Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of privately-held IQ Irrigation of Christchurch, New Zealand. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of August 2013.
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Trimble announced today that it has acquired the assets of privately-held RainWave, LLC and Hydro-Engineering Solutions, LLC of Auburn, Ala. The acquisitions will help to extend the monitoring and reporting capabilities of Trimble’s Connected Farm™ solution and strengthen its water management expertise. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Beaches and dunes on Fire Island, New York, lost more than half of their pre-storm volume during Hurricane Sandy, leaving the area more vulnerable to future storms. While the damage and destruction on Fire Island was immediately evident after the storm, a new U.S. Geological Survey study released today is the first to quantify the
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
DigitalGlobe recently reached a major milestone – the company’s archive surpassed 4 billion square kilometers of high-resolution satellite imagery. As the leader in commercial satellite imagery content, DigitalGlobe now has an archive containing enough imagery to cover the globe’s landmass 27 times over.
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Trimble introduced today the TMX-2050 display, a next generation display built on the popular Android operating system, which offers an intuitive interface that enables farmers to easily implement precision agriculture solutions as their business grows. Its flexible software platform improves the ability for a customer to seamlessly add applications to their operations while the modular
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) along with the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) through the Geomatics Committee, IPIECA (the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues) and Resource Data, Inc. have issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit input on an Oil Spill Response (OSR) Common Operating
Monday, August 26th, 2013
The GIS 20: Essential Skills, Second Edition, by Gina Clemmer, is an indispensable workbook that helps readers master the top 20 skills necessary to become proficient in using ArcGIS software. It is a direct result of a survey that Clemmer conducted with GIS professionals to determine the primary skills needed to be a successful GIS
Monday, August 26th, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a new series of short public service videos on climate change. The videos cover a range of topics related to climate change, including its causes and impacts, actions Americans can take to reduce their impact, and the benefits to the economy of addressing climate change. The new
Monday, August 26th, 2013
This question will be answered by leading experts on satellite images interpretation from different countries, who will take part in the section “Remote Sensing in the Effective Management of Agriculture”. The thematic section with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia and regional related ministries will be held October 2, 2013
Monday, August 26th, 2013
Gaia, the most advanced space telescope ever built in Europe, has left the Toulouse facilities of Astrium, the European leader in space technology, after final integration and testing. Gaia is now en route to its launch site in French Guiana, where it will be prepared for launch aboard Soyuz.
