Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Colortrac, an important innovator in the field of wide format scanning technology, has achieved a breakthrough in improving the scanning workflow of large format documents with the launch of the SmartWorks Pro software family. These newTouch Screen enabled products are designed to utilise all the features of the SmartLF scanner family in a way that improves the scanning
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Baroness Joan Hanham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has launched a brand new service to help improve the teaching of geography in schools with Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General and Chief Executive of national mapping agency Ordnance Survey.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across the world: as headquarter locations, for finance, for professional and creative services, for media. These data – involving up to 2000 firms
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
How can we transform and future-proof the post-industrial city through strategies of architectural and urban design? The answer is to use an energy-efficient, zero-carbon model based on renewable energy sources and renewable building typologies. This book presents different models for sustainable urban growth, based on the principles of ‘Green Urbanism’. Read More
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Trimble opened its 5th international users conference on Monday with more than 2,900 registered attendees from 67 countries around the world. The Trimble Dimensions 2010 conference theme—Converge, Connect and Collaborate—provided insight into how the convergence of technologies can redefine the way professionals connect and collaborate to achieve success. The conference explored the use of technology
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Mountain Dynamics Inc has announced that its SnowRanger GPS ski resort maps will launch for 2010/11 with 22 new resort trail maps in North America and a comprehensive new set of piste maps of resorts in the French, Andorran and Spanish Pyrenees.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Super Wang, CEO of SuperGeo Technologies, was invited to join in National Geographic Information System Promoting and Coordinating Deliberation Meeting (NGIS Meeting), to discuss the development and applications of Taiwan GIS Industry. Organized by TGIC, NGIS Meeting gathers several reputed professors and related government sectors, such as Information Center of the Ministry of The Interior, Urban
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
The OpenTopography Facility, a collaboration between the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego and Arizona State University, will participate in a five-year, $4.4 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to form a collaborative software framework for analysis of geographic data that will benefit many fields of research, from archaeology to urban
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Esri is working with NetHope to make technology more accessible and applicable to its members. Esri supports NetHope by providing geographic information system (GIS) software and support via the Esri Nonprofit Organization Program, collaborating with technology leaders such as Intel and developing GIS solutions for humanitarian relief. Learn More
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
The National Geographic Institute of Argentina has purchased an UltraCamXp large-format camera system as part of a transaction with Vexcel Imaging reseller GeoToolBox Ibérica S.L. (GTBi) based in Madrid, Spain, brokered by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The UltraCamXp will be utilized to finish collecting topographic data of Argentina for the national map and
