Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Esri Canada congratulates APOS Systems for receiving the Esri Partner Award for Best Enterprise Integration Application at the 2012 Esri Partner Conference in California. The company was recognized for its APOS Location Intelligence Solution (LIS), which integrates Esri’s industry-leading geographic information system (GIS) technology with SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence software. The solution helps organizations improve business
Monday, March 26th, 2012
GeoCue Corporation, parent company of QCoherent Software LLC, is pleased to announce that PASCO Philippines Corporation has selected LP360 for ArcGIS as their standard LIDAR production tool. PASCO Philippines has deployed over 40 seats of LP360 for ArcGIS®. Mr. Rico Pajaganas, Chief Technology Officer for PASCO Philippines, stated “After an exhaustive evaluation of LIDAR tools for
Monday, March 26th, 2012
The Geo-Wiki Project is a global network of volunteers who wish to help improve the quality of global land cover maps. Since large differences occur between existing global land cover maps, current ecosystem and land-use science lacks crucial accurate data (e.g. to determine the potential of additional agricultural land available to grow crops in Africa). Volunteers are asked to
Monday, March 26th, 2012
The Southwest Margin is a section of the continental margin off Australia’s western coast. It includes the Paleozoic to Mesozoic Southern Carnarvon, Perth and Mentelle basins, as well as the Naturaliste and Wallaby plateaus. While several smaller hydrocarbon discoveries have been made onshore, the offshore region remains underexplored. Recent studies, however, indicate there is potential
Monday, March 26th, 2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) has selected Power InRoads as its new transportation design solution. MTO is the first transportation agency worldwide to standardize on Bentley’s new stand-alone offering of the InRoads family of products.
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Esri UK has announced the completion of the UK’s first regional Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) with Hampshire County Council. The ELA will enable other public sector organisations in the county to access the existing ELA, and share the benefits of a central, scalable platform.
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
A leading geospatial solutions provider is expanding its Middle East operations with the opening of its second office in Saudi Arabia. Less than a year after launch, Emapsite Middle East has opened an office in the Al Faisaliah Tower in Riyadh to add to its original base in Jameel Square, Jeddah. The company specialises in GIS and
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
For the first time, scientists have created a global geologic map of Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system. The map, which was published this week by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), shines a light on Io, the fourth-largest satellite in the solar system. Scientists hope the new tool will help them
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
CIFOR scientists are helping to estimate the extent of deforestation that accompanies road paving in the Amazon — even before such roads have been built — which could allow state planners to better assess the costs and benefits of development projects in the region. “Road paving is a huge shock to any socio-ecological system and
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Leaders of the aviation industry meeting in Geneva, today sent a reminder to governments of the vital role the sector plays in economic growth, providing jobs whilst taking its environmental responsibilities seriously. Chief Executives and Directors General from 16 global aviation companies and organisations signed the Aviation & Environment Summit’s Declaration as a joint message
