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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

TGS Multi-client 3D Survey in the Faroe-Shetland Basin

The new seismic data is being acquired by the PGS Ramform Viking towing 12 X 6,000 m with 75 m separation and utilizes PGS’ GeoStreamer Technology.  Data acquisition will continue through Q3 2011 and the vessel will return in 2012 to complete the survey.   Data processing will be performed by both TGS and PGS.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Enhanced Precision Time Synchronization for Wireless Sensor Networks

Time synchronization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a fundamental issue for the coordination of distributed entities and events. Nondeterministic latency, which may decrease the accuracy and precision of time synchronization can occur at any point in the network layers. Specially, random back-off by channel contention leads to a large uncertainty. In order to reduce

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Free Seminar Shows How to Extend GIS Benefits with Existing Resources

Esri will be hosting a free half-day US nationwide seminar spanning nearly 70 cities beginning in September 2011. Called Extend the Reach of Your GIS, this seminar teaches GIS professionals how to expand access to their authoritative maps and geospatial information.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Soil Protection Activities & Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe

The conference “Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South Eastern Europe (SEE)” was organized in Sarajevo as a joint action by the Soil Science Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Soil Science Society of Slovenia. The main objectives of conference were to review the soil protection and soil quality monitoring activities in

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

MecSoft Receives Autodesk Inventor Certification

MecSoft Europe GmbH announced today that VisualXPORT is certified for use with Autodesk Inventor 2011 and 2012 mechanical design and engineering software under the Inventor Certified Applications Program. The certification of VisualXPORT gives Autodesk Inventor software users access to a family of CAM products that will help enhance their manufacturing processes. Read More

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

SuperGIS Server 3 Offers Silverlight API to Customize Websites

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that Silverlight API is now available in its latest server GIS software, SuperGIS Server 3.0 Value Edition. SuperGIS Server 3.0 Value Edition provides multiple Web APIs to assist developers in efficiently developing various Web applications. SuperGIS Server 3 can effectively manage and integrate numerous types of GIS

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Italy Albignasego City Government Selected SuperPad 3 for Field Survey

SuperGeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that its exclusive partner in Italy, Helix S.r.l., has successfully promoted SuperPad 3 to the Technical Division at Albignasego City in Italy. Located around 35 kilometers west from Venice, Albignasego is a municipality in the Province of Padua, Italy. Ufficio Tecnico, Comune di Albignasego, namely the

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Fosters + Partners and Halcrow to Publish Thames Hub Vision

World-leading architects Foster + Partners and global infrastructure consultants Halcrow have been collaborating on a self-funded £100,000 study to produce a detailed vision for The Thames Hub – this would bring together rail freight connections between the UK’s main sea ports; a 150 million passenger airport to replace Heathrow; a tidal energy barrage and a

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Sentinel Asia JPTM2011 Held

The 4th Joint Project Team Meeting (JPTM2011) for Sentinel Asia Step 2 was successfully held from July 12 to 14, 2011, in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The JPTM2011 confirmed steady  progress on Sentinel Asia Step 2 and established the new “Tsunami” working group following the ongoing working groups of Wildfire, Flood, and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) monitoring. Read More  

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Aligned Assets – Two More Fire Services Select Symphony Bluelight

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service and Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are the latest organisations to select Aligned Assets as the supplier for their gazetteer management systems. Both have chosen Symphony Bluelight, the UK’s only gazetteer system built specifically for the emergency services and compatible with the National Address Gazetteer. Built around the Symphony Bluelight