Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
ESRI and Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE), announce a program that provides IRE members located in the United States with a complimentary subscription to ESRI Business Analyst Online (BAO), an easy-to-use, Web-based demographic data exploration application. This combination of GIS software technology and extensive demographic data for the United States will make it easier
Monday, May 17th, 2010
On June 13, the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) will open their preseason against their arch-rivals from Alberta, the Calgary Stampeders. When the two teams run, block and tackle at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, players will be tussling on a very well-prepared piece of real estate, thanks in large part to automated
Monday, May 17th, 2010
The best possible science needs to be available to governments and policy makers as they strive to find solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Independent, credible scientific advice delivered in a relevant and readily usable way for decision making is the key to effective policies. IUCN supports the creation of the proposed Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Intergraph Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Halsey Wise has been named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Alabama/ Georgia/Tennessee award program. Wise was among 20 outstanding entrepreneurs from the region selected by an independent judging panel made up of past winners as well as business and community leaders.
Friday, May 14th, 2010
NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey – the official U.S. government source for determining precise latitude, longitude and elevation – is undergoing a modernization effort that takes into account advances in GPS and other technologies. The effort is important to all activities requiring accurate positioning information including levee construction projects, the design of evacuation routes in hurricane-prone
Friday, May 14th, 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 a Bentley Map V8i data model for airport information modeling that is compliant with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mapping guidelines. The new data model includes a comprehensive database schema, feature
Friday, May 14th, 2010
SierraSoft has released Topko CE 5.0, software for field data collection that supports all the features and capabilities of the Ashtech ProMark 500 GNSS receiver. In a clear and foolproof way, Topko CE 5.0 manages the complete range of ProMark 500 capabilities, including receiver configuration, all surveying procedures, even the most complicated, such as localizations
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
ESRI Canada today presented an Award of Excellence to the City of Kamloops for improving access to municipal geographic data and imagery and enhancing public services using ESRI’s geographic information systems (GIS). The award, which recognizes organizations and individuals for their outstanding achievements in the application of GIS, was presented at the 2010 ESRI Canada
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
The British Geological Survey (BGS) ushers in a new era of geologic mapping services with the launch of its OpenGeoscience Web site, built on ESRI’s ArcGIS technology. The Web site is the world’s first Web map service built on vector data serving attributed geologic data for an entire country. Built on ArcGIS Server, OpenGeoscience enables
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Last year, the boards of The American Institute of Architects and the U.S. Green Building Council established a Joint Task Force to explore how our organizations could work more closely together to advance our respective missions and give stronger voice to our shared values. The desire to use our interdependence as a catalyst for stronger
