Friday, September 16th, 2011
SeaZone is significantly expanding the data available in its products, both in terms of geographical coverage and data features. Data from hydrographic offices, research institutions, private companies and NGOs throughout the world is being incorporated into the SeaZone suite of products. SeaZone sources datasets from definitive data providers, ensuring only official and accurate information is utilised in its products. Read
Friday, September 16th, 2011
HOK has added four new leaders to its global Aviation + Transportation leadership team to support continued international growth. Steven Morris,AIA, ASCE, is the new director of global marketing for HOK’s Aviation + Transportation group. Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, he is leading HOK’s efforts to bring its aviation and transportation industry expertise and design
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) will present a report to the Government today on the latest climate change research. The report will be used in support of Sweden s actions on climate change. In the report, SMHI indicates that the effects of climate change are expected to be more serious than previously estimated,
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
TerraGo Technologies, an innovative provider of widely adopted geospatial collaboration software, and GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, have formed a partnership to increase the access and application of digital imagery. This innovative partnership enables GeoEye to offer TerraGo’s GeoPDF® production capabilities in the next version of its EyeQ®
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
A re-modeled home might not always be better than the original. For many of the world’s tropical fauna and flora, home re-landscaping has in fact proven to be quite deleterious. An international collaboration of researchers compiled data from over 100 studies comparing the biodiversity of primary forests (forests subjected to little or no human disturbance) with
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
The Welsh Government is publishing essential flood risk mapping after a hosted solution from Europa Technologies was implemented in less than a week. ‘viaEuropa for PSMA’ is a new Data as a Service (DaaS) offering that includes key Ordnance Survey data sets covered by the new Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA). It gives PSMA signatories access to rendered
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
For weary commuters fed up with the long journey to work, the answer often seems to be to move closer to the workplace. But a new service, Mapumental, shows that it’s often just as quick or even speedier to travel into city centres from the suburbs. Mapumental, a tech start up founded by mySociety, allows househunters to see,
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
“Yandex” purchases high resolution images from ScanEx – the distributor of satellite images – covering 10 million sq.km of the Earth territory. This territory is comparable to almost 2/3 of the acreage of Russia. “Yandex” and “ScanEx” companies signed an agreement on purchasing images, covering almost 10 million square kilometers of the Earth surface, said ScanEx’s partner. All
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
We want to hear from you! Our Top 100 List includes projects from individual Southeast Asian countries as well as the strategic projects that will link ASEAN! But the list is preliminary and needs your input. What projects do you agree with? What is missing? Make sure you don’t miss out on a forum that introduces
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Trimble announced today the release of its Trimble Field Inspector version 2.1. The new version is compatible with a variety of Trimble handheld computers and is designed for automating utility infrastructure and smart grid asset maintenance and inspection. Comprised of the Trimble Field Inspector software for handhelds and Trimble Field Inspector Desktop software, the solution
