Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The INSPIRE and Environment: Enlargement and Integration Action Workshop will take place during the INSPIRE Conference 2012 on 25th June 2012 in Istanbul. The workshop is addressed to environmental communities of the West-Balkan region and Turkey to transmit the experiences and the lessons learnt in SDI implementation in the in fields of land administration, cadastral and topographic mapping
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
TECTERRA is the Titanium Sponsor for the GGC conference which will be Canada’s largest geospatial conference and trade show of 2012. Orgnanized by top geospatial associations including, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), Geomatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE), in collaboration with the Universite Laval and the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), the GGC will combine
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
In February 2012, Intergraph is adding “Introduction to GeoMedia” to its growing roster of online course offerings. Intergraph also offers online courses in ERDAS IMAGINE, LPS, ERDAS APOLLO and ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS. These courses enable students to obtain hands-on experience with the software with live guidance from an Intergraph trainer, from the comfort of their
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Meet Kristina Yamamoto, a geographer for the Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science at the U.S. Geological Survey, part of the National Geospatial Program. She is also in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). As a SCEP, I mainly work on remote sensing and GIS projects to support the research goals of the Geospatial
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Esri Canada today announced the successful completion of feasibility studies for building a national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in Uganda and the Kingdom of Jordan. The results and recommendations from each study have been published by infoDev, as part of a World Bank project on using SDIs to monitor development outcomes.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Pelydryn welcomes Ian Davies this month as he joins Pelydryn to take up the role of Commercial Manager. Ian comes to Pelydryn from NetSurvey. A well-recognized face in the hydrographic industry he brings considerable commercial acumen along with a broad knowledge base as an experienced project manager and IHO Cat A surveyor. A busy first month
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in the Guardian. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Sensus outlined the benefits a smart water network can deliver to water utilities for their operations and customers. With a wide range of challenges on the industry through population growth, droughts and operational issues including increases in electricity prices, Sensus identifies a smart water network as the answer to increasing pressure on water companies to
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Reading this story by candlelight? Then odds are you live north of Eglinton Ave. Toronto Hydro has mapped out the areas of the city most prone to blackouts. They are concentrated in North York, northern Scarborough, and the former City of York, where some neighbourhoods suffer a dozen blackouts a year or more, on average. Read More
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
SuperGeo Technologies announced that the Department of Geography and Urban Planning of United Arab Emirates University selected SuperGIS Desktop Lab Kit and GIS Learning CD for supporting its GIS establishments. Evolving GeoSystems, SuperGeo’s distributor in UAE, further offers the product training courses to the professionals and students for improving the knowledge and skills while implementing
