Friday, July 9th, 2010
Geosparc, the company commercially supporting the open source GIS application framework Geomajas, today unveiled a new suite of commercial licenses as part of an expanded strategy targeted at providing the Geomajas technology to companies that want to build commercial applications with it or that want to buy a license to use the technology for internal
Friday, July 9th, 2010
Zhangjiagang is a small city of one million inhabitants, which is not much by Chinese standards. But this particular city, 80 kilometres northwest of Shanghai, may prove essential for COWI’s future activities in China. COWI China has just signed a three-month contract with the Mayor of Zhangjiagang to develop a concept that focuses on sustainability
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
The gvSIG workshop that was held at OSGIS 2010 (Nottingham – United Kingdom) in June, is available in the gvSIG website. It contains a course about gvSIG Desktop , and another one about gvSIG Mobile . The gvSIG Desktop course was made on a Live-DVD, that is also available to download. We would like to
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
ESRI Canada today announced that the City of Toronto has created an online Road Restrictions map application using ESRI’s geographic information systems (GIS) technology. The application provides an accessible and easy-to-use tool for communicating road restrictions to the public and helps them find the best routes around the city and avoid disruptions. This is expected
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
The Synco building automation system has been upgraded to include the OZW772 web server. This compact device allows remote operation and control of HVAC systems via internet and, in addition to simple set-up, offers excellent performance at an attractive price. Read More
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Intergraph® and industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan will present a webinar examining the role of full motion video (FMV) in today’s intelligence environment at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 14. The webinar will feature expert perspectives on how FMV can be leveraged to provide defense and military analysts with unprecedented situational awareness and
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
The SWIMA project (‘Sensor Web for Infrastructure Management’) is using live field trials in the River Tamar catchment to demonstrate how the use of the Open Geospatial Consortium’s (OGC) international ‘Sensor Web Enablement’ (SWE) standards can improve environmental monitoring capabilities. Supported by the Technology Strategy Board, the two-year £900,000 project involves a QinetiQ-led consortium which
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Earth observation data experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) and its user community can now rely upon a very efficient access to TerraSAR-X radar satellite data. Infoterra GmbH, the EADS Astrium subsidiary responsible for the commercial marketing of this satellite, has tailored the TerraSAR-X data deliveries to ESA and its GMES users to the
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has acquired a minority interest in Charlotte, N.C.-based BLUERIDGE Analytics, Inc., provider of SITEOPS – breakthrough site design optimization technology that utilizes cloud computing to save substantial time and cost while improving land development outcomes. SITEOPS, a patented web-based application, empowers civil engineering professionals, real estate developers, and
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) has launched ChesapeakeStat, a management and accountability tool. Esri and CBP developed the geographic information system (GIS)-enabled Web site that provides the public, decision makers, and restoration stakeholders with up-to-date information about the progress of government-funded restoration and conservation projects for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Learn More
