Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Palm Beach (Fla.) County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) has successfully deployed Intergraph® public safety and security incident management software to advance its mission to save lives and protect property in Florida’s largest county.PBCFR has 49 fire stations and provides dispatch services to an additional 22 municipal stations throughout Palm Beach County to serve the county’s 1.2
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The simple interface of this software allows users of the IP-S2 3D mobile mapping system to easily work with the combination of point cloud, trajectory and panoramic image data that comes from the IP-S2. The IP-S2 system incorporates state-of-the-art technologies, including high-precision GNSS receivers, IMU (inertial measurement unit), vehicle wheel encoders, 360-degree digital camera and
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
GE announced today a $200 million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unveiled the challenge, the “GE ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid,” here today. The global challenge invites technologists, entrepreneurs and
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Procedural Inc., the developer of the 3D city modeling software CityEngine, announces that it has joined the ESRI Business Partner Program as a Complementary Technology Provider. Participation in the program will create new opportunities for the two organizations to better serve customers with smart 3D city solutions based on GIS data and procedural modeling techniques.The
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The iconic Founders Hall at the University of Texas at Dallas is undergoing a speedy HVAC renovation and upgrade thanks in part to Midwestern Consulting, an engineering and surveying consulting firm, and its use high definition laser scanning technology. Founders Hall was the first permanent structure built at the University soon after it was established
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, announces that the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has selected NAVTEQ® map data to support geospatial information and services for the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS). Read
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, will feature a variety of customer demonstrations at the 2010 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, CA (booth #1501), July 12-16, 2010. NAVTEQ customers will demonstrate how their enterprise applications, powered by NAVTEQ
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
In Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), e-government is flourishing as a way to conduct business, with many online government services available via the Abu Dhabi Government portal. Government agencies also share data related to the emirate’s governmental and commercial projects and enterprises. Geospatial data and geographic information system (GIS) technology play an important
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Trimble introduced today the Trimble® MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging System, an advanced mobile data capture system that combines imaging and laser scanning capabilities to measure objects in 3D to produce 3D, 4D and 5D data sets for spatial imaging projects. The new Trimble MX8 Mobile Spatial Imaging System expands the scope of services that surveyors,
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
“One of our key goals with ArcGIS 10 was to make imagery core to GIS not only by providing easy access to tools for interpreting and processing imagery within ArcGIS, but also by giving our partners an improved platform for integrating advanced image analysis functionality into today’s GIS workflows, “said Jack Dangermond, president of Esri.
