. The Ashtech GNSS receivers are used for every maneuver of Wind Lift

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Intermap Announces Access to NEXTMap via OGC Web Services

Intermap Technologies, a worldwide 3D digital mapping and geospatial solutions company, today announced its new Web services portal – an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)-compliant platform that supports the acquisition and delivery of the Company’s NEXTMap database and new online geospatial services, all leveraging 1-meter vertically accurate digital elevation models and geometric images. Read More

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Argentina Transfers Environmental Model to Processes

Incorporating environmental parameters to the production processes is now an undeniable need worldwide. And our country is a pioneer in pursuing this policy, as evidenced by the recent fi rmed agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Nation and the international workers’ organization UNI-Americas, a cooperation agreement to expand and strengthen the environment model