Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The team behind creating the map used radar observations from a number of international satellites to create the fullest picture of Antarctica to date. In fact, the new map even provided previously unseen geographic features. Among the new discoveries was a ridge, nearly splitting the 5.4 million-square-mile landmass in half. Read More
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Magnolia River and partner 3-GIS have implemented 3-GIS’ Express Solution to track maintenance of the City of Albany’s street network as part of the Pavement Management Program. Express Solution leverages Esri’s ArcGIS Server to seamlessly flow network data between an office administrator utilizing Network Express and field technicians with the mobile Field Express. Three departments,
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Chinese scientists have pinpointed the sources of four major rivers that flow through China and south Asia, and measured their lengths and size of drainage basins, information that will prove to be invaluable for future environmental research. The information about the Brahmaputra, Indus, Salween and Irrawaddy rivers was a result of expeditions and satellite photograph analysis
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The rising senior at Bucknell University started out putting together model airplanes when he was a child but later became more interested in the technology that makes them work. This summer, Urban, a computer science major from New Jersey, has combined the two interests in a research project in which he is designing, building and flying a remote-controlled
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
You now have another two weeks to submit a proposal for the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Busan, Korea. The deadline has been extended to 1 September 2011 so you can submit your proposal to present at this global gathering of leading academics and key contacts in water. Don’t miss out on this valuable career
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference, the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial software, is fast approaching. The event, which will take place in Denver from Sept. 12-16, has gathered a great deal of momentum, with more than 600 attendees from 31 countries and 43 states signed up so
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Trimble announced the release of its next generation of Trimble TerraSync software. TerraSync software is used by utilities, public sector, natural resources, and many other organizations worldwide as a key component of enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and asset management projects. The latest release focuses on updates requested by users to address their
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Lowrance announced the release of its Version 1.5 software update — a performance-enhancing upgrade for its Endura handheld GPS devices. The new software provides the Lowrance Endura Sierra, Safari and Out&Back models improved speed and responsiveness, sharper contrast and redesigned graphics for better sunlight readability, and performance functions that enhance the overall user experience. With
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
MathWorks today announced a major update of the OPC Toolbox product, offering support for the OPC Foundation Historical Data Access (HDA) standard. MATLAB users in the Power & Utilities, Chemical, and Oil & Gas industries can now access and visualize historical process data from an OPC HDA server, identify trends, and perform root cause analysis
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
A new Work In Progress (WIP) build of Rhinoceros 5 for OS X is now available. This Mac build is up to date with the Windows build. There is a new Windows WIP release every week or so and an updated Mac Rhino WIP will be released shortly after each Windows release. The Mac V5
