Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
The National Geographic Society has signed a nonprofit site license (NSL) agreement with Esri that allows expansion of the geographic information system (GIS) user base within the society and improves public access to geographic data. The NSL gives the National Geographic Society unlimited deployments of ArcGIS software, thereby providing greater support of the society’s goal of
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
It looks like Enbridge, the Canadian company behind the recent oil spill in Michigan’s Calhoun County near Marshall, is making an attempt to do some good to the environment. The company in collaboration with First Solar is working on the largest photovoltaic solar energy facility in North America. The Sarnia Solar Project in Ontario is being expanded
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
How does one ensure that REDD+ mitigation actions are effective in terms of emissions reductions but do not result in negative social and environmental impacts? At the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2009, consensus was reached that a number of safeguards should be supported
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Intergraph®, the leading provider of public safety and security software, supports a next-generation, fully integrated, digital emergency communications environment for faster incident response to save lives and protect property. Next-generation 9-1-1 and digital emergency communications convergence enables the delivery and processing of digital or IP-based multi-media content, such as text messages, mobile phone images and
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
With the global depression, Taiwan has expanded domestic demand to promote the domestic economy. Since construction has been an essential index of economic development, the government agencies started to build considerable infrastructures to boost construction industry. The construction industry needs a number of raw materials, and Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) is the indispensable raw material
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar survey instruments, is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors. The appointments of David Nale, Philip Lapp, Dan Cornacchia, and Tony LaVista to Optech’s Board of Directors add the deep experience in high-tech business that will be needed for
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Trimble and Critigen have announced an extension of the business partner agreement originally established in 2004 between Trimble’s Mapping & GIS Division and Critigen’s former parent, CH2M HILL. Critigen will serve as system integrator and provide data management and visual business intelligence solutions to support Trimble’s technology and products in the utilities, state and local
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Astrium has signed a contract worth €55.2 million with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) for the development, manufacture and launch of an Earth observation optical satellite system. This follows on from last November’s intergovernmental agreement on space co-operation between France and Vietnam, in which the French government affirmed its commitment to building
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Intergraph, a world leader in public safety and security software, has introduced the newest version of one of the industry’s most widely deployed incident management solutions. Incident Management version 9.1 will provide police, fire, EMS and security agencies the ability to optimize agency resource allocation and improve response coordination to better save lives and protect
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announced today a private beta program to preview NAVTEQ JourneyView™, in preparation for general availability of the product in early 2011. In the private beta, customers will have the opportunity to preview the data
