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Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Foster + Partners First Mixed-use Project in Canada

Jameson House is a new 35-storey mixed-use tower in the heart of Vancouver and includes the first residential development to be completed by the practice in North America – completed at the end of last year, already the building is now almost fully occupied. The project combines the restoration of heritage buildings with new construction:

Friday, January 27th, 2012

OpenGeo Announces Gold Level Sponsorship for 2012 FOSS4G-NA

OpenGeo, the organization behind the OpenGeo Suite has announced their sponsorship of the 2012 FOSS4G-NAconference. The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial – North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference will be hosted by OSGeo North America from April 10th to 12th, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Confirmed keynote speakers include

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Canada Topo Maps

Canada topo maps, popularly known as Toporama, offers free access to the National Topographic System. These maps uses data from the Atlas of Canada, National Topographic Data Base and CanVec. Topo maps shows Canada’s detailed landforms and terrains, lakes and rivers, forests, administrative and populated areas, transportation facilities, roads and railways and other land features.

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Blom ASA Signs Agreement to Divest its Danish Subsidiary Blominfo

Blom ASA (Blom) has signed an agreement to divest its Danish subsidiary BlomInfo A/S to the Danish engineering and consulting company NIRAS A/S. Blom will receive a consideration of DKK 19.4 million as compensation for the equity in BlomInfo A/S and working capital provided by Blom to BlomInfo A/S. After the completion date Blom may receive up to

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

ORTHOSHOP Selects Leica ALS70 and RCD30 as First Digital Sensors

Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that ORTHOSHOP Geomatics Ltd. has purchased the Leica ALS70 LiDAR and Leica RCD30 imaging camera as its first digital airborne sensors. ORTHOSHOP plans to use the sensors in their integrated and stand-alone configurations to serve its existing clients more effectively and expand its business into new markets.

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Minister Oliver Discusses Canada’s Energy Future in Calgary

The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, visited Calgary today to discuss the government’s priorities for Canada’s energy future. The Minister spoke at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce about the importance of diversifying Canada’s energy markets. “Canada’s oil reserves are the most strategic of our energy assets, in particular the oil sands, which represent 170

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

West Oxfordshire and Cotswolds District Councils to Share Website and Mapping Services

West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) and Cotswold District Council (CDC) have entered into a ‘Shared Service’ agreement with Astun Technology. The Councils already have a number of shared working arrangements in place, including several joint senior manager posts. From 2012 they will start developing a single IT service for both councils with one of the

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

ITT Exelis Breakthrough Technology for Severe Weather Forecasting Begins On-orbit Mission

Called soundings, these measurements are crucial for global weather models, which directly impact two- to seven-day weather forecasts in the U.S. The sounding accuracy of CrIS is well beyond the capabilities of previous operational sounders. CrlS enables weather forecasters to more accurately predict days in advance the path and severity of weather like tornados and

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Bluesky Launches Online LiDAR Map of Britain

Aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a comprehensive online LiDAR map of the UK. Covering approximately 75 per cent of England and Wales, including all major towns and floodplains, plus areas of Scotland. The LiDAR coverage ranges in vertical accuracy from 5cm to 15cm, and in spatial resolution from 25cm to 2m. Visitors to www.bluesky-world.com

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Leica Geosystems Call for Papers for “Hexagon 2012” International Conference

Leica Geosystems is seeking papers for its three (3) tracks at Hexagon 2012, 4-7 June 2012, at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Following the spectacular success of the inaugural Hexagon 2011 conference (June 2011, in Orlando, Florida), Hexagon 2012 will again feature a global gathering of users and experts from all parts of