Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Programme managers and technical experts overseeing four of the world’s regional satellite navigation augmentation systems met this week, with ESA coordinating the participation of stakeholders in Europe’s own EGNOS system. The Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) Interoperability Working Group (IWG) was hosted by the German Aerospace Center, DLR, at Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich in southern Germany, on
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
It’s been a long time since out last release. We have been busy replacing some of the engines to make sure YVision can execute on as many as possible platforms. This work paid off with better support for Silverlight 5 in this release and mobile devices support in the near future. Check out the features in this latest
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
The Geoinformatics conference series was initiated by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Sciences(CPGIS) in 1992. This annual international conference has provided a unique forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge on geo-information sciences between GIS professionals worldwide. The 20th International Conference on Geoinformatics (Geoinformatics 2012) will be held on 15-17 June 2012
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Jameson House is a new 35-storey mixed-use tower in the heart of Vancouver and includes the first residential development to be completed by the practice in North America – completed at the end of last year, already the building is now almost fully occupied. The project combines the restoration of heritage buildings with new construction:
Friday, January 27th, 2012
OpenGeo, the organization behind the OpenGeo Suite has announced their sponsorship of the 2012 FOSS4G-NAconference. The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial – North America (FOSS4G-NA) conference will be hosted by OSGeo North America from April 10th to 12th, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Confirmed keynote speakers include
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Canada topo maps, popularly known as Toporama, offers free access to the National Topographic System. These maps uses data from the Atlas of Canada, National Topographic Data Base and CanVec. Topo maps shows Canada’s detailed landforms and terrains, lakes and rivers, forests, administrative and populated areas, transportation facilities, roads and railways and other land features.
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Blom ASA (Blom) has signed an agreement to divest its Danish subsidiary BlomInfo A/S to the Danish engineering and consulting company NIRAS A/S. Blom will receive a consideration of DKK 19.4 million as compensation for the equity in BlomInfo A/S and working capital provided by Blom to BlomInfo A/S. After the completion date Blom may receive up to
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that ORTHOSHOP Geomatics Ltd. has purchased the Leica ALS70 LiDAR and Leica RCD30 imaging camera as its first digital airborne sensors. ORTHOSHOP plans to use the sensors in their integrated and stand-alone configurations to serve its existing clients more effectively and expand its business into new markets.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, visited Calgary today to discuss the government’s priorities for Canada’s energy future. The Minister spoke at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce about the importance of diversifying Canada’s energy markets. “Canada’s oil reserves are the most strategic of our energy assets, in particular the oil sands, which represent 170
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) and Cotswold District Council (CDC) have entered into a ‘Shared Service’ agreement with Astun Technology. The Councils already have a number of shared working arrangements in place, including several joint senior manager posts. From 2012 they will start developing a single IT service for both councils with one of the
