Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Esri Press is proud to expand its cartographic classics series with The Look of Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design by Arthur H. Robinson. The series also includes Cartographic Relief Presentation by Eduard Imhof and the soon-to-be-published Semiology of Graphics by Jacques Bertin. Originally published in 1952, The Look of Maps is based on Robinson’s
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
This study presents a global scale analysis of cropping intensity, crop duration and fallow land extent computed by using the global dataset on monthly irrigated and rainfed crop areas MIRCA2000. MIRCA2000 was mainly derived from census data and crop calendars from literature. Global cropland extent was 16 million km2 around the year 2000 of which
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
The first three products, part of a new family of design suites, are: Autodesk Design Suite, for architects and designers working with AutoCAD software; Autodesk Factory Design Suite, for machine and equipment builders, system integrators and manufacturers who design, visualise and simulate layouts of machine lines and entire manufacturing facilities; and Autodesk Plant Design Suite,
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
As the 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference is about to begin in Edinburgh, DMCii has launched a new service specifically tailored to help in the fight to conserve global forests. DMCii’s Global Forest Monitoring service uses satellite imagery to produce easily-understood maps of forest cover change. Uniquely, the service’s wide-area forest surveys can be updated annually,
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), a wholly owned US subsidiary of Topcon Corporation, announced that it has been selected to supply GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) receivers and software for Anhui Province Continuously Operating Reference Station Network (AHCORS).The AHCORS network is designed to provide full coverage of Anhui Province of China with network RTK capability and
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Carl Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Autodesk, Inc. will ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell remotely from Autodesk’s office in San Francisco, California on Thursday, June 24 at 9:30 a.m. (ET). NASDAQ lists approximately 516 companies from California with 206 companies from Silicon Valley. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the NASDAQ seven
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick were among a few scientists worldwide to pick up a new GPS signal last week. The test signal was transmitted by the recently launched IIF-1 satellite, a new breed of GPS satellite that delivers a new, stronger signal, said UNB researcher Prof. Richard Langley. Before now, there were
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
A 3D excavator guidance system is helping the earthmoving subcontractor to beat the schedule by 15 percent on a $9-million channel repair project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Topeka, Kansas. Jim Ebert, project manager for the contractor, says the Leica Power Digger 3D systems improve the excavators’ efficiency because no grade checking
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
The prestigious British Cartographic Society (BCS) Award was presented to The Highland Council at the 2010 awards ceremony held last week during the Society’s Annual Symposium at the Village Hotel and Conference Centre in Nottingham.The BCS has recognised innovative use of mapping at the recently held BCS Symposium entitled “Talking with Maps” that attracted over
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Leica Geosystems announces Leica CloudWorx-VR for 3ds Max, 3ds Max design, and Maya. These plug-ins provide a convenient way for professionals to efficiently create more photorealistic and compelling models, renderings, and animations based on rich, High-Definition Survey data of sites and structures as collected by 3D laser scanners. The powerful, new plug-in was developed by
