Thursday, October 10th, 2013
European Union Member States are showing mixed progress towards three climate and energy targets for 2020, even though the EU as a whole could reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 21% in 2020 with the set of national measures already adopted. These findings come from new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessments.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
URISA is pleased to announce the Second Edition of its publication, “Model GIS Job Descriptions” as an electronic publication. The publication provides valuable information for individuals who hire GIS staff. The publication, authored by J. Allison Butler, provides guidance to GIS managers in how to draft job descriptions and to human resource professionals by describing
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Starting from 2012 ScanEx RDC specialists have been working to identify illegal shipping within marine protected natural areas. Several test areas in the Arctic Region and the Far East have been chosen to evaluate the effectiveness of satellite data for monitoring the navigation situation within the reserve. One of the test zones was the “Komandorsky”
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
A team of GeoVation winners from Staffordshire and West Midlands (SWM) Probation Trust have launched a new app to help the public choose what Community Payback work criminals do. The new app called ‘Get Community Payback’ was one of four winners in the 2012 GeoVation Challenge, under the theme of transforming Britain’s neighbourhoods. The successful
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Trimble introduced today the latest version of its deformation monitoring software–Trimble 4D Control version 4.2. The new version of the monitoring software delivers enhanced communications with the Trimble NetR9 and new NetR9 Ti-M GNSS receiver, REF TEK seismic sensors and the Trimble S8 total station. It also supports geotechnical sensors, weather stations, level data and
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that its Lynx MG1 and Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper product lines now support the use of the Point Grey Ladybug 5 spherical imaging system. The Ladybug 5, which boasts six high-sensitivity 5-Megapixel imagers that
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
At the INTERGEO 2013 conference in Essen, Germany, Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit unveils the UltraCam Hawk, a new base model UltraCam digital aerial system that leverages the third generation UltraCam architecture first introduced to the market in 2011. The UltraCam Hawk will be available for delivery to customers in early 2014.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, has launched two new TerraSAR-X imaging modes. The enhanced imaging capabilities facilitate the delivery of higher resolution imagery as well as the coverage of larger areas.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Ordnance Survey is celebrating two years of its addressing product range, ‘AddressBase’ by sharing its successes since its launch. AddressBase, AddressBase Plus and AddressBase Premium are the three products available and are a source of address data that combines information from local government’s National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG), One Scotland Gazetteer (OSG), Ordnance Survey’s
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
The GeoInt Symposium, scheduled for Oct. 13-16 in Tampa, Florida has succumed to issues related to the government shutdown and have postponed their event to next Spring. The event and community have already been impacted by sequestration, but the final blow came when Defense Department personnel have been told not to travel, except in direct
