Saturday, November 5th, 2011
The benefits from improving Earth observation have been the subject of decades of research and discussion. The need for understanding environmental dynamics is even more urgent now given the recognized issues of climate change, sustainable food sources and increased need for energy. Scientists are increasingly being called upon to provide impartial scientific information to support decision makers. Read
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Twelfth Edition), Geoscience Australia Record 2011/36, was released by Geoscience Australia on 14 October 2011. The new edition, which is available for free download from Geoscience Australia’s website, is the latest compilation of metadata of Australian open file government airborne surveys and supersedes the previous 11th edition (May 2010). The Index includes
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
DigitalGlobe, Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011. Third quarter 2011 revenue was $81.3 million, up 1% compared with the same period last year. Included in third quarter revenue is $6.4 million of amortized revenue related to NextView, the predecessor to the EnhancedView contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Not
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Many of our users have asked and we listened. The beta version of OrthoGraph ArchiCAD Import Module has just been released, a dedicated application for extending ArchiCAD to read OrthoGraph Architect’s native “.srvd” file format. The current beta version supports the conversions of up to 5 rooms with full functionality from drawings made using the iPad
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Maxwell for Google SketchUp offers users the benefits of advanced rendering in a custom built, easy to use package- for free! Maxwell for Google SketchUp is a self contained (standalone) package- it contains its own render engine designed for and fully integrated into SketchUp. No other application is launched when you render your scene, neither does it
Friday, November 4th, 2011
The Siemens centre for urban sustainability, a knowledge hub, an education and exhibition facility, is currently under construction in London. Today, the company held the topping-out ceremony for the new building, an event attended by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. Outstanding in both its architectural and environmental features, Siemens is investing around 30 million
Friday, November 4th, 2011
VirtuSurv is a Windows “stand alone” solution/application. In this context, VirtuSurv is a more “unique” kubit product in the sense that other kubit software solutions are based on the commitment of AutoCAD. We have developed VirtuSurv due to the result of market analysis leading us to the fact that there is still a lack of easy
Friday, November 4th, 2011
General Dynamics Canada and Envitia have renewed their longstanding partnership to perform ongoing research and development in next-generation tactical surveillance solutions for defence and aerospace applications. Building on the success of a 10-year partnership, the two companies will continue working together to deliver integrated tactical data management and digital mapping solutions to defence and aerospace
Friday, November 4th, 2011
We are pleased to let you know that Vue 10 xStream and Vue 10 Infinite are now officially released! The new product pages are live, so make sure you check out the descriptions of new features, cool imagery and sample videos: http://www.e-onsoftware.com/professional
Friday, November 4th, 2011
Europe’s first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads. Marking the formal end of their LEOP Launch and Early Operations Phase, control of the satellites was passed yesterday from the CNES French space agency centre in Toulouse to the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen
