Friday, September 30th, 2011
Blom Czech Republic and Control System International Ltd have completed a vegetation analysis survey using terrestrial laser scanning forSAFE TREES Ltd. The focus of this survey was to evaluate the condition of trees in Jihlava using LiDAR data. Blom’s terrerstrial laserscanning technology enables highly accurate and detailed data about the parameters of the crown and trunk of trees to be evaluated. The quality of data brings a much greater reliability and accuracy of the overall assessment than was previously achievable with traditional
Friday, September 30th, 2011
A display of the latest designs for the West Kowloon Cultural District has opened in Hong Kong. This is the third and final public engagement exercise and will last for a month, after which the scheme will be finalised for submission to the Town Planning Board around the end of 2011. Foster + Partners’ masterplan is
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Seen as ideal for shallow water wind turbine construction work, four specially designed leaner versions of the Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV have been ordered by Pommec, the leading Netherlands-based technology provider to the diving industry. Custom designed to be both low profile and powerful enough to handle the strong currents found in the shallow waters
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Amberg Geotechnics, a new software application unveiled at the Intergeo exhibition in Nuremberg on 27–29 September 2011, provides a host of benefits for underground construction practitioners. This highly efficient and user-friendly surveying tool permits quick and cost-effective identification of high-risk areas in underground construction projects.
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Getmapping which has been pioneering WMS (Web Mapping Service) services in Britain is now the force behind the AeroGRID consortium’s provision of Pan-European Imagery via WMS. AeroGRID’s WMS imagery hosted by Getmapping now includes over 2 million km² of 12.5cm to 50cm resolution imagery of Europe including the whole of Benelux, Britain, France, Germany, Spain,
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Wearing an antenna – without anyone knowing – is making a splash in the world of search and rescue. ESA has provided research and development guidance to Finnish company Patria, with the help of Tampere University of Technology, in designing a search and rescue radio antenna that can be sewn into a life vest.
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Discover specific solutions for your businesses. Discover and test interactive solutions and tools (virtual reality and augmented reality solutions, projection systems, new tactile and interactive interfaces, etc.) to design and promote your products or services irrespective of your sector of activity (industry, urban planning, communication and marketing, museography, etc.). Read More
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Can digital technologies improve the eco-design of buildings? Environmental legislative constraints increasingly require architects to turn to environmentally conscious and sustainable designs for buildings. Improving town management using 3D. Town management involves comparing complex problems for which an increasing number of digital mock-ups have appeared over the last few years. Read More
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The workshop will be held on 5th October 2011 in picturesque premises of the Kozel Castle which is very close to the Pilsen city, Czech Republic and is organized as a pre-conference workshop of the Geomatics in projects 2011 conference at 6th October 2011. The joint workshop will be held in English. You can register by sending an email on: kjanecka (at) kma.zcu.cz
Friday, September 30th, 2011
NDRA, the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency, has completed a rigorous two year analysis into GeoVisionary and has given the system the official go-ahead. GeoVisionary will act as an umbrella 3D visualisation system for data from various sources; principally Andra’s Geo database, which holds samples and geoscientific data and SAGD, a database which holds
