Monday, October 31st, 2011
The latest addition to the Esri education community’s GIS Careers Video series features GIS analyst and forester Chris Ferner. The video highlights Ferner’s work as she discusses the benefits of using GIS and related technologies in her position with the Colorado State Forest Service.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
NAVTEQ is supplying the map data and additional content such as 3D Landmarks to power the NDrive navigation application for smartphones which has recently been launched in Russia.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a € 2.3 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). The survey is part of the MAREANO project and will encompass an area over 12,000km² in the Barents Sea. The area is located 200km offshore in the northern-most part of Norway, near the Russian border, in water
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Policy makers who want to encourage the introduction of new, sustainable technologies by means of grants should investigate whether the expectations about the new technology are unequivocal. Consensus from the various parties involved about the future potential of a new technology is, namely, a good indicator for determining if the technology is ready for large-scale
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Apple has apparently bought its third mapping company, the Sweden-based C3 Technologies. The company’s site has been taken down. C3 provides 3D mapping (a la Bing Maps or Google Earth) for a number of other publishers such as Nokia (Ovi Maps) and UK directory publisher Yell. (In the wake of this transaction Nokia will probably
Monday, October 31st, 2011
In order to satisfy the demanding and specific requirements of the tunnel and cavity surveyor optimally, was the consolidation of the respective strengths of SOKKIA and GEODATA a logical step. This makes it possible to offer this demanding market segment tailored and specific solutions. The result is a flexible, modular, integrated and complete survey solution that building
Monday, October 31st, 2011
GISC aims at linking data providers and service providers using the principles of the Shared European Environmental Information System (SEIS) and the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE). This achievement shall underpin in-situ data provision and ensure the legislative basis for data exchange according to the INSPIRE Directive. Hence, since the beginning
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Industrialized nations emit far less carbon dioxide than the Third World, according to latest evidence from Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global warming alarmism is turned on its head and the supposed role of carbon dioxide in climate change may be wrong, if the latest evidence from Japan’s scientists is to be believed. Read More
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Autodesk, Inc. announced that six of its value added resellers (VARs) — based in the Americas and Europe — are the first Autodesk partners to achieve Platinum Tier status, the highest level of achievement within the Autodesk Partner Program. Created in April 2011, the Platinum Tier level recognizes Autodesk partners who deliver the highest levels
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Working for several years in the field of environmental management of oil and gas ventures, the OceansatPEG realized the need to have at their disposal a tool to measure, able to withstand the demands of their more complex operations. The approach presented by Gisplan, involved key users, the company responsible for IT infrastructure, and also treated
