Friday, March 9th, 2012
Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend. Read More
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
OpenGeo, the open source technology leader behind the OpenGeo Suite, announced changes to its senior management to build on the company’s significant growth. OpenGeo President Chris Holmes will move into the role of Chairman and Founder, with OpenGeo COO Edward Pickle becoming Chief Executive Officer. Vanessa Hamer, Director of Operations for OpenGeo parent OpenPlans, has
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Spatial Energy and Blue Marble Geographics today announced a new alliance to distribute content and software to the Energy market worldwide. Spatial Energy’s foundation imagery content will now be a freely available within the Global Energy Mapper™ software application. Blue Marble Geographics will speed development plans for Global Energy Mapper to integrate with cloud imagery
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which is now making global environmental observations. The satellite will provide scientists with critical insight into the dynamics of the entire Earth system, including climate, clouds, oceans, and vegetation. It will also gather enhanced data for improving our nation’s weather forecasting system.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
International partners are looking ahead to the newest member in a series of weather satellites that deliver images to European forecasters: MSG-3 is set for launch this summer. The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites are designed to improve weather prediction.The first in the series, MSG-1 – also known as Meteosat-8 – was launched in 2002. MSG-2
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
PCI Geomatics announced today that it was the co-recipient of a prestigious Synergy Award for Innovation for 2011, along with the University of New Brunswick (UNB). The Synergy Awards for Innovation were launched in 1995 by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to recognize partnerships in natural sciences and engineering research and
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Nokia today announced that its Location & Commerce unit has entered into an agreement tosupply global NAVTEQ Map data and content to auto manufacturer Dacia for its new MEDIA NAV infotainment system. The new device is on show for the first time at this year’s Geneva Motor Show on the Dacia Lodgy. Having been launched
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
In the SmartSenior research project, 28 partner companies and organizations from research and industry will be cooperating under the leadership of Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs). The project began in 2009: In nine sub-projects, innovations were developed for integrating communication and services, including assistance in case of emergencies, household safety solutions, systems for social networking, and
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Locaid, the largest Location-as-a-Service company, today announced commercial availability of Locaid Global Cell-ID™. This new feature, accessible via Locaid’s Location-as-a-Service (LaaS) platform, allows enterprise mobile developers to acquire carrier-certified, permission-based location on their devices in over 165 countries around the globe.
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Dutch surveying company Geomaat is capturing millimetre accurate measurements in record times to support a range of highway design, construction and maintenance projects. Using the mobile laser mapping system StreetMapper, and specially developed point cloud software, Geomaat can calculate highly accurate cutting, milling and asphalt figures, create as built models and undertake change detection.
