Friday, June 18th, 2010
The high salinity of the Colorado River, which causes more than $300 million in damages per year according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was the focus of Tanya Petach’s winning entry into the 2010 Thacher Environmental Research Contest. The contest, an activity of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), awards cash prizes to
Friday, June 18th, 2010
The City of Brampton in Ontario, Canada, created a public facing interactive map with Visual Fusion by IDV Solutions and Microsoft SharePoint. It pulls together dozens of data sources into a single view, all artfully styled for maximum communication to the site users. Roadworks, zoning, wards, transit systems, and emergency services are just a few
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced the immediate availability of the V8i (SELECTseries 1) versions of Bentley MXROAD and MXROAD Suite – both of which provide advanced string-based modeling that enables the rapid and accurate design of all road types.
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The Council of the European Space Agency today announced that Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue as the Director General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain has served as Director General of ESA since 2003. This third mandate extends his term to June 2015. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Exprodat Consulting, specialists in implementing GIS technology within the oil and gas industry, has entered into a partnership with Malaysian-based Alliance Geotechnical Services (AGS) to support this expanding and developing industry. AGS will work with Exprodat Consulting to promote, market and sell their innovative and established suite of GIS-based exploration and production (E&P) Team-GIS™ software,
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky is developing what is thought to be the UK’s first maps of solar energy potential. Created using a variety of high accuracy height data the 3D maps will identify homes and other buildings with roofs that may be suitable for mounting solar panels to generate renewable energy. Bluesky already has access
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Legislation to establish a statewide geospatial coordination council, in Pennsylvania, was introduced June 8 by Rep. Russ Fairchild (R-85). The bill, HB 2300, was introduced with 59 cosponsors and referred to the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness committee. Pennsylvania is one of only three states that do not have a geospatial coordination council. Such a
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Past President Roger Crystal was recently named ASPRS Membership Development Leader. This adjunct staff position was approved at the April 30, 2010 ASPRS Board Meeting in San Diego, California after the ASPRS Membership Committee determined that the ASPRS Regions could use additional help with their grassroots membership recruitment and retention efforts. Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Through the work of our procurement officers located in Africa we have acquired the new 1:50,000 scale topographic map series of Botswana. This map series is published by the Department of Surveys and Mapping (DSM). This map series has a new grid index compared to the previous series and is about two-thirds complete of full
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Reference systems and frames are of primary importance for many Earth science applications, satellite navigation as well as for practical applications in geo-information. A precisely defined reference frame is needed for the quantification of, e.g. Earth rotation and its gravity field, global and regional sea level variation, tectonic motion and deformation, post-glacial rebound, geocenter motion,
