Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
It is Norway´s view that the increase in global mean temperature has to be limited to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial level in order to achieve the ultimate objective of the UN Convention on Climate Change of preventing dangerous climate change. Today emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries amount
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Will Bombardier Inc. be the favourite to snag a £1-billion ($1.6 billion) Crossrail deal in Britain after being stunned last summer by the loss of the £1.4-billion ($2.2 billion) Thameslink Underground contract to Germany’s Siemens AG? Siemens fears it may, as the contract for 60 fast trains between east and west London and a rail yard
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
For the year ended December 31, 2011, Hemisphere GPS reported revenues of $67.8 million, a 21% increase from revenues of $56 million reported in 2010. Growth reported for the first three quarters of 2011 was followed by flat growth in the fourth quarter as market activity in Europe and South America, primarily from OEM’s, was below other regions.
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Blom announces the release of version 3.2 of the BlomDESKTOP Viewer, desktop application for geospatial data, with enhanced features and a collection of new functionalities, tools and datasets. The main features of this new version of BlomDESKTOP Viewer are based on enhancing the user experience with new datasets such as the spherical imagery of BlomSTREET™ and
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
AVEVA (LSE:AVV), announced today that GENPRO Engenharia S.A. has made a significant new investment in AVEVA PDMS software after achieving substantial engineering and business benefits from its existing implementation. A key reason for GENPRO’s selection of PDMS is the software’s ability to easily interface with other engineering disciplines, while delivering the highest possible production output. The result has been
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Trimble announced today that its International User Conference—Trimble Dimensions—is scheduled for November 5-7, 2012 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trimble Dimensions 2012 will provide insight into how information technology can transform the way surveying, engineering, construction, mapping, GIS, geospatial, utilities and field service management professionals work to achieve success.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) is using Esri’s ArcGIS Online to make its new carbon stock datasets available to scientists and environmental experts throughout the world. Decision makers will be able to easily access this data and use GIS to study tropical forest carbon-density and change, which impacts the atmosphere and affects climate change.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Intergraph and DigitalGlobe proudly announce that Priyanka Mehta and Allison Howard are the official winners of the Geospatial Challenge. This contest received more than 115 proposals from individuals with project plans to leverage the power and flexibility of ERDAS IMAGINE® to exploit DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 imagery.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that Dr. Jinsoo You has become the first Director of Asian Services for the OGC. In this new role, Dr. You will represent the interests of OGC in the region. He will promote awareness and adoption of OGC standards, help OGC members optimize their engagement in the OGC process,
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
The Esri Aeronautical Solution—Airports GIS Package version 2 is now available for download from Esri. This updated offering expands the number and types of preconfigured automated validation checks to include those used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during data submission as well as critical and noncritical attributes.
