Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today Trimble Outdoors Elite, a comprehensive membership program for outdoor enthusiasts. The Elite membership provides access to more than 2,500 best-in-class topo map bundles that can be stored on smartphones and tablets. In addition, Elite members can view public land boundaries in 46 states, see real-time weather and scout trips with
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Leica Geosystems has introduced Virtual Vista, a new web based platform that delivers a flexible data management solution to farmers. Virtual Vista offers a simple solution which connects directly to the Leica mojo3D. Through the built-in modem of the Leica mojo3D farmers can access the service within a few steps; no additional hardware has to be
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Abstract submissions for URISA’s GIS in Public Health Conference will be accepted until January 31, 2013. The conference will take place in Miami, Florida, June 17-20, 2013 and is chaired by long-time committee member, Jason K. Blackburn, PhD, Emerging Pathogens Institute & Department of Geography at the University of Florida. This biennial conference has been previously presented in
Monday, December 10th, 2012
Intergraph announces the official launch of Intergraph Geospatial 2013. This united portfolio is the force that drives smarter decisions, equipping users to complete projects on time and on budget while maintaining the highest level of fidelity in supporting customer workflows. Software maintenance customers can now download their products within this portfolio.
Friday, December 7th, 2012
1Spatial, which manages the world’s largest spatial data, has been awarded the, single source contract by the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (OSGB), under which its will supply software support and consultancy services to the Ordnance Survey’s Geospatial Data Management System (GDMS).
Friday, December 7th, 2012
If current climate change trends continue, rising sea levels may inundate low-lying islands across the globe, placing island biodiversity at risk. A new U.S. Geological Survey scientific publication describes the first combined simulations of the effects of sea-level rise and wave action in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, offering the most detailed and multifaceted assessment available of
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Forests, grasslands and shrublands and other ecosystems in the West sequester nearly 100 million tons (90.9 million metric tons) of carbon each year, according to a Department of the Interior report released today. Carbon that is absorbed or “sequestered” through natural processes reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The 100 million tons
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
The global movement to restore 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2020 – known as the “Bonn Challenge” – gains further momentum at the UN Climate Talks in Doha today, as Costa Rica and El Salvador each commit up to1 million hectares. The 50 million hectare mark – or one third of
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Europe’s third Galileo satellite has transmitted its first test navigation signals back to Earth. The two Galileo satellites launched last October have reached their final orbital position and are in the midst of testing.http://www.asmmag.com/components/com_jce/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/article/img/readmore.png); “>The third Galileo Flight Model, known as FM3, transmitted its first test navigation signal in the E1 band on 1 December,
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has taken UK mapping to the next level by adding height information to Ordnance Survey’s digital maps. Using detailed 3D models Bluesky has added a range of height attributes to more than 50 million buildings. The height values attributed by Bluesky to the map layers would, if added together, reach almost to
