Friday, February 17th, 2012
Kalypso is an open source application for geospatial modelling and simulation. It is primarily developed to be a user friendly tool for GIS-based modelling and simulation of hydrological and hydraulic numerical models. Read More
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Yesterday we tweeted that we were hearing concerns about the recently signed deal between Google and the World Bank that will allow the Bank to provide Google’s Map Maker platform to governments and multilaterals around the world. We’ve dug around a little more and our concerns haven’t dissipated: this is a big deal and could
Friday, February 17th, 2012
jQuery Geo, an open-source geospatial mapping project from Applied Geographics, provides a streamlined JavaScript API for a large percentage of your online mapping needs. Whether you just want to display a map on a wep page as quickly as possible or you are a more advanced GIS user, jQuery Geo can help! This project is considered
Friday, February 17th, 2012
On February 13 the Moscow-based UniScan ground station of ScanEx RDC received the image of the Gulf of Finland, acquired by SPOT 4 satellite. The ice situation in the Gulf of Finland poses no threats to ships navigation. Current situation with ice-breaker escorting in Eastern part of the Gulf of Finland is considered by the
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Z/I Imaging is pleased to announce the release of its Z/I Software version 6.4. Z/I Sensor Software includes a suite of products for the DMC and DMC II camera families for raw image data post processing, distributed processing, digital image enhancement, in-field data copy and real time image quality control. Read More
Friday, February 17th, 2012
The inaugural NT Spatial Excellence Awards will be presented at the NT Spatial 2012 conference dinner on the 22nd March at the Darwin Convention Centre. The goal of the awards is to recognise and promote the achievements and excellence of those in the surveying and spatial sciences. There are a variety of categories for individual and project based
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve in Menlo Park, California, was the venue for an international meeting held February 6–8 and organized by the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) secretariat to address the data and information needs of the
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has pledged IMO’s support for the Philippines in all facets of the country’s maritime development. In wide-ranging talks in Manila with Philippines’ President Benigno S. Aquino III, as well as the country’s Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, Transport and Communication, and Labour and Employment, Mr Sekimizu expressed his appreciation for the efforts made
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani today announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation programme under the supervision of the European Space Agency. Read More
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Dozens of ships are waiting on ice escort at the entrance to the Kerch Strait and at the Azov Sea. ScanEx RDC in behalf of the EMERECOM of Russia carries out a combination of optical and radar imagery used to both analyze the ice situation and to detect ships. For ships identification signals from the
