Monday, September 12th, 2011
Nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online. The Historical Topographic Map Collection includes published U.S. maps of all scales and editions, and are offered as a georeferenced digital download or as a scanned print from the USGS
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Version 1.2.4 is a bug fix release that addresses performance and functionality bugs in the existing 1.2 release. Please see below for a complete list of changes. For a list of changes in Cartographica 1.2.3 visit 1.2.3 Release Notes. This version is tested for use with 10.6 and 10.7. Cartographica requires Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or 10.6.8+ (Snow Leopard) and an Intel
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
SpaceClaim has joined the ProSTEP iViP Association to work with global manufacturers and partners to set standards and drive open environments. The ProSTEP iViP Association has committed itself to developing innovative approaches to solving problems and modern standards for product data management and virtual product creation.
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Avid unveiled Avid Motion Graphics —the company’s next-generation graphics platform. With a revolutionary new real-time 2D/3D graphics rendering engine, Avid Motion Graphics lets media enterprises—including broadcasters, sports teams, and post production companies—create thrilling graphics and arresting imagery while journalists and others integrate those graphics into their stories. Incorporating a bridge to the Deko product family,
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
TomTom has partnered with Global car rental provider Hertz, to offer vehicle rental customers across Europe the latest edition of the Hertz NeverLost satnav system. NeverLost 4 is based on the TomTom Via 120 EU with its unique dynamic routing; providing customers the fastest route to their destination based on the latest traffic situation. The navigation devices can be booked in advance
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
SensorLogic, Inc. announced Version 3.4 of its SensorLogic Service Delivery Platform. This release adds many new features that enhance support for the development of wireless applications such as insurance telematics, smart package tracking, security, and asset monitoring and management. New features include : integration with GSM wireless provisioning systems, trip, route, geofence and shipment services, hybrid
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com ) is pleased to offer free registration to their Third Annual User Conference in Denver, CO. This one day conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Denver from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM CST. Blue Marble understands the significance of staying well informed in such a fast paced industry, which
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
OpenGeo, the organization behind the OpenGeo Suite is supporting the 2011 FOSS4G conference in a major way. This year’s conference features twenty workshops, talks, and tutorials hosted by OpenGeo team members. One highlight will surely be the keynote address by Paul Ramsey, Senior Consultant at OpenGeo and PostGIS co-founder. Additionally, the first meeting of the
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
These regions are Adelaide, Canberra, Perth, Ord, South East Queensland and Sydney. A quick guide is available to help navigate the information. The remaining two reports – Melbourne and the Murray–Darling Basin – will be released over the next two months. Information presented is similar in style to financial accounting reports and includes the total water resources, the access
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
This Landsat image takes us to the Amadeus Basin in the heart of the Australian outback. Two large rock formations are visible on the lower section of the image. Sacred to the local Aboriginal people, the Anangu, these sandstone ‘bornhardts’ are the main features of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site.The group
